Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-17
YANKEE SETS A RECORD
AMERICA GATHERS H0N0RS
IN ALL OLYMPIC EVENTS
Frank IoomIs, of Chicago, Runs
Great Race and Establishes n
New Worlds Record.
my H. L.. (TED) NIEHEDITu.)

ANTW ERP, August l6-America':
powerful and well-ba lanced track anC
field team continued to gather honors
in the second day of the seventh
Oiympiad. Ii outclassed combinations
of all the other nations. but its mem
bers were not strong enough indivii-
ually 10 win all the first place honors
particularly in the classic ancient
pentathlon. in which the Finnish star
j.. Lehtoncn. proved TO be the best
all-round athlete.
The pcntathlon. which has been de-
signed TO cover the competitions tina;
modern times might consider more
ent day all-around athlete or soil
der consists OF five entirely differ
ent events-rapid pistol fire nj 20
meters, 300-nctcr swimming, sword
race on horseback. and a 5000 met r
race across country on foot. The
competitions for this are TO begin
August ~
in: the greatest number OF points,
the only world record OF the day to-
day was made by Frank LOOMS. OF
the Chicago y. ~. in the, 4oo-mGieT
second better than the time made by
c. Bacon in the London OlympicS III
1905. In both the hurdles and the
loo-meter dash four of the Sin final
iSAS W tit .NliiS! Itin "a " NOM
three ran first in the hurdles and two
lirsc in The 100 meters.
\ majority. Of the experts at the
finish line, of the co-meter event.
J. V. SchoIz. Of the University o: Mis-
souri, was third, instead of fifth. as
officially placed. but protest by the
Americans was Withdrawn when 1t
behind the Official decision.
LOOMS ran Il race In which he
showed rare judgment from beginning
to end. Norton and Andre both set
and were leading Loomis by three
full strides at the halfway mark
Al this point in the race: Andre pass
ed Norton. and it looked bad for
Loomis started n few steps further
on to overcome the lead the French.
man had taken, and continued TO
draw up on the leader, due entirely
TO his perfect hurdiinS.
They were about 100 yards from tho
finish when Andre kicked hurdle,
giving evidence of the fact that he
was firing. Norton beat Andre over
the last hurdle. and in the sprint TOOK
a lead OF yards.
LOomis Finished Strong.
LOOMS, at the finish of the race
never looked stronger, in spite of the
fact that he had set a new worlds
record, and that the track was OF the
sloweSt.
The secret OF LOOMS fast running
over this distance lies in the one fact
that he never races Al the hurdles.
Andre sprinted between each jump
changing from his stride TO sprint
on each occasion, while LOOMS kept
his stride all the way. and timed i,
TO INT the distance between the
hurdles. II was noticeable that he
gained ground over each obstacle.
Loomis nearest contender was J.
Is. Norton, OF the San Francisco
olympic club. who was three yards
hchind. Third place was The only one
hotly contcnded, and y. G. Desch, or
Notrc Dame, only led Georges Andre.
OF France. by matter OF six inches.
Carl Christensen. of Sweden, and
~ G., were NTH and sixth, respec-
lively.
AS every one fully expected. Pad
dock. carrying the colors OF the Los
angeles y. G. Was an easy winner In
the finals OF the lO0-metcr sprint. The
Americans also took second when
K!rkscy. OF the Olympic Club. San
Francisco, beat out Edward. tho Eng
iishman. The order in which the rest
OF the field finished was:
AlIkhan, France. fourth; Scholz.
University of Missouri, ff,h, ana
Murch!son y. G., sixth. Time for the
race was 10 i-5 seconds.
American officer First.
States Army. won the hrst OF four
qualifying heats for the semi
finals in the SoO-meter rum T.. u.
Mountain, Cambridge University y. G.,
England, was second. ;tnd l. Il. Sprot,.
Los Angeles y. - ..hLrd: The time
seconds All three qualify for the
somifinals.
The second hea, was won by B. G..
=. Rudd. OF South Africa. Thomas
campbell, Of Yale University, was
second, and raulen. OF Holland,
third. The time was one minute, nifty
seven seconds.
In the other event. the heats he
for the sem!hna!s in the SOO-meter
run. AL the Americans retained
by the AMERICAN runners TINT he
South Africa, Il. g. ID. Rudd. has a
sure nrst IN the final
me Amer!c"ns performances to-
three points in the track ana acid
event seventeen In ;nc hurdles.
fifteen IN the lOO-meicr dash ana
eleven IN the .pcntathlon-ou Of a,
poss.b!e s!AIy-sX for the days coa-
sweden, which gained only one n.tb
ptace Quay 10 add 20 yesterdays one
sixth place, has only Il three poin,
LEX toiai' hui FINLAND, by the nine
zen points Won IN the jhVclin throw
S,stc gay anN the ten In tOday's
pchtathl0n, mas twenty-ninc. ina iS
second TO the Americans
fo'r mas SIX points; England.
both walker Smith. chicago q
murder. ana JT!c Ray, Illinois -
.hc crack miller. pulled tcnGons ,ybiia
si1. NIX %. L rough grounds oUi.
s!de the stadium. IL was announrra
today Ray pulled tendon In M
"hhie and Smith one IL tho thieh.
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