Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-16

bacon. III the InlteQ states in l"S.
Earl j. Thompson, champion hurdler
from Dartmouth College and member Of
the Canadian team. did not compete IN
the iod meter hurdles He is being saved
Tor the fGometer hurdle event.
Charles W. Paddock of the Los An
sel"s Athletic club won the final Of the
1oo-meter event, with NJ. NJ kitksey of
second H. F. V. Edward of England
VAS third. Ahkhan Of France fourth, }.
'. Scholz of the University of Missouri
NTH ard Loren Murch son of the New
York Athletic Club sixth. The time was
i" - seconds. ID. F. Lippincott, an
American is the record holder. He did
10 30 seconds in 1912.
Four in IO,-Metcr Final.
All four American entrants in the
l""-meter event qualified for the
final They are j. V ScholZ. Uni
v"rsity of Missouri: Loren Murchison.
New York A. C.; Charles w Paddock.
Los Angeles A. G and NJ. NJ. kirksey.
olympic Club. San Francisco
The first semi-final heat of the 100
meter was won by II. F. V. Edward
"f England. and ScholZ and kirksey o:
America, second and third. respective
~ The time was 10 Is seconds. The
second heat was won by Paddock.
America. with Alikhan Of France sec
oni and MurchiSon. America. third.
Tn" time was II seconds fiat.
Run : O3O- Meter HEATS.
In the first four heats of the 5000
meter run Falk of Sweden finishcd
hrst; Fl. &. Irwin of England. second;
Hans iioiehmainen of Finland. third.
aud g. Furnas of Purdue University.
! fourth. All qualified for the finals,
The time was - minutes Il As sec
onGS
In tho second heat of the 5000
meter event 6. f. Bleuitt of England
was first: Van Canpenhout of Bel
GUM. second: Fl. H. Brown. Boston
. A. A.. third. and E"rCstrom Of Sweden,
fourth The TN" was II minutes 90 -
seconds;
In The third heat of the !, 400 meter
Sporoni of l!aly was first: Nurmi of
Finland. second; W. II. S"agrove Of
England. third. and I.unGst rom of
sweden. fourth. & +. Hunter Of the
Olympic Club. San Francisco. was dis
tanced. fini: hing sixth. The time was
| IS minutes - s. seconds
In the fourth heat of the 5.U0o- met or.
! Guii'emont of France finished first;
Bachman of Sweden. second: Ivan {.
Dresser. New York A. C.. third. and
. Nichols of England. fourth The time
was II minutes % seconds.
lieut.. scott In Front.
Lieut.. D. NJ Scott. United States
Army. won the first qua lifying heat
| for the semi-finalS in the s60-meter
! run. II. n. Mountain of England was
second and A. B. Sprott. Los Angeles
| A. c. third. The time was i miru =.
81 ID seconds. All three qualify. The
second heat was won by E. G. y. Rudd
OF South Africa. Thomas CampDt =
OF Yale University was second. and
Pau'en of Holland. third. The time
was | minute 81 seconds.
The third and last heat was won by
A. q. Hill of England lIarfl Eby, Chi
cago Athletic Assoc alton. was second
and Esparses of Franco third The time
was l minute sc 2-5 seconds.
lie Gendre IL Fifth.
In the broad jump the first event OF
the peniath,on. which classic event was
the chief on the days program, Brutus
Hamilton, University of Missouri, WAS
| first. with a jump of Sc meters: Leh :
tonen of Finland. second. with 6.S5 me-
tiers; Everett l.. Bradley. University o.
Kansas. third. 6.6l meters: Lortenen o:
Finland. fourth. 6.59 meters: Robert lie
| Gendre Of Georgetown University. fifth.
sos meters. and Gyllenstepe of Swe-
den. sixth. GAZE meters. Robert Dunno
of the University of Michigan. finished
well down among the nineteen entrants.
with Il jump of 559J meters
klumburs of Esthonia. finished first
in the javelin throw of the pentath-
lon. his hurl being 6O16 meters
Lehtonen of Finland was second with
54.i6 meters: Lortenen of Finland
third. with 5i.25 meters: Looiand OF
Norway. fourth. with 5313 meters
1 Nilsen of Sweden. fifth. with 50.Si
meters. and NenSon OF So eden. sixth
with J0.43. The Americans finished
well down. Hamilton made throw OF
1896 meters: Bradley. 1916 meters
| lie Gendrc. 1850 meters. ar.l Dunno
! 42.52 meters.
! In the 20n-meter dash Bradley. I.sh-
| tonen, Gyllenstelpe and lie Gendre
were tied for first place. covering the
| distance in IS seconds. Hamilton was
| fth in 23 2-5 seconds; Lorten, sixth, in
| % 3D. seconds. and Dunno seventh, in
| % 4-5 seconds.
Scoring i'm PentathIOn.
| In the pentathlon the victor in each
| event is credited with one point. the
second with two points. the third with
! three. and so on down the list. The leas'
number of points. therefore. determines
the winner. After the javelf, throw ano
| the 200-meter dash, however. the field