Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-22
PAT MCDONALD FIRST IN
5G-POUND WEIGHT THROW
Pat Ryan Finishes Sccond-Third
Place Went to Lind, OF
Sweden
ny JAMES II. "rIID" MEREDITH,
Universal Service Stan Corrcspondcut.

Universal Service Stan Correspondence.
ANTWERP, August 2l.-,rhe United
States again stands out AZ the great
est nation of athletes In tho world.
at the finish of tho event today tho
men who represented tho stars and
Stripes had piled up grand total
OF 1S3 points. BY no possible COM
bination Of circumstances can this
10 exceeded by any nation out OF tho
events remaining on schcdulc-thc
Marathon. tho relay races. tho tcnni
races. tho discus throw ana tho cross
country event.
America will add moro points TO
It's total In these and go back home.
unless the unforeseen happens. with
moro points than the second and third
nations. The American athletes gained
&c points today.
Ono outstanding lesson has been
taught America by what has happened
here. wo fell down pretty Mard In
all races OF more than 200 meters.
Those events were taken By. men who
had longer period OF training on tho
ground or closer by than the men
WHO represented the United Statns
Tho runners were closo to razor
edge when they ouailned In tho hnal
long Journey across tho ocean. The
SprintcrS got fair workouts on tho
Princess Matoika, and tho weight men
got some good practice. but the dis
tanco runners did not get the work
outs they needed because thero Is
not room on ship board for that kind
outs told. What tho runners mad
since landing here was not quite
enough TO give them the last ounce
OF speed and stamina that would have
ishcs. We lost the 400 and 500
meteor events due TO lack of several
practice runs which would havc put
tho boys ia shape. America has piled
OF these come from our having Ind
such large number OF athletes In
the games. The places gained behind
the winners oavc been a heavy, fac.
tor IN tho scoring, but America should
hav. had more first and with an ade-
Guatc time for training would have
Tat Mcdonald was the star per
He won the ntty-siN pound weigh,
cvtn with toss Of 20 meters. Pat
Donnld's performance was especially
creditablc. as he was Impressed for
Tho event after his big side kick.
Matt McGrath, strained a knee so
badly. that he would have .risked scri-
GUS Injury had he tried To throw.
Third place IN this event, went TO
ada, got fourth: Syenson. sweden.
NTH. and Peterson. Finland. sixth.
Tho northland, Finland and Swe-
den. picked of tho nrst four places
in tho hop skip jump event; Tim
los, OF Finland, got first with 1850
meters. and sweden tho next three
places. sperman copied hfth place
for the United states with 1917. and
Dan Ahcarn. Chicago. was sixth.
Frigcro. tho Italian. whose ground
covering stride gained him the 10000
meter walk several days ago. had
things practically. his own way in
the 5000 meter walk Iio covered the
. distance in Is minutes Is seconds,
and finished ahoat MY meters in
lea got third through Il. Remer: Nc
The American team for the 100
meter relay quhl!ncd today. The
francisco. V. sehoiz University OF
Missouri. Loren Murchison, New
York, and Charles Paddock, OF ICs
Angeles. Joe LOOMS had been look vi
considerable surprise and some DIS,
appointment when the team appeared
with LOOMS out
Tho American team that will start
sists OF II. II. Brown. Boston; Ivan c.
Dresser. New York; y. \. Shardt. Chi
cago: AIichae! Dcvanncy and NJ. l..
Shields. Philadelphia
The Marathon, the great classic OF
the games. will be run tomorrow
over IA course policed by Belgian sol
dicrs and barred 10 all vehicles while
the race Is In progress. Five Amcri
cans will start. They will be In com
retition with a host of men oil over
the world. The rule against allowing
a runner 20 take rcfrcshment will
stand They will get nothing but
water. The Belgian officials had
urged an alteration in the rule to
permit them TO take food. Hrutus
hamilton. OF the University of Mis-
souri,. did himself proud in the de.
cathlon, finishing second with G.170.S6
points. not quite four behind the
winner, I.oveland, OF Norway. The
positions of the men were determined
after n rcchecking OF the points
The American fencing team beat
England and was beaten by France.
Finland Sweden. Denmark and Nor
way got all of the points in the
Gracco- Roman wrestling.
The biggest crowd Of tho games
witnessed the events today, due to the
fact that tho admission to the greater
part of tho enclosure was without
charge. The Bclgians. 1t seems are
Interested in the events, but. there
are not a sufficient number of them
with money in their pockets to fill
the stands with what tho American
consider an unusually low entrance
fee-about 30 cents. \. II. Poe. OF the
University OF Washington. and Is.
c. Bartlett. of the University Of
Nrooon u,,a Iifip5 IN tho discus throw