Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-09
OLYMPIC VICTORIES
WON BY AMERICANS
IN LEADING EVENTS
Craig, of Detroit Won 100
Metre DASH While Thorpl
Carlisle Indian Won Famous
Ten1athaIon
Csy Associated Press.)


varied in character. It included the
trial heats OF the 10000 metres walking
race. the running high jump. the stand
Ing broad jump. the trial heats Of the
400-metres relay race, swimming.
wrestling, fencing. gymnastics and part
OF the modern pantathlon.
Summaries:
Ten-thouxand metre walk: First heat.
George Golding. Ontoria. Canada, first;
z. J. Webb, England. second; A. Pas
mussen, Denmark. third: F. Altman
Italy fourth: w ]. Palmer, England
nth Time a. minutes IL $40 sec
onds.
Standing Jump-w. Tsiolitiras.
Greece. frst. metres. 81 centimetres;
Platt Adams. New York A C, second.
s metres IS centimetres; BENJAMIN W.
Adams. New York A. c.. third. me-
tres IS centimetres-
RELAY races. 800 metres. trial heats:
Canada. As Is seconds Cwalkover)
unOpposed.)
United states. a. 40 seconds; walk
over (unopposed.)
Cunopposed.l
sweden. q seconds twalkOver) CunOp-
posed-l
onds.
Hungary beat France. IS 7-lo seconds
The 400 meters really. race. seni-inals;
United States beat Great Britain Time,
a Is seconds.
In the 4oO-metre relay race the United
States team was disqualified for over
running
-Four hundred metres swimming, sec
ond heat. Michael McDermott. Chicago
Athletic association. disqualified
200 meters relay race semi-finals: Swe-
den beat Hungary Time. q IL Sec
onds.
Germany beat Canada. Time. a $40
seconds
NEW WORLD RECORD.
A worlds record was created by ]. E.
Meredith OF the Mercersburg academy,
In the fnaI OF the so meters fiat race.
His time OF ! minute 81 $40 seconds,
beats that made BY Melvin W. Sheppard
at London in IsoS. 1 minute 50 Is seconds.
Sheppard and Davenport. by covering the
distance IN ! minute 81 seconds. both also
beat the standing record
10000 meters walk. second heat: w.
G.. Yates. England, first; A c. c. St
Norman. South Africa. secondS L H
Dumbill. England, third Y E Gylche,
Denmark, fourth; Frederick II Keister.
New YORK A c, NTH Time. - min
utes and a SIS seconds
10000 meters nat race. final: Kolen-
mainen. Finland. FIRST Louis Tewanima,
Carlisle Indian school. second; A. STEM
roos. Finland. third; Joseph Keeper
Manitoba. fourth a orlando. Italy,
fifth Time. 81 minutes and 20 seconds.
Running high jump at 1Ss eentimeters:
Liesche, Germany, and George L HORNE,
Leland Stanford university, cleared the
bar at the second attempt. and Amen w.
Richards. Brigham Young university, at
third Egan' r. Erickson. Mott Haven
A. c., and James Thorp. Carlisle Indian
school. failed --
At 1si eentimeters. Liesche cleared the
bar at the second attempt. and HORNE
and Richards "a the third.
US. WINS HIGH JUMP.
Running high jump. final: Almen W.
Richards. America. won with a jump OF
Iss ceutimeterss Llesche. Germany. was
second. and George l. HoVine Leland
Stanford university. third
So METER FINAL.
500 meters flat race. fnaI: J. E. Mere
dirh. Mereersburg academy. won: time. l
minute 81 s-io seconds: Melvin W. Shop
pard. = A. A. c. seconds time. / minute
50 seconds; Ira n. Davenport. University
Of Chicago, third; Hans Braun. Germany,
fourth
SWIMMING CONTESTS.
40 meters swimming: First heat: Dem
ian, Hungary Time, 8 minutes IS as
seconds; Henning. Sweden. minutes
Sc rs seconds: Innocent. England. I min
utes - Is seconds; Couroet. Belgium. 8
fed
Second heat: Maslich. Germany. 6 min
utes II seconds: Lindross, Finland. 7
minutes 50 IS seconds; SiengaIewiez
qualified.
Third heat: Lutzow. Germany. min
utes A. ssc>--=@ss; Courbet Belgium. s
minutes 50 2-5 seconds: siengaIeewicz.
Austria. minutes 4 seconds.
THE SUNDAY RESULTS.
The American athletes won two no
table victories at the Olympic games
Sunday r. G. Craig. OF the Detroit Y.
n c A, captured the final OF the 100
metres. dash. while James Thorp. OF the
Carlisle Indian school. won the PAN
tathlon. series OF FIVE events
The Stars and Stripes achieved a
triumph Sunday never before witnessed
on an internationa athletic field. Three
nagstaffs are erected IN the Stockholm
stadium. where the eolors OF the differ
ent nations scoring first. second and
third in the final contest OF each event
are hoisted- When the IO0-metres sprint
the event most hOnored on athletic
fields verywhere-had finished. the
American flag went up on the first stan.
on the second and on the third Craig.
A T.. Meyer. Irisk-American Athletic
club. and B F. Lippincott University
Of Pennsylvania. were the men they rep
resented craig's time. 10 4-5 seconds.
equals the Olympic record.
AMERICANS IN LEAD.
Only one other number on the pro-
gram was concluded Sunday. That was
the paHtsthion. which was INTENDED 70
be test of ail-round pr0wess. When
this event was included in the Olympic
games. conservative Oid-tfmers. both
English and Americans. who heretofore
had dominated the field sports. regarded
u with suspicion as a trick OF the new
Corners 70 gain points which were not
contemplated in the original program.
The United States got the lions
share Of the glory from that also. At
its conclusion the first and third STATS
hoated American flags and the second
Norway'E.
A CARLISLE INDIAN.
The Indian. Thorp BY his victory,
won his position as the legitimate sue
cessor OF Martin J. Sheridan as an all
round athlete. OF those who entered
this competition. the four Americans,
Thorp. Brunds &c. Donoghus and Monaul.
started IN all the events and stayed to
the end with the Norwegian. Bia. the
Canadian. Lukeman, and the Swede,
WiesIander.