Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-07-18
Columbia, Dartmouth and Yal
Men Finish in the Order
Named.
RALPH ROSE A VICTOR, 7OQ
Craig Of Detroit First in the 200
Metre Dash, the Most Excit-
ing Event CT Sports at
Stockholm.

Stockholm. July 1.-THE Unit"
States took the lions share OF the VIC
tories in the Olympic games to-day
The stars and stripes were agar
raised on the thrce lagpoles at tht
concluson 81 the pola vaultinE IL
honor OF Harry S. Ba bcock, Columbia
University, New FORK. Mark g. Wright
Of Dartmouth and Frank I. Nelson OF
Yale. The Columbia man beat the
holder Of the worlds record. but waz
unable to reach the record. Wrtgh.
and Nelson we're tied for second place
and will each receive a silver medal.
In the shot putting contest, with
right and LETT hand, Rplph Kose.
Olympic A. c. and Patrick j. McDon-
old. Irish American A. c., secured first
and second respectively.
Although the hopes Of u new record
were again disappointed. the final heat
OF the 200-metre dash was the mos,
exciting performance of the day
Ralph c. Craig OF Detroit Y. NJ c. A
and Donald +. Lppincott, University
of Pennsylvania, took the hopors, with
the Briton. w r Applegarth, pushing
Thorn hard ut the tape
In the lo,ooo-nletre walk George Gould.
! ing of Canada gave a fine exhibition, out.
pacing the English crack, e. j. Webb, ana
beating him so yards at the end. The
only American in the final OF this event
was Frederick II. Iteiser. New York A
c., but the pace proved too fast for him
| and he dropped out after two miles.
ITALIANS ENJOY A THRILL.
With no surprises. and everything In
which the United States was Interested
| going according to slate. the day furnish
ed no thrills except for small Italian con-
| tingent when its flag went up for the final
| in mems gymnastics with the Hungarian
and British colors beneath It, Teams
| from Russia and Luxembourg also COM
peted. the five giving an excellent ex.
| hibition on the horizontal and parallel
| bars and jumping horses.
Various nations We're interested in the
l1-tral heats and the six semi finals in
the 1lo-metre hurdling. The Americans
secured eight firsts and one second in
| the trials and five firsts in the semi
| finals. Thus. Martin w. Hawkins, John
T. Nicholson. James Wendell, Fred W.
Kelley and John r. Case will run with
the British representative Powell in the
final. The English had the worst of
| luck. Anderson promised to win his heat
| the fourth In the semi-flnals, but fell at
the last hurdle
| Lieut.. George S. Patton continues 70
reflect credit on West Point training
By his riding in the cross-country event
at 5000 metres to-day he gained fourth
place In the modern pentathlon. Three
Swedish officers led. but the Swedes
had a months practice and had studied
the difficulties Of the course which in
cluded rs jumps Of various kinds Pat
ton had a fall at the second Of the double
| ditch Tomorrow this contest will con-
clude with a cross-country foot race OF
| 400 metres, In which the American Of
ficer Is considered to have an excellent
| chance
WRESTLING A SIDE SHOW.
The swimming this evening finished a
new worlds record for the 400 metres,
free style. Healy. the Australian, in his
trial heat covered the distance In 5:34
He has been made the popular favorte
| for the final.
The wrestling continues slowly. Tho
ssemblage Of picked giants of Europe.
who. in scantiest of tights and with sun
drowned limbs bang each other about on
platforms all day under a blazing sun,
furnishes a picturesque side show. The
! swimming draws q fashionable array to
the waterside nightly. the most popular
| feature being the women who 40 hign
diving and play polo IN tightly fitting
| garments
The score as officially announced to-
night is as follows: United States. S.;
Sweden. 50; Great Britain. 81: Germany.
%. Finland. 2O France, 10; Africa, IL;
Denmark II; Norway. 10; Italy. Q: Can
ada, 6; Hungary. 8; Australia. 4; Russia.
Greco. Belgium Austria, 9 each; Hol-
land Q
The standing In the modern Pen
tathlon is as follows; Delaval. IS
points: Hitchcock. 20; Gronhagen. 25;
| Patton. 3S.
No Olympic has compared with this
in the number and diversity of its
social features. a gala performance
in the beautiful state opera tonight
was attended by the members of the
royal family, the diplomatic represen
tatives and officials of the several ma
| tions. Excursions on the water din
ners and concerts in the stadium night
ly by bands and choirs fill every hour
unoccupied by the sports.