Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-07-06
oskar olemens Aehfeldt then preach.
ed short sermon in Swedish.

q London, an old rowing man and
member Of the British olympic con
mittee, then offered psSyer. speaking
of the gathering as in the interest o
peace and friendship. The whole as
semblage then sang the Luther hymr
"A Mighty Fortress is Our God"
The crown prince made a brie
speech and afterward King Gustav,
V. rose and formally declared tn,
Olympic games opened A group Of
trumpeters stationed at the opposite
end Of the stadium responded Tho
crown prince, waving his silk hat. led
three resounding cheers. and the
march of the athletes at once began
The first athletic victory for the
United states was won by Ira Court
ney Of the Seattle Athletic club in the
third heat Of the 100 metres flat. His
time was II seconds Il, H. Blakeney
of England was second.
In the fourth heat, A. F. D. Ander-
son Of England was first and Rupert
p Thomas of Princeton University,
second. Time IL seconds.
In the fifth heat. Howard P. Drew OF
Springfield. Mass. high school, won
by several yards E. Kern of Ger
many was second. Time II seconds.
In the ninth heat. Alva H. T. Mey-
er. Irish-American Athletic club won
by three yeards. Time IL $40 sec
onds.
In the tenth heat, d. H. Jacobs Of
England won by a narrow margin,
beating G. P. Wilson. Coe College,
Iowa. Time, 10 4-5 seconds. To beat
wilson OF Coe College in the tenth
heat OF the 100 meters, Jacobs OF
England was forced to tie the Olym-
pic record of 10 As seconds.
In the eleventh heat. F. V. Belote,
Chicago A. A., won, time ii seconds.
In the twelfth heat, P. G. Gerhardt,
Olympic A. A. San Francisco, won,
beating Frank Lukeman Of Quebec,
Canada. Time IL 1-10 seconds.
In the thirteenth. J. A. Howard,
Manitoba. won; G. H. Patching, South |
Africa, was cenod and Harold w. He'll |
and, Xavier A. A. New York third
Time Il seconds.
c. Luther. Sweden won the firstg
heat; Moller, Sweden, the second;
R. R. Rau, Germany. the sixth; w. A.
Stewart, Australia the seventh, and
K. Lindburg, Sweden. the eighth.
Sixteenth heat; Donald F. Lippin-
sott, University of Pennsylvania first;
W. R. Applegarth, England, second;
fahiko Mishima. Japan, the first com
petitor from that country, was the
asst of the five in the heat. Time
10 "a seconds.
Seventeenth heat; Ralph c. Craig,
Detroit Y. M. c. A. first. Time II is
Lipincott of the University
If Pennsylvania broke the Olympic
'ecord for the 100 metres Winning tire
sixteenth heat in 10 3-5 seconds. The
oest previous Olympic mark was
70 4-5 made by Walker of South
Africa at London in 1908 and by Jarvis
If the United States at Paris 1900.
Eight Hundred Meters
First heat, 800 meters: David S.
Caldwell, Massachusetts agricultural
college, beat the famous Italian, e.
1unghi by five yeards. ]. Caulle, of
france made the race for $50 meters
tut he later dropped back Walter
Mcclure Olympic club, San Francisco,
vas outdistanced. Time 1:5S S-5.
Second heat; p. E. Mann, England,
irst; Housert N. Putnam, Cornell Uni
Iersity second; time one minute 56
Third heat: John Paul Jones, Cor
lell University. first; A. 2, Cortesao,
Portugal, made the pace for three
quarters of the distance Jones then
orged ahead, finishing easily six
ards in front. Time two minutes.
As.
Fifth heat, Ina N Davenport Uni
-ersity Of Chicago, first; H. H. Hur- t
ord, England, second. The three
English competitors did good team 9
york. R. Hales made the running t
or 400 meters and then withdrew. '
lime l minute SO seconds '
Fourth heat, Clarence S. Edmund e
on, Seattle "A. A. first; ]. L. TAFT, a
)ntario, Canada, second; C. A C.
'oulenard. France, third. The five t
were closely punched. R.
Burton of Tngland was fourth. Time a
:56 $40 seconds.
Sixth heat, Harlan w Holden, Bates c
olIege, first; E. Bjorn, Sweden, sec c
nd. Time one minute. So 10 seconds. C
The firsts and seconds in the trial !
eats of the 800 meters flat compete t
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