The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-07-11
PICK AMERICANS
TO WIN HONORS

STOCKHOLM Special.-American
athleteS are now the overwhelming
taVorites in the fifth renewal of the
olympic games.
The ease with which they swept
( the boards in the 1OO-meter spring
was a revelation to the followers of
european athletics. and as a result
Americans anxious 10 bet on their
team were unable to place wagers of
any magnitude today.
What few bets were made installed
the Americans as faVorites, with the
odds at four or five to one
The great stadium was filled today
for the third days exhibition in in
ternational athletic prowess
The following Americans were en-
tered in the more important events
of today:
sOO-meter. final-Melvin w. Shop
pard, j. E. Meredith, David S. Cald-
well, c. S. Edmundson, Ira Daven-
port and II. n. Putnam.
Running high jump, final. G.
tombstone, of the Boston Athletic As
sociations George HORNE, OF Leland
Stanford University; Egon r. Erick-
son, Of the Mott Haven Athletic Club:
A. w. Richards, of Brigham Young
University; James Thorpe, Of Carlisle
Indian School, and II. J. GrUmpelt.
of the New York Athletic Club.
10.0OO-meter run, final-Louis Te-
WANNA, of Carlisle Indian School;
Louis j. Scott, of the South Paterson
On. j. Athletic Club; L. +. Mcclure.
of North Attleboro, Mass.
Standing broad jump-Platt Adams,
of the New York Athletic Club; Ben
Adams, of the New York Athletic
Club; +. V. Belote, of Chicago; r. /.
Beatty, of Columbia University; ]. A.
Butler, Of the Brooklyn Center Young
Mems Christian Association; f. Flet-
cher, of Notre Dame, Ind; Leo Goeth-
ring, of the Mohawk Athletic Club;
a. l.. Gutterson, of the University of
Vermont; +. c. Irons, of the Chicago
Athletic Association; E. r. Thaye,,
of the Chicago Athletic Club.
10.00O-meter waikiki. II. Keiser.
OF the New York Athletic Club; Ed
mund Rense, OF the Mohawk AT Ietic
Club; Samuel Schwartz (unatta.ned)
Alfred Voellpe&e, OF the. + astime
of Chicsgo; c. c. Cooke. of the Cleve
l2Dg' Athletic Club; ]. I. Courtney. of
LShe Seattle Athletic Club; Rupert
Thomas, of Princeton.
ESnil Lunghi. the holder of the
worlds record for the half-mile run,
was disqualified and was not allowed
TO start in the 500 meters. Lunghi
represents Italy.
10.OOO-meter walk, preliminary
heats; first heat, George GOulding,
second; A. Rasmussen, Denmark,
third. Time, ~ minutes 14h seconds.
The United States lost again in the
final of the 10,000-meter run, this
event going TO Finland.
II. Koplemainen, Of Finland, won
ing the lead at the start and never
losing it.
Louis ]. Scott. Of the South Pater-
son (New Jersey Athletic Club, and
u. +. Mcclure (unattached), of Bos-
ton, dropped out, but America got
Il.
Louis Tewanima, of the Carlisle Indian
School. finished second. Steenroos, of
Finland, finished third
The winners time was 81 minutes
and 90 seconds, and he crossed the
finish tape half a lap ahead of the
American Indian.
The final in the running high jump
was won by A. w. Richards, Of Brig
ham Young University, who beat the
old Olympic record by three-Quarters
of an inch.
Richards jump was feet S%
inches.
The old mark of feet inches
was made by Porter at London four
years ago.
Lische, of Germany, was second,
with feet 3A inches, which also
topped the old mark, and George
HORNE, of Leland Stanford Univer-
sity, was third, with 6 feet , inches.
Yankees won in one. two three
order in the final of the SOO-meter
event, this being the second time dur
ing the meeting that they did so. J..
T.. Meredith. OF the Mercersburg Pa
Athletic Club, was the winner of the
500 meters; Melvin Sheppard, of the
Irish-American Athletic Club. was
second, and Iran Davenport of Chi
cago University, finished third.
Meredith's time was minute
81 $40 seconds.
The record for the distance is 1
minute 50 1-5 seconds. made by Mel
Sheppard, at London, four years ago.
AS the American flag was raised
three times, signifying that the Yam
KEGS had captured the first three
places, the stadium burst into cheers.