The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-10
RICHARDS FAVORED
TO WIN DECATHLON
Leads Field in First Half Of All
Around Event, With Brun-
dage Second.
DISPLAYS NO WEAKNESS

aHH.
sAS FRANcisco, Aug. e.-The first leg
o. the decathlon competition. equivalent
10 ,h, all around athletic championship
Of America, was completed this after
noon az the exposition cinder path. Five
events were contested, two on the track
md three in the field. Good weather
rraccd the event. but a slim crowd put
In an appearance. so the officials had a
pleasant afternoon OF it figuring the
points Of the contestants into d%eciinals.
Alma w. Richards. who captured the
high Jump for America IN the Olympic
Games at Stockholm in 1912. earned a
GOOD lead for the title and is favored by
many to take the honors.
C. Avery Brundage OF the Chicago
Athletic Association. who won last years
all around championship, ran second to-
dsy and figures to give Richards his
best competition. When the officials
completed the compilation of points
along toward 6 o'clock the result was
as follows
Alma ". Richards. Illinois A.. c..
4oo5.23. c. \. Brundage. Chicago a. A.
s54sGs, H.. Goelitz. Chicago a. A..
siOS Il. John Jacobs, Oklahoma Uni
,erslty, s327.S0; A. II. Hutchinson. ILL.,
rois \. c, 1926 chester Fee. Multi
nomah \. e.. 322o.36 Fred G.. Thomson,
Los Angeles \. c, 3eo6.so Dan Ahearn,
Illinois \. {. 3lS6.T7; =. f OConnor,
\ Y \. 4. G.. 813Ol9; &. w. Bach
ma Noire Dame University. 3o75.75 ::
lanes Lawlor. Boston I. A. C.. 2s73.42 {;
lanes Lincoln, y. Y. \. g., 2T76.5g w.
NJ. CHE. Illinois \. c, 262S.0T j. Tiger.
New orleans. 2526.l4.
Richards displayed good form In the
neld and proved far from Disappointing
on the cinders. Any time IA man VINO
weighs in the neighborhood or l9o
pounds can romp through 100 meters IN
IL 3-5 seconds and teai on the 4oo
meters in figures mighty close to so Sec
onds he il going consid erably.
In addition to performing in this
manner on the track Richards came
hack In his ~favprite event, the high
Jump. and cleared 6 feet lls Inches
/, looked as IL the Olympic games star
could have gone higher. but MS codch
called him away from the standards AT
this height. Richards In addition to this
made the second best leap in the broad
iump. getting out 22 feet 3la inches.
In the shot Richards also came of
second best. tossing the slug for the
very respectable distance OF 40 feet Pa
inches.
Five more events VIII I've NolAtSA'' w.
morrow. on the track the men will &c
over 1900 meters and In addition to this
will be asked 10 run the 40 meter hur'
dies. Throwing the ja.~ltn, pole vaul
FOR height and throwing the discus viii
be the field events
Two Of the best relay struggles evei
seen here were held in addition to thu
decathlon competition. TIT Universit,
of Chicago team. composed OF Bings
Desmond, Leroy Campbell, L. Stegemar
and c. Breathed, won from its field ir
the mile event. each nan going a quar-
ter. The team working into seconf
place represented the Boston Athletic
Association. and was composed OF Nor
man :. Taber, w. II. Meanix, Dav'
Caldwell and L. Worthington. This com
bination gave the winners a tough time
pismond winning from caldwell after
fine race in the last quarter.
I'm addition TO the mile relay the spec
tators had an opportunity of seeing on
Of the fastest sprint quartets OF III,
country in action. Joe LOOMS, II
Smith. A. T.. Ward and A. Booth o
the Chicago Athletic Association woi
from the Los Angeles Athletic Club ar
ter a nip and tuck tussle at 400 meters
All ~ the Chicago sprinters hav'
records Of ten seconds or better, and a
a result reeled of the distance In figure
OF IL 3-5 seconds. The race was de
cided in the last relay, where LOOM
SPIRITED 10 the tape with "a five ysr'
lead,
In addition TO the completion or tn
decathlou programme and the balance o
the relays the spectators will have wv
attractions in which worlds champion
figure tomorrow. Ted Meredith, world
record holder for the half mile Bing
DESMOND, the negro star OF the Cnivei
sty of Chicago, and Frank Sloman. tn
olympic club prodigy. will engage in
match race on the horse track in an al
tempt to lower Siaxey Longs record G
~ seconds for a straightaway quarter.
In the afternoon Il select neid WI
start from the horse track on a modine
marathon race OF fifteen miles, Charlie
Pores, Nick Gianakapulos and VIII
Kyronen Of the Millrose a. C., all Fas'
ern stars OF the irst magnitude, are
start in the event.
Tho summaries.
zoo Meter Relay. Four Men-Won !
Chicago Athletic Association, with j.
Lodmis. II. Smith. A. Z. Ward and
Booth Los Angeles Athletic Club. secon
Win Fred Kelly, Martin House, IL. kirl
patrick ana A. i. Gates. Time II )
seconds.
on Nile Relay. -Four Men-won by Tn