The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13
United States Athletes Increase
Lead in Olympic Events.
Win Both 400 and 5000 Meter
Races.
GERMAN GETS SECOND PLACE
Exciting Sprint to Finish Sends
Lindberg in Winner.
Finn Takes Discus Throw,
Smashing Records.

| Stockholm, July 13.-By winning first
and third places in the final of the 400
meters fiat race at today's Olympic
games, the United States team increas-
ed its big lead. The second place in
this event, however, was captured by
Hans Braun, the German runner, who
was passed into the final by the dis
qualification of Donald R. Young, Bos-
ton A N. yesterday after the America n
had breasted the tape first.
The United States obtained another
three points by carrying off the 5000
meters team race in which Sweden was
placed second and Great Britain third.
The discus throwing bright and left
hand aggregated) was won by the rec
ord holding Finn, a. r. Taipale, who
! thus brought three more points to
Finland, total which has surpassed all
| here by its volume.
In the fencing the United States team
was not able to reach the finals in
which the Belgians appear to hold a
very favorable position although Great
Britain and Sweden also are repre-
! scented.
| The decathlon, a very arduous test
of all around athletic ability finds sew
eral of the United States team among
the leaders as far as it has been con-
tested. But the chances in this event
are so precariOuS that no idea can now
be obtained of the position the particl-
pants are likely to hold at its conc1u-
SION. Five points were scored for the
United States in the standing high
jump which was won by Platt Adams
n. Y. A. G. and in which Benjamin w.
Adams, N. Y. A. was placed second.
Greece also made a point in this event,
c. Tsiclitiras being third.
400 meter race, final, Edward F.
Lindberg, Chicago A. A, third. Time,
4S lis seconds.
Rounding the first turn, Reidpath
and Braun began to overtake Mere
dith and were even with him when
the race was half finished. AT 800
meters Lindberg was leading, with
Braun and Reidpath close behind.
Fifty yards from the finish the Ger
man was in front with Lindberg and
Reidpath just behind him, but he
could not stay to the end and the
Syracuse star burst to the front ten
yards before he reached the tape.
Braun, who ran second, Immediate
ly shook hands with the winner and
the other American runners shook
hands with him. Harold B. Haff,
University of Michigan, finished
fourth.
Donald B. Young, Boston A A, who
was disqualified yesterday after win
ming one of the semi-final heats,
watched the race cheerfully. The be-
lief of the Germans that Braun was
the fastest man in the race proved
baseless, but the member of the
United States team were sad because
they were confident that they could
have secured first and second places
except for Youngs disqualification.
5000 meters team race: United
States, first; Sweden, second; Eng
land, third.
The committee decided that only
three features in the decathon, name
ly, 100 meter sprint. the running broad
jump and the weight putting, should
be contested today.
Standing high jump, final: Plat
Adams, N. Y. A. c., first; Benjamin
w. Adams, N. Y. c. A, second; c.
Tsiclitiras, Greece, third.
Discus throwing, right and left
hand, final: A. r. Taipale, Finland,
first; total throw with both hands, |
80 meters, IS centimeters. Niklan-
der. Finland, second; total throw, II
meters, 10 centimeters. E. Magnus-
son, Sweden, third; total throw, II
meters, SO centimeters- E. Nileson,
Sweden, fourth; total throw, II me-
ters, 40 centimeters. James Duncan,
New York, unattached, fifth; total
throw, IL meters, 10 centimeterS.