Arizona republican., 1912-07-11
According to the Custom of Previous Days the Amer ican Athletes Gather in a Large Plurality of the Points
BUT FAILED TO SHINE
 IN IMPORTANT EVENTS
Americans and English Are Learning for the First Time That They Are Not Alone in the Field of Ath- letics
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPArCH]


 STOCKHOLM July 10.-The finals in six events were completed in the Olympic games today and of the thirty six points the United States scored thirteen. England six, Germany six. Canada three, Australia three, Finland three, and France two. The United States ana Germany had the honor of making a clean sweep of the weight putting and the 200 meters swimming, back stroke race respectively.
 England has won the greatest race in the Olympic games so far. the 1900 me- ter run. in which an Oxonian, Jackson broke the record by more than six sec onJs. Finland won the 5000 meters in splendid struggle against France, while a Canadian, Hodgson. brought glory to the Dominion by his victory in the fif- teen hundred meters swimming contest in which he hung up three records.
 Perhaps never before have there been two such contested as the 5000 meter and 1500 meter runs on the same day. In the latter it was gruelling contest from start finish Kiviat and Tabor. American representatives, came into the stretch together. Jackson all the way rounI the last lap went a terrific pace, passing four men in order to get up with the leaders. Kiviat was slight ly in advance ten yards from the tape and Jackson fairly leaped ahead and fell exhausted into the arms of his friends.
 So close was the race for second place between Kiviat and Tabor that the judges reserved their decision un- til the photograph is finished and de- veloped before announcing the second and third men.
 The 5000 meters contest was prac- tically q two men race between the Finn, Kohermainen and the Frenchman. Boun. They finished 160 yards ahead of Utson of England who beat out Bonhag of New York by a foot for third. Kchermainen won first by 8 |. bare yard.
 This Olympic is proving that the United States and England must waive the traditional monopoly in field sports, since other nationalities have set them 1 selves seriously to demonstrate that 1 they are possessed of as much muscle and endurance as the pioneers in field athletics.
 The distance running thus far has seemed to demonstrate that however unconquerable the Americans may be i in performances requiring quicEness, they are apt to meet superiors when it comes to endurance With such men as Kiviat, Jones, Sheppard. and Tabor in the 1500 meter event, the Americans 1 had every reason to be hopeful. | The meeting shows that the veterans h.a lnd tn yar taking their places. Sheppard, who at London vas king of the track, found youths his better in the 1500 meters. Ralph Rose, the former Olympic win ner. and record holder has to take sec ond place to P. J. Mcdonald in putting the shot in which the winner estab- lished new record of approximately fifty feet and four inches. At that Rose beat his old record with a put a frac- ton of over fifty feet.
 1 Everything considered the United States lad a successful day. Three American flags went up again for the shot put. Eight of the eleven who qualified in the final test for the pole vault arc Americans and the two rounds or trials in the 200 meters sprint gave the United States four of the six men in the final competition.
 In the evening the Hawaiian, Kahan
 amoku easily outswam the world.
 Incidentally Lieut. Patton, the only
 American officer of the fortytwo con-
 testants in the modern pentathlon, out
 pointed the champion of the French . army in fencing and Frenchmen are re-
 ported the best in the world in this l diversion
 The scores tonight were: United States 72: Great Britain including | it's colonies, 65; Sweden. 57; Ger , imany, "A; France. IS; Russia includ- , ing Finland, 20; Denmark. '; Nor- way, '; Italy, 3; Hungary, 4: Bell gium, Greece and Austria, 3; Hol- r land, ?.