Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-08-18
CANADIAN SETS
NEW MARK IN
HURDLE EVENT
Thompson Leaps Sticks in
Ia As Seconds at Olympic
Games.
STILL STRONG
Yanks Have 102 Points

ANTWERP, Aug. 1S.-Hit in vital
spots by new injuries. the American
Olympic team continued today to roll
up overwhelming total of points In
the seventh 0lympiad, with Finland Sec
Ond
At the end of the day the point score
among the leaders was: United states
102; Finland, As; Sweden, %; England
"a
New additions to the casualty list to-
day swept aside points that practically
had been counted In the American col
nmn- Worst Of these was an injury to
Pat McDonalds hand. The big New York
fraffic cop was unable to do better than
of New York was forced to withdraw
from the 0.0O0-meter walk when he
strained q groin.
The injury to Sol Butler in his at
probably deprived America of first place
in that event, which was taken by a
Swede.
There was some good news for the ath-
letes, however, when Joie Ray, the Chi
cagO distance runner, qualified for the
], 50O-meter run.
Twelve events have now been finished
and Americans have landed i'm front in
one-third of them.
ANTWERP, Belgium, Aug. 1s.-Earl
Thompson, Canada, set a new worlds
record here today for the 110-meteI
hurdles when he won the event in II A
seconds.
Patrick J. Ryan of the Loughlin Ly-
ceum, New York won the sixteen pound
hammer throw with toss of 52.SS meters
B. B. Bennett of Chicago was second, and
Matt McGrath, New York Athletic club
finished fourth. Ryan's hammer toss was
considerably under the record.
YANK FAILS
IN sHoTPUT.
Pat Mcdonald of the New York Ath-
1etic club took a bad beating in the shot
put The event was won by Vile OF
Finland, with Porolla, a countryman
second. II. D. Liversedge Of the navy
saved a few points for the American team
when he finished third. HIGHLANDER Of
Finland was fourth; Tammerer Of Es-
thonia. fifth; Filson, Sweden, sixth, and
Mcdonald, seventh.
Sweden won the broad jump. Peterson
of that team making the longest leap
seven meters, fifteen centimeters. John
son, America, was second; Abrahamson
Sweden. was third; R. L. Templeton OF
the Olympic club, San Francisco, got
fourth, and fifth and sixth places went
to Aastad of Norway and FransOm OF
Sweden. Sol Butler, Americas star
broad jumper, was injured and failed 10
qualify for the, finals.
OTHER WINNERS
IN HURDLES.
Harold Barron. Meadowbrook club
Philadelphia, finished second to the sen
sational Canadian in the 110-me hurdle
race. Fred s Murray. New York Ath
letic club, was third: Wilson. New Yea
land, fourth: Walker Smith, Chicago
fifth, and Christensen. Sweden. sixth
F. Smiths0n, an American, held the for
mer 110-meter record. He made the dis
lance in 1908, at London. in 10 seconds.
1t had been expected that Thompson
would lower the mark for the event. 70
he recently clipped a fifth OF a secon'
of the worlds record for the 110-yart
hurdles in the United States. Thompson
Is Canadian, but is America n trained
having done most Of his athletic worl
at Dartmouth college.
Four Americans started the day b.
qualifying for the 5000 meter steeDle
chase They are Nike Neyaney, New
York; Patrick Flynn, New York: a. L
Hulsenbeck. New York. and r. 3. Wat
son OF the Kansas State Agricultural col
lege
Fridero. of Italy, won the 10000 mete1
walk, with j. B. Pesrman; New York
In second place; Dunn of England was
third: McMaster, South Africa. fourth
Williams, England fifth. and 7. A
MarOney. New York. sixth.
GARY WRESTLER
WINS Is TRIALS.
In the first heat of the wrestling tn
Americans won two bouts. Wilkie OF III
navy defeated Struna of CZecho -SlOyakii
in D minutes; Friman of Finland p nne
down Gallery of the United States nav!
in 2 minutes, 20 seconds; KahkOnen, Fin
land. beat Vores of Chicag 90 in minutes
heterogeneous, Gary, Ind. defeated You
youkas of Greece in p minutes; Jansel
OF Belgium beat Swigat of the Unite
States navy in 1 minute. IS seconds.
VI. J, McGrath, New York, injured hi
knee in the hammer trials and may no
be able to take part in the finals of tina
event or In the 56-pound weight contes
In which he was entered