The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-10
BonhaE Leads Easily


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 Bonhag Leads Easily Bonhag ran the first heat of the 5000 metres flat race in his own way. He easily led the field throughout except | for a brief moment in the middle of | the race when c. N. Hill, the Aus | tralian, went ahead during the last mile. Bonhag was 15 yards ahead of Deco teau the Canadian, with Hibkifs --ot l England another l5 yards behind, and the two other starters 100 yards back when they entered the last lap The Canadian then drew up and finished only 25 feet behind the American, with the Englishman 20 yards behind and the Australian 100 yards further back The | swede. K. Lundstrom, gave up quar- l ter of a mile from the end. The result of the second heat virtually duplicated that of the first. The repre- sentatives of the United States made the pace for two-thirds of the race, the two English runners, D. w. Mutson and (. NJ. Ruffell. following close on the heels A.. and Edward G. Fitzgerald. New York Athletic club. Joseph Keeper, the Cana dian. and the two Swedes, F. Modlg and M. Pursson. were only Q short distance away The real fight came early in the third mile when IRufell took the lead for d way. Fitzgerald came up to the front but soon fell back and Scott reached the tape within easy lead of four yards from Keeper, who was two feet ahead of Hutson Persson finished a lap behind. but his compa triot, Modig, withdrew dur ing the first mile.
 The United States showed very poorly in the third heat. Garnet M. Wickoff. Bni- verslty of Ohio, was started going lame and withdrawing before he had covered two-thirds of the distance. The English men. E. Glover and C. IT. A. Porter, led most of the way, keeping together all the time. NJ. Earlsson, Sweden. challenged them in the last 1000 yards. Coming to the front with rush. he then steadily gained and finished 200 yards ahead of Clover while Porter was another 100 yards behind. The Finnish representa- tive A. Lindholm. and q Russian run ner were outdistanced The Swedish vic- tory was greatly applauded. Heats Are Tame In the first and second heats of the 150o metre run racing did not begin un- til the fourth and final lap. Two Amer jeans. Melvin Sheppard and L. C. Ma deira, and one Englshman, A. Hare, were the only starters in the first heat. They merely logged to the final lap and the spectators expressed their dispelas-
 
 the front without difficulty. Hare claim ed that Sheppard spiked him but such an incident was not visible from the press stand
 The second heat. in which five started, was equally tame. Taber, the only Amer lean starter. headed the field throughout with Baker of England an easy second The Hungarian. Savinili. made one strong burst of speed on the final lap. but was unable to last
 Abel kiYiat, Irish American A. C., drew the outside position in field of eight starters in the third heat He broke in front at the firing of the pistol and was never headed. This was splendid race The eight were well punched to the final hundred metres and the contest down the stretch was phenomensl.
 The presence of John Paul Jones of Cornell and A. N. S. Jackson lent Inter- est 10 the fourth. The two Americans Jones and Lewis R. Anderson, University of Nebraska, and Jackson drew inside positions. These three pulled far ahead of the field and in the last lap Jackson sprinted beating Jones three yards at tho tape.
 It was apparent. however. that Jones finished we'll within his strength
 Seven runners lined up for the fifth heat Intense excitment was aroused by the popular victory of the two Swedes, Zanler and B1orn, who came 10 the fore in the last lap and finished first and second Putnam of Cornell was third.
 Oscar F, Hedlund, Boston A. A., let the german. Won Sigel. mako the pace in the sixth heat in which seven con- tended. The German sprinted hard at the end and broke the tape three yards in advance of Hedlund. The British representative, Moore. who took third after hard struggle, was exhausted. The second Swedish victory in the last heat caused more enthusiasm E. Wide being the winner Mcclure, Olympic A. A., took second place in the British cottrill on the third lap and kept up. With seven of the IA starters in the finals, the Americans are well satisfied.