The Washington herald., 1912-07-16

esque battle ground OF peace. The Por-
tuguese runner, F. Lazaro, who col
lapsed in the Marathon. died to-day
from sunstroke. Lieut.. Lawrence. a Brit
ish officer of the Eighteenth Hussars, who
was thrown into a ditch during the mill
tsry riding competition, is suffering from
concussion of te brain and other serious
injuries and is not expected to live.
The most striking spectacle OF the en-
tire meeting. perhaps. was the process
sion Of vittors into the arena. The
Americans headed the parade. In the
front rank. silk hated, marched Col.
Robert NJ. Thompson, president of the
New York Athletic Club. The Ameri-
cans wore blue jackets, white trousers,
and straw hats and presented a very
, neat appearance.
King Gustav, in. gray frock, amid sb-
solute silence. mounted the main ros-
trum. behind which were the tables load
ed with trophies. wreaths and medals
for the victors. A herald, recalling the
days Of chivalry. broke the silence with
a call for Ralph Craig. the double win
ner of the 100 and 30 metres.
Thus was the champion team OF the
United States honored as its right. The
King placed the laurel wreath upon
Craig's brows and shook him warmly
by the hand while the entire stadium
burst forth into a perfect bedlam OF
acclaim. Several other Americans,
among them Thorpe. the Indian. fol-
lowed before Macarthur. the Marathon
hero from South Africa, was called
upon. Thorpe received an enormous
bronze trophy which he could scarcely
carry away with him. From the King
of Sweden he received Sweden's chal-
lenge cup as winner of the Pentathlon.
He also bore of from the Emperor of
Russia a challenge cup as the victor
of the Decathlon.
Macarthur, of Africa. was rendered
perhaps the greatest ovation of the
day. The King roundly applauded him
and held his hand for a long time.
Ralph Rose. a popular idol. was clearly
i'll at ease beneath his laurel wreath.
The Swedish victors were cheered to
the echo by Americans. The Stockholm
police winners OF the tug-of-war re-
ceived a big yell. The women tennis
champions were also great favorites.
The final score of the decathlon was
as follows: James Thorpe, SAP; H.
Wieslander, Sweden, 7.724; c. Lomberg.
Sweden, TAB: G. Holmer, Sweden. 7,347:
James J. Donahue, Los Angeles A. c.,
1854: Eugene l.. Mercer. University of
Pennsylvania, 7.G1i. The final number
of this event. the running Of the 500
meters in heats, ended the stadium con-
tests. Holmer won the first heat with
Wickman a few inches ahead OF Dona-
hue. The time was minutes IL 9-l0
seconds. Kugelburg won the second heat
with Mercer second. in ass 3-5. Thorpe
took the third heat with more than $50
yards to spare in the fastest time of
all, 4:+0 10
Three of the five events of the mill
tary riding competition are finished. The
standing to date is: Germany, 80; Swe-
den. s.S; United States. S9.62; France.
s.23: Belgium. 5S.54: England. SAG, and
Denmark. 3. Ss points. Lieut.. Ben Lear,
of the Fifteenth Cavalry, and Lieut.
John c. Montgomery, OF the Seventh
Cavalry, are two Americans in the first
class with two Swedes. three Germans.
and two French officers, all having
scored 80 points.
The summaries:
Hop. step, and jump, hnaI-sweden first, secpnd,
and third.
90 meters team swimming nce for women
England. first; Germany. second: Austria, third
Time minutes So seco-ds.
High diving. plain and variety dirins-Adlerze
Sweden. ss 10 points. hrst: Zurner Germany
35 points, second: Biorgren, Sweden, 37 SO points,
third.
loo meter relay. hnal-United States, first;
France. second; England. third.
500 meters swimming team rsce, mcn-Australia
first. 10 minutes II Is seconds; America sesopd
10 minutes % Is seconds; England. third, 10 min
utes, 8 IS seconds
5000 meters uossoountry rsce-H. Kohlemainen
Finland. first; II. Anderson, Sweden, second; J.
Exc, Sweden. third.
Wrestling fnah-Festher weights: Koskels, Fin
land. first: Lasenen, Finland. second: Gerstackers
Germany. third.
Lishtweishts-ware. Finland. first: Matiason.
Sweden. second; Malstrom, Sweden, third.
Cross-cuuntry race-Swedish team first; Finland's
team, second: English team. third
Deczthlon result-James Thorpe. Carlisle Indian
School, first: H. wieslander Sweden, seocrd; O.
Louberg. Sweden. third.