Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-18
CANADIAN MAKES
WORLD RECORD IN
OLYMPIC HURDLES
Yankees Fail of First Place in
Four Finals, But Score
Heavily.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OLYMPIC STADIUM, ANTWERP
August 1S.-Earl Thomson Dartmouth
College, star, who is representing
Canada in the Olympic games, today
won the final heat of the 11O-meter
hurdles. hanging up a new world
record of IA As seconds. H. E. Bar
ron, Meadowbrook Club, Philadelphia
was second, 21s yards back, and Fred
s. Murray New York A. c., third.
Wilson of New Zealand, was fourth
Walker Smith, Chicago A. A. fifth
and Carl Christiernssen. Sweden,
sixth. The old record for the event
both Olympic and world, was Is sec
onds.
Italian Walker First.
The final of the 1O,00O-meter walk
was won by Frigerio, Italy, by three
quarters of a lap. J. B. Pearman'
New York A. c., was second;- c. E. ].
Gum, England, third; McMaster,
South Africa, fourth; w. Hehir, Eng
land, fifth, and T. A. Maroney, st.
Anselms A. c.. New York, sixth. The
winners time was 4S minutes 6 rs
seconds.
Finn Wins ShOtput.
The final of the s4otput was won
sixteen-pound missile 14.S1 meters.
Niklander of Finland was second,
with 1415h meters; H. B. Liversedge,
United States Navy, third, with 14.15
meters; =. j. Mcdonald, New York
A. c.. fourth, with l4.oS meters; Nils
meters, and TANNER of Esthonfa,
sixth, with 1850 meters.
Swede Takes Broad Jump.
Peterson of Sweden won the final
of the broad jump. with 7.15 meters.
c. T.. Johnson. University OF Michl-
gan. was second, with 7.09E meters;
Abrahamson of Sweden, third. with
7.OS meters; r. l.. Templeton. Leland
Stanford University, fourth, with 6.96
meters; Aasted of Norway, fifth. with
$751; meters, and Franksson of
Sweden, sixth. with 6.67 meters.
Ryan Leads Hammer TOssers.
Patrick j. Ryan of the Loughlin
Lyceum, New York, easily took first
place in the qualifying round of the
l6-pound hammer throw. Ryan threw
the hammer 52.S3 meters. Il. Bennett
of the Chicago A. A. was second with
1923 meters. Others to qualify were
c. Lind. Sweden, AZ meters; Svensson,
Sweden, 47.29 meters; NJ. J. McGrath.
New York A. c., 1867 meters and N.
Linde, Sweden, 448S1y meters. j. Nj.
McEachern, Olympic Club. San Fran
cisco, 44.70 meters, did not qualify.
Qualify in Steeplcchase.
Four Americans qualified for the
final in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.
They are Michael Devanney. Millrose
A. G.; Patrick Flynn, Paulist A. c.;
r. b. Watson, Kansas State Agricul-
tural College. and AL Hulsenbosch.
Paulist A. c. Others who qualified
were Ambrosni, Italy; Rissanen, Fin
land: Hedvall and Mattson, Sweden,
and Hodge, England Hodge made
the best time. 1917 2-5.
Run 1,5OO-Meter Heats.
Those who qualified for the 1900
meier run were Vohralik. Czecho-
slovakia A. G. Hill. England; Audinet
of France, Lundgren, Sweden d. Nc
Phee, England; NJ. l.. Shields. Meadow
brook Club, Philadelphia John Zarder,
Sweden; Porro, Italy; J. ]. Connolly,
Boston A. A; Joie W. Ray, Illinois A
c.; p. j. Baker, England, and Fournedry,
Belgium. The time of the best heat was
4 minutes is seconds. E. B. Curtis
of the, United States Navy, was the
only American not qualifying in this
event, he being put out in the first
heat.
England Wins Tus-Of-War.
England beat Belgium in the tug
o'War in 80 3-5 seconds