New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-10
Tel Berna, of Cornell, Among
Those to Qualify in the
5,000.Metre Run.
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| by jeering The Americans went TO the
front without difficulty. Hare contended
! that Sheppard spiked him, but such all
! incident was not visible from the press
stand.
The second heat, in which five started,
was equally tame. Norman S. Tabor,
the only American starter headed the
| field throughout, with Baker, of Eng
land, an easy second. The Hungarian,
Savniki, closed strongly in the final lap.
but was unable to last the distance.
kiviat Runs Fast Race.
Abel r. kiviat, OF the Irish American
Athletic Club and the national one-mile
champion, drew the outside position in a
field Of eight starters in the third heat.
He broke in front at the gun and was
never headed. It was a splendid race.
The eight were we'll punched to the final
100 metres, and the contest down the
| stretch was sensational Kivat ran the
distance in 4:04 rs, within one second Of
the Olympic record
The presence of John Paul Jones. of
Cornell, and A. N s. Jackson, the British
crack. added interest 10 the fourth heat
| The two Americans, Jones and Lewis p
Anderson, Of the University of Nebraska,
and Jackson drew inside positions. The
three pulled far ahead of the field, and in
the last lap Jackson sprinted, beating
Jones three yards at the tape. 1t was
apparent, however, that Jones finished
well within his strength
Seven runners lined up for the fifth
heat Intense excitement was aroused by
the popular victory of the two Swedes,
lander and Bjorn, who came TO the fore
in the last lap and finished first and sec
ond. Putnam. Of Cornell, was third.
Oscar F. Hedlund. OF the Boston Ath
letic Association showed good judgment
in letting the German, Won Sigel, make
the pace in the sixth heat, in which seven
runners started. The German sprinted al
the end and broke the tape three yards I'm
advance Of Hedlund. The British repre-
sentative, Moore, who took third place
after a hard struggle, was exhausted
The second Swedish victory. in the last
heat. caused more enthusiasm, r. Wide
being the winner Mcclure, Of the Olym-
pic Athletic Association, took second place
from the Britisher. Cottril, on the third
lap and held IL to the end with seven
Of tho fourteen starters i'm the final heat
the Americans are we'll satisfied
The jayelin throwing provided a fine ex-
hibition. Seven Swedes. -four Finlanders.
two Norwegians and one Hungarian com
peted I'm the hnal OF this event. the cOndi-
lions ~ which provided for throwing with
both hands. The Finn. Saaristo easily
outdlstanced the other competitors. and IS
tahlishtd worlds record. his combined
throw being 100 metres g certimetres 1853
feet II inches He also broke the worlds
record for throwing with the right arm
his cast being 81 metres 600 feet IL inchesD
Lemming the Swedish champion, finished
fourth lu thu contest his combined throw
being 9s metres % centiu1etres
Sikauiemi, uf Finland. was second, with
'~ metro, l} ceurimetres G3l feet inches,
.r. Pcltoneu. Of Finland, third. with lOt
-s q ceutimetres (}GS feet 10 inchesJ.
8onhsg Romps to Victory.
George y Bouhag won the first heat e
~. 500 metr. run as he pleased He easily
led the field throughout. except for a brief
moment In the middle of the race when
G. y I'M. the Australian. took command.
the Canadian. with r. - Hbbins. Of Eng
land. another Is yards behind, and the two
other starters leo yards back when they en-
tered the last lap. The Canadian then drew
up and finished only - feet behind the
American The Swede. x. Lundstrom, gave
up a quarter OF a mile from the end.
The second heat was much the same. The
representative Of the United States made
the pace for two-thirds Of the race, with
the two English runners. f.. W. Hutson
and g. H. Ruffel, following on the heels
Of Louis Scott, South Paterson y. NJ. c. A.
and Edward g. Fitzgerald. New York
A. c.. Joseph Keeper, the Canadian end
the two Swedes. Is. Modig and NJ. Pers-
son. were only short distance away. The
real fight came early In the third mile
when the Englshman, Ruffel. took the lead
for few yards, only 10 drop back Flt]-
gerald then set the pace for a time, but
Louis Scott soon drew out and broke the
tape four yards before Joseph Keeper OF
Canada, who was two feet ahead OF the
Engllshn.an. Hutson. The Swede, Person
finished lap behind, but his compatriot,
Modig, withdrew during the first mile.
The United States showed poorly In the
third heat. Garnet NJ. Wickoff. of the Uni
versity Of ohio, broke down and withdrew
before he had covered two-thirds OF the
distance. The Englishmen F.. Glover and
G. H. A Porter, led most OF the way. Keep
ing together all the time. The Swode NJ
HARRISON, challenged them In the last loo
Yards and won going away from L. Glover.
with G. II. A. Porter third.
The last two heats furnished great Joy TO
the Swedes because their men secured sec
ond place in each race, making exciting
finishes Tel 5. Berna. Of Cornell, the only
American In the fourth heat, where there
were FIVE runners. was unable TO do better
than third place, which permits him TO run
in the finals. Kohlemainen had his own
way in this heat.
In the fifth heat there was terrific
struggle for second place between W. NJ.
McCurdy, the American representative; r.
Ohlsson, Sweden, and +. w. Johansson, the
Finn. McCurdy collapsed eighty yards
from the finish utterly exhausted He had
to BE- assisisted from the Held after he lay
writing on the ground for several minutes,
The three men had a fierce fight In the
last five laps. first one and then the other
taking the lead. The Frenchman. J. Bouin.
who has been accused OF professionalism,
was an easy winner by 80 yards.
Compromise Over the Swim.
The committee arranged compromise in
the matter OF the semi-fnals OF the 100
metre swim which all accepted in a sports
manlike spirit. The Americans, by mis- |
failed to appear for the |
semi-hnals. which were contested on sun !
day The international jury decided this |
morning that an extra heat, consisting OF
the three Americans, Duke" Kahanamoku. |
Kenneth Huszagh. Chicago Athletic Asso- |