Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-10

Top-Pntrick M6Donald, Ifish.Ame41-
can A. c., winner I'm putting the we1ghts
second place,
STOCKHOLM, July 10.-The pFosram
for the NTH day OF tho athletic section
of the Olympic games was full OF sas
tremely Interesting events. 1t included
the trial heats in the 200-meter nat race.
the nnaI of the .h0O0-meter fiat race. tho
final Of the 1.5OO-meter fiat race, the pole
vault and the weight putting.
A new Olympic record was created by
P. J. Mcdonald Of the Irish-American
A. c., with his put Of Is meters "a cent?
meters "a shade over SO feet inches), in
the final Of the weight putting. The old
Olympic record Of 4S feet inches, made
by Ralph Rose in 1904. also was ex-
ceeded by Ralph Rose himself. who to-
day put the weight Is meters . cent?
meters. a fraction over so feet.
English Athletes Record.
In the /, ,5O0-meter fiat race, A. y. Jack
son of England. the winner. beat the
Olympic record easily. His time for the
distance. 3.56 4-5. is 63-5 seconds better
than the record established by Melvin W.
Sheppard at the Olympic games in Lon
don in 1908. which Is 4.O8 2-5.
The stadium began to fill at a very
early hour. among the spectators being
a large number OF American and British
visitors, who had come to watch the
running of the trial heats in the 200
meters fiat race.
In this event many of the finest sprint
ers in the world. belonging to both the
United States and Great Britain, took
part, and when the representatives OF
the respective countries came up for their
trial heats their admirers clapped. cheer.
ed or shouted college yells.
All Their Own Way.
The American delegation considered
it had proprietary rights nthe weight
putting. The result. although all the
points went to the representatives Of
the United States. furnished somewhat
leans in the field of twenty-one COM
petitors. and not one OF the seventeen
came within sight of them except the
brawny Finn. E. Niklander. who put
thirteen meters thirty-six centimeters.
L. A. Whitney. Boston Athletic Asso-l
citation. beat this by putting thirteen
George w Philbrook. Notre Dame
University. was placed fifth. The only
British competitor was far behind.
The victory of the American team was
such foregone conclusion that the per-
fornances had no interest except that
which amounted to expectation OF the
record being broken. A great cheer went
up when the three stars and stripes new,
from the flagstaff at the end Of the
stadium.
Many Trial Heats.
The eighteen trial heats in the 200
meter race, like yesterdays trials In the
1,5OO-meter, furnished more races for Sec
ond place than for first. In several OF
the heats as soon as the winners saw
they had the race at their mercy they
slowed up. In seven of the heats only
two runners took part in each.
There was one real race in this event
between G. H. Patching. South Africa.
and Clement P. Wilson, Coe College. In
another heat Donald F. Lippincott. Uni
yersity OF Pennsylvania. had to run his
best to win p. c. Gerhardt. Olympic
A. A., San Francisco: w. H. A. DARCY
and E. Kern Of Germany gave q fine
exhibition in the tenth heat
There Is considerable dissatisfaction
here over the timing of the foot races.
which is done by an electrical apparatus.
timed Drew in q trial heat OF the 1o)
meters are certain that he made o worlds
record by q fifth OF a second.
In the 1,500-mete race the judges were
unable to decide who was second. Abel
r. Kiviat, Irish-American A. c.. and Nor
man s. Taber, Brown University, came
in practically together. and the judges
are awaiting the development Of a pho
tosraph taken OF the finish Of the race