The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-07
AMERICANS
HIGH IN OLYMPI les

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tho worlds record time OF 10 s-5 sec
onds.
Patching gained his victory SO
cleveriy that no is considered dan
gerous factor for tomorrow. but tho
( Americans hero are sure nevertheless
that on OF their grand quintet Will
be FIRST TO fnlsh. There was no chance
TO measure Patchinss speed with the
best of the Americans. az the South
African was lucky enough to draw a
semi-fnal heat in which there was no
! American competitor. His trial,
however. finished only a foot ahead of
II w. Heiland OF the Xavier A. a,
and it is this fact that gives tho Ameri-
cans confidence az the result Of the
ANAL tomorrow.
Nearly every American that was en-
tered in the 500 metre ran fully UP TO
expectations. In the ncst heat. Amer
4 lea pinned her faith on David s, Cald
well. of the Massachusetts Agricul-
tural College, who had as "A contender.
Emilio Lunghi of Italy the holder OF
the worlds hslf-mile record IT was
considered a good portent when Cald-
well raced away from the Italian at
! the finish and beat him I'VE yards in
the fair time OF minute 80 Is
seconds.
Ierbert y. Putnam. OF Cornell, who
started IN the second heat. also mad
dangerous opponent in r. f.. Mann. OF
England a rare race between the
two ensuei, the Bnglishman having
the better of the nnal dasn and cross
Ing tho line winner in 1856. the
fastest time OF the day The third
heat had the Ereat Cornell distance
runner John Paul Jones. as standard
bearer for America. It was July 6.
i747. that John Paul Jones who made
his name famous in naval history was
born and the present John Paul sig
naiized the anniversary By making the
other runners strike their colors ms
easily as the sea fighter disposed OF
the flowers 81 the British navy He
drew comparatively easy heat, the
only noteworthy feature OF which was
that Ct put Portugal on the athletic
map. as A Cortesac finished second
In the slow time Of minutes 10
seconds.
No Eusy Journey.
Clarence s. Edmundson. OF the seat
tie A g. had by no means an easy
Journey. for among others he was
pitted against j. l. 1ait. oil ,anaaa,
and the man from inc DOMINION non
he had to run IN minute 50 $40 sec
onds In order TO be sure of victory.
Ira y Davenport the Middle Western
in 1889. beating r II Hulford. Of Eng
land one OF the supplementary run
ners came TO the front for America
when II. w. Holden OF Bates COLLEGE
trotted home first in front o p V. Bjorn.
Of sweden Holden finished in min
ute So 10 seconds. and appeared to
have considerable reserve power
Melvin W; sheppsId. the olympic
heat was one of the Americans who
calculated his finish 80 nicely that he
qualified by running in second place.
without exertirg himself at any stage
Sheppard across the hn!sh line was
j s Soutter. Of England. and II can be
imagined what comfortable outing
the peerless irish American had when
90 seconds. Sheppard Ia the holder
OF the OLYMPIC record at this distance
Of minute 80 is Reconds. made in
London in 1895 so that he had about
eight seconds IN his sleeve when he
elected to come IN second
James r. Meredith. the Mercersburg
School boy, followed Sheppard's exam
pie by qualifying safely in the eighth
Brock, of Canada. The time was
minute 81 second. and Meredith could
easily have beaten that IF he had been
extended
So far America had placed man in
every heat. and with the ninth and
last to come the followers OF the team
hoping that Thomas J. Halpin. of Bos-
ton would make tho slate clean
! one by landing at least second Hal
/ pin. however. had against him Ger
manv's crack runner. Hans Braun who
has been loudly touted throughout all
the Old World to carry off the honors
F. In this event. Braun and .. T Henley
OF England. set too fast race for ;hc
Bostonian. and after making a gallant
eHort. In the stretch, Halpin died away
and managed only to make a dead heat
for third place. with one OF the Swed-
! ish competitors. Henley won the heat
IN minute 81 SIS seconds. with Braus
in second place
i More Glory for America.
u There was moro glory for America
when the swimming race began In the
evening with the trials of the 100 metre
event. Duke kamamamoka, OF Hawaii
the star member of the American team
splashed through his trial heat. dis
tancins all competitors and finishing in
the worlds record time of / minute
20 seconds.
Never since the restitution of Olym-
pic games was thore u moro auspicious
lNpeninS than that which attracted the
crowd OF more than 10000 persons to
the finely appointed stadium erected by
the Swedes to mark theft official en-
trance 20 the congress OF world powers
IN athletics, King Gustave oficlaily de
clared the contests open, while Crown
Prince Gustave Adolphe made a speech
of welcome to the visiting athletes
which was loudly checred by the thous-
Ands who took part In the opening pa
radc. In this tho Americans made a fine
showing. Led by Paul II. Pilgrim as
standard bearer carrying the American
nag. about goo representatives OF the
United States. mostly men distinguished
fo- their Drawn and muscle kept excel
lent line as they marched around the
field.
The army rihemen on the team were