Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-23

OIyHplC DONIus tourney.
American. was defeated by Walker,
South African. in four rounds: Gra-
ham a Canadian. knocked out Ricard.
French. in the first round.
Among the fcathcrweights s. Fogel
American. was defeated by Hebrants
Belgium. in four rounds.
Sam Lagonia. American. defeated
Jacobsen, Norwegian, and Mallin. Eng
lish, defeated Lieutenant J. A. Grams
ton, United States Army, in the middle
weight class.
Gymnastic Events
Gymnastic teams today came into
their own at the Olympic stadium,
where, for the last week, spirited con
tests in field and track athletics have
been witnessed. Each nation entering
the team events was permitted one team
of from sixteen to twenty four gym
nasts. In addition there were events
for individual experts in which each
nation competing was permitted to en-
ter six men. America entered only the
individual events.
There were events for gymnasts
trained according to the system adopted
by the European Gymnastic Federation
and for those trained under the Swedish
system. Each of these events provided
for team work, with and without ap-
paratus, each team being allowed one
hour for demonstration. The individual
events included work at free exercise
without apparatus and trials on tn,
horizontal bar. parallel bars. the rings
and the "horses.'' In addition theTo
was a special production. for commem
orative medals, which might be called
parade. In these, both mems and
women's teams were permitted to enter
and each was allowed forty five min :
utes.
The exercises in the principal team
events were carried out according TO
specified plans, including n number of
| intricate gymnastic movements. All
! tons entering for one or all events were
Czccho- Slovakia. Great Britain, Egypt,
Norway, Belgium. France. Monaco.
Sweden, Denmark, Luxembourg and
Italy.
Canada forfeited to England in the
water polo elimination contest yester :
day. Welfsch, of Brazil. qualified for
the finals in the mems diving event,
standing third with IA points. :
The marathon race was run in an al :
most steady downpour of rain, with the
air raw and cold The contestants passed
,,;I,a ',,hara Jti'" 80. 80 osn sIiiai ,
tbo eoroIcaIe of oe;n;oI 'a'oie anJ ,si ,msa,cnedi
omt,n,oh;Ios with n,orn ;ntavo"t i,u * u
thov G;J tbo snio sIiuo r,,nnasa tTan Thn
contestonts sw;tchod conafanti, fno.,,
gravel matches and cohhIeaton. iU, ana
brick walks TO mud roads. Rut W H.
appeared to affect but little the stamina
| of the leaders.
Arriving at the stadium poth koleh-
mainen ana Lossmah nhlshed strong,
tneh ran around the track together' the
vlct9r wearing "r'a'h Oh mowers ana
'he rinniSll mug
HandspringS at the FINISH
Arrie. of Italy. who finished third.
was particularly active ut the end of
the race, for he turned several hand
springs. All three runners were
p"ked up ana holSted TO the shoulders
OF their admiring countrymen.
Iatu Noienna'nen, @ oretner s Oh the
marathon winner, came in &c good tenth.
s VINO rnpner rapusr'a who Ves
a Wen Somh .. i;I'o ~ .;
1u,aei, Sa - M"vs,' tn ,-n vu' fnr FinIomd nn tho
eve of the Olvmpics, as he is not an
American citizen.
The marathon runners got away at
4:I2 n. m. and strung out around the
stadium track. The Americans, Arthur
Rotb. Carl Lindcr, Joe Organ and
Charles Mellor. were punched and TAX
inc Il oosy schoIcs below smoke
onI Norman started for Canada. pete,
Trivoml;das winner Of thc Boston
NIorathn hi. roar and liv;ny IN Ros-
ton' carried thc Greek colors,
''H' >"'' 'eu ',''
Gtsham iahes Lean
At the tenth kilometre q. w. Git
sham. who finished second IN the mara
n"n At StEcMiooH, J";,,i ron IN ubich had " he""r
snTr ~ AZ tne u'tIus .h tort " " tho rn"o oe'"
iu',tns a'Itr tmc ',a,, ni,t ~ tha wy Sal ,f.i
At the au hanWaE POM ,;th Tue KIohn s1Jubm H,rI
'ap was SUI p,i af ItoI,, I'LL Thn,n
second ana blaSi' nI 'tniS, .nira; inrre %
were no Antcttt"hH tH us rs"n umUns tn' nrs'
WE'VE men al '"e n"'i""S 'N"'"'
summary vo,on,a,ro, r,o,,,,
2.ao,8h a. toid record. 2:s6:SI 4-5j: Loss
man. Esthonla, second. 2:82:4s; .Arrle, Italy,
third 2ssS7 o 80 sEos5' bflgnm Figad foTTth aTth
a:SS:is Ak: sofuS' Denmark. sixth, 2ai:iS;
organ, United states, seventh @Ai;3o.
Duke Breaks Record
Duko Eohouamoku. of the Amcri
c,n swimminr team, broke his own
Olympic record Of | minute Q 90 sec
onIS hy three ffths of a second in the
uualifyinc heat Of the 100 meter free
stylc swim. His time was ! minute
! 40 seconds.
In the same event p. Kealcha. of
Honolulu, won his heat in l minute :