Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-07-11
OLYMPIC RECORD IS
BRKOEN BY M'DONALD
Irish American Athlete Sets
New Mark in Weight Put
ting Contest.
SWIFT PACE SET TODAY
Lippincott Wins mi-Fina's In 200
Meter Race-Ensiishman Faints
| After Completing

Stockholm. July l0.-A new Olympic
record was created roday bY y. j. Nc
Donald. of the Irish American a. c.
with his put of Is meters. "a cent?
meters Ia shaac over so feet. inches)
in the final OF the weight putting. The
old Olympic record Of as feet I inches
made by Ralph Rose in 1904, also was
exceeded by Ralph Rose himself. who
today put the weight 10 meters -
.centimeters Ga fraction over 40 feei).
Putting the weight, final: r. j. Me
Donald. Irish American "A. G., first
: meters "a centilneters: Ralph Rose
Olympic A O. San f'rancisco, second
10 meters % ccntimeters; H. a. Whit
ney Boston A. A.. third.
In the 1.5D0 meters HAT race. A. \. $
Jackson. of England. the winner. beat
the Olympic record easily. His time
for the distance. 3 minutes. 5G "A sec
record established by Melvin w. Shep-
pard at the olympic games in London
i'm 1908. which is 4 minutes. % sec
onds.
One Fast Heat.
There was one real race in the 20f
meier trials between G. III. Patching
Sou,h Africa. and Clement +. Wilson
5coe college.
In another heat Donald Il. I.ippin
stOll, Y llEINtGSltl ol i1tlIi.eN lhfiIIl.'. I't''
to run his best to win. r. &. Gcrhardt
Olympic A. A.. Sam Francisco: w. II
a. Darcy and Il. Kern. of Germany
gave Il fine exhibition In the 10Th heat
In the 800 meters race. the judges
were unable TO decide who was second
jackson of England, won, but Abel r
kiviat. Irish American A. g.. and Nor
man s. Tabor, Brown university. came
in practically together and the judges
,v.1, tv,tr "a dpNCInfltI1ent /.
photograph taken AT the finish OF the
race before giving their decision as u
which was second and which third. The
Englishman. Jackson. tainted after the
race and Was carried from the track
1t was d magnificent race.
The program for the fifth day of Thu
athletic section of the Olympic game.
was full of Interesting events.
1t included the trial heats in the 90
meters flat race, the final of the 800
meters fiat race. semi-tinals of the l30
meters Hat race the pole vault and th
weight putting. In all these competi
ttons American athletes We're engaged
and the prospects for the United Safe
team adding to its list of Victories wei'
very favorable at the opening of tn
sports this morning.
Two hundred meters flat race. frs
heat C harles D. Reidpath. Syracus
university. first; G. j. b. Rolot, France
second. Time. 30 3-5 seconds.
Second heat-Ralph G. Craig. Detroi
Y NJ. e. A.. first r. q. Rice, England
second. Time, :22 a..
Third heat Ira Courtney, Seattle A
g.. first. o. MacMilian, England. see
ond. Time. - 4-l0.
Fourth heat q. Luther. Sweder
h,sl j. Grlseeii. jr.. H"land, seeonc
Time. -, So.
fifth heat W. r. Applegarth. Eng
lani. first; Harold W. Heiland Savie
A. A. New York. second. Time
PA 4-l0.
Sixth heat r. Rau. Germany first
A. T.. ID Anderson, England. secont
! Time "a 40.
seventh heat Carl G. Cooke. Cleve
| land A. G.. first: r. Povey. s'out
Africa. second Time % l-5.
| Eighth heat--.I. A. Howard. canads
first. T.. Giongo. Italy. second. Tim
-.
Ninth heat-K. Lindberg. Swedei
| first. l'riseys NJ. Zeio. Hungary. sec
ond. Time. % Ito
| Tenth heat--P. G. Gerhardt. Olympi
A. c.. San Francisco. first: w. II. a
darcy. England. second. Time % n
Eleventh heat-Donald f. Lippincot
University Of Pennsylvania. first; II
C. Mollcr. Sweden. second. Tim
| :22 $40
Twelfth heat--Alvah r. Meyer. ]. ],
A. C.. first; r. C.. Duncan, England
second. Time. 90 As.
Thirteenth heat-Donald b. Young
England. second Time. :22 45.