Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-11
AMERICANS At
0LYMP| GAMES
INCREASE LEAD.
Clean Sweep Madein Weight
Putting Events; English
man Breaks Record in
1,500 Meters Flat Race.
HEATS IN SPRINTS
CONDUCTED TODAY

hepIcScIICdClV VI LILY
Country Qualify in zoe
Meter Event; Iowa Run.
ner Beaten in Fast Race.
Stockholm, July 10.-The program
for the fifth day of the athletic sec
tion Of the Olympic games was full Of
Interesting events, 1t included the
trial heats in the 200 meters fiat race
the final of the 5000 meters fiat race
semi-finals of the 1900 meters fiat
race, the pole vault and the weight
putting. In all these competitions
American athletes We're engaged, and
the prospects Of the United States
team adding. to its list of victories was
very favorable at the opening of the
sports this morning.
New Record by EngIishman.
A new Olympic record was created
today by P. j. Mcdonald of the Irish
American A. c., with his put Of Is
meters "a centimeters "a shade over
so feet inches) in the final of the
weight putting. The old Olympic rec
ord of 4S feet inches, made by Ralph
Rose in 1904, also was exceeded by
Ralph Rose himself who today put the
weight 15 meters 25 centimeters "a
fraction over so feet.)
In the 1,50O meters f1ot race, A. N
S. jackson of England the winner, beat
the Olympic record easily. His time
90. y {ek .
onds, is s 35 seconds better than the
record established by Melvin w. Shep
pard at the Olympic games in London
in 1908, which is 4 minutes 3 2-5 sec
onds.
Coe Runner Beaten In Hot Race.
There was one real race in the zoo
meters trials between G. H. Patching
South Africa, and Clement p Wilson
Coe college. In another heat Donald
F. Lippincott, university of Pennsyl
vania had to run his best to win. P,
c. Gerhardt Olympic A. A. San Fran
cisco; w. H. A. Darcy and E. Kern
of Germany gave fine exhibition In
the tenth heat.
In the 1,5oO meters race the Judges
were unable to decide who was sec.
ond. Jackson Of England won but
Abel r. Kiviat, I. A. A. c., and Nor.
man S. Tabor, Brown university, came
in practically together and the judges
are awaiting the development OF a
photograph taken of the finish Of the
race before giving their decision as to
which was second and which third
The Englishman Jackson tainted after
the race and was carried from the
track. 1t was magnificent race.
semi-finaIs in 200 Meter Race.
200 meter race, semi-fnal, first heat:
Ralph c. Craig, Detroit Y. M. c. A.,
first; D. H. Jacobs, Great Britain sec.
ond; Ira Courtney, Seattle A. C..
third. Time 21 9-10 seconds.
Second heat: w. r! Applegarth
England, first; Clement P. Wilson
Coe college second; Harold w. Heiland
third. Time 21 $40 seconds.
Third heat: Donald B. Young, Bos.
ton, A. A. first; Carl C. Cooke, Cleve'
land o. G. second; G.. ]. B. Rolot
France third. Time 81 $40 seconds.
Fourth heat: Donald F. Lippincott
University Of Pennsylvania first; j.
A. Howard, Manitoba, second; Alvah
1 meyer, L. ~. "A. ~. I'LL u. AAu0 q
IS seconds.
Fifth heat: r. Rau, Germany first;
P. G. Gerhardt, Olympic A. A. San
Francisco second; r. Povey, South
Africa third. Time % 1-1O seconds.
Sixth heat: Charles Reidpath, Syra.
cuse university first; w. H. A. Darcy
England second; K Iceberg, Sweden
third. Time 22 1-10 seconds.
200 meters fiat race, first heat:
Charles D. Reidpath, Syracuse univer.
sity, first; G. J. B. Rolot, France, sec.
ond. Time % 3-5 seconds.
Second heat: Ralph S. Craig, Detroit
Y. M. C. A. first; R. G. Rice, England,
second. Time % As seconds.
Third heat: Ira Courtney, Seattle A.
c., first; o. Macmillan, England, sec.
ond. Time % As seconds.
Fourth heat: c. Luther, Seden, first;
j. Grijseels, Jr., second. Time, % 80
seconds.
Fifth heat: w. R. APPLICANT, England
first; Harold w. Heiland. Exaviera A,
A., New York, second. Time, "a 40
onds.
Sixth heat: r. Rau, Germany, first;
A. E. D. Anderson, England, second.
Time "a 1-5 seconds.
Seventh heat: Carl C. Cooke, Cleve.
land A. c., first; R. Povey South
Africa second. Time % 1-5 seconds.
Eighth heat: J. A. Hoard, Canada,
first; F. Gyonogo, Italy, second. Time,
25 seconds.
Ninth heat:k. Linberg, Seden, first;
F. Meier, Hungary, second. Time
% lilo seconds
Tenth heat: P. c. Grandt, Olympic