Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-07
UNCLE SANS RUNNERS :,
SURPASS EXPECTATIONS
Five Qualify for 1OO-Meter and
Eight for 8OO-Meter Races. j,
TWO NEW RECORDS ARE SET
Lippincott, Sprinter, and Kahana.
moku, Swimmer, Shatter Marks
Greetings to Paraders Are :
Enthusiastic.

STOCKHOLM, July 6.-The glory of the
opening OF the Olympic games OF 1917
should be divided between Sweden and
the United States. Sweden gets the lions
snare FOR the impressive stage setting
she provided for the contests, which,
With the natural beauties OF Stockholm,
its parks and palaces and lakes, and the
moving ceremonial with which the king
inaugurated the meeting. makes 1t by far
the most memorable international fes-
tival ever held.
Americas share OF the honor is due
to the remarkable fashion in which
her brawny young men set to work on
the cinders. They ran away with heat aft
er heat in the first rounds Of the 100 and
800 meter: they outdid the expectations
of their trainers and completely upset the
the public had made. They
left their old-time British rivals far be-
hind.
Victory in Sight.
With five American sprinters-Drew.
Meyer. Craig. Lippincott and BeIote-and
the South African Patching to run the
final in the 100 meters. that event may
be written down for the United States.
With eight men out of eighteen to COM
pete in the semi-finals OF the 500 meters.
five Of whom won their respective heats
in the trials. 1t would seem as though
the United States had an excellent op.
portunity to annex that event also.
Trainer Mike Murphy's cup Of joy is full.
The smashing OF the Olympic record by
D. F. Lippincott. University OF Pennsyl-
vania, in the sixteenth heat of the loo
meters event. puts that runner in the
hero class.
Drew Strains Tendon.
The only cloud in the sky is due to an
unfortunate accident suffered by ths
Springfield High School boy. Fl. p. Drew.
who strained q tendon of his leg I'm tho
semi-inals Of the 100 meters. the first
heat Of which he won. This may bar him
from the final
The worlds record with the jayelin,
made by E. Lemming. the Swedish cham.
pion, was not unexpected, but the Ha-
waaian swimmer, Duke kahanamoku.
covered himself with glory by slipping
through the water in his trial heat of
the 100 meters. free style. which gave the
United States the second record of the
meeting.
The picture. when nearly 1000 bronz-
ed athletes. picked men of the world.
with the Scandinavian women gym
nasts, the flags of the several nations
planted before them. faced the royal
box. in which were seated the king
and most of the royal family, while
the bands played and thousands sang
the Swedish hymn, was one never to
be forgotten
Carnival Spirit Reigns.
The carnival spirit pervaded Stock.
holm, the Olympiad contrasting cheer
fully with the more solemn atmosphere
of London in 1908. There yelling and
flag waving was frowned upon as bad
form: American spectators were criti-
cised for outbursts of enthusiasm and
college yells. Here flags and badges
are thicker than leaves on trees.
Nearly every nationality breaks into n
roar when its men give the smallest
excuse. Todays proceedings We're as
tumultuous as college foot ball
game
Two dark skinned delegates from
the orient got an ovation, but found
themselves far outclassed by their Eu-
ropean and American brethren.
Turk, conspicuous in flaming scarlet
jersey. brought the crescent badge To
the front in the 500 meters for a
brave but brief moment; then he faded
into the background. A tall Japanese
trailed far behind throughout The 100
meters.
Watching Swimming Events.
Tonight a brilliant gathering watch
ed the swimming events. Thousands
massed in the grandstand beside the
river. The bands played Swedish music
for another gathering in the stadium
The social program includes recep-
tions. dinners and concerts for every
night Of the Olympic.
The Americans, A Van Zant Post OF
the Fencers' Club, New York: DR.. Scott
D: Breckenridge. washington, D. e. and and
States Naval Academy. were successful
in the first round Of the fencing contests
today.
The cycling race around Lake Malar
will start at O'Clock Sunday morning.
The contestants will cover about 80
miles. and finish in the stadium in the
afternoon.
Program for Sunday.
Sundays program includes:
100 meters running, final; 800 meters
running semi-finals: 10000 meters. run
ming, trial heats; running high jump:
tug Of war: modern pentathlon; wrest-
ling, fencing and swimming.
The only friction thus far has taken
The form of protests by representatives
.rtes In the bicycling events by England,
Ireland and Scotland, and by Austria and
Hungary. All the programs are in the
Swedish language, imposing great diff
iculties on the foreign reporters, while
,nly the winners are announced. leaving
he spectators to guess at the second and
hird men in the contests.
Jones' Race Slow.
In the 8OO-meter race preliminary heats
i've American athletes won and three
,thers also qualified for further compe-
ition by w1ning second places. No ex-
fast times were made in
his event, the best being that Of p. Z.
Mann OF England. It Is noteworthy that
he heat won by John Paul Jones OF
Cornell was the slowest Of all. but he
vas not pressed in any way, and viii in
III likelihood make Ear better time in
he final.
Melvin w. Sheppard, I. A. A. c.. was
lefeated by J. C. Soutter Of England In