The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-07-17
U. S. ATHLETES
WORLD BEATERS
American Runners Show Supe-
rIOrity in Olympic Stadium
MARATHON TO SOUTH AFRICA
In Sprint and Hurdle Contests Ameri.
cans Have Easy Time-lndlan
Thorpe Best Al-Around Athlete.

Thorpe Best AII-Around Athlete.
American athletes showed their SUI
periority over the world in the Olym-
pic games at Stockholm. Sweden,
Where many worlds records were
broken by Uncle Sans boys.
Two South Africans, X. X. Near.
thur and c. w. Gitshaw, won first and
second places in the Marathon classic
with hours, sc minutes and hours.
81 minutes, 80 seconds for the course
OF about twenty-five miles.
Castor Strobino of the South Pat
erson Athletic association, was third
In hours, 80 minutes. AZ seconds.
Sockalexis, the Indian from Old
Town, Me-, was fourth and other
sturdy runners from the United States
supplied eight men in the first fifteen
to finish.
The events in which the Ameri.
can athletes figured most prominently
were:
100 Meters-One, two, three FOR
America. Ralph Craig won. A. T.
Meyer and D. T. Lippincott finishing
second and third. Craigs time. 10 As |
seconds.
200 Meters-R. c. Craig and D. r.
Lippincott, Americans, finished first
and second.
400 Meter-C. D. Reidpath. Ame.i-
can, first; Hans Braun. Germany. sec.
ond; E. F. Lindberg, American. third.
Reidpath's time, 4S Is seconds
800 Meters-First three places for
America j. e. Meredith. the school
boy, established a worlds record.
minute, 81 9-1O seconds. Nal Shep.
pard was second, Ira Davenport, third
loo Meters-Won by A. N. s. Jack.
son of England to the surprise OF
Americans who expected a sweep A
klviat and N. Taber, Americans fin
ished in second and third places. Jack
sons time, IA minutes. Sc % sec.
onds, new worlds record.
ITO Meter Hurdle-One, two. three
Tor America. Fred Kelley broke the
tape. His time was 10 1-1O seconds.
j. 7. Wendell and NJ. w. Hawkins
were second and third
5000 Meter Team Race-United
States team won, Sweden and Great
Britain second and third.
Standing Broad Jump-C. Taciiti.
ask, a Greek, cleared II feet. 6 $40
inches, winning. Platt and Ben
Adams, Americans, were second and a
bird. S
Running Broad Jump-A. L. Gutter.
on, American, beat the Olympic :,
ecord by clearing "a feet, II inches. II
Standing High Jump-Platt and Ben :.
'dams, Americans, first and second,
With the Greek, Tacilitirask. third.
he winning jump was feet. inches. II
Running High Jump-Almer w l'
richards, American, won, clearing s -
eet $40 inches; Liesche of Ger ~
lany, second, and G. l.. HORNE, "
merican, third. lit
Pole Vault-American took all three
laces. Harry s. Babcock, Mare S. e'
right and Frank Nelson being one, 20
yo, three. Babcocll cleared the mari, -, =,
~ feet, 113s inches. o'
Shot Put-Pat Mcdonald. Gotham .n
'liceman, made a new Olympic ~ ~
cord 90 feet 4 inches, in best hand ~ y"
ltting. Ralph Rose was second and o'
A. whitney another American. was W
lrd. In putting with both hands
ose won, Mcdonald was second and INV
Findlander, third !"
Discus Throw-A. r, Taipale OF Fin ~
nd, first, 14S feet, Y inches. a new al
ympic record. r. L. Byrd and ]. H. -
mean, Americans, were second and u
ird.
Hammer Throw-Matt McGrath. Ou
nerican, beat Olympic record, throw
$50 feet, > inches. A Canadian
IS second and G. C. Childs of New we
rk third.
L6OO Meter Relay-United States sea
st. France and England. han
)ecathlon and Pentathlon-James the
orpe,. Carlisle Indian, won both der
,nts. "
not part of the track and cur
d program the interest in the and
dern pentat41lon was as great as in VIII
OF the regular events The Swedes lab
first, second and third places. sew
utenant G. S. Patton, Jr, U. S. A., sur
the only American competitor. ish'
loom was cast over the closing sigI
RS Of the Olympaid when It became Qui
wn that the only Portuguese run. larg
entered in the Marathon. l.. are
aro' had died from the effects of
gruelllng race in the broilng sun.
arc suffered sunstroke after run b
nineteen miles. f. Slavik. Bo. Pen
nan runner was also overcome, al
his condition is not cnrinnn erv