Evening star., 1912-07-12
was given hearty cheer. He was tn
ninth to be sent off.

entered the stadium practically in their
starting order. but Hitchcock. Sweden,
lpassed Hohenthal, Russia, on the home
stretch.
The winners in the modern pentathlon
| are reckoned according to the lowest
| number of points made by them in the
/ whole of the five events. The first in
each event is credited with one, the sec
| ond with two. etc.
| Three Swedish Flags Up.
When the announcement of the result
of the modern pentathlon was made and
three Swedish flags rose at the same
moment to the top Of the fiagstaffs at the
end Of the stadium the whole assembly
of $4,000 people rose to their feet, un-
covered their heads and sang the Swedish
| national anthem. Then with a mighty
| roar they gave three cheers for the win
| ners, while the American competitors
| gave an American yell followed by SWe-
| den' three times after which the SWeoes
| applauded Lieut. Patton.
| The outcome of the discus throwing was
another disappointment to the American
| athletes. who had counted upon a clean
| sweep in that event. The stocky Finn,
| A. r. Taipale, was too much for them.
Wins First Heat.
| In the 3OOO-meter team race the hrst
| heat was won by the United States team,
| consisting of Abel r. Kiviat, l. A. A. g.,
Tel S. Berna, Cornell University; Nor
man S. Taber, Brown University Louis
Scott, South Paterson Y. M. c. A., and
George " Bonhag, L A. A. G.. But Il.
| Kolehmainen, Finland. came In frst. Inc
| American team had four out of the first
| five men in the race. There was splen-
did fight between kolehmatnen and
Kivat, who. for seven laps, kept at the
| Firms heels.
In the last lap, however. the Finn easily
spurted away and finished fifty yards
| ahead. Berna, Taber and Scott were next
| in the order named, while Bonhag was
the last Of the Americans. The Finnish
team numbered only four men. koleh-
mainens time was minutes 80 s-lo sec
| onds.
In the second heat Germany won, out
distancing the Swedish team, which was
merely giving an exhibition, the nVe
| Swedes running breast to breast Inc
British team ran alone in the third heat.
| South Africa Russia, Italy and France
had all entered teams, but they failed
| to start.
| Today's Summaries.
The summaries follow:
Discus throwing, best hand; final-A X
Taipale, Finland, first. 45 meters Il cen
| timeters; R. l.. Byrd, Adrian College,
second, ~ meters 32 centimeters; James
H. Duncan, New York city. unattached
| third, AZ meters % centimeters.
4OO-meter fiat race, first heat-James NJ
Rosenberger, 1. A. A. c., first; c. A. G.
Poulenard, France, second: G. +. L
Anderson. England, third. Time, O.55 3-5
Second heat,Melvin w: Sheppard, % :, |
dead heat. Time, 0. % 80.
Third heat-F. Zorlng, Sweden, first
Yahiko Mishima, Japan, second. Time
O.h5 3-5.
Fourth heat-Hans Braun, Germany
first: James E. Meredith, Mercersbure
Academy, second. Time not given.
Fifth heat-C. l., Lelong. France. first
Donald b. Young. Boston A. A., sec
ond Time, O.5O Is.
walked over unopposed.
Seventh heat-Ha<old B. Half, Univer-
sity of Michigan. first; E. Lunghi, Italy
second; NJ. Hermann, Germany, third
Time, O.5O 2-5.
Eighth heat-Frigyes Mezei. Hungary
first; ]. Dahlin, Sweden, second; G. ID.
Malfait, France. third. Time o.50 2-5.
Ninth heat-E. Lindholm, Sweden, first
J. Pedersen, Norway, second: H. Burko-
WITT Germany, third. Time, O51 %.
Tenth heat-Edward F. Lindberg, Chi
cago A. A, first: ]. c. Soutter. England.
second; P. Giongo Italy, third Time,
lO533-5.
Eleventh heat-Clarence S. Edmundson,
lSeattle A. A., first; E. ]. Henley. Eng
Iland, second: G. NJ. Brock, Canada, third.
Time, O.591-5.
twelfth heat-G Nicol. England. first;
Ira ~ Davenport, University of Chicago,
second: T. Ii. Gallon, Canada, third.
Thirteenth heat-T Person, Sweden
first: r. A. Lindsay, England, second
Time, O.55 %.
Fourteenth heat-C. n. seedhouse. Eng
land. first. A. PederSen, Norway, second
Erwin Szerc1omhegyi Hungary, third
Time, 0.51Ia.
Fifteenth heat-G H. Patching, South
Africa, first: Charles d. ReidDath, Syra-
Germany. third A. Patterson England
fourth. Time, 051 lilo.
Modern pentathlon duel shooting,
swimming 300 meters, fencing, riding,
| cross-country running, 4,0c0 meters), re-
| sult-Lilliehook. Sweden, first, - points
Asbring, Sweden. second. % points; De-
laval. Sweden. thi~d, 80 points Lieut.
George s. Patton, jr. United States
| fourth, Al points; Stramme, Sweden. fifth
AZ points.
| 11O-meter hurdle race final-Fred w.
| Kelly, University of South California,
Los Angeles. first; James Wendell, n. Y.
A. c.. second; Martin w. Hawkins, Multi
nomah. Athletic Club, third. Time,
| Team race 1900 meters: five run, three
count, first heat-United States, first
Finland, second.
Second heat-Germany, first; Sweden,
second.
Third heat-Great Britain, first-walked
over. unopposed.
Running long jump, final-Albert l..
Gutterson, University of Vermont, first,
Z meters 60 centimeters: c. D. Bricker,
Canada, second. meters 81 centimeters
G. Aberg, Sweden, third, meters IL
centimetera.
4OO-meter race, semi-finals. first heat
Charles d. Reidpath, Syracuse Univer-
sity, first; j. Dahlin Sweden, second
Clarence S. Edmundson. Seattle Athletic
Association, third Time, AS ITO seconds.
| 4O-meters race. semi-finals. second
heat-Edward T. Lindberg Chicago A
A, first. T.. I-indholIn, Sweden, second
c. l.. Lelong, France, third. Time
O.4S 9-1O
| Third heat-James E. Meredith Mer-
cersburg Academy. first: Melvin w. shep-
pard. l. A. A. c., second; j. Pedersen.
| Norway, third.
| In this heat James E. Meredith, Mer-
| cersburg Academy. still further improved
| the record by covering the distance in As
seconds.
| Fifth heat-Hans Braun, Germany,
| first; Donald B. Young, Boston A. A.. dis
| qualified; Ira n. Davenport, University of
Chicago, third. Time, O.9 1-5
| ENGLISH WRITER SEVERE
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