The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-07
Americans Run Away With Everything on the Gin
 der Track
SCENE AT OPENING
 WAS REMARKABLE
Two Worlds Records Made and One Goes to United States-Cheering Is Encouraged Instead of Be-
 ing Crowned On

Stockholm, July 6-The glory of the opening of the Olympic games of 1912 should be divided between Swedent and the United states. Sweden gets the Hons share 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 nau- gurated the meeting. makes It by far the most memorable International festival ever held.
 Americas share of the honor is due to the remarkable fashion in which her brawny young men set to work on the cinder, They ran away with heat after heat in the first rounds of the 100 and 500 metres; they outdid the expectations of their trainers and completely upset the calculations the public Had made. They left their old tune British rivals far behind.
 With i've American sprlnters-Meyer, Craig, Iippincott. Belote and Drew and the South Aferican Patching to run the final in the 100 metres. that event may be written down for the United States. With eight men out of IS to compete in the semi-finals of the 800 metres, five of whom won their respective heats in the trials. it would seem as though the United States had an excellent oppor- tunity to annext that event also. Trainer Mike Murphys cup of joy is full. The smashing of the Olympic record by D. F. I.ippincott. University of Penn | sylvania in the sixteenth heat of thu 100 metres event, puts that runner il the hero class.
 The only cloud in the sky is due 10 ar | unfortunate accident suffered by thu Springfield High school boy. H. P. Drew who strained tendon of his leg in thu semi-hnals of the 100 metres, the frs heat of which he won. This may bar hin
 from the final
 The worlds record with the jaselin made by E. L.. Emming, the Swedisi champion, was not unexpected, but thu | Hawaiian swimmer. Duke Kahanamo ku, covered himself with glory by slipping
 through the water in the trial heat Of thu 100 metres, free style, which gave th' United States the second worlds recorC of the meeting.
 The picture, when nearly 20O0 bronzet athletes, picked men of the world. witt the Scandinavian women gymnasts, tho ] flags of the several nations planted be 1 fore them, faced the royal box in whicf
 were seated the King and most of tn, royal family, while the bands played anc 1 thousands sang the Swedish hymn, wal one never to he forgotten. Tho carniva spirit pervades Stockholm, the Oympiac contrasting cheerfully with the more sol l er-r atmosphere of London in 1908. There | yelling and flag waving was frowned upor as bad form; American spectators were criticised for outbursts of enthusiasm and college yells Here flags and badges are | thicker than leaves on trees. Nearly every nationality breaks into a roar when 1 it's men give the smallest excuse. To- | days proceedings were as tumultous as
 a college football game.
 The dark skinned delegates from tho 1 Orient got an ovation, but found them
 selves far outclassed by their European
 brethren. A Turk, conspicuous In fiam- ing scarlet jersey, brought the crescent | badge to the front in the S00 metres for a
 brave but brief moment: then he faded
 into the background. tall Japanese trailed far behind throughout the 10 metres
 Tonight a brilliant gathering watched | the swimming events Thousands massec i In the grandstand beside the river. The bands played Swedish music for another gathering in the stadium. The social pro gramme include receptions, dinners an, concerts for every night of the Olympic l The Americans, A. Vanzandt Post of tn 1 Fencers' club. New York; Dr. Scott D | Breckinridge. Washington. and Midship
 man M. w. Larimer, United States Maya
 academy were successful in the frs
 rounds of the fencing contests today.
 The cycling race around Lake Mala
 will start at o'clock Sunday morning | The contestants will cover about 20
 miles and finish in the staudi,nn In th' | afternoon.
 | Sundays programme includes:
 100 metres running. final; 800 metres
 running. semi-final; 1000 metres running
 trial heats; running high jump; tug o
 war; modern pcntathlon: wrestling: fenc ing and swimming.
 The only friction thus far has t~ker the form of protests by representative,
 of several nations against separate en
 tries in the bicycling events by England
 Ireland and Scotland and by Austria an6 7, Hungary.
 | All the programmes are in the Swedish | language. imposing great difficulty on thu | foreign reporters. while only the win.
 ners are announced. leaving the specta
 tors to guess at the second and third mer