The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-08
A TRIPLE TRUMP H
FOR AMERICANS
At OLYMP les
A Wholesale Victory in the
Most HOnOred Events
CRAIG EQUALS THE RECORD
James Thorp, Carlisle Indian, Victor
in Penlathlon or a Series Of
Five Events

Stockholm, July THE American
athletes won two notable victories
at the Olympic games today. R. c.
Craig of the Detroit Y. NJ. c. A. cap
tured the final of the 100 meters dash
while James Thorp, of the Carlisle
Indian school, won the penthatlon, a
series of five events.
The stars and stripes were seen Of
ten at the head of the mast where
the cOlors of the victors were raised
at the London Olympic but achieved
a triumph today never before witness
ed on an international athletic field.
Three flag stats were erected In the
Stockholm stadium where the colors
of the different nations scoring first,
second and third in the final contest
of each event are hoisted. When the
100 meters sprint, the event most
honored on athletic fields every
where, had finished, the American
flag went up on the first staff on the
second and on the third. Craig. A,
r. Meyer, Irish ?American A. c., and
d. F. Lippncott, University of Penn
sylvania, were the men they repres-
ented. Craig's time. 10 AS seconds.
equals the Olympic record.
Only one other number on the pro-
gram was concluded today That
was the Pentathlon, which was in
tended to be a test of all round Prov
ess. The United States got the lion
share Of the glory from that also.
At its conclusion, the first and third
STATS floated American flags and the
second Norway's.
The Indian, Thorp, by his victory,
won his position as the legitimate
successor of Martin ]. Sheridan as
an all round athlete. OF those who
entered this competition, the four
Americans, Thorp, Brundage, Donog-
hue and Menual, started in all the
events and stayed to the end with the
Norwegian Bic the Canadian Luke
man, and the Swede, Wiesander.
The semi-final heats of the 500 me-
ters and the try-outs 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 fin
ais in both competitions. The 10000
meters race was less satisfactory. but
was not entirely disappointing Lou
is Tewanima of the Carlisle Indian
school, Joseph Keeper of Manitoba,
Louis Scott of South Paterson, and
U. F. Mcclure of North Attleboro,
Mass, qualifying for the final.
One of the surprises of the day was
the running of the little Finn, T. Kole
mainen, who defeated the great Eng
lishman, w. Scott, in the 10000 met.
ers.
The runners in the lead in the 500
and 10000 meters INDUCED in some
exciting racing for first place while
others, knowing that they were sure
for the final, reserved their strength.
The disappointments of the day were
the inability of Howard p. Drew of
the Springfield high school, to COM
pete in the final of the 100 meters
because of a strained ankle and the
failure of the popular Italian cham.
pion, Lunghi. to get a place in the
final.
The athletes of the United King
dom had bad day. Except for the
colonials, Great Britain took a back
seat having no representative in the
final of the 100 meters, being shut
out of the final in the 500 and hav-
ing small prospect of winning the TO-
900 meters unless the colonies carry
the union jack to the front.
The bicycle race was won by Lewis
OF South Africa, who covered the POO
mile course in ten hours, AZ minutes.
Grubb, England, was second, and Carl
o. Shuttle, Kansas City, third. The
team race, combined with the indiv-
idual competition gave Sweden first
place England second and the United
States third.