The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-16
AMERICANS CELEBRATE
VICTORIES AS EVENTS At
OLYMPIAD COME TO CLOSE
James Thorpe, Carlisle Indian,
Proves Himself Greatest
All-Round Athlete
DECATHLON GOES TO HIM
Death of Portuguese Runner in
Marathon Casts Shadow
Over Games
DECATHLoN GOES TO HIM

STOCKHOLM, July 1.-THE Amer
lean participants in the Olympic
games were photographed in the
stadium today, and II was almost as
much of function as yesterdays
award OF the prizes by the king OF
SW eden. Thousands of people turned
out TO see the winnig athletes group ed
together and cheered them with Lre-
mendous enthusiasm.
One of the pleasant things about
the American victory, is that il seems
to have left an agreeable taste. The
winners succeeded In making them
selves exceedingly popular and even
the rivals whom they defeated have
nothing but kind things to say or
them. The English did not come out
OF the contests so fortunately. The
Scandinavian newspapers continue TO
rake them fore and aft for their
roughness and even actual unfairness
in most OF the contests which they
won
Despite the complaints against tire
British, the atmosphere is much
clearer, however, than at the games
at London four years ago and We're
II not for the death. OF Lazaro, the
Marathon runner, which has thrown
a decided wet blanket over the wind
up OF this years gathering, the visit
ors here could hardly part on better
terms. The crowd in the city is al
ready beginning TO thin out, but 1t
will be some days before the number
of Olympic visitors ceases TO be no.
ticeable in the streets of Stockholm.
The Americans showed the other
athletes Of all nations how to play
baseball this afternoon. They did II
in the Olympic stadium and probably
two such mines were never gathered
together before in the whole history
of baseball. They were divided into
fasteners and westerners and the
eastern team beat the western one by
a score OF six to three.
The standing of the various teams
in all the events Of the Olympics Is
as follows:
United States, 12S Sweden. 104;
Great Britain Sc; Finland, as; Ger
many. 81; France, 20 South Africa,
16; Denmark, IA; Italy, 10; Canada,
1S; Australia, 10; Belgium, IL; Nor
way. 10; Hungary, 8; Russia. );
Greece, a; Austria, 4; Holland, 2.
In the track and field events, the
final standing is:
United States, SIS; Finland, 27;
Sweden, "a; Great Britain, IA; CAN
ada, Z; South Africa, 5; France, 4
Germany, 4 Greece, A; Norway, 2;
Hungary, /; Italy, l.
The last day of the track and field
sports In the stadium brought no
sensation. The games reached their
elimination in the Marathon. The
curtain falls on the Olympic with the
United States well in front in the
total points in all sports to date and
with a sweeping victory In the field
and track events which for years
have constituted the program at meet
ings in America and Great Britain
and to which athletes of these M
tionalities devote their energies.
Tne bestowal of the prizes by the
king, who placed wreaths on the
heads of the victors and shook hands
with all the winners, took place In the
stadium yesterday afternoon TIE
American team led the march of tri
umphal athletes who when arrayed
before the king formed an assemblage
of picked men and women OF the
world OF sport such as was never
seen in one body before.
The triumphs OF the day were Ill
vided for the most part between the
United States and the northern ma
tons. The latter, particularly Swe-
den, scored a number OF points in
L. l.
the Americans did not figure. James
Thorpe. OF the Carlisle Indian schoni,
proved himself easily the greatest all.
around athlete of the world in the
Decathlon, which provided a variety
Of tests OF speed, strength and quick
ness, while Eugene Mercer, Univrsiy
of Pennsylvania; Geo. w. Philbrook,
Notre Dame, and James ]. Donoghue,
Los Angeles A. c., were prominent in
the second class.
The hop, step and jump proved
wholly a Swedish event. The north
ern country took the three leading
places and divided the cross-country
race Of 5000 meters, which really was
test Of cliff climbing and ability to
penetrate underbrush, with the husky
rims stcOnu, Wnlle lne EuBllsn team
was third. The Americans for the
first time in this class of work were
absolutely outsiders.
Two events have occurred which
cast a shadow on the Olympic games.
The Portuguese runner, F. Tazaro,
who ran in the Marathon, died yes
terday from sunstroke and Lieut..
Lawrence, a British officer Of the
Eighteenth Hussars. was thrown into
ditch during the military compcti.
ton, suffering conclusion of the brain
and other serious injuries