The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09
AMERICANS ARE
STILL IN LEAD.
Twenty-six Points Are Credited to the
Yankees While Their Closest
Competitor Has But
Six.
80 IN ToDAY's EVENTS
George Y. eonhaa Of the lrl.h.AmerI.
can Athletic Club Wins the
First Heat Of the 5000
Meter Run.

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/ STOCKHOLM, July s.-Having to
their credit four f1rsts of a possible
/ eight, and clean one, two, three
sweep in two big races. the 100 and
500 meter runs, the American athletes
today began the fourth day of the
Olympic games far in the lead In the
track and field events and confident
that the days results would make it
impossible for any other country to
catch up with them.
The day was scheduled to start off
with the trial heats of the 1900 meter
run, at which time the Americans had
j2e points to their credit, while their
nearest competitor, Finland, had but
six and England five in track and field
events.
/ Thirty Americans were entered In
| today's events, the 1900 meter run,
/ trial heats; the 5000 meter run, trial
heats; throwing the javelin, right and
left hands; 10000 meter walk; 100
meter swim, back stroke; 200 meter
swim, breast stroke.
/ George Y. Bonhag, of the Irish
American Athletic club, New York,
won the first heat of the 5000 meter
run. today's first Olympic games event,
and H. Louis Scott, Of the South Pat
erson. N. J., Y. NJ. c. A., won the Sec
ond heat. The results were
First heat-Bonhag, first; A. Decot-
eau, Canada. second; F. N. Hibbins.
England, third Time, Is minutes,
223-5 seconds.
/ Second heat-Scott, first; Joseph
Keeper, Manitoba, second; e. w. Hut
son, England. third. Time Is minutes,
% ~ seconds.
Third heat-M. Karlsson, Sweden,
| first; 3. Glover, England, second; C.
H. A. Porter, England. third Time
Is minutes, "a So seconds.
100 meter back stroke First heat,
Harry ]. Hebner. United States, first;
10. Gross. Germany, second. Time 1921
| Second heat-O. Fair, Germany; j.
| Wenk. Hungary. second. Time 1922.
| Third heat-A. Barongi. Hungary,
first; P. Kellnes, Germany, second.
Time, minute, % seconds.
Miss Fannie Durach, of Australia,
won the 100 meter swim, free style,
for women, in minute. 10 AS seconds
establishing worlds record for
women.
G. R. Hodgson, Canada, won the
semifinal of the 1900 meter swim; j.
G. Hatfield, England, second; Harwick.
Australia, third. Time % minutes,
26 seconds.
In the individual fencing finals,
Italy won both first and second place,
t Nadi and Spectacle of that country be-
Y ing winners. vanderher, Australia,
: was third The American entrants
Y did not score.
g In the 1900 meter run, trial heat,
1 the following seven Americans quail
!, fed: Oscar F. Hedlund, Boston A. A.;
8 Walter Mcclure, San Francisco; Mel
Y vim w. Shepard, Irish-American A. G..
/ New York; Norman S. Taber, Brown
4 University; Abel R. Kiviat, Irish-Amer-
g lean A. c.; John Paul Jones, Cornell
i and Louis C. Madeira, University OF
e Pennsylvania. Kiviat made the best
e time, four minutes. four seconds.
Lastorres, Australia, won the second
n heat in the semi-final of the 1900 met
/ er free style swimming race; Foster
r Great Britain, second Time 90 min
e utes, 9 As seconds.
J Europeans Dazed.
G STOCKHOLM, July 9.-The fea
with which the American Olympic
athletes today crowned their achieve
ments of the fourth day OF the con
] tests. when they qualified seven mer
= in seven heats for the 1900 meter
9 race, simply dazed the Europeans
who thought that the fleetness of the
Yankees already had reached thu
limit of its power to astonish, and the
: thousands who thronged the stadium
: cheered Justify Kviat. HedIund
Jones, Shepard Mcclure. Taber ant
: Madeira were the Americans who
qualified in the 1900 meter contest.
In the first heat of the 5000 metei
run, George Y. Bonhag. of New York
/ the winner, led the field from the be
ginning except ut about nid-distance
when G. NJ. Hill. the Australian. wen
ahead for moment Louis Scott, II
the second heat. virtually duplicated
the feat Of Bonhag
In the third heat, the United State,
had no winners. Garnet w. Wickoff
of the University of Ohio. went lame
about the middle of the race, ant
r could not finish.
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