Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-15
DEATH VICTOR;
CLAIMS RUNNER
a.. ...&.-s1on
IN MARATHON
sc-ontrnued from First Page.)

possible is 1O,0 00, and the leader his
morning is Thorpe. Carlisle indian
School, with 1884 points. followed by
Lemberg. Sweden, 6,1s3; Wieslander,
Sweden, s,0s5; Mercer University of
Pennsylvania, 1881; Philbrook, Notre
Dame. $500; Donahue, Los Angeles
A. c., 5.s14 and Holmer. Sweden,
b.s1s.
The runners for the 5000 meters
cross-country race about five miles)
came to the mark and formed up in
two lines across the track. Sweden
furnished the most numerous team,
consisting of a dozen. Five represen-
tatives of the United States started
in a field of forty. These were Louis
Scott. South Paterson: George V.
Bonhag, Irish-American A. c.; Harry
e. Hellowell, New York A. c.; Will
tam j. Kramer, Long Island A c,
and Tel. S. Berra. Cornell University.
The athletes went out of the sta
dunn we'll punched, but when they
reentered the stadium halfway
through the race, circled the track
once and Their left for the open coun-
try again. Kolehmainen, the Finn.
had a lead of 200 yards, and was 60
ing with his usual ease. A. Lindahl,
Sweden, was nearest to him, while F.
w. Johansson, Finland, was next.
Then came three Swedes, fourth,
fifth and sixth. Hellowell was then
lying seventh. Berna stopped and
fell out of the ace when the runners
reached the stadium.
On the runners returning to the
stadium for the last stretch of the
race Kolehmainen was leading, and
was followed by the two Swedes, HI.
Anderson and j.. Exc. j. Eskola
was fourth. j. Ternstrom, Sweden,
fifth; A. S%trenroos, Finland, sixth;
w. Kyronen. Finland, seventh; L.
Richardson, South Africa, eighth; B.
LARSON, Sweden, ninth; K. Lund-
strom, Sweden, tenth; Harry E.
Hellowell, ". Y. A. c., was twelfth
and Louis Scott. South Paterson
A. c., eighteenth. These were the
only two American runners to finish.
While the runners were outside the
stadium a procession of six stalwart
men in hesh-colored tights bearing
the colors of Iceland, entered and
gave an exhibition of strength and
wrestling, which caused considerable
amusement.
The raising of the flags of the win
ners in the swimming and wrestling
contests, in which Sweden, Germany,
Finland, Australia the United States
and England figured, aroused consid-
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tors of the different successful ma
fionalities.
The marathon, classic of the
Olympic games, was won by K. K.
Macarthur, of South Africa, yesterday,
with G. W. Gitshaw, also represent
Ing South Africa, second. The win
ner's time was 2 hours and So min
utes for the course of about twenty
five miles.
CASTOR Strobino. of South Paterson,
N. j., an unheralded runner who
see rcely figured to finish in the great
race. upheld the honor of the United
States by taking third place after
cne Of the most remarkable sprints
witnessed during the games. His
time was 2 hours SO minutes and IS
6ctOllQS, d tlttit tlOTt l1dn : Il1IultS
behind the winner.
Although they lost the event, with
the exception of one point, team hon.
ors for the Marathon undoubtedly
belong to the United States. There
were ten Americans among the TWEEN
ty-seven INNER to cross the finish
line. A grain of consolation over
the days work is deserved from the
fact hat Matthew j.. McGrath won
the hammer throw with a toss of 1870
feet s inches and C. c. Childs won
third in that event. McGrath's throw
was almost eleven feet beyond the
previous Olympic record.
In the big race the two South Af-
ricans. had a battle royal. At half
way post they were running first and
third, respectively, with Koleh-
mainen, the Finn, in second place.
When a few miles from the finish the
latter dropped out, the struggle be-
tween the two teammates began. AT
the fnish Macarthur dropped exhaust
ed. but soon revived.
The famous event was run under
ideal conditions and every American
who left here expecting to enter was
away with the starting gun.
1t was after the halfway post was
passed that the young New Jersey
lad, who happened TO be in the ace
because friends at home had sufficient
faith in his prowess to make up a
purse and pay his expenses to Stock
holm, made his great squirt. At that
time he was in sixteenth place, with
some of the best runne in the world