The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-20
MANY BIG EVENTS
FACED BY AMERICA
IN OLYMPIC TODAY

ANTWERP, Aug. 90 American
athletes today faced worthy foemen
in a wide variety of events in the
seventh Olympiad. The program for
the day included the finals in the 5000
metre steeplechase, the 200 and 400
metre dashes, the 1000 metre walk.
the pole vault and the first contest in
the Decathlon. The team wearing the
red, white and blue shield bad full
complement qualified in many of these
events and waws expected to score
heavily.
Trials in the heavyweight throwing
the 5000 meter walk were also to be
run off today.
Athletes from the United States
have held their own in the short dash
events and some of the field contests
in which they have always specialized.
but as usual, have yielded to the Old
World in the long distance runs. They
are now threatened by the Firms and
their old antagonists, the Sweden, in
field events.
Shot Put Surrendered.
The United States has been forced
to surrender to Europe a number of
first places in contests which she has
been hitherto accustomed to consider
her own, one of them being the shot
put, in which America lost the cham
pionship on Wednesday.
Today's pole vaulting contest found
Sweden and Denmark with splendid
performers qualified for the finals. It
was believed that those two countries
had an excellent chance to win a num-
Der of points in this event.
strongly in the Olympic boxing events,
which began today in the hall of fetes
at the Antwerp geological gardens.
The preliminarieS in the various
weights are to be held in the mornings
and afternoons with the finals at night.
Eight ounce gloves are used, and each
| match, except in case of a draw.
goes to four rounds or a knockout,
with three minute rounds and one min
ute rests. If.the umpire, who is assist
ed by two judges. decides a four round
match, a draw, an extra round is pro-
vided for.
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 today at the stadium.
Joie Ray Is Defeated
English RUM ers Thursday de-
throned the American star mile run
ner, Joie w. Ray of the Illinois A c.,
in the 1,500-meters race of the Olympic
games. 1t was the second most SEN
sational foot race of the seventh
Olympic, being just a little short of
the thrills of the running of the 500
| meters race on Tuesday
All the track and field competitions
were held in the rain, which varied
from drizzle to a downpour and gave
| the English athletes something of a
home-like atmosphere. They scored
| impressively two firsts, a second and
a sixth place for a point score total
Of 16, just one less than the Ameri-
cans, who won one first. two thirds
and one fifth for II points Sweden
was third in the scoring today, taking
one second, one fourth and one fifth
place for 10 points.
| The big upset of the day came in
the running by A. G. Hill and P. J..
Baker, both Englishmen, of Ray off his
| feet.
, Yanks Are Way Out There
! The United States team could take
decided slump in the 1920 Olympics
and still win the meet now, as America
| is leading the nations with 1852 points
The nearest competitor, SWEDEN, is
! 951a points less than the United
States, having 66k points.
I Eleven events are finished, and only
IA including the decathon, the mod
ern Pentathlon and the marathon.
remain to be run. This is almost half
! of the meet, and America is almost
sure of first place.