The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-06

terest of peace and friendship. The
whole assemblage then sang the Luz
Their hymn, "A Mighty Fortress Is
Our God"
Stockholm, July 6.--Lippincott of
the University of Pennsylvania broke
the Olympic record for the 100 meter,
winning the sixteenth heat in 10 30
seconds The best previous Olympic
mark was o As, made by Walker OF
South Africa at London in 1908 and
by Jarvis of the United States at
Paris in 1900.
c. Luther, Sweden, won the first
heat: Mollock, Sweden, the second
r. Rau Germany, the sixth; W. A.
Stewart. Australia, the seventh, and
tKlindberg, Sweden, the eigntn hea1 IN
the 100 meters flat.
The first athletic victory for the
United States was won by Ira Court
ney of the Seattle Athletic cruz IN LIZ lIie
third heat of the 100 meters flat. his
time was II seconds flat. H. e. ii.
Blakefley of England was second and
a Hungarian third.
In the fourth heat A E. D. An
derson of England was first and Pu-
merit p. Thomas of Princeton univer-
sity second. The time was IL sec
In the fifth heat Howard P. Drew
of Springfield, Mass, high schooi
won by several yards; q. kerne OF
Germany was second. Time, IL Sec
In the ninth heat Alvah T. Meyer,
Irish American Athletic club, won by
three yards. Time, 1 / $40 SECONDS.
Iowan Near Winner.
In the tenth heat d. H. Jacobs OF
England won by a narrow margin
beating G. p. Wilson, Coe college,
Iowa Time, 10 As seconds
In the eleventh heat F. V. Beiote'
Chicago A. A., won. Time II sec
onds.
tenth heat of the 100 meters, Jacobso OF
England was forced to tie the Olympic
record of 10 As seconds.
In the twelfth heat, P. G. Gerhart
Olympic A. A. San Francisco Won
beating Frank Lukeman OF Quebec,
Canada. Time IL lilo.
In the thirteenth heat ]. A. Howard,
Manitoba, won, G. H.Patching South
Africa, was second and Harold w
Holland. Xavier A. A, New York,
third Time II seconds.
Sixteenth heat, 100 meters, Donald F.
Lippincott, University of Pennsylvania
first; w. r. Applegarth, England, sec
ond; Yahiko Mishinna, of Japan, the
first competitor from that country, was
the last of the five in the heat. Time
10 3-5 seconds.
Seventeenth heat, Ralph c. Craig.
Detroit, Y. NJ. c. A, first. Time IL Is
seconds.
The Semi Final Results.
First heat. semi-ffnal 100 meters,
Howard P. d. Drew, Springfield, Mass,
high school, first; E. Kern, Germany,
second; Ira Courtney, Seattle and P. G.
Gerhardt, San Francisco, were dis
tanced. Time IL seconds.
Second heat, G. H. Patching, South
Africa, first; K1ingberk, Sweden, sec
ond. There were no Americans in that
heat. Time 10 9-10 seconds.
Third heat, Alvah T. Meyers, Irish
American A. c., first; D. H. Jacobs,
England, second. Time 10 7-10 seconds.
The Javelin Throw.
In the javelin throwing E. Lemnning,
Sweden, was first at so meters and "a
centimetres; J. j. Saaristo, Finland,
second, So meters, SIS centimeters, Mix
los Kovach, Hungary, third, So meters
so centimeters.
The 500 Meter Race.
The firsts and seconds in the trial
heats of the 500 meter flat compete in
the finals. Thus America is represent
ed by eight men and England by four
while Canada has two.
Stockholm, July 6.-First heat 500
meters; David S. Caldwell, Massa-
ohusetts Agricultural college beat the
famous italian E. Lunghi by five
yards. ]. Caulla of France, made the
dropped back. Walter Mcclure.
Olympic A. c. San Francisco was out
distanced. Time minute So 3-5 sec
onds.
Second heat-B. E. Mann, England
first; Herbert N. Putnam, Cornell uni
versity second. Time 1 minute Sc
seconds.
Third heat-John Paul Jones, Cor
nell university, first; A. q. Cortesao,
Portugal made the pace for three
forged ahead finishing easily six yards
in front. Time minutes 14-5 seconds.
Fourth heat-C1arence S. Edmund
son, Seattle A. A. first; ]. L. TAFT, On
enard, France, third. The five COM
petitors were closely punched. r.
Burton of England was fourth. Time
lis 5-10 seconds.
English Team Work Good.
Fifth heat-C. N. Davenport, Uni
versity of Chicago, first; F. H. Hull
ford England, second. The three
English competitors did good team
work. r. Hales made the running for
400 meters and then withdrew. Time
1 minute, So seconds.
Sixth heat-Holden, Bates college
first; E. Bjorn, Sweden, second. The
Swede made a good race in the last
half but Holden finished easily in
front of the others including a Turk
who made one burst to the front with
the star and crescent on his red jer
sey, but was outdistanced. Time
So Ito seconds.
Seventh heat. c. Soutter. Eng
land, first; Melvin w. Sheppard, Irish
American second. The result was a
surprise. The Englishman Sprinted
200 yards from the finish and crossed
the line six yards ahead of Sheppard,
who appeared to be winded in the
first 200.
Eighth heat-Sig Brock, Ontario,
first; James e. Meredith. Mercreburg
academy, second; ]. A. Victor, South
Africa, third. 1t was a beautiful close
race between four Anglo Saxon COM
petitors. The Canadian burst to the
front few feet before the tape. Time
minute 81 seconds.
Ninth heat-E. j. Henley, England,
first; Hans Braun, Germany. second;