The evening world., 1920-08-20
AMERICAN WINS
2OOMETRE DASH;
(. CLOSE TO RECORD
Continued From First Pase)

race in the Olympic games hero this
morning. when Hodge. one OF her
star athletes. led the field across the
finish line.
Three Americans were In the frat
six men to finish, they being Patrick
Flynn. Panlist A. c., who was second;
Michael Devanney. Millrose A. A.,
who hnlshed ffth, and Al. Hulsen-
bosch, Paulist A. c.. who was sixth.
Ambrosinl, Italy. was third; and
Nattson, Sweden. fourth. Hodge made
the distance in 10 minutes rs sec
onds.
The race was run in a cold rain,
and only a few spectators were pres
ent 70 witness II. Hodge breeEed
home, having lead Of so yards over
Flynn.
b. G. d. Rudd, the South African
crack, won the nnal heat OF tho 400
metre Olympic run here to-day. His
time was 20 as seconds. / 2-S seconds
slower than the record. G. M. Butler
OF England was second, Bngd@hl OF
sweden third, Frank U. Shea OF the
United states Navy fourth. ]. C. Aims
worth Davis Of England was dlfth and
Dafel of South Africa sixth.
Iurmi, the Finnish long distance
runner, won the Anal of the 10000
metre run in the Olympic track
events here to-day. Guilemo, the
French champion, was second, and ].
Wilson, third. The winners time was
n minutes 45 rs seconds.
AIaccario. : Italy, was fourth.
Manhes, France, flfth, and Luna
tainen, Finland, sixth. Fred w.
Faller OF the Dorchester Club, the
only American in the Anal, was disH
tanced.
Brutus Hamilton, University OF
Missouri; Harry Goelits, Illinois A.
O.; Lieut.. e. L. Vidal, United States
Army. and Il. Ellis. Syracuse Unlver-'
sity, were the American entrants in
the classic Decathlon, which began
to-day and will be finished to-mor-
row.
( The American team in sword duel
ing defeated the Czecho- -Slovaks, IL
victories TO s. but was beaten by the
Swiss team. TO 6. The Americans
thus stand a chance to win second
Splace In this contest.
M. ]. McGrath. New York A. c.,
was unable TO enter the trials In
throwing the 56-pOund weight owing
70 a strain he suffered this week, and
Lieut.. e. r. Roberts. United States
Army, and ]. M. MacEa,cheron.
Olympic Club San Francisco, failed
10 quaMfy. The Canadian entry,
whose name also was MacEacheron,
also failed to qualify In this event.
America and Canada, however,
we're not shut out OF the finals. for
p. ]. Mcdonald. New York A c.. won
drst place, throwing the weight II
metres, and Pat Ryan. Loughlin Ly-
ceum, took second place with 10.92E
metres. while McDernitt OF Canada
was fourth with S.4T5 metres. Lind
sweden, was third with 1O255 metres
syensson. Sweden. was flfth with S.tV
metres. and Peterson, Finland. wa
sixth with s%5.
The first heat Of the preliminary in
TIE s,OOO-metre walk resulted in 9
victory for Pavezi Of Italy, whose
time was Is minutes 46 Us seconds
Parker, Australia, was second; 7
Maroney. 81. Anselm's A. c., third
Dawson, England, fourth: Peterson
Denmark, NTH; and Seghers. Bel
GUM, sixth. U. r. Pearman. New
York A. c., was ruled on for running
during the fourth lap.
Italy also won the second heat Il
this event. Frigerio coming home 4
lS minutes 40 LIS seconds. Momas
ter, South Africa. was second; 1
Remer, American Walkers Clul
third: w. Rolkor. New York A. c
fourth; Hehir. England. ffth; an
Gum, England. sixth. Freeman. tn
Canadian entry, failed TO qualify.
Engdahl OF Sweden won tho mr.
semi -flnal heat OF tho 4OO-metre ~
IN 40 rs seconds. b. O. ID. Rudd, II
South African star. was second al
U. c. Davis. England, third. r.
Emory Chicago A. A.. hnishSd four
and failed 70 qualify for the hnal.
George s. Schiller. Los Angeles
c., also was eliminated In this hel
Prank j. Shea OF the United Stat
Navy captured the second heat IN
seconds fiat. q. M. Butler OF Englal
was second, and Dafel OF South A
rica third. J. y. Meredith OF the Ne
York a. G. flniahed fourth ana wi
eliminated. Thus there 10 but ol
American leff for fhA f|naa