The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-09
YOUNG ATHLETE A WONDER.
Meredith Captured 800 Metre Run and
Broke Record

Stockholm, July 9.-Yesterday was
another American day at the Olympic
games. Again three American flags flew
together, proclaiming that the United
Staes had won all the places in the 500
metre run, the most coveted event on the
program James E. Meredith, Mercers-
burg academy, Melvin w. Sheppard,
Irish American A. c., and Ira y. Dayen-
port, university of Chicago, finished IN
that order in the final heat and each
broke the worlds record in sensational
finish of the hottest race athletic vet
Grams in the stadium remembered.
Meredith lowered the time to | min
ute 81 9l0 seconds He continued on
to the half mile, which was officially
recorded at | minute 52Ha seconds. Shep-
pard and Davenport were only inches
behind. Six of the eight runners in this
event were Americans. Braun, the Ger
man crack, made a splendid fight, but
collapsed within reach of the tape.
Melvin Sheppard, whose remarkable
work at the London Olympiad, when he
ran the 800 metres in the record time
of l:52 l-5, made him the favorite in
that event yesterday, was obliged to
take second place to younger man. His
rival of four years ago, the Italian Lun
CHI, was unable to make the final.
The High Jump.
Besides this victory, the American
team obtained more than its share of
the other prizes. The running high jump
was mostly a family part; it had been
conceded to the United States from the
beginning. Six of the IL men who took
part in the final were Americans. Almn
Il d., H.
won first place easily, clearing the bar
on the first attempt at 1913 centimetres
(about feet l.3 inches). George L.
HORNE, Leland Stanford university, the
holder of the worlds record, only sue
ceeded in taking third place, jumping
l9l centimetres. The German, Liesche,
was second.
Platt Adams and Benjamin w. Adams,
both of the New York A. c., took second
and third places in the standing broad
Jump, which was won by the Greek
Tsiclteras with a jump of three metres
81 centimetres approximately IL feet
7-l0 inch), giving his country its first
points.
In the l0.000-metre running event, the
long legged Finlsnder Kolehmainen, ran
away from the Carlisle Indian, Louis
Tewanima. Kolehmainens compatriot,
Stenroos, finished third. Tewanima was
900 yards behind Kolehmainen at the
end. The Canadian, Jos Keeper, finished
fourth. The English long-distance cham
pion, w. Scott, and the North Attleboro
runner Hugh F. Mcguire, ran themselves
out early in the race
In the finals of these four events, the
United States athletes scored Is of the
"a points. The American team. Court
ney, .Belote, Wilson and Cooke, practi-
cally owned the 400-metre relay race,
but disaster overlook them. They won
the semi-fnal apparently with ease from
the British team. Sweden beat Hungary
and Germany beat Canada. The Judges
announced, however, that the Americans
were disqualified because Belote and
Wilson failed to exchange the stick until
they had overrun the limit. The British
team takes Americas place in the final
heat.
In the l0,000-metre walk, Frederick H. |
Keiser, New York A. G., who finished
fifth in the second heat. was the only |
American left for the final
That they held their old place in walk |
ing was the only consolation the day af- |
forded Britishers. England was not rep |
resented in the final of the s00-metres, |
while the Englishmen were the first to |
drop out in the 10000 metre run and the |
high jump. The climax came when the !
giants of the Stockholm police force /
pulled over the London boobies in the |
tug of war.
George Youngson left last night for /
New York, where he will make few
DAYS stay with relatives. When he left I