Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-01
OLYMPlCS IN OTHER YEARS
Uncle Sam Has Always Been the
Best.
First Victory Cnme In ISD0-Since
Then America Has Outdistanced
Rivals for Chief Honors in In
ternational Sports.

far distant from where the ancients met
IN battle royal In that year there were
"a events and In nine OF them, athletes
who represented the United States won
first places To representatives Of Great
Britain three irsts were awarded. Greece
won one first and Denmark the other
Burke was the American who won the
10o-meter race and his time was ~ Sec
onds fiat. considerably slower than the
time OF recent years. Burke also ran and
won the 400-meter race. his time being
e4 Ia seconds Flack Of England won the
$40 and 1,5O0-meter races. Curtis an Am
erican. was first In the 110-meter hurdles
Firsts in the running broad and running
high jumps were taken by an American
named Clark.
-Four years elapsed before the second
Olympic games were held. This time the
scene changed from Greece to France
The United states sent n strong team
to Paris. and what the Yankees did on
that occasion outdistanced their efforts In
Athens. There were % events In the
games at Paris and In II of them Amer
leans were either first to break the tape.
or covered tho most distance in their
jumps. England had to content herself
with three firsts France with one, and
Hungary with one. The stars on the
American team in Paris in 1900 were
Kraenzlen. the Pennsylvania athlete, and
Ewry. KracnZlein won in the 60-meter
run. tho llo-mcter hurdles and the DO
meter hurdles. Ewry walked off with all
the high honors in the Jumps The 100
meter race that year was won by Jarvis
an American. in 10 As seconds. mark
t1at ~,
distance of 10 wards. 10 inches England
finished first In 1900 in the So0-meter
run. the 1.5o-meter run. and 400 m eter
steepcchase
Tho United States was a successful bid
der for the Olympic games of 1874 and
st. Louis was the favored city. 1t was
with some great misgivngs that the for
eiEn countries sent their trained athletes
to the United States. for but few Of their
hackers believed they would stand much
Of chance against Americans on Amer
lean tracks. These beliefs were well
founded. for the Americans won Il out
of a possible &c places. A Canadian named
posmarcau won in throwing the &C. pound
weight and Greek named Kakousis won
in the two-handed weight-lifting contest
| The American stars at St Louis We're
Hahn. winner in the so. the loo and 30
meter runs I.ighthody. winner in the
500 and l.5oo-meter runs, and 1900 meter
! steeplechaSc. Ifillman and Ewry once
more. a cleaner sweep than the Amer
leans made that year could hardly he
imagined.
Instead of waiting through another four
years after 1904 for the resumption of in
tcrnational disputes on the athletic field
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