The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-18

STAR WON
Earl Thompson Tops 100
Metre Hurdles In IA
and 4-5 Seconds
WINNING FINALS
IN THE OLYMPICS
Thompson Competed Under
the Banner of
Canada

the Dartmouth college star, who is rep
resenting Canada in the Olympic
games, to-day won the final heat of
the ll0-meter hurdles, hanging up a
new worlds record of IL As seconds.
H. f. Barron of the Meadow Brook
club, Philadelphia, was second, and
Fred s. Murray of the New York A.
c. third. Wilson of New Zealand
was fourth, Walker Smith of the Chi
cago A. A. fifth, Carl Christensen of
Sweden, sixth.
The old record for the event, both
Olympic and worlds, was Is seconds
fat
Just before the start Of the final ii
was announced that Orfidan, the
French hurdler credited with place
in the final, was not Orfidan at all,
but the New Zealander, Wilson. The
error was due to faulty announcement
and confusion in numbers
Italian Won 10000 Meter Walk.
America was represented by only
two of three qualified entrants in the
final heat of the 10000 meter walk.
The event was captured by Frigerio of
italy, who won by three-quarters of
lap from J. B. Pearmsn of the New
York A. c. in IS minutes 6 lbs sec
onds. William Plant of the Morning
side A. c. New York reported a groin
strain this morning which II is be-
lieved viii put him out of further com
petition in the present games.
At the end of the ifth lap of the
l0,O00tmeter walk Pearman was set
ting the pace. Parker of Australia
was at his heels with the field strung
out. Frigerio spurted past Pearman
into the lead on the tenth lap with
Parker third, so yards to the rear. At
the 18th lap, three e-ffths of the race,
Frigerio was first by 90 yards over
Pearman.
Frigerio continued 70 walk away
with the lead and won by three quar-
ters Of lap, whereupon the excited
Italian officials rushed up and kissed
the dainty, smiling but hardy youth.
Pearman finished second in good form,
beating G. e. J. Gunn of England by
40 yards, T. A. Maroney of st. An
selm's A. C., New York, finished sixth,
thus scoring one point for his team.
The Italian, Pavesi, was disquali-
fed in the 18th lap for running, when
he was a close fourth,
The event took place under a broil-
ing sun.
Finlander Won Shot-Put.
The final of the shot put was won
by Porkola of Finland, who put the
l6-pound sho, 1881 meters H. B.
Liversedge. United States navy, was
second Niklandr of Finland third;
Lammer Of Esthonia fourth Nilsson
Of Sweden fifth, and P }. Mcdonald.
New York A. C., sixth.
swede Jumps Longest.
Peterson Of Sweden won the final
broad jump with us meters. c. f.
johnson, University Of Michigan, was
second with 7.0a and one.half; Abra.
hanson Of Sweden third with 7.0s;
r L. Templeton, Leland Stanford uni
versity. fourth with 500; Aastad Of
Norway fifth with SIS and one half,
and Franksson of Sweden sixth with
6.67.
Those who qualified for the | 500
meter run we're Vohrslik of Czecho-
Slovakia: A. G. Hill Of England; Audi
net of France; Lundgfren Of Sweden;
d. McPhee of England: NJ. l.. Shields,
Meadow Brook club, Philadelphia; John
Zander of Sweden: Porro Of Italy. !.
J. Connolly, Boston A. A.; Joie W.
Raw. Illinois A. C.; p. !. Baker Of Eng
land. and Wilhelmsen of Esthonia. The
time OF the best heat was four minutes
two and one fifth seconds.
Americans Get Places in i6-Pound
Throw.
Americans captured the first two
places in the qualifying round of the
l6-pound Olympic hammerthrow to-
dav while another American took fifth
place. Patrick J. Ryan Of the Lough
lin Iyceum. New York, threw the ham
mer $3.50 meters, l9l meters short Of
the Olympic record. made by NJ. J.
NrC,rath Of the New York A. {. at
Stockholm in 1912. b. Bennett of the
Chicago A. A.. was second with 4s.23
metres. McGrath. the other American
to qualify. took ffth place with 46i7
metres
RYAN appeared in the arena with
bargv black trousers and coat over
his throwing togs, looking like hui
man mountain even among the other
big fellows. A. his turn came 20 throw
l.c would calmly toss Of his coat. slip
his suspenders down and step out Of his
trousers. swing few times and heave
the hammer far beyond most Of the
others
Ncgrath has = bad knee which he
strained in practice this morning and,
il is feared. he may Be forced to re
main out of the 56-Pouud weight
event.
A Great Race Yesterday.
Athletes. trainers and experts from
al rsrts of the world were 70 day s.ili
Discussing yesterday 80 metre race.
which wss declared to Be the greatest