New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-07
American Athletes Carry OFF
Most of the Honors in the
Trial Heats on the
Cinder Path. RI
THREE RECORDS HUNG UP
Lippincott Sets Olympic Mark IN
100.Metre Dash and Duke
Kahanamoku Swims to
Worlds Record Before
Huge Crowd.

Stockholm. July e.-Ths glory of tA4
opening Of the Olympic games Of 1919
was divided here o-day between swedea
and the United States. Sweden earned
the lions share for the impressive stago
setting provided for the contests, which.
with the natural beauties Of Stockholm.
Of the parks and palaces and lakes and
the moving ceremonial with which the
King inaugurated the meeting. makes 1t
by far the most memorable international
festival ever held.
Americas share in the honors waa due
10 the remarkable fashion In which her
brawny young men performed on tho
cinder path They ran of with heat
after heat in the first rounds Of the 100
metre dash and S00-metre run. They not
only surpassed the expectations Of their
trainer, but completely upset the calcu-
lations Of the critics. They left their Old
time British rivals far behind.
With five American sprinters-Drew. /,
Meyer, Craig, Lippincott and Belote-
and the South African Patching to run
the final heat Of the 10O-metre dash.
hat race looks made to order for the
United States.
With eight men out Of eighteen to COM
pete in the semi-hnal heats Of the 800
metre run, Ave Of whom won their re-
| spective heats in the trials to-day, it
would seem as though the United States
had an excellent opportunity to capture
that event. Mike Murphys cup Of Joy
Ia full.
The smashing OF the olympic record by
D. F. Lippincott, Of the University Of
Pennsylvania, in the sixteenth heat OF
the 10O-metre dash puts that runner In
! the top class. Tne only cloud in the
sky this evening is due to an unfortunate
accident suffered by the Springfield High
School negro. H. P. Drew, who strained
a tendon Of his leg in the semi-hnals
of the 1OO-metre dash, the first heat Of
which he won. This may bar him from
the final
T. Lemming, the Swedish champion,
set new worlds secord with the javelin
of 30 metres "a centimetres. while the
Hawaiian swimmer. Duke" Kahana-
moku, covered himself with glory by
slipping through the water in his trial
heat of the 1O0-metre free style swim In
minute . 2-5 seconds, which gave the
United States the second worlds record
of the meeting.
The picture, when nearly two thousand
bronzed athletes, picked men of the
world, with the Scandinavian women
gymnasts the flags Of the several nations
planted before them, faced the royal box
In which were seated the King and most
of the royal family, while the bands
played and thousands sang the Swedish
hymn, was one never to be forgotten.
Carnival Spirit at Games
The carnival spirit pervades Stockholm,
the Olympiad contrasting cheerfully with
the more solemn atmosphere of Londoa
In 1908. There yelling and flag waving
was frowned upon as bad form; Ameri-
can spectators were criticised for out
bursts Of enthusiasm and college yells.
Here flags and badges are thicker than
leaves on trees. Nearly every national
ity breaks into a roar when its men give
the smallest excuse. The proceedings
to-day were as tumutuous as a college
football game.
Two dark-skinned delegates from the
Orient got an ovation but found them
selves far outclassed by their European
and American brethren. A Turk. con-
spicuous in a flaming scarlet jersey.
brought the crescent badge to the front
in the SOO-metre run for a brave, brise
moment; then he faded into the back
ground. A tall Japanese trailed far be-
hind throughout the 100 metres. He
looked sad enough to commit hara-kiri.
A brilliant gathering watched the
swimming tonight: Thousands massed
in the grandstand beside the river. The
bands played Swedish music for another
gathering in the stadium. The social
programme included receptions, dinners
and concerts.
The Americans, A. Van Zant Post. OF
the Fencers' Club, New York: DR.. Scott
d. Breckenridge, Washington Field Club.
and Midshipman NJ. w. Larmer United
States Naval Academy, were successful
in the first round of the fencing contests
to-day. The cycling race around Lake
Malar will start at o'clock .to-morro"
morning. The contestants will cover
about two hundred miles and finish In
the stadium in the afternoon.
The only friction thus far has taken
the form Of protests by the representa-
tIves Of several nations against separate
entries in the bicycling by England, Ire
land and Scotland and by Austria ana
Hungary. All the programmes are IN
the Swedish language. imposing great
difficulties on the foreign reporters. while
only the winners are announced. leaving
the spectators to guess at the second
and third men when the contests are
closed.
lippineott q Surprise.
The surprise of the day was the brill
liant performance Of d. +. Lippincott ot
the University Of Pennsylvania, III
eoualling the worlds record OF 1879
seconds and beating the Olympic recoi"
nv one-fifth OF a second. In the ioo-
metre dash.
J. A. Howard, Of Manitoba. in detea'-
ing G. n Patching, of South Africa, IN
the thirteenth heat of the same raes'
caused another surprise. All ,nousn'
that Patching was unbeatable. Tine n'-
ter qualified for the finals. however
whereas Howard did not. A. f. D. An
derson. of England. by his victory over
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