Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-15
MARATHON RUlIER
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CLASSIC EVENT srRlc,eIN on,
TRACK AND plEa
suNsrRokE CAUSES DEATH
IN NlNITEENrh MiL1
American Relay Team Rssmps tAwsy
With 1900 Motor Rses-rhsrps
Lsads In Dsoathisn-c-e @csuntsy
Run to Finn and Marathon 70 ssus,s
African.

| African.
Stockholm. July 1s.-Gloom was cart
over the spei -nd participants in
the Olympic Aos0 1so,.. -.
came known TIM. '''H ,o,..o,s,,
| Portuguese runner In yestcraAy.s dis
toric marathon race. had died this
morning. following sunstrokc suffered
during the race. after having run nine.
teen miles.
The news caused great distress 10 tho
! king. the crown prince and other
members Of the royal family.
| The tragedy OF this years marathon
coming after that OF the painful exit.
b!tion OF Dorandos finish In 1908 n
likely TO lead to u change Of rules Or
tho abandonment OF the feature At fus
| turo meetings.
| American Four Wins Relay.
| The United States won the 1900
meters relay race with plenty to spare.
| having such men al Melvin W. Shep-
pard. Irish American Athletic Club:
| Edward r. L!ndberH. Chicago Athletic
| Associations: James h. Meredith. Mcr-
cersburg Academy. and Charles e.
| Reidpath. Syracuse University. to meet
| the English and French teams. Eacn
| of tho men had TO cover 400 metera
| succ cccssivcly and the result was fore
gone conclusion. The time OF min.
| utes 1G 8-5 seconds was we'll within
| the American runners powers.
| England was handicapped because
her first man. @. Nicol. went lame and
fell far behind In the first zoo meters.
while Sheppard finished ten yards
ahead OF the Frenchman. C. A. c. Poul-
enard The teams maintained theso
positions thruout. each American run =
ner keeping twenty to thirty yards
ahead OF his French rival. Tho Ems
glishmcn We're another ten yards sbo-.
hind until In the last two strcfchsa
when the Britons managed 10 make up
some of the breach.
Thorpe Leads in Dseathlon.
Eugene l.. Mercer. University OF
| Penns ylvania. cleared meters 60 cen-
tmeters Q1 feet ~ inches) In the pole
vault item of the decathlon today.
1 James r. Donohuc. Los Angeles Ath-
! letic club. was second with meters "
centimeters while James Thorpe. Cnr-
| Isle Indian school, and three others
cleared meters % ccntimeters (l0
feet inches).
The standing Of the men In the de-
cathlon liz reckoncd to the highest
number Of points aggregated in the ten
events. The highest possible Ia 10000
and the leader this morning was
| Thorpe with 1854 points. followed bv
Lembcrg, Sweden. 6.1S3: Wieslander,
Sweden. $685.: Mercer. University OF
! Pcnns ylvania S,9hl: Phiihrook. Notr0
/ Dame $500: Donohue, Los Angeles
| Athletic club. 5.S14: and Holmeri
Sweden. 5,Sl3.
Summary Of Events.
! High diving from heights OF five and
| ten meters, final--Sweden first. Ger
many second Sweden third.
! Four hundred meters swimming race.
I for teams Of four women, each SWIM
| ming 100 mcters--Engiand first. Ger
many second Austria third. Time.
| minutes. 81 seconds.
| Sixteen hundred meters relay race,
/, for teams of four men. each man run
| ming 400 meters. final-united States
first. France second. England Third.
Hop step and jump. final-Sweden
| first, second and third
Eight hundred meters swimming race
| for teams of four men each. swimming
600 meters. free style. finai--Australia
/
| third Time. 10 minutes II l-5 sec
! onds.
Cross county race. about 5000 meters
H. kolehmainen. Finland, first; II.
J. Anderson. Sweden. second: J. Exc.
Sweden, third.
Wrestling. final. Observation-Disclosures.
/ Finland. first: Matiason, Sweden. Sec
! ond: Malstrom Sweden. third
| Wrestling. featherwcight - kcskeis.
| Finland. first; Lnsenen. Finland. Sec
ond Gerstackers. Germany. third.
! Decn,hlon. hnal--James Thorp. Car.
| lislc Indian school first: II. weislan-
| der. Sweden. second: G.. LomberS.
/ Sweden, third
| Cross country team race-Sweden,
first; Finland second: England third.
The hop. step and jump went en-
| tirely to Sweden, g. Lindblom, G.. A.
! Bers and l., Almlocf. being the win
ners Lindbiom cleared fourteen met
ers sc centmeters cas- feet 81 inches).
Berg and Almloef followed this at a
| distance OF few inches.
| Macarthur Wins Marathon.
| South Africa, which heretofore
| played rather modest part In this
! Olympic drama. came TO the center OF
| the stage at the moment OF Its cul-
mination Sunday. winning the Mara
thon race, the most important number
| on tho Olympic program. This might
| have been honor enough for small
nation. but South Africa also won Sec
ond place by secure lead, which was
| piling up the glory.
the winner of the classical :.asaa- a. =
thon was X. X. Macarthur, tall Trans
vaa1 policeman. who has never yet been
headed in a similar event. His COM
patriot. c. w. Gitshaw. came second
into the stadium several hundred yards
behind. and third to appear was tho
American, Gasten Strobino Of the
South Paterson Athletic Club. who Put
up braver fight than most or the
runners. for his feet were skinned ana