The Washington times., 1920-08-22

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The American 4OO-meter relay team
today established new worlds rec
ord in that event. The winning
American team. composed of c. w.
! Paddock. of Los Angles A. c.; ]. V.
Scholz, University Of Missouri; Loren
Murchison, of New York, and M. M.
Kirksey. Olympic Club. San Francisco
made the distance in AZ 1-5 seconds.
France was second, with Sweden, Eng
land, Denmark, and Luxembourg I'm
ishing in the order named.
America finished second in the trial
heat of the 1600-meter relay. South
Africa was first, with Schiller, Mere
dith. BretnalA and Shea for America
second, and Sweden third. Time, 1922.
The other trial race went to Bel
gium in the same time, with England
and France second and third.
UNCLE SAM WINNER.
The seventh Olympiad, as had been
expected, has returned the United
States victor by an overwhelming
score, but coaches are by no means
pleased with several performances.
The marathon, always a classic OF
Olympic competitions; the relay races.
the team race, the discus throw and
the cross-country race were the only
events which remained unfinished.
These will be decided today. That
the United States athletes will add
more points to their already great
total is practically a certainty follow
ing showings made in several trials,
notably the 400-meter relay trial.
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total for the United States. bringing
it's total for the meet so far to IS3
points Sweden, whose athletes are
under direction of Ernest Hjertberg,
former coach at the New York Ath-
letic Club. jumped into second place
with 10 points, England is third with
50. Finland sc, South Africa "a, Italy
81, France 10, Canada TO-, Denmark
G, New Zealand 5, Norway 3, Estho-
Mo s. Czecho-Slovakia 3. Twenty
two events have been decided.
NORWEGIAN IS WINNER.
Featured in yesterdays events was
the finish OF the decathlon, won by
Loveland, the all-round champion of
Norway. with a total of 6.774.35 "a
points. Brutus Hamilton. all-round
star OF the University of Missouri,
the american a
close second with 6,774.S6 points.
SO close was the result that the
committee ordered a recheck of the
points to make certain that Norway
and not America had registered a vic
tory. Norway, however, held its
points intact in the recount. Hamilton
lost the decathlon through inabil-
ity to take second place in the 1900
meter run.
Marathon day found Antwerp and
the stadium where the Olympics are
being held damp and cold. A driz-
zling rain greeted contestants and
spectators as they gathered to see the
principal event of the entire track
series here today.
At 4 O'Clock this afternoon the
hardy entrants from all over the
world will toe the line for their
twenty-six mile run over course
rough and wet. Part OF the long
grind will be run over gravel and
cobblestones and the finish will be
before the big stadium.
HAVE OUTSIDE CHANCE.
Americans were considered to have
only an outside chance to win. Coach
Ryan today said he believed Joe
Organ was the best of the American
squad, which includes Arthur Roth,
Carl Linder and Charles Mellor.
The Firms, with their four en-
trants, claim they will capture the
first four places. They are not alone
in their boasting, however, as the
Swedish entrants have no doubt they
will be at the head of the list at
the finish.
The route of\the race today leads
through many small villages, where
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streets since dawn, waiting the pass
ing OF the international distance
men. The route is one of the princi.
pal Belgian roads leading from the
stadium, where the start is to take
place, to Boom, then to the Flemish
village of Aertselar.
The runners then must leave the
main highway and travel over by
road and across country through