Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-16
MONDAYS EVENTS.
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III TO-DAY Lazaro died at $50, this MORN
FL ing. in the hospital to which he was
FIJI taken from the course, suffering from
|Il the almost superhuman effort under
I'll tile blazing sun to which all the rum
IL ners were subjected. The doctors de-
HI clare sunstroke to have been the di-
n rect cause of his DEATH
III Lazaro fell after covering 10 miles
N in the Marathon at about the same
n point at which Kolehmainen. the Finn,
HI Michael j. Ryan. l. a. A. c., and j.
n C. Orkery, Canada, dropped out,
III squad of Boy Scouts. who were
II patrolling the course to help any rum
Il ners in distress. picked up the Portu-
III guese and telephoned for an ambu-
h. lance. In the meantime Lazaro was
HI taken. unconscious. to a medical sta
H. ton. several of which had been erect
ed along the course. From there an
ambulance transported him to Stock
n holm.
III Lazaro never recovered conscious
|l ness He was delirious throughout the
"A right and imagined he was sui run
h ming the race.
n The bohemian runner, F. Slavik, is
/, also in hospital, but his condition is
II not considered serious.
FL Everyone concerned now realizes that
II 1t was a great mistake to start the
II race almost at noon on one of the hot
II test days of the year in weather such
/ as The majority of the runners were
Il entirely unused to. All the officials
K grant that il might have been run in
Il the cool of the long northern twilight.
Even the members of the United States
II tapsn. who are more accustomed to
( the sun thar most of the competitors,
/ were distressed by Yesterdays heat.
| while the English runners entirely
|. wiIted and were unable to approach
1, their ordinary records.
The tragedy of this years Marathon.
coming after that of the painful ex-
\ hibition at Dorando's finish in 1908, is
II likely to lead To a change of rules or
4 the abandonment in the future of this
Il feature of the meetings.
III 1t cannot be learned whether Lazaro
4 was properly trained. The majority of
j tho runners In yesterdays race are in
\ COED condition. today.
sl Eugene T. Mercer University of
Il PENNSYLVANIA, cleared meters, 60 CEN
n timeters I'll feet. s% inches) in the
H pole vault item of the decathlon this
n morning. Jemes J. Donahue. Los Ange-
n les A. c.. was second with meters,
Fl A centimeters O11 feet. 1 As inches
l while James F. Thorp. Carlisle Indian
H school, and three others. cleared .
h, meters, Is centimeters, 90 feet, II
b inehes).
III The standing of the men in the de-
\ cafhlon is reckoned according to the
h highest number of points aggregated
II in the 10 events The highest possible
II Is 10000 and the leader. this morning
II was James Thorp, with 6SSi points, fol-
u lowed by G. Lolnberg, Sweden, 61s3; Fl
III Wieslander, Sweden, COS. Eugene l..
ii Mercer, University of Pennsylvania
II 5951; George w. Philbrook, Notre
III Dame, 5000; James j. Donohue. Los
H Angeles A. c.. 5St4, and G. Homer
III Sweden. 1913.
II The United States won the 16o0-me-
III :ers relay race with plenty to spare
II having such men as Melvin w Shep-
III pard l. a. A. G.. Edward f. LindberR
III Chicago 4. A.; James Meredith, Mer-
III cershurg Academy, and Charles f.
M Reidpath, Syracuse University to meot
lll the English and French teams. Each
III OF the man had to cover 400 meters and
III the result was foregone conclusion
Nj Tho time of minutes, Is 3-5 second.
XII was well within the Americans power
lll Tie runners for the oross-eountry
III race (atout five miles) came to tn,
h mark and formed up in two lines