Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-20
firing Wins, but
\ Meredith Fails


frnm RAGE Une
3 lam. They have registered six
Dojhts for their country.
- 3irst semi6nal of the 400 was
~ Ensdahl. the famous Swedish
1pI0n. ih 40 2-5 seconds, the fastest
- Of jny of the heats.
49, D. Rudd. the noted South Afri-
}unner, And Davis, an Englishman,
I'D scconA< and third respectively to
41m and Qualified Both Emory
~ Schiller weSe eliminated in this
~ Besides Shea, Butler, of Eng
4d and Dnfel. a South African, sur
IjYed in the second semifnal.
L Butler was second to Rudd in the
1aI. Engdahl was third. Ainsworth,
England. was fifth and Dafel sixth.
Although Mike Devanncy, the Ameri-
E4n favorite. failed to do better than
I!fth In the 3000-m meter stecplechasc. the
NAL on today's program, the United
mates gained eight points in the event
with three athletes placed.
The long run was won by Hodge. the
Nnglishman. in 10 minutes % Sec
loads. Pat Flynn, of the Paulist A. C..
{of New York, surprised by taking sec
II opd. Deyanney was fifth and AL HUI
I4enbosch. another Paulist runner, picked
|1p point by taking sixth. Devanney
f0npetes for the Millrose A. A.. of New
.IX0rk which is connected with the
Ieadowbrook Club of Philadelphia in
|ast they both are Wanamaker organi-
Ations.
Ambrosini. of Italy, was third. and
4nttson, of Sweden, was fourth.
Another Rainy Day
The races were run in cold rain, and
X onIy a few spectators were present to
Z, Witness 1t. Hodge breezed homo, hav-
4 inK lead of fifty yards over Flynn.
NJ Nurmi the Finnish long distance
y runner, won the final Of the 10000
meter run. Guillemot. the French
K chAnipion, was second. and j. Wilson,
0f England. third. The winners time
Il WAS 81 minutes 10 2-5 seconds.
Maccario, Italy, was fourth, Manhes.
France. fifth. and Lumataincn. Fin
land, sixth. Fred w. Faller. of the
u Manchester Club, the only american in
The finnl, was distanced.
Two Americans qualified in the
1rials Of the 56-pound weight throw
.f4nd three inore in the heats of the 1000
&Mcter wYk. Pat Mcdonald. of the
New Yo5 A. c.. and Pat Ryan, of
Ne LcY lin Lyceum, of New York,
5<wc vetfV,, United States performers,
unishe4Wst and second in the weight
erials d T. Maroney. of the st. An
ellns A. c., W. Rolken. New York A.
~. and II. Remer. of the American
&Walkers. qualified in the walk.
EH Mcdonald won first honOrs with
tleave of eleven meters. just n trifle bet
ter than Pat Ryan, another American
4 representating the Loughlin Lyceum.
also of New York. Ryan heaved the
weight 1926 meters.
IN Lind, of Sweden, was third in the
lfty six pound weight throw; McDer-
q 6
Sweden. fifth; and Peterson, of Fin
land. sixth.
McGrath Out
Matt ]. McGrath. of the New York
IA. c., another Olympic games veteran
K and close rival Of Mcdonald was un-
+ able to carry the Stars and Stripes in
4 the final of the weight contest owing to
\ 3 strain he suffered earlier this week.
n lieutenant r. r. Roberts, of the
4 AUnited States army, and J. NJ. Mac
\ Eachefon, of the Olympic Club. of San
y francisco failed to qualify for the final.
N Brutus Hamilton, University Of Mis-
souri,; Harry Goelitz. Illinois A. c.;
lieutenant F.. L. Vidal. United States
sufmy. M-l-E. Ellis, Syracuse Univer-
sity, were thu American entrants in the
classic decat& &lon, which began today
and win be fi3ished tomorrow.
Pearman Ruled on
fhr ffrst heat of the preliminary in
X the 1000 meter walk resulted in
NJ victory for Pavezi. of Italy. whose time
X was 13 minutes 46 2-5 seconds Parker
w Australia, was second: 7. Maroney. st.
X AnseIms A.. c.. third; Dawson. Eng
Hand, fourth; Peterson. Denmark, fifth,
and Seghers. Belgium, sixth. j. K:
r HPearman. New York \. c.. was ruled
4 of for running during the fourth lap.
Italy also won the second heat in
& this event, Frigerio coming home in Is
Y minutes A 1-5 seconds. McMaSter,
n South Africa. was second; Il. Remer,
american Walkers Club, third w.
\ Rolker. New York a. c.. fourth; Hehir.
England, fifth. and Gun England,
sixth. Freeman, the Canadian entry,
failed to qualify.
The challenge cup offered by the late
emperor of Russia was competed for, in
addition to the usual Olympic medals.
In the decathlOn events. which began to-
day at the stadium. II. WeiSander, of
X Sweden, to whom the challenge cup was
awarded at Stockholm, after Jim
Thorpe. the American, the actual win
ner, was declared professional, has
4 never claimed the cup.
The decathlon comprises ten events,
which the athletes of ancient Greece
thought necessary to prove a man an
all -round athlete. They are: Running
100 meters running 400 meters: run
ming 1900 meters; running 10 meter
hurdle race; running broad jump; run