Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-12

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Stockholm. July 11-At the re-
sumption of the Olympic games, to-
, day, the members of the United states
team added some further points 10
their score by winning the final of the
200 metres fiat race and also secured
second place in that event. Ralph G.
Craig. Detroit. was the first pan home
and Ronald Lippincott, University of
Pennsylvania, followed close at his
heels.
In the weight putting in which the
distances attained With both right and
left hand are added, a further victory
for the United States was won by
Ralph Rose. of the Olympic A. c., who
got first place and Patrick Mcdonald,
II A. A. G. who was second.
Other nations came rather unex-
pectedly to the fore in these two
events, England scoring point in the
200 metres fiat race through w. r.
Applegarth winning third place in that
dash and Finland improving its posi-
ton in the list of winners by f. Mix
lander obtaining third place in the
weight putting.
The morning session in the Stadium
was comparatively tame. The only
events, apart from the preliminary
rounds in the wrestling competition
and display of gymnastics by a Ger
man team, were the final heat of the
10000 metres walk in which George
Goulding, Canada, won a deserved vic
tory and the II trial heats in the 10
metres hurdle race.
The United states team had the
hurdle race all its own way. taking
eight f1rsts and one second.
The majority of the heats were not
races, because in most cases there
We're only two runners and as first
and second in each heat was entitled
to compete in the semi-fina there
was no incentive to fast running. All
the American competitors secured
placed in the semi-finals. They were:
James Wendell. n. Y. A. G.; John r.
Case. University of Illinois: Fred w.
Kelley, Seattle A A.; John p Nichol-
son. University of Missouri; Edwin NJ.
Pritehard, l. A A. c.; Vaughn s.
Blanchard, Boston A. A; Martin W.
Hawkins, Multnomah A. c.; John ].
Eller .Jr, l. A. A. c., and George A,
Chisholm. Boston A. A.
Other nations are also represented in
the semi-tinals.
Nine competitors started in the final
of the 10.000-meters walk. The only
representative of the United States
was Frederick Fl. Keiser, n. Y. A. c..
and tie pace proved too fast for him
so he dropped out after doing two
miles Goulding took the lead mmedi-
ately and had a hard race with T. j
Webb, England, from the beginning
+. Altimeni, Italy, and A. Rasmus-
sen, Denmark. We're the only other men
left in two miles before the finish
three others having fallen by the way
AT the beginning of the last mile, the
Canadians led the Englishman by {
yards and the Italian was 200 yards
behind Webb. Goulding had Increased
his lead to 50 yards by the beginning OF
the last lap and continued to increa Sc
it till he crossed the tape, when he
was so yards ahead.
The afternoon program opened witt
the finals of the weight putting, the
aggregate throw of the l6-pound shot
with both hands being reckoned. The
big American competitors attracted
much attention.
The result of the competition was
reached by adding the best two throws
Ralph Roses aggregate was q meters
81 centimeters go feet. 51a inches>
Patrick MeDonald's, 81 meters. SO CEN
timeters go feet 34 inches) and j.
Niklander's. q meters, IS centimeters
$50 feet. end small fraction).
The final 'of the 200-meters fat race
belonged to Ralph C. Craig, Detroit
almost from the beginning. Donald F
Lippincott. University of Pennsylva
MIA broke away ahead on the start
but Craig soon passed him.
OF the six semi-fnal heats inNthe 10
| meter hurdle race. this afternoon, five
We're won by members of the United
States team. These We're Martin w
Hawkins. Multnomah A. c., John p
Nicholson, University of Missouri
Fred w. Kelley, Seattle A. A. Jane:
Wendell New York A c., and John r
Case, University of Illinois. The Other
mi-final was won by X. Powell. Eng
land, who will be the only athlete o.
non-American nationality to compel,
| in the final, tomorrow, as the winner,
only of the semi-finaIs are qualified t.
participate.
The final of the pole yaulting began