Evening star., 1912-07-16
Score IS on Track and Field, and
in All Events Total
l26 Points.
OLYMPIC FINAL STANDING.

STOCKHOLM. Sweden, July 16.-To
be crowned with laurel as in the days
OF ancient Greece and to receive In
medals the reward for their strenuous
exertions in the stadium American aft
er American stepped proudly up to
King Gustav of Sweden at the close
of the Olympic games yesterday
Most richly endowed was James
Thorpe. the Carlisle Indian. who cap
tured both OF the all-around events.
adding brilliant victory in the
decathlon today to the conquest In the
pentathlon earlier In the meet. For the
victory in the pentathlon Thorpe earn
ed the right to hold until the next
Olympic meet the challenge cup pre-
sented by the King OF Sweden. and by
winning the decathlon he Is entitled
to the custody of the challenge cup
presented by the Emperor OF Russia
High honors indeed for one OF the
aborigines on the splendid team that
came from the United States to lead
every other nation for the NTH time I'm
the recognized athletic championships
Of the world.
For most of the ten days that these
competitions have held the spectators
enthralled the United States has led
the rest OF the world combined, but
rousing finish by Sweden and scatter
ing points gathered in by other coun-
tries brought the total scored by all
other countries up to ninety-fOu when
the curtain fell on the most successful
val was revived in 1895. Against this
the United States rolled UP eighty five.
or only q minority Of nine.
Besides the United States, only three
double figures. Finland mainly through
the efforts OF the great distance runner.
Koihemainen, finished second with %
points. The Swedes landed in third place
with ~, and Of this number the final rush
yesterday accounted for Is. Sweden's
while the other countries scored as fol-
lows: Canada, Z; South Africa, 8; Ger
many. Greece and France. 4 each; Nor.
way. 2: Hungary. /. and Italy, 1.
In scoring these points three are given
for first place. two for second and one
for third. The tug-of-war. besides being
obsolete and likely to be dropped from
future Olympics. does not allow OF a
third place being counted. 1t has not
been reckoned in the totals. but IL in
and two to Great Britain.
When the 1.5O-meter run ended the
trying decathlon, which consisted OF ten
events that put the strength. skill and
agility OF the competitors to a severe
test. Thorpe had scored a total Of 64l2
points out Of q possible 10000. This
landed the Indian far ahead OF his near
est competitor, H. Weislander Of Swe-
den. who had 7,724 points to his credit.
Another Swede. g. Lomberg. was third
with 7.412.
Previous to the victory that distin-
guished Thorpe as the greatest all round
athlete In the world the United States
team had galloped away from France
and England in the 1.600-meter relay
race. The men who wore the Stars and
Stripes successfully in this event were
Melvin w. Sheppard, Irish-American A.
c.: Edward F. Lindberg Chicago A. A.;
James E. Meredith. Mercersburg Acad-
emy. and Charles d. Reidpath. Syracuse
University.
In the remaining events on the days
track and field program the United States
was shut out. Three Swedes took all
three places in the hop, step and jump.
Individual honors in the cross country
race went to the wonderful Finnish run
ner. II. Kolhemainen. making the fourth
time he had distanced all competitors I'm
as many races at distances from 5000 to
10000 meters. Swedes finished second
and third and besides captured the points
for team running. with Finland second
and England third