Evening star., 1912-07-12
Americans Win Three Prizes
in Olympic Contest.
FRED w. KELLY Is FIRST
A, I. Gutterson Beats q Record in
Running Long Jump.
FINN BEST DISCUS THR0WER
Fast Time Shown by James E.
Meredith in Semi-Finals of
4OO-Meter Race.

STOCKHOLM, July 12.-Important ad-
ditions to the list of victories Of the
United States team at the Olympic games
were made today.
All three places in the final OF the no.
meter hurdle race were carried off by
Americans. Fred w. Kelly, University
of South California. was first; James
Wendell, y. Y. A. c., second. and Martin
W. Hawkins, Multnomah, third. and thus
six points were added to the score of
the United States.
In the running long jump. also, the
winner was an American Albert l.. Gut
terson. University of Vermont, who, with
his jump of Z meters so centimeters
GA feet IL inches and a fraction) not
only won the event and scored three
points for the United States. but beat
the previous Olympic record of "a feet
6l2 inches.
Canadian Is Second.
In the same event a Canadian. c. D.
Bricker, secured second place, scoring
two points for his team, and Sweden
registered a point by G.. Aberg secur
ing third place
something of disappointment for the
American team. which met powerful
opponent in the Finn. \. Ii. Taipale. who
obtained first place with worlds record
throw of f4S feet 1l2 inches. Two Of the
United States team, II. l.. Byrd and
James II. Duncan, were second and third,
respectively.
Nine American runners qualified for the
semi-fIhls of the 4O0-meter race, and
when these were being run off the rec
ord was broken twice, the first time by
Charles ID. Reidpath, Syracuse Uniyer-
sity. who. with his time of 4S 40 Sec
onds. knocked half second off the stand
ing Olympic record of 40 1-J seconds. This
long, as James f. Meredith, Mercersburg
Academy, whitfield 1t down by another
40 seconds. He covered the distance in
4S seconds.
Good Weather Continues.
The seventh day of the athletic section
of the games opened this morning, with
the prospect of providing a more inter-
esting session than that of yesterday
Delightful weather continues to prevail.
and the temperature was favorable to the
American competitors.
Early this morning a large group OF
big men. those from the northern nations
forming the majority, gathered for the
finishing rounds of the discus-throwing
contest, best hand. Shortly afterward
the ninety runners entered for the 400
meter fiat race turned out to compete IN
the fifteen heats of that event. the semi
final heats of which were also set for
decision today. The judges decided not
10 have the men run in tapes, as at the
final in London in 1908.
The 3,Fst-meterS team race also run in
heats, the final of the 11O-meters hurdle
race, the running long jump and the
4WeIneters cross-country run. starting
and finishing in the stadium. which is the
concluding event of the modern pentath-
lon. gave great variety to the program
The correspondent here of London
newspaper in mis- dispatches accused the
American runners of unfair work against
Hans Braun. the German athlete, in the
final of the AO-meters fat race. He de-
scrihed them as "pocketing Braun. The
Germans. on the contrary. say that the
race was perfectly fair, and Braun him.
:elf mA.ie no protest.
Finn Wins Discus Throw.
TIE morning started with a fine per-
formance by the Finn. A. r. Taipale. in
the discus throwing best hand. final He
heat, with his throw of ~ meters u
ccn;meterS u4s feet liz inches). not only
tie Olympic record of 1'6 feet Is inch.
made ~ the American. Sheridan in
Athens in 1906. but also the world s
record of 40 feet 91a inches. established
by James II. Duncan at Celtic Park,
New York. June >. this year. r. l..
Byrds throw of ~ meters 32 cent?
meters 13S feet 9ss inches), and James
III. Duncan's throw of IL meters 2S cent?
meters tl3S feet Sas inches), also exceeded
the standing Olympic record
The hrst try-oLtS for the 400-meterS
fiat race were largely formalities. In sew
erai OF the heats there were only two en-
tries, and what races there were usually
occurred between the second and third
man. Canada, the United States and Eng
land had good brushes in the eleventh
and twelfth heats. The failure of G. r.
J.. Anderson. England, 10 gain a place In
the hrst heat was a great disappointment
10 the EnSlshmen. The first and second
in each trial heat qualified for the semi
tnals, run later in the day.
The members of the American team.
who secured places in the semi-finals
We're.
James. NJ. Rosenberger. l. A. A. c.:
Meivin w Sheppard. l. A. A. c.: James
r. Meredith, Mercersburg Academy;
Donald b. Young. Boston 4. A.: Harold
3. Haff. University of Michigan; Edward
+. Lindberg. Chicago A. A: Clarence S.
Eomundson. Seattle \. A.: Ira n. Daven-
port. University of Chicago and Charles
ID. Reidpath. Syracuse University Eng
land secured six representatives in the
serni-fnals. Sweden five, France and
Norway two each while South Africa,
Italy. Germany, Japan and Hungary were
all represented.
Take It Easy in Heats.
No attempt was made to run fast in
the heats where only two men competed.
and il was noticeable that Sheppard and
T. W. Haley, England. who ran a dead
heat IN the second heat. merely covered
the course at jog trot. taking sc 81
seconds to so over the 400 meters
The appearance OF the army officers
in the arena for the cross-country run
OF about i.0o0 meters (neariy two miles
and a half) clad in regulation running
clothes the Swedes wearing the light
blue pants which make all their ath-
letes conspicuous. proved the popularity
OF the military They were greeted
by round after round of hearty ap-
plause and had to pose in several posi-
tions for photographers before the race
could be started.
The men We're sent off at intervals
Of one minute. The officers started In
front of the royal box. They ran Q
third of a lap round the track and ther
disappeared through the entrance
There were twenty-five starters. ter
Of them Swedes. three British, three
Russians. two French. two Danes, one
American and one Austrian. Lieut.
George b Patton, jr.. u. S. A, a tall
slim. fair man took the regulation
sprintcr's start. He got off more like
.unner han most Of the starters. ant
continued ON Second PaXel