Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-07-06
OPENED GAMES
WITH PRAYER
Sermon and Hymn Singing
Preceded Athletic Events
at Stockholm
AMERICANS SCORED TRIUnPHS
United States Had Finest and
Largest Body Of Men Who
Were Cheered.

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/ Stockholm, July 6.-American attn
/ letes got well in lead in the openinG
! track events OF the Olympic games
nere today. Thirty thousand specta-
! tors, among them the royal family,
Cheefed their respective faVOIites to
victory while United States entries
! enacted a large share Of the firsts in
! the initial heats Of the 100 and 500
meter events. Eight Americans, four
Englishmen and two Canadians won
places in the finals of the 500 meter
race.
Daniel f. LippIncott Of the Univer-
5ity OF Pennsylvania, lowered the
Olympic record by ID of second
when he won the sixteenth heat 1G
meters in b. Other Americans who
won firsts in these heats were Ira
Courtney, of the Seattle Athletic Club,
Ralph c. Craig of the Detroit Y. NJ. c.
A., Howard Drew, Springfield, Mass },
high school: P C. Gerhardt, Olympic
Club, San Francisco. Clarence S. Ed
!mondson, Seattle, A. A., was among
the first in the 500 meter events.
An early upset in the meet came
in the seventh heat 500 meters, when
+, c. Soutter, won from Melvin W.
Sheppard, the-Irish-Americ2n Star who
crossed the tape in second place six
yards behind the EngIishman. Shep-
pard appeared wirded at the end OF
the first 200
Another surprise Of the days games
was the winning OF the jayelin throw
by E. Lemming. Sweden, who hurled
the spear 60 meters, 64 centimeters.
breaking the Olympic record by near
lly TO feet.
Crown Prince Waved His Silk Hat.
The crown prince made brief
speech and afterward King Custaye V
rose and formally declared the Olym-
pic games opened.
group Of trumpeters in medieval
costume, sounded blast, to which 9th
.er trumpeters stationed at the oppo-
site end of the Stadium responded.
The crown prince, waving his silk hat,
led three rOusing cheers and the
march of the athletes at once begun.
Stockholm, Sweden, July 6.-The in
iauguration of the Olympic games to-
Gay provided a spectacle whicn prob
ably never has been equalled since
the ancient days of Greece.
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clear, blue sky overhead The great
stadium was filled with 10000 people Of
al nationalities.
When the members OF the Swedish
royal family entered their daily decor
ated box at II o'clock, all present
stood with barred heads and gave a
loud cheer while a call blown by a
corps of trumpeters sounded far and
the games.
After the delegations of Sweden,
Norway and Denmark, the team rep
Presenting the United States, showed
the procession and the Stars and
Stripes called forth by far the heart
| lest welcome Of all the flags carried
by the visitors. The little file of three
athletes following the flag of Japan,
however, got warm applause.
At the head Of each delegation,
marched two stalwart athletes, who
carried the national flag and standard
bearing the names of their respective
countries surmounted by a wreath.
The whole body marched around the
| track and then massed on the green
oval facing the royal box with the
standard bearers holding the coors OF
the various nations directly opposite
the king
For the inaugural ceremonial, the
international committee which il
cludes representatives of all nations,
Under the leadership of Crown Prince
Gustave Adolph of Sweden, assembled
on the field in front Of the massed COM
retitors. A big male choir was formed
while several bands played. The court
pastor, the Rev Oskar Clements Aeh-
| feldt, then preached a short sermon in
| Swedish. The Rev. Robert DeCourcey
Laffan of London, an old rowing man
and member of the British Olympic
committee, then offered prayer, speak
ing OF the gathering as in the inter
est of peace and friendship. The
whole assemblage then sang the Luth-
er's hymn: a Mighty Fortress is Our
God"
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