Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-05
AMERICANS AND BRITISH
TIE IN ATHLETIC EVENTS
Teams Representing Two Nations
at Queens Club Each Cop
J Five Contests.
WINS FoUR-MILE RACE
Crowd, Outrivaling I'm Every Way
Any Attendance Except on Open
ing Day at Antwerp Ovcrilows
! Stand and Packs Tracksiic.

/ LONDON. sept 4.-The British
Club today. with Olympic stars Of
S"t ,te nI r2n In r2mpss,,i'n: ended IN
and ave 10 England.
The haif-miic relay was won by
me British team by six yards In
n's ssa 81 e con ssSSa' + Ne sh Mn'r
IS. ": ~. VI. Kirkscy, Olympic C.Iub,
san Ffancisco: }. V. sholz. Univcr-
ring. Meadowbrook club. phlladel-
| ph!a. while lhc British team was
\ Africa; bu.ius. OF England. Mawby.
o. England. and Davlinon. oi New
Nj Zealand.
! The i2o-yard hurdles wae won BY
Il ~ IL yard in l445 seconds. This
( y ncw Worlds turf record. H. Il.
7 nnaiFf"n IL Mead .o brook CnH; Phiiadei-
!. Shicn2p u. a.. third
II kirksry PULLS Muscle.
.a N me nn hS.i -mi's relay 1So k!Tksey pull,
ne held two-yard lead Coach
Moaklcy, OF tho American team, said
he would be unable to participate In
mile relay race The hhri,ish t foGr
won easily By thirty, yards in seven
posed OF Hector Phillips. Canada. p.
J Baker. England: T.. ID. Mountain.
Engiand. and u. O. u. Rudd. South
ID J w. Driscoll. noston a A.:
Michael Dcvanncy, Mlllrcse =. A..
|.Sew York City: Jo!e iay, Illinois A.
|YS. and Lieutenant ID. y. Scott. u.
The hlgh jump was won by Great
britain.
4 The American team won tho 400.
( The crowd which KEEP, sureinE In
thcr the NEE; was under way. over
Howcd the grandsthnd ANA packed
,f7e tracks!dc. Il .checrel the winners
md ou,r!vailed In numbers and en-
'hEaiasm the attendance on any save
I the opening day Ia the olympic
Il stadium at Antwerp.
The two-mllc team race was won
!, by the Americans. The ;!me wax
I minutes 1913 seconds
4 J. G. Dresser. OF the New York
| me Boston a. =. hnlshod nr, ana
/ I'coud respectively with Nicholas OF
England. third.
High jump o Feet a.. Inches.
, :f.r England, was r.. III. Baker. or
L!ve-poo!. with IA jump OF fee, al-2
iasgjlhles. r W. Lanhon. OF the New
.n$hcs in his jump.
n" American victory In the 400
i"Sd relay race waa won by ~ yards
~ 70 seconds Tho Americans were
I Merchant. olympic club. SAN Fran
scoi +. j; shea. u. :. y; Alien Wood
ing. MeadowbroOk Club, Philadelphia,
ana j. " Scholz. University of Mis-
souri,! tn" British team ~as made
up Davidson. New. Zealand; oosier-
Lar; Jersey. England. and Mawby.
y England.
IN the ii0-yard hurdlea three Amer
leans, j. ". Watt. Ithaca.-%. T.: ~. NJ.
MehniN. Boston \. e.. and Floyd c.
smart, Chicago \. y. qual!fcd for Tho
finals None Of the British hurdles
The mills relay race was won bv
\ ne brit!sh team by four yards. The
time was minutes 1929 seconds
ran in the following order: c. s. shil
l.r. Los Angeles y. c., q :. Bretual
cornell: j. W. Dr!scoll, Boston \ A.
h hnd IL. ). Emory, chidcgp ~ \ The
bSltish runners were Davis. England.
ana Rudd. South Africa
l.. america won the broad Jump
u ,Amerl'a also won the four mile
N he FINALS Of the 44o-yard hur-
Sles. with all Ia. British competitions
Eliminated. Smart finished first, Watt
second. and McaniX third The time
was 81 Is scconds
The hrst heat OF this event was
Non Non ~ Watt, with smar, second.
ilhEheS' OF Aun'ral,a, the only british
Gom"ct ttor, toll. Thc time was SIS as
{ seconds. The second heat was won by
! AleHniN. with Wheeler. Of England.
srsoud. Time. no 3-5 Seconds
inc margin Uf the American vic.
tory in the four-niic relay race was
10 Yards Ine time was is minutes
10 seconds. The teams we're as
. follows: Amcr:ca-E B. Curtis. q.
;. ~: j. j Connolly, Boston A. A.:
!. w Ray. Illinois \. C.: l.. II. shields,
,Eritish-, Lock, scngrove. Ba;ton and md
Baker, all OF England