El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-08
YANKEE QUARTET
IS DISQUALIFIED
Lost 400 Meter Race Because
COe Man Changed Stick
Out Of Bounds.

| Stockholm, Sweden, July S.-To the
great ehagrin of American spectators at
| the Olympic games today, the ""Yank ee
| quartet in the 400 meter relay race
! was disqualified because F. V. Belote,
| of the Chicago a. A, in passing
Clement P. Wilson, of Coe college, at
! the second relay of the semi-final,
| changed the stick out of bounds.
The disappointment was the greater
! because Cooke, of Cleveland, led w r
| Applegarth, the last runner of the Brit
! ish team, by 10 feet at the finish, and
! because the time al is seconds, best
! of the meeting. for the EVENT. showed
! that the United States stood a great
| chance to win the race in the finals As
! it is, great Britain viii take the Amer
| leans place.
Americans First in High Jump.
! Westerners cheereC Justify when
| Richards, of Brigham Young univers-
] ity, took first place and Porine, Of
( Leland Stanford took third place in the
/ running high jump. Richards mark was
( 1913 centimeters.
There is considerable feeling by the
German team over the fiasco of last
! night in the Zoe meters swim, free
style. Bretting took the heat in the
semi-finals so that Germans consid-
cred it was their victory, and were not
| pleased when it was announced today
that the semi-finals would be sWum
over with the Americans participating.
Ihey think the manager OF the Amer
lean team was careless in failing to
have his men ready and that his pro-
test was not justified. The United
States, Germany and Australia, whose
men are engaged in the contest, are
to decide on a date. The American
Jurymen decline TO say whether the
vote on the swimming event again was
unanimous.
New Record in Flat Race.
\ Worlds record was created by J.
L. Meredith in the final of the 500 me-
ters fat race His time of one minute,
81 $40 seconds beats that made by
Melvin w. sheppard, at London, in
1908, one minute, % Is seconds. Shop
pard and Davenport, with one minute,
o seconds, both also beat the standing
ing record
10000 Meter Walking Race.
The third days program in the ath-
letic section of the Olympic games was
a full one and varied in character.
It included the trial heats of the TO-
GGU meters walking race, the running
high jump, the trial heats in the 400
meters relay race, swimming, wrestling.
fencing gymnastics and part of the
modern pontathlOn.
10000 Spectators. on Field.
Today's opening of the games was
comparatively quiet one, but 10000 |
spectators were on the field. The stand
ing broad jump in which Plat, Adams !
and Benjamin Adams, both of the New
York y. c., captured second and third !
places, gave occasion for the raising of |
two American flags on the Stats at |
LAAE emu o. the STADIUM. bOIn men Will /
be awarded gold medals which are Of /
fered to all jumpers doing more than /
three meters, 10 centimeters.
G. Tsiclitiras, Greece, was first in |
this event with meters, 81 centi4 |
meters.
American n Good Walker.
In the first heat of the 10000 me- |
ters walking, Ray GOulding, of Ontario, |
and F. J. Webb, England, led from start 1
to finish.
Tho disous1ifioe+io,, ~ +to ...+. |
quartet in the semi-finals of the 400 |
meters relay race after defeating Great |
Britains team in 425s seconds, was |
disappointment to their friends. In /
the trial heats the majority of the |
teams were scratched and consequently |
the United states, Canada, Great Brit /
ain and Sweden had walkovers owing /
to the absence of their opponents.
Swimming to be Repeated.
The semi-final heats of the 100 /
again with the United States particle 1
pating. The American delegation pro- |
tested yesterdays race on the ground 4
that the absence of the American swim |
mers was due to misunderstanding, !
and the Olympic committee has decided |
that the heats should be reswum prob
ably at the end of the meeting
EngIishman Wins walking Race.
In the second heat of the 10000 me- /
ters walking there were 10 COMPETE
Tors. Inc EngISnman, Yates, won
easily. The two United States repre-
sentatfves, Fred Kyser, New York A c.,
and Fred VOellmeke, Pastime A. c.
were placed fifth and sixth, respect
lively, but only the first named is quail
fled for the final The American walk
ers were more than a lap behind the ]
winner at the finish.
Summary of Events.
Ten thousand meters, flat race final
-kolehmainen. Finland, first: Louis
Tewanima, Carlisle Indian school sec
ond; A StenrOOs, Finland. third; Joseph
Keeper, Manitoba, fourth: O. r Landy,
Italy, fifth. Time, 81 minutes, 20 sec
onds.
Eight hundred meters, flat race. final
j E Meredith, Mercerburg academy,
first; time 1 minute 81 80 seconds;
Melvin w. Sheppard, I. ]. A, second,
time / minute 50 seconds: Ira y. Dav-
EXPORT University of Chicago. third;
Hans Braun, Germany, fourth.
Final running high jUmp-Almen W. !
Richards, of America, with 1913 cent? J
meters "a little more than 8 feet 4
inches), beat the Olympic record of !
feet inches, made by Porter, Ameri-
can, at London, in 1908. Liesche. Ger
many, and George l. HORNE, Leland |
Stanford university, with 191 centime- !
tiers. also beat the record.
Worlds Running Record Broken.
J. Z. Meredith was timed officially I
at the half mile while running the 500 !
meter race, and broke the worlds rec
ord for that distance, his time being
/ minute 525k seconds.
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