Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-07-11
AMERICANS ADD
OLYMPIC HONORS
Craig of Detroit Y. M. G. A. Cap
lures the Highly Priced
100-Metre Dash.
TH0RP wins PENTAfHLON
Stars and Stripes Raised on Three
Flagstaffs at One Time for
First, Second and
Third Prizes.
THORP wins PENTAfHLON

STOCKHOLM, July THE American
| athlets won two notable victories at the
| Olympic games to-day. II. C. Craig of
he Detroit y Nj. c. A. captured the
final Of the 1D-metrc dash while james
| Thorp OF the Carlisle Indian school won
| the Pentathlon. IL series Of five events
| The stars and stripes were seen often
| at the head of :he mast where the coiors
| OF tho victors were raised ut the London
Olympiad. but achieved q triumph ,o-day
| never before witnessed on an intcrna-
tional athletic field. Three flagstnfls
were erected in the Stockholm stadium
| where the coiors of yhe different nations
scoring first second and third in the final
| contest of each event are hoisted. When
! the 100 metres sprint, the event most
| honored on nthlct, fields everywhere, had
| finished the american flag went up on
! the first staff. ON the second and on
! third. Craig, A +. Meyer, Irish American
A. G., and u. f. Lippincott. University
of Pennsylvania, were the mon they rep
resented. Craigs tlmo. 10 40 seconds
equals the Olympic record.
| Only one other number of the program
was concluded to-day. That was the
! Pentath lon. which was intended to be
| test of al-around prowess. The United
States got the lions share of the glory
from this also. At its conclusion the first
and third stats hoated American flags,
and the second Norway's.
T1OpT SUCCEEDS SHERIDAN.
! The Indian Thorp 10y MS victory won
| his position as the legitimate successor
of Martin Sheridan an all-around
| athlete. or those who entered this COM
petition the four Americans, Thorp,
| Rrundage, DonoRhue and Menual, start
ed In all the events and stayed to the end
with the Norwegian. Bic. the Canadian
Lukeman and the Swede Weslander
The se.ui-iinal heats of the 500 metres
and tAe tryouts for the running high
jump puts the Americans IN the position
! Of practically owning these events. six
represented, rs of the United States
! qualifying II the finals in both compeu-
| lions The lC.Vp-metre race was less sat
| isfactory. but was not entirely disappolnt-
! ing Louis Tewanima. of the Carlisle In
dian school, Joseph Keeper of Manitoba,
Louis Scott Of South Paterson and L. +.
Mcclure of North Attleboro Mass,
qualifying for the NAL
One Of the surprises OF the day was the
running OF the little Finn. 7. Koleh-
mainen who defeated the great English
man. " Scott, in the 1860 metres.
EXCITING WORK BY RUNNERS.
| The runners In the lead In the so and
| 10000 metres INDUCED in some exciting
racing for first place, while others know
ing that they were sure for the final.
reserved their strength. The disappont-
| rnents % the day We're the inability OF
| Howard p Drew of the Springfield high
school u compete in the final Of the 10
metres because OF n strained ankle and
the failure OF the popular Italian cham
| pion. Lunshi, to get a place In the
final.
Tho Athletes Of the United Kingdom
had a day. Except for the colonials,
Great Britain took a back seat. havn :
no representative In the final os the 100
metres being shut out of the final In the
500 and having small prospect winning
the 1000 metres unless the colonies carry
the union jack to the front.
The bicycle race was won by Lewis
of South Africa, who covered the 200
milo course In 10 hours and AZ min
Iutes Grubh, England. was second. and
Carl @. shuttle. Kansas city, third. The
team race, combined with the individ
nal competition. gave sweden first
place, England second and the United
States third
The performances in the stadium be-
gan promptly at nine o'clock in the
morning and continued until seven in
the evening. In the meantime the rid
ing competitions were being carried on
, in a suburban park The swimming
, began after lunch and finished late
, to might.
SWIMMING A FIASCO.
The semi-final heats of the 100
' metre swimming proved fiasco as
the American McGillivray, Hus-
zagh and Kahanamoku, who
had qualified by winning their
: heats In the previous round. remained
on the steamer Finland in the belief
that the event was to be contested on
!, Monday. Through this misunderstand-
ing the Americans may lose the fina,
In this event. Healy OF Australia wor
a the hrst heat In one minute and Bs-s
seconds Bratting OF Germany swan
tue second heat In one minute and
Abb seconds
Tho Hawaiian Kahanamoku has caugh
? tho popular fancy, and the president OF
| '"N hiit'SH iHlt SANG society has of
fered valuable cup il he swims Ia
metres in ono minute during the con
tests.
n only few persons on the rivers,C.
n stands last night realized that a world,
h record had gone when Kahanamoku wor
d his heat in the lO metres in one minut,
n 20 seconds, and no demonstration fol
= lowed tho fiawaiian's performance.
n four American yachts are in the har
{. Dor Colonel Thompson's, Howard Gould S
e Allis V. Armour's and Mrs. Goelet's Tn,
d Swedish Olympic committee gave a bi.
10 dinner tonight and a gala performanc,
d at the opera was IA rival atrra elton fol
society people.
Iho only adverse criticism by visitor
d Is on account OF the Swedish committee
u mon VINO MI the arena and cannot re
u sist the temptation of coaching and en-
. courasing their iavorites.
10 GAMES START WITH PRAYER.
II The Olympic games In the Stadium
were started to-day once more with ,
sermon. prayer ami hymn whei
Il they were opened at nine o'clock TO
n a day crowded with Interesting events
o Tho weather was hot and clear an,
:. greatly to the liking of both hnori
q can F!5ito ANA competitors Tn,
Ihrst trials of strength In the Stadium