The sun., 1912-07-07
AMERICA away TO
A RUNNING START
Highest Hopes Realized in
Opening Olympic
Contests.
SPRINTERS REVELATION
Five of Six Qualifiers in 100
Meter Dash Are
Yankees.
RECORD IS ANNlHILATED
Lippincott Docs 10 3-5 in Heat
/ Eight in 800
Meters.
SPRINTERS REVELATION
RECORD IS ANNlHILATED
Sp,c,o, cable p.,nn,ch 70 Tsr sss.

Sp,,,oi cable Dsspa,ch 70 Tsr Sss.
STOCKHOLM. sweden JuIv American
athletes started OF in the Olympic games
n glorious stvle this afternoon by almost
he board in the 100 meter event.
After the semi final. had been run I'VE ot
he six men 20 1ualif for the tlnai to-
morrow wore the shield of the United
States The sixth semi -finalist IL South
African In the 500 meter event the vic.
tories scored by America were almost as
sweeping In the nine trial heats. IN
which first and second men qualified Tor
the final. representatives OF the United
States provided eight Of the eighteen men.
entirely purchasing the other countries.
In this event Great Britain has four men
left and Canada has two.
There was but one final in the dav.
This was in throwing the javelin. which
was won, a. expected. by f. V. Lemmins
of Sweden. He broke his own worlds
record with a throw Of on meters O. cent?.
meters. or about 6si Yards. The previous
record was IS meters - centimeters.
J J. Saaristo Of Finland was second. with
Is meters 81 centnneters and MiSio'
Kovacs Of Hungary third, with - meters
~ centimeters
Although it was expected thar the nne
aggregation Of sprinters that carried ths
colors of America would manc great
showing in the short distance events few
persons were prepared for tn" wholesals
manner in which they disposed OF tn.
crack runners Of the Old World From
the moment that Ira Courtney of the
Seattle A. e. won the third heat in II
seconds. thus being the first to cross the
tape for America, there was long pro-
c ,ssion of American Hiers fitting across
the line with great regularity. and few of
them had TO lower their color, to tn.
speed merchants of other countries.
The greatest surprise Of all was fur
! nshed when Donald +. Lppincott Of the
University Of Pennsylvania dashsd
through the wors, ed leading ". r. Apple
garth Of England and among others
Yahiro Mshima. the first Japanese COM
petitor in the Olympic games. This
surprise changed to admiration when 1t
was announced that Lippincott had broken
the Olympic record for the distance by
finishing in 10 3-5 seconds. This is also a
world 8 record. although claims have been
made in Germany and Sweden that
athletes of those countries have eQualled
LII
was the more remarkable since his per-
formances before leaving America did not
warrant his selection as regular member
! of the team. As volunteer, he did
woman service to-day and is now installed
as favorite for the final dash tomorrow.
Another man who made the trip her,
as supplementary competitor. hk,
! Lippinco,t. also won his semi final heal.
his time being a fraction more than thai
made by Lippincott. This is Alvan L..
Never Of the Irish American A. c. Howard
p. Drew. the Springfield H. 3. man. who
was the favorite before the trials to-day,
managed to win both his trial and semi
final heat. but in the latter he faltered
Just before reaching the tape. and it was
stated that ne had spraincd his ankle
and would be unable to start in the final
tomorrow Ralph {, Craig. the Detroit
flyer. not only won his semifnal heat
but had the distinction of beating r, Rau
of Germany, who was considered one OF
the most dangerous opponents of America
in this event. F. V. Belote of Chicago
is the fifth man left in for the finals. but
his time Of II l-iO was the slowest OF any
of the hea Is.
With five men against one the United
States is bound to score heavily in the
final of the first running race OF the
olympic games of 1912. But there II one
element Of danger in the only man nj
lowed to creep In with the DISTINGUISHED
company Of Americans, c. H. Patching OF
South Africa. In his scmi-iinal heat ne
d. fcated h. I.indberg OF Sweden. man
Who is credited with having run iVt
meters At Goteberg in the worlds record
f "A III.
his victory so clevcrly that he Is con-
, sidercd n dangerous factor for to.moi'
row but thr Americans here are sure
nevertheless. that one OF their grand Quin
tet will he the first To finish, There Wal
no chance 10 measure t'atchinGs speet
} with that of the best Of the Americans. al
! the south African was lucky enough 4
draw IA semi-hnal heat In which nt
: American competed; In his trial heat
H. W. Heiland of the Xavier a. A.. AM
/, is that fact that gives the American
r confidence as to the result OF the hna
d Nearly every American that was en-
tered In the 500 meter ran fully UP
expecta,i"ns AlthoISa there ne no, wsrs sr,usI, "m
amone. the spectators IL that they ,,,, %et'
merely X. 10 ns raSns
sy paSd "Is' calawsii @sf q s" the MsssschSse,
0 Agricultural College, who had as .nr
tender Emilio Lunghi Of Italy. the hold
of the worlds half mile record y Wa
raced away from the Italian At the 0nis
a and beat him FIVE YARDS In the fair t~no u
WerSert y. PutHam OF Cornell, VIII
started In the second heat. also had
dsngerous opponent In + y: Mann ian ~, "
. ens,,cd' the EngiIsnman having the bette
- OF the final dash. and crossing the line
/, winner. in SO. the fastest st., time me, OF "a, IN
"au distance runner, John Paul Jone'
as s standard bearer for America. The'
were a few loyal Americans who l'
~ ,hn hirth of In. great namcsake q
, m. worlds mile record holder. u va
!. mlN q, i5tT. that John Paul Jones. wn
made his name famous In naNa' h's'o''