Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-15

| Harold Haff of Michigan University,
| Edward f Lindherg of the |. \, n.
| c ard Ira Davenport of Chicago Uni
versity. lined up ON the mark. the
| hulk Of reliance was eentered on the
| four FIRST named To settle the question.
Stringed lanes had been arranged to
| prevent a repetition of anything like
Yesterdays incident in which YouuS
| sun erred. BY this arrangement the in
side starter WAS placed on scratch. the
second man - feet in front of the
| former and 50 on, IL order Meredith
| drew the inside lane. Braun the Sec
ond Reidpath the third Han the
| fourth and Lindberg the fifth.
with the crack of the pistol Mere
| dith jumped to the front in his usual
with every evidence of a determina-
| ton TO repeat his reeord-breaking feat
Of yesterday. That ne was lacking his
| full pcWers soon became apparent when
| the Chicagoan, Lindberg. overlook and
passed him before the race had enter
ed upon its deciding stage.
At 300 meters Lindberg still possessed
| the lead and the pole. with Baum and
Reidpath together crowding him close
All thiee athletes We're flying in des-
pefate fashion. the intensity of the
comrctition causing the immense gath
eruS to rise to its feet while solid
roar Of cheers and shouts gathered vol
ume AT every instant of the othletes'
progress.
Braun was running the race of his
career, with the two Americans fore
ing him to the limit The German
flashed to the front in the stretch and
at 50 Yards from home showed to the
front pace in advance of the Amer
lean pair.
Reiinath vas playing the German
carefully waiting for the least sign of
faliering on the latter's part The
pace had been too strenuous for Braun.
his great jump which gave him the
lead having sapped his strength. The
break came 10 yards from the tape.
The German. firing fast was travelling
on his nerve. and in spite of intense
effort VAS slowing down. One burst OF
speed and Reidpath had reached and
passed him, winner by yard. Lind
berg was a close third.
That Reidpath had it in him to stand
4 harder race was shown by his con-
diton a the finish. He Was fresh and
strong, while Braun was badly winded
and Wearied. The time, As 1-5s. was not
feckoned as the limit of Refdpath's
ability, a great majority of the Ameri-
cans figuring that he would probably
set up new Olympic record. AS it
happened he came short of eaualling
the mark set by Meredith of MERGERS
burg, Yesterday, by 2 fifth of second
Braun, the German. showed excellent
feeling at the conclusion of the race.
extending his hand in congratulation
to Reidpath, the latter and Lindberg
accepting TIE chance to show that no
hard feelings existed on the American
side on account of the disqualification
of Young. for which Braun had been
directly responsible.
Harold Haf of the University of
Michigan finished fourth
The Adams brothers. Plat and Ben.
of the New York \. G., again proved
of value TO the American team by TAX
ing first and second places respective
u in the standing high Jump from a
field of 10 contestants. Two Americans.
Leo Goehring of the Mohawk A. c. of
New York and r. l.. Byrd of Adrian
College. Michigan, had qualified In ad-
dition to the Adams boys The field had
been greatly thipned down by the time
the qualifying height for the final
jumps, 4 feet, II inches. had been
reached. Only two foreigners. c. Tsfclf-
tiras of Greece and E. Moller of Swed-
en- survived.
Tsiclitiras the agile Greek. was the
only man feared by the Americans.
The two Americans cleared every
height until the bar was raised to :
feet 4 inches. wnen Plat Adams went
| over successfully. but Brother Ben
failed. The Greek had dropped out with
third place cinched after the bar had
been raised to 155 meters. Ben Adams
took his second place with a jump of
lie meters.
In the 300-meter relay the fine run
ming shown by Tel Berna. the famous
Comedian featured the event 1t was
Berna's first flash of real form since
he competed over in this country.
many stating that if he had been able
TO travel in similar style earlier in
the meet he would have given Kol-
hemainen and Beuin the battle of
their lives in the 6000-meter.
The American had no rival in to-
day race. He made his pace as he
pleased and although somewhat close
~ pursued in the early part of the
going by FoclS of Sweden. easily shook
him off AT the approach of the final
lap and won as he pleased
All the competition came in the
night for fourth place. which was
awarded to Wide of Sweden, after a
hard fight with George Bonhag of the
]. A. A. c. of New York. The pair
came to the finish line almost abreast
and it looked from the spectators
point of view as though Bonhag had
beaten the Swede, but the judges gave
Wide the benefit of the decision.
Ohllson of Sweden followed Berna
in for second place in this event.
while Norman Taber of Brown arriv-
ed third. the three out of five lead
ing positions giving the Americans the
winning total of points. Sweden
came second with England poor
third, an accident to the best English
contender handicapping the Britons.
With three of the 10 events in the
deoathlon decided. James Thorpe. the
Carlisle Indian, ranks as the best
prospect for the final summing IIp