New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-21
Chicagoan Sets
New High Mark
In Pole Vault
Foss Breaks His Own World
Record With Great Leap
of ID Feet 5 l-8 Inches
in Olympic Competition
Crowd Gives Him Ovation
Finn Wins lO,OOO-Meter
Race; U. S. With 158
Points Is Certain Victor
By Arthur S. Draper


Special Cable to The Tribune
Copyright. 1920. New Yosk Tribune Inc.
ANTWERP, Aug. 20.-With total
of 15S points, more than double the
amount of any other nation and
greater than the combined figures of
England and Finland, our nearest
rivals, America is assured of first
honors in the 1920 Olympic games.
England is second with 81 points and
Finland third with 81, while Sweden,
France and South Africa follow in the
order named with "A, 20 and Is, re-
spectively.
Five finals were decided to-day 1t
was cold and a drizzling rain fell
almost continuously, but despite the
unfavorable conditions another worlds
record went by the boards when Frank
Foss, Of America, former Cornell star,
cleared the pole vault standard at a
height of 10 feet SIS inches.
Darkness was fast falling over the
stadium when Foss sailed over the bar
and shattered the mark which he made
in 1919 in Chicago. The Chicago A. A.
athlete had already won the event, but
his team mates urged him to go after
the record. First he beat the existing
Olympic mark and then the bar was set
at IS feet SIS inches, which would give
him a clear title in case he accom-
plished the feat
Twice Foss failed, then after short
rest he took an unusually long run,
sailed into the air and cleared the bar
The American received one of the
greatest ovations since the games
started The foreigners were particu-
larly enthusiast about the pole vault
which. while more or less unknown to
them, has caught their popular fancy.
L. S. Weak in Long Races
Although America scored heavily as
team, making a total Of fifty-eight
points, they were astonishingly weak
in the middle and long distance races.
Allowances must be made, of course,
for the long and somewhat uncomfort-
able journey across the Atlantic, but
the fact remains that we are woefully
weak in all races above the furlong,
whereas England and the continental
countries are we'll provided with first
class performers. If the Firms and
Swedes improve in the next four years
as they have since 1912 they will give
us fierce struggle for premier honors
in the next games. This is particu-
larly true of the Firms, who are keenly
anxious to bring the 1924 Olympics to
their country.
The two best races to-day were the
400 and 10000 meter runs, in neither
of which America figured prominently.
Allen Woodring, of Philadelphia,
was crowned the new Olympic cham
pion at 200 yards, when he defeated
Charley Paddock. the national title
holder of the United States, by one
yard in pretty r1 race .as The Engl IS.
inches ahead Of Loren Murchison. Of
the New York Athletic Club. Morris
Krksey, of the Olympic Club. San
Francisco. failed to come through in
the semi-fiifal heat, finding difficulty
rounding the turns, as did Paddock
Edwards was very tired when he
finished his heat and it looked as if he
would not place in the final, but he
ran a remarkably good race.
Meredith Lacks Famous Jump
Three Americans were eliminated in
the sem-fnals of the 400-meter run
George Schiller, of Chicago, and II. S.
Emory, of the Los Angeles A. c.. being
shut out in their heats. "Ted" Mere
dith, of the New York A. c., faded away
in the stretch after running extremely
we'll over the first 200 yards.
This race was probably Meredith 5
last attempt to gain internati onal fame,
for while his form was perfect and his
courage as great as ever, he lacked the
famous jump which in former days
carried him laundering down the
stretch ahead of all rivals.
In the final, four Brtons and an
American, Frank Shea, faced the
starter. For $50 yards Shea seemed to
have chance and then he weakened
and struggled home in fourth place.
Rudd, of South Africa, finished two
yards in front of his varsity rival,
Captain G. M. Butler, of the Cambridge
team. AS further proof of the fact
that Rudd is an absolutely marvellous
runner, it is only necessary to say
that he won in 40 So seconds, on a
soft, muddy track, after having run
three quarter-mile trials, two half
mile heats and a final since Sunday.
The games have demonstrated clear
ly that Americya athletes are lacking
in stamina such as is required to COM
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