The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-19
Americans at Olympiad Now
Have Total of 11S Points.
Nearest Competitors Are the
Firms, With Score of 40.

Antwerp. Aug. 1s.-The American
athletes in the seventh Olympiad
scored seventeen points today, bring
ing their total to 11S, or SO points
ahead of Finland's representatives,
their nearest competitors. The Firms,
who failed TO win a point today, have
lforty-nine points The Englishn1en
made sixteen points today, the Swedish
athletes ten points. Csecho-SIovakia
scored three points, Holland two and
Belgium and France one each. The
/ days scores included the tug of war.
England now has forty points and
Sweden thirty-six.
The biggest surprise of the days
/ events was the overwhelming defeat
of Joie Ray, of Chicago, in the 1900
meter run, the Yankee champion do
ing no better than eighth. A steady
rain turned the track into mud pud-
dlesand Ray faded completely on the
l2st lap.
The last American remaining in the
Graeco-Roman wrestling matches was
eliminated when L.indorf, Finland,
threw Szymanski of the United States
army, As pound class. in 80 seconds.
Antwerp, Aug. 19.-American run
ners won all four heats in the 200
meter dash trials today.
P. ]. Ryan of Loughlin Lyceum.
New York. won the Olympic hammer
throw today.
American quarter-m milers. running In
splendid form, gave promise of cap
turing the 400-meter run of the Olym-l
pic games for the United States when
they won four orffive of the trials to-
day.
Rain kept the crowd down to such
an extent that the stands were almost
G., S. Schiller of the Los Angeles A.
c., nosed out Engdahl of Sweden in
the first heat, in the time of so rs.
The second heat found another Yank
leading the procession at the tape. F.
J. Shea of the navy winning. with
Dafel. of South Africa at his heals.
The time was so As. In the third
heat, ]. E. Meredith of the New York
A. C. led all the way and Andre of
France took second in the time Of
81 3-5. Rudd of South Africa won the
fourth trial with Vitten of Finland
second, in 81 flat. r. r. Emery of
the Chicago A. A. captured the fifth
heat, Butler of England being second.
The Americans did not fare so we'll
in the one-eighth finals and the one
quarter finals of the Graeco-Roman
wrestling. The only survivors of the
United States team after these events
were Szymanski. 14s pounds, and
Malchael, lol POUNDS class.
All four American entrants in the
pole vault event. F. K Ross. Chicago
A. w. E. Z. Knoureu. Illinois A. C.,
E. I. Jenne, Washington state college
and z. z. Myers, Chicago A A. quail
fled for the final. The others to
qualify were Hogstrom, Mattson and
Rydberg of Sweden. and Jorgensen
and Peterson of Denmark. All those
qualifying cleared the bar at $50
meters.
The Summary.
six thousand meter trials:
First heat-Schiller. America; Engdat1i.
Sweden. Time 80 %.
Second heat-Shea. America; Dafel, South
Africa. Time so 4-5.
Third heat-Meredith, America; Andre,
France. Time 81 3-J.
Fourth heat-Rudd, South Africa; yitten,
Finland Time 81
Fifth heat-Emery, America; Butler,
England. No time shown
Graeco- Roman wrestling. one-eighth
ffnals-Szymanski America, defeated Huml,
Czech -Siova kia Vandenleen den, Belgium,
defeated Zeonaligi, America: Maiehael
America, defeated Leonardson, Sweden
Erickson, Denmark. defeated Pendleton,
feated Wilkie, America: Hansen, Denmark.
defeated Weigand, America.
Graeco- Roman wrestling one quarter
dnals-Frisenfeld. Norway. defeated Met
roupoIous. America: Szymans, America,
defeated Steusrud. Norway.
10000 meter run. trials First. GHillemot.
France; second. -BschHan. Sweden: third,
Anderson. Denmark; fourth. Faller. Amer
lea: fifth. Garin, Switzerland. Time y Al
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