The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-16
AMERICANS LEAD
At STOCKHOLM
Olympic Games at Stockholm Continue
With United States in Front
Win 21s Team Contests.


Stockholm, July 15.-The standing
tonight of the various teams in all the
events of the Olympic is as follows:
| United States, 21S; Sweden, sc;
Great Britain, &c; Finland, 46; Ger
many, "a; France "a; South Africa,
i lie; Denmark, IA; Italy, 13; Canada,
l13; Australia, 13; Belgium, II; Nor
way, 10; Hungary, 8; Russia 5; Greece
a; Austria, A. Holland 4.
In the track and field events the
final standing is:
United States, S5; Finland, q;
Swaden, "a; Great Britain, IA; Can
ada, 7; South Africa 5; France, A;
Germany, 4 Greece, 4 Norway, 2;
Hungary, /; Italy, l.
James Thorpe of the Carlyle Indian
school proved himself easily the great
est all round athlete in the world in
the Decathlon, which provided a va
riety of tests of speed, strength and
quickness, while Eugene L. Mercer,
, University of Pennsylvania, George w,
Philbrook, Notre Dame and Jas. j.
Donoghue, Los Angeles A. ", were
prominent in the second class.
American quarter-milers ran away
with the 1900 metres relay as pre-
, dicted, Sheppard, Lindaberg, Mere
dith and Reidpath. showing their heels
to their rivals.
Two events have occurred which
a cast shadow ON the Olympic games
It who ran in the marathon died today
e from sunstroke, and Lieut. Lawrence
e British officer of the 18th Hussars
The Portuguese runner, F. Lazare
y was thrown into ditch in the mile
competition, suffering concussion o.
> the braing and other injuries.
Presentations of the prizes at hvs
! o'clock this afternoon was a spectacle
: nearly as thrilling as opening cere
monies.
n The athletes and gymuasts and OF
i. icers of the various nations who com
10 peted in the military events were ii
is uniforms while the women prize win
a Iners were variously attired.
&c The king conferred on the winner
% of each first prizes an oakwIeath,
10 gold medal to members of the secon'
: lgroup and Prince Charles Brofkee
a handed medals to the third grouI
10 Through a megaphone was called tn
k name of each, who then stepped fol
,d ward to receive his prize.
MI The Americans headed the parade
al Colonel Robert M. Thompson. pres
d dent of the New York Athletic cluc
r silk hated in the front rank
~ King Gustav, in gray frock Goa
ht mounted the rostrum behind whic
st were the tables loaded with trophies
ID wreaths and medals.
in The Indian, Thorpe, was honore
Nv with huge bronze trophy SO larg
bt he could hardly carry it away
n The final score of the Decanthlo
was as follows:
James Thorpe, Carlisle Indian sehoC
SAP out of possible 10000 points
II. Wieslander Sweden, 7,724; G. Lon
berg, Sweden, 7,413; J. Holmer. Sw
den, 7,S47; Jas J. Donoghue, Los Al
geles, A. C.,l7OSS; Eugene L. Merce
III University of Pennsylvania, 7.4O4.
III In the military riding competitio
y three of the five events are finishe
They are distance ride of "a mile
cross country ride three miles, ind
" vidual steeplechase.
The standing up to date is:
Germany, 80 points; Sweden 1885,
United States, 1852; France, SS.2;
Belgium, 1854; England, 5749; De
MS mark 1853.
Ip- OF the American team, Lieutenal
he Ben Lear, Fifteenth Cavalry, al
to Lieutenant John c. Montgomery, Sc
&C. enth Cavalry, are in the first class wit
two Swedes, Three Germans and tv
ne French officers, all having scored
ed points. Lieutenant g. F. Graha
is Fifteenth U. S. Cavalry, has score
-aI 1852 points and stands 18th, and Ca
ey tain Guy " Henry, Fourteenth Capall
'ss has scored 2O46 points and stan'
III fourteenth There are 19 competitor