Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-09
AMERICANS AGAIN
WIN IN 0LYMP|AD

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| finished a lap behind, but his COM
patriot, Modig, withdrew during the
first mile.
The United states showed very
poorly in the third heat, Garnet M.
Wickoff. University of Ohio, who
started going lame and Withdrawing
before he had covered two-thirds OF
the distance. The Englishmen, z.
| Glover and C. H. A. Porter. led most
of the way, keeping together all the
time. M. Kallsson, Sweden. chal-
lenged them in the last 1000 yards.
Coming to the front with a rush he
then steadily gained and finished 200
yards ahead of Glover, while Porter
was another 100 yards behind. The
Finnish representative, A. Lindholm,
and a Russian runner. were dis
tanced. The Swedish victory was
greatly applauded.
jackson May BE Surprise.
The trial heats of the 1903 meters
fiat race furnished nothing extre mely
surprising, except the. double victory
of the Swedes In the fifth heat. There
were seven heats and the two leaders
in each are to run In the final to-
morrow. when a great race is expect
ed, which zone of today,s perform
ances makes the Americans fear, I'M
less it is that Of A. N. s. Jackson. of
oxford University. a pale. greyhound
style of youth, whose running was
easy and confident.
The Americans displayed better
Judgment in this race than in some
of the preceding events John Paul
Jones, Oscar r. Hedlund and Walter
Mcclure were content to take second
places rather than strain themselves
by hard races for first places. Three
Swedes, E., Born, E.. Wide and j..
Zander, may prove formidable OPP
ponents tomorrow.
After the first heat In athis race. A.
Hare, of Great Britain, declared that
Melvin w. Sheppard had spiked him,
pushing him On to the grass while
rounding the last turn. Hare was
anxious to make a protest, but the
managers of the English team de-
clincd. The English and Americans
appear DESTROYS of avoiding any
clashes and are attempting to heal
the breach that occurred In 1908.
Today's Results
5000 Metres g miles 1889 yards)
~Race-First heat: George V. Bon
bag, L A. A. c.. first; A, Decoteau,
Canada. second; F. N. Hibbins, Eng
land, third. Time, Ism. % 3-5s.
Second H~eat-Louis Scott, South
Paterson, N. j., Y. M. C. A., first;
Joseph Keeper, Canada. second; f.
w. Hutson, England, third. Time.
15m. 23hs.
Third Heath. Karlsson, Sweden,
first; E, Glover, England, second; c.
II. A. Porter, England, third. Time.
15m. "a 3-5s.
Second Heat-Lastorres. Austria.
first; Foster. Great Britain, second;
time, 23m. 94-5s.
100 Meters-(109 yards 10 inches)
Swimming, Back Stroke, for Men,
First heat: Harry j.. Hebner, Chi
A. A, first; O. Gross, Germany,
second. Time, I'm. 21s.
Second Heat-O. Fair, Germany.
first; j. Wenk, Hungary. second
Time, I'm. 22s.
Third Heat-A. Barongi, Hungary,
first: P. Kellnef, Germany, second.
Time, I'M. 22s.
100 Meter Swimming, Free Style.
for Women = Fourth Heat Miss
Fanny Durach, Australia. first; time.
I'm. 10 4-5s. New record for women.
1,5OO-Meter Q.640 yards 5 inches)
Swimming, Free Style, for Men
Semi Final First Heat-G. r. Hodg-
son, Canada, first; J. Q. Halfieid,
Great Britain, second; Hardwick,
Australia, third. Time, 22m. 26s.
1,500-meters, fiat race: First heat
Melvin w. Sheppard, |. A. A. c..
first; L. c.. Madeira. University of
Pennsylvania, second; A. Hare, Great
Britain, third. Time, Am. 27 3-5s.
Second Heat-Norman S. Taber.
Brown University, first; j. Braker.
Great Britain, second; G. Amberger,
Germany, third. Time. Am. 25hs.
Third Heat-Abel r. Kiviat, I. ~.
A. c., first; H. A. Arnaud, France,
second: N. J. Patterson, Chicago A..
A., third. Time, Am. 42-5s.
Fourth Heat-A. N. S. Jackson,
England, first; John Paul Jones, Cor
nell University, second; Lewis r.. An
'derson, University of Nebraska, third
Time. Am. 81 7-1Os.
Fifth Heat-J. lander, Sweden,
first; E. Bjorn, Sweden. second; Her
bert N. Putnam, Cornell University.
third. Time, Am. 5hs.
Sixth Heat-E. Won Sigel, Germany,
first; Oscar F. Hedlund, Boston A.
A., second; w. c. Moore, England,
third. Time, i'm. 9 Bios.
Seventh Heat-E. Wide, Sweden.
first; Walter Mcclure, Olympic A. A,
San Francisco, second; w. Cottrill,
Great Britain. third. Time, Am. IS.
400-meter relay race. fnal-England,
first; Sweden, second; Germany, dis
qualified.
Javelin throwing, either hand. final