The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-11

got second place. Kiviat or Tabor. The
camera was the deciding factor This
instrument. used for the first time in
these games. was very small anair
placed on a pedestal at the finish. lens
pointed on rhe finish line. The pistol
that starts the race automatically sets
the plate and the breaking of the tape
flashes the shutter in the same fashion.
The picture is accepted as an Official
record.
At the finish of the race Jackson
was so exhausted he had to be helped
off the field and tainted In the dressing
room He afterwards told me: Il
really didn't expect to win, for | have
known all about your wonderful Amer
lean mlers. That's why I Jagged be
hind. letting them fight 1t out with
each other. 1t seems all along they
were SO anxious TO beat each other
that they paid no attention to me and
wore out their reserve. | knew | was
good for a strong finish. but II took
all had to keep ahead of kiviat. AT
the tape I was 80 dazed I hardly saw
the hands of the American runners
held out in congratulation. / can
scarcely realize now that ii was / who
broke the tape"
Another exciting race today was The
five thousand metres final. won by
the great KohIemainnn. or England, in
a terridc finish with Bouin. Of France,
in record time. On semi final form the
Frenchmau was the favorite, but the
Finn simply broke his heart in rhe
last sprint.
Americans Win shot Put.
One drop Of joy in the Americas
cup today was seeing trree flags run
up on the finish of the shot putting.
but even In this there was a great
surprise. for the mighty and hitherto
invincible Ralph Rose went down be-
fore Pat Mcdonald, one of New York s.
finest both men breaking the Olym-
pic record. Pat. however failing to
beat Roses world record, made in
San Francisco.
Rose was wild over his defeat. The
reason assigned Is that tue event took
place so early in the morning that
Rose was not to form as he would
have been later In the day. Huge men
are usually sluggish in the morning
All our boys qualified for the ycie
vault and four out of six in the goo
metre finals are Americans. so it looks
as IL tomorrow would see -the-st.fr
and stripes again fiuttertng from thu
masts and the roofing section will he
! cover from the silence which fe
| upon II today.
Hawaiian Swimmer Wins.
Duke kahanamoko outclassed his
field in the final heat of the 100-me.re
tree style swim tonight. The Ia
waiian was so much the master of the
situation that he turned around dur
ing the race to see what the rest uf
the field was doing and then, from
the half way mark took is SO easily
that the men behind closed up within
ten feet OF him. Kahanamoko with
out the slightest APPARENT effort went
through the water in such fast style
that the worlds record seems to bf
within his grasp whenever he goes az
ter IL. His time tonight was / minute
3 "a seconds, one second slower than
the worlds record.
Cecil Healy, OF Australia was sec
end, one yard in front OF Is. Hhzagh.
of the Chicago A. A
Kahanamoko has become a favorite
here and is beseiged with invitations
to visit the principal cities of the
continent before returning to Amer
lea.
King and Queen Appear.
King Gustav and the queen appear
ed m the royal box to witness the
swimming races and were very much
interested In the speedy Hawaiian.
George r. Hodgen, the wonderful
the 1,000-metre rree style swim ana
broke three records during the jour
| ney At the 100 metres he was timed
| in IA minutes 81 seconds, the time
| for the 1900 metres was % minutes
| fiat and Hodgson continued to the
| mile post, which he reached in 81
| minutes 81 l-2 seconds The Ca
| nadtans time for the 1900 metres is
! 2 minutes IS seconds faster than the
! Olympic record made by Taylor, al
! the Lonttn Olympiad.
In the modern pentathlon the only
! American. Lieutenant George F. Pat
| ton. Jr, won his bouts in fencing TO-
| day, beating the champion of tbs
| French army, Lieutenant Mas Deld
! Tree.
Tomorrow the 5000 metre eros,
| country race for the pentathlon wil
| be run of.
! Summary of Events.
| PUTTING THE WEIGHT. FINAL
P j. Mcdonald. Irish American A
/ c.. first. Is metres 81 cent? metres "a
shade more than SO feet, inches
new Olympic record Ralph Rose
| Olympic A. c.. second. 10 metres "5
centi-metres fraction more than
| so feet; l.. A. Whitney. Boston A
A.. third
| 5000 METRES FLAT. FINAL--II
/ Kohlemainen, Finland. first; j. Bouin
! France, second f. ". Hutson. Eng
| land. third. Time II minutes. Sc 3-1
| seconds.
| 1900 METRES. FLAT FINAL--A
| ~ S. Jackson, England. first; A. f
| Kiviat, I. A. A. c.. second; \. = Table,
| Brown university. third. Time,
| minutes, Sc 45 seconds.
! zoo METRES FLAT, SEMI-FINAI
| First heat: Ralph c. Craig. Detroit
! NJ c. A., first: u. II. Jacobs, Great
| Britain, second; Ira Courtney, Seat
tie. A. c.. third. Time. FL s-1o Sec
,onds.
England, first; Clement r. Wilson
| Coe College. second; Harold w. Hell
land. third. Time. FL 80 seconds.
| Third heat; Donald b. Young, Bos-
| ton. A. A., first; Carl c. Cooke. Cleve-
land, A. c., second; G. j. T. Rolot'
| France, third. Time, Il 9-1o second
| Fourth heat: Donald +. Lippincott,
| University OF Pennsylvania. first: J.
| A. Howard, Manitoba. second; Alvaa
| r. Meyer. I. A. A. c., third. Time,
| FL A seconds.
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