El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-08

for the small Finn, n. T. KOIehmainen,
VINO outran England's famous 10-miler,
W Scott For the United States, Louis
Scott South Paterson Y. NJ c. A, and
L F. Mcguire. North AttlebOro, Mass
unattached, made bad third and fifth
respectively. A Swede, NJ. Person,
was fourth George V. Bonhag. a. A
c, failed to start.
The 100 meters flat race final was
a great contest It belonged to any
body until few feet from the tape,
but R. c. Craig, of Detroit, by a great
burst crossed foot ahead Only inches
separated the next three. A T. -Ieyer
and R +. LippinCOtt, Americans, and
G. F. Patching, of South Africa
Of those who entered this cOmpeti-
ton the four Americans, Thorpe,
Brundagee, DOuahue and Menaul started
IN all the events and stayed to the
end with the Norwegian, Bic, the
canadian, Lukeman, and the SWede,
Weislander. The semi-final heats of
the 500 meters and the tryOuts for the
running high jump put the Americans
IN the position of practically owning
these events, six representatives of
the United States qualifying for the
finals in both exhibitions. The 1900
meters were unsatisfactory. but not
entirely disappointing, Louis Tewan-
ina, of the Carlisle Indian school; JO-
seph Keeper, Of Manitoba; Louis Scott,
OF South Paterson, and W F. Mcguire,
Of North Attleboro, Mass qualifying
for the final
Little Finn r Wonder.
One Of the surprises Of the day was
the running Of the little Finn, T.
Kolehmainen, who defeated the great
Englshman, ". Scott, in the 10000
meters The two Scots. British and
American, did well in the heats. but
the trainers were displeased because
the men insisted on running for blood
instead of places.
The disappointments Of the day were
the inability Of Howard P Drew, Of
the Springfield High school, to COM
pete IN the 100 meters because Of a
sprained ankle and the failure Of the
popular Italian champion, Lunghi, to
get place in the final of the 500
meters.
The athletes Of the United Kingdom
whose predecessors taught the world
sprinting, long distance running and
bicycling, had a bad day. Except for
the cOlonials, Great Britain took a back
seat. having no representative in the
final OF the 100 meters, being put out
Of the final
In the preliminary boxing bouts all
the contestants were Europeans. No
American or Britisher Darticipated
The heavyWeights were the most pop
ular- They wallowed around the plat
form under a fierce sun for hours.
The bicycle race around IKE Mailer,
a distance of about 200 miles. was won
by Lewis, OF South Africa, in 10 hours
~ minutes.
The semi-finaI heats of the 100
meters swimming proved a fiasco, as
the Americans, McGin. Ray, Jussegh
and Kahanamoku, who had qualified
by winning their heats in the previous
round. remained on the steamer Fin
land in the belief that the event was
to be contested today
Through this failure Of understand
ms. whether on the part Of the Swedish
committee or the American managers.
the Americans may lose the final OF
this event The Hawaiian, Kahana-
moku, is the talk. OF the town, not only
for what he does, but for the easy.
nonchalant way in which he does It. He
has caught the popular fancy and the
president Of the British life saving So
ciety has offered him a valuable cup
if he swims 100 meters in one minute
during the contests. He established a
worlds record when he won his trial
heat in the 100 meters in L minute
> 2-5 seconds.
The games in the stadium started
with sermon, prayer and a hymn at
o'clock The weather was hot and
clear and to the liking OF the American
visitors The seats even at that early
hour were half filled with enthusiasts,
among whom were many women