Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26

Antwerp. Aug. 28.--Norman Ross,
,,i;rois A. c.. and W. w. Harris, Jr..
uono,ulu. won their heats in the 400
,,ster free style Olympic swimming
,v;ols today and qualified for the final
NJ. J. McDermott, United States
navy. and J. Howell, Oakland, Cali
! tornia, qualified in the trials of the zoo
meter breast stroke.,J '.'.....
In the springboard diving trials L. F..
Kuehn, Multnomah A. A. c., Portland,
and L. J.. Balbach, New York A. c.,
won first and second places, respec-
lively, in their heats, with Ekstrand.
Sweden, third. The second heat was
von BY Blomgren, Sweden, with Q.
p;nkston, Olympic Club, San Fran
: e,sco. second, and Janison, Sweden,
third All the winners of the first three
nlaces qualified for the semifinals, Wei
Iisch, OF Brazil, who finished fourth in
tbe second heat, did not qualify.
American oarsmen are well placed in
,hs preliminary heats Of the Olympic
resatta which will be held near brussels
tomorrow and Saturday. as result of
tbs drawings. The English eight cared
crew and the Canadian four are consid-
ered the most dangerous rivals of the
American sweep swingers, but they will
not meet, in any event, before the semi
finals on Saturday.
The preliminary heats in the single
sculls will be held Friday afternoon at
3 o'clock England, Switzerland and
C,echo Slovakia will meet in the first I;
Italy, Belgium and Holland in the sec
opd: America and Sweden in the third,
and New Zealand and Denmark in the
fourth The winners in each heat will
row in the semifinals Saturday after
noon, and the final heat will start
Sunday afternoon at 3 80 o'clock.
The paired Dared crews, without
eoIswains, will row Friday afternoon ut
$50 O'Clock, Brazil, America and Hol-
land meeting in the first heat; Belgium
and Italy in the second and Switzerland
and France in the third. The winners
Of the three heats will meet in the finals
Sunday afternoon, at 4 80 O'Clock.
America VS.. France
The paired cared crews, with cox
swains, row Saturday afternoon at 4
o'clock, Italy and Belgium being drawn
for the first heat. America and France
for the second and Switzerland and
Brazil for the third. The three winners
will meet Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock.
Sweden, Canada and Switzerland are
drawn in the first heat for four cared
shells, which will be rowed Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Norway, France
and Belgium will meet in the second
and Brazil, America aud CzechO- =.
Slovakia in the third. The three win
-. t,k - .t.h
Sunday afternoon.
: The preliminaries for the eight cared
crews will be held Friday afternoon at
5 o'clock, Norway and Czecho- Slovakia
meeting in the first, Switzerland and
England in the second, America and
Belgium in the third. and France and
these heats will meet in the semifnals
will be rowed late on Sunday after
noon.
Wrestlers Eliminated
American wrestlers in the 1ightweight
class were eliminated in the preliminary
catch as catch can bouts of the Olym-
pic games here last night when Svens-
son, Of Sweden, defeated George Metro
poules, of Gary, Ind, in the third
round, and Antilla, of Finland, beat J.
shimmon, New York A. c., in the
quarter finals. The Americans, however,
qualihed their full quota of two men in
each Of the other classes.
In the other bouts the results were as
ioliows; Featherweights, @. ID.
;Ackerly Cornell University. beat Dia-
Ietes, OF Greece, and =. n. Gerson,
University of Pennsylvania. defeated
Meklnson, of England; middleweights,
MacDonald, American, beat Lopponen,
O. Canada; light heavyweights. Walter
2. Maurer, of Chicago, beat Iladrau. of
france, and Lieutenant j. II. Redmond.
United States navy, defeated Wilson, Of
england heavyweights, N. Pendleton,
i.e% Sew York A. c.. beat Salida, of Fin
aus 4Ga, and F. j. Meyer, Chicago H. l.,