Evening star., 1912-07-15
HAS EASY VICTORY
United States Wins 1000
Meter Relay Race.
FRENCHMEN ARE SECOND
American Does Well in Pole Vault
Event in Decathlon..
JAMES THORPE IN THE LEAD
Enormous Crowd Gathers This After
noon When Prizes Are Pre-
sented to Winners.
JAMES THORPE IN THE LEAD
Record of Points Scored.

Norway ........................ 10
Australia Observation-Disclosures. II
hungary
Belgium
Greece ..-.-......-
Austria .-......-......-..-.
nnssia ..-.... .....-..... -
1oHand
STOCKHOLM, July 15.-Only a few
scattered hundreds of spectators occupied
the benches of the stadium this morning.
the last day of the athletic section Of
the Olympic games. The pole vaulting
event in the deca thlon was the only at
traction. and that proceeded very slowly.
Most o. the people preferred to. visit
the neighboring athletic grounds,
where mixed teams of American and
Swedish athletes gave an exhibition
of base ball for the benefit of those
foreigners who had never seen a game.
An enormous crowd, however. gath
cred this afternoon when the prizes
were presented to the winners. Swim
ming and military riding competitions
were in progress throughout the day.
Eugene l.. Mercer. University of Penn
sylvania. cleared 3 meters 60 centimeters
d1 feet ga inches) in the pole vault item
of te decathlon. James F. Donohue. Los
Angeles A c.. was second. with 3. meters
40 centimeters I'll feet f-5 inches)
while James Thorp. Carlisle Indian
School. and three others cleared 5 meters
25 centimeters Go feet inches).
Carlisle Indian Ahead.
The standing of the men in the
decathlon is reckoned according to the
highest number OF points aggregated in
the ten events. The highest possible Is
10000, and the leader this morning was
Thorpe, Carlisle Indian School, with
1854 points. followed by Lemberg. Swe-
den. 6.1sS; Wieslander. Sweden. 6095;
Mercer. University of Pennsylvania.
Donohue, Los Angeles A. c.. 5.S14. and
HolIner. Sweden. 5.S13.
The United States won the 1,6OO-meter
relay race with plenty to spare. having
such men as Melvin w. Sheppard, 1. A.
A. c.; Edwin F. Lindberg. Chicago A. A.;
James =. Meredith, Mercersburg Acade-
my, and Charles E. Reidpath. Syracuse
University. to meet the English and
French teams. Each of the men had to
cover 400 meters successfully, and the re-
suit was foregone conclusion. The
time of minutes 16 3-5 seconds was well
within the American runners powers.
England, was handicapped in the race
because the teams first man. G.. Nicol
went lame and fell far behind in the
first 300 meters, while Sheppard finished
ten yards ahead Of the Frenchman. C. a.
Paulenard. The teams maintained these
positions throughout each stretch of 4O0
meters. the American runner keeping &c
10 thirty yards ahead of his French
rival with the Englishman another ten
.ards behind. In the last two stretches
the Britons managed. however, to make
Up some of the breach.
Begin Cross-Country Race.
The runners for the S,o00-meter cross
country race (about five miles) came to
the mark and formed in two lines across
the track.
Sweden furnished the largest team, con-
sisting of dozen. Five representatives
of the United States started in field CT
forty. These were Louis Scott. South
Paterson; George v. Bonhag Irish -Ameri-
can A. c.: Harry E. Hellowell, n. Y. A.
G.: william j. Kramer. Long Island A. c.,
and Tel s. Berna, Cornell University.
The athletes went out ofhthe stadium
we'll punched, but when they re-entered
the stadium. half way through the race,
they circled the track once and then left
for the open country again. KO,enmainen.
the Finn had lead OF 30 yards, and
was going with his usual ease A. Lin
dahl Sweden. was nearest to him, while
r. w. Johansson. Finland, was next.
Then came three Swedes. fourth, fifth
and sixth. Hellowell was then seventh.
Berna stopped and fell out Of the race
when the runners reached the stadium.
On the runners returning TO the stadium
for the last stretch of the race Koleh-
mainen was leading and was followed by
two Swedes. Hy Anderson and ]. Exc. j.
Eskola was fourth, j. Ternstrom, Sweden,
fifth: A. Stenroos. Finland. sixth: W.
kyronen. Finland. seventh: L. Richard
son. South Africa. eighth; b. LARSON,
Sweden. ninth. *. Lundstrom, Sweden,
tenth; Harry E Heilowell. n. Y. A. c..
was twelfth. and Louis Scott. South Pat
erson A. c., eighteenth. These were the
only two American runners to finish.
Exhibition of Wrestling.
While the runners were outside the
stadium procession of six stalwart men
in iesh-colored tights. bearing the stand
ard OF Iceland. entered and gave an ex-
h!bition Of strength and wrestling which
caused considerable amusement.
The hop. step and jump went en-
tireiy TO Sweden. G.. Lindblom. G.
ners. Lndblom cleared IA meters 76
centimeters t4s feet 51-1O inches).
Aberg and Almloef followed at a dis
ssnes of few inches inches; Piats ,l Adams;
e.5: D. E. Cam ,eIi. England. Il
meter: csntimeters t4s feet
Boston A. A.. 13 meters 81 centimeters
"a feet 81 inchesl; c. L. Brickley, Har-
ward University. 13 meters So centimeters
fto iSet mCHeSt. ana NynnS. England,
IL meters "A centimeters ga feet 4
inches).
The raising of the flags of the winners
!. In the swimming and wrestling contests
in which Sweden. Germany, Finland
Australia. the United States and England
figured. aroused considerable enthusiasm
among the spectators OF the different
successful nationalities.
Today's Summaries.
Today's winners follow:
400meter swimming race. for teams oi
four women each. swimming 100 meters
free style-Engiand. first: GeSmany, sec.
ond; Austria. third. Time, 5%52.
SO0-merer SWIMMING team race, fol
teams Of four men, each swimming 20(
meters. free style: Final-Australia
first n0:1I 1-5l: the United States, sec.
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