Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-06
Exhibition by Woman Gymnasts.

Whitehead Swedish gymnasts ran onto
the field and performed a number of spec
tacular evolutions.
Exhibition by Woman Gymnasts.
After the men a group of Swedish
woman gymnasts gave an exhibition
of exercises on apparatus. including
the jumping horse and the trapeze.
The elimination of the Spectacle was
the march Of the athletes past the
royal box.
After the small Belgian contingent,
whose military uniforms and swords
men furnished picturesque touch, the
Danish team provided the finest sight.
Five hundred athletes and gymnasts,
200 of them women, followed the red
standard with the white cross draped
with Grape in memory of the late King
Frederick
The women wore white sleeveless
waists and short blue skirts with blue
stockings, and the men wore jerseys.
The United States team followed the
Danes. Ralph Rose of the Olympic
A. c.. NJ. J. McGrath. New York, and
Simon r. ellis of the New York A. c.
in the front rank looked to be giants
compared with most of the men on
the field.
The members of the L. S. Olympic
committee. headed by Col. Robert NJ.
Thompson and James E. Sullivan.
wore silk hats. The competitors fol-
lowed in three divisions
1OO-Meter Race.
c. Luther. Sweden, won the first heat:
Moller, Sweden. the second r. Rau. Ger
many, the sixth; w. A. Stewart Austria
liza. the seventh. and X Lindberg, Sweden,
the eighth heat in the 1OO-meters fiat.
The first athletic victory for the United
States was won by Ira Courtney of the
Ia fhn htr1 hnox tie
time was IL seconds. II. A. H. Blakeney
of England was second and Hungarian
third.
In the fourth heat A E. D. Anderson of
England was first. and Rupert P. Thomas
Of Princeton University third. The time
was IL seconds.
In the ninth heat Alvah T. Meyer. Irish
American Athletic Club. won by three
yards. Time, II 3-5 seconds.
In the tenth heat d. H. Jacobs of Eng
land won by a neck, beating C. P. Wilson,
Coe College, Iowa. Time, 10 As seconds.
In the eleventh heat F. v. Belote, Chi
cago A. A., won. Time, IL seconds.
In the twelfth heat p c. Gerhardt,
Olympic A. c., San Francisco, won. beat
ing Frank Lukeman of Quebec, Canada.
Time. IL Ito seconds.
In the thirteenth heat J. A. Howard
Manitoba, won; G. H. Patching, South
Africa. was second, and Harold W. He'll
and, Xavier A. A., New York, third 1t
was close race. Time. IL seconds.
Springfield. Mass, High School won by
several yards; E. Kern Of Germany was
second. The time was IL seconds.
Sixteenth heat. 100 meters-Donald F.
first; W. r. Applegarth, England, second;
Yahiko Mishima of Japan, the first COM
petitor from that country, was the last of
the five in the heat. Time, 10 3-5 Sec
onds
Seventeenth heat-Ralph c. Craig, De-
troit Y. M. c. A.. first. Time. II seconds.
SOO-Meter Race.
First heat 900 meters fiat)-David. g.
Caldwell, Massachusetts, Agricultural
College, beat the famous Italian, E. Lun-
chi, by five yards Time, 1 minute, So So
seconds. The Frenchman, J. Caulle. made
the pace for $50 meters, but he later
dropped back. Walter Mcclure, Olympic
A. A. San Francisco. was outdistanced.
Second heat-P. E. Mann, England. first;
Herbert N. Putnam. Cornell University.
second. Time, 1 minute 56 seconds.
Third heat-John Paul Jones. Cornell
University. first; A. z. Cortezao, Portugal,
made the pace for three-fourths Of the
distance. Jones then forged ahead. fin
ishing easily six yards in front. Time, 2
minutes 40 seconds.
Fourth heat-Clarence s. Edmundson,
Seattle A. A., first; j. L. TAFT, Ontario.
second; c. A. c. Poulenard, France, third.
punched. r Burton of England was
fourth. Time 1.56 $40 seconds.
Fifth heat-Ira N. Davenport, Univer-
sity OF Chicago. first; F. II. Hulford,
England, second. The three English COM
petitors did good team work. r. Hales
made the running for 400 meters and then
withdrew. Time, / minute 50 seconds.
Sixth heat-Harlan w. Holden, Bates
College. first; E. Bjorn of Sweden. Sec
ond. The Swede made a good race in the
last half but Holden finished easily in
front Of the six others, including a Turk,
who made one burst to the front with
but was outdistanced. Time / minute
So is seconds
The firsts and seconds in the trial heats
Of the $40 meters fiat compete in the
finals. Thus America Is represented in
the finals. America is represented by
eight men, and England by four, while
Canada has two.
Seventh heat. c. Scutter. England,
first; Melvin W. Sheppard. Irish-Amer-
lean Athletic Club. second. The result
Mas a great surprise The Englishman
crossed the tape six yards ahead of Shep-
pard, who appeared to be winded in the
first 300.
Eighth heat-G. M. Brock. Ontario, Can
ada. first: James E. Meredith. MERGERS
burg Academy. second; j. A. Victor,
South Africa, third. beautiful close
race between four Anglo-Saxon competi-
tors The Canadian burst to the front
a few feet before the tape. Time, I min
ute 81 seconds.
Ninth heat-E. j. Henley. England,
Thomas J. Halpn. Boston A. c., and
QvAdA tied fop third Mace Time I min