The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-19
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AMERICAN VICTORY N
 OLYzNPIAD ISsASSURED
Goes Into Fifth Day of Competition With Big Lead and Appear to Have Advantage Over All Opponents
 Only Fair Showing Needed In Remaining Events

Antwerp, Aug. 19-The American team went into the fifth day of com petition at the Olympic stadium to- day with such a lead that it seemed assured of victory. With eleven events finished and only fourteen in cluding the decafhlon, the modern pentathlon and marathon remaining, the Americans had amassed 101 out of a possible 242 points Even If the Americans make on1ya fair showing in the remaining events they appear to have a great advantage over all opponents
 Four American runners qualified in the preliminary heats of the 400 me tre run today. They were Frank J. Shea, U. S. Navy;J. E Meredith, N. Y. A. C.; H. S. Emory, Chicago A.. A; and George U. Schiller, Los Angeles A. c. Phillips, the only Canadian entrant for this event, also qualified
 The others who will enter the finals in this race are Lindsay, Aims worth, Waorthington and Butler, Eng land; Otdfeld, Dafel and Rudd. South Africa; F'ery and Andre, France; Viten, Finland; Engdahl, Sweden; Sunb1ad, Switzerland and Corteyn and Morren, Belgium. Schiller made the fastest time of any of the runners, coming home in 50 2-5 seconds, which was Is sec. short of the record, held by c. D. Reidpath, made at the Stockholm | Olympics in 1912. J. E. (TeO 1 Meredith, the former University of Pennsylvania quarter miller, came through his heat in impressive style, | giving evidence of great reserve pow CT. Rudd, the South American star, simply breezed home
 The slow time made by the runners was caused by heavy rain. The l Judges were huddIed under umbreI-
 las and a handful of spectators and newspaper men sought shelter far | back in the stand.
 | Only two final events were sched-
 uled for today-the hammer throw, and the 1900 metre race The pro-
 gram also included elimination heats in the 400 metre race, the pole vault, the 1000 metre run, the 200 metre
 dash, and the hop, step and jump. Mounts for the American team en-
 tered for the equestrian events have l arrived from Coblenz where the U. s. l team had training.
 Today the mounts began workouts at the stadium.
 American entrants for the marathon
 race will probably be taken from the
 school house where the team is lodg-
 ing, to Ostend, or the outskirts o1
 Brussels today in order to obtain
 rest and quiet for the next two days
 before entering the Olympic classic
 on Sunday. The noise at the school
 house and the enthusiasm of win
 ming teammates fresh from the sta dium hamper training of the mara l thoners. The Americans ran five
 miles at dusk last evening at the sta
 dium and this will be their last work out except short walks during the
 next few days They will return or Sunday morning in time For the race American, Swedish, Norwegian and English oars1nen today entered com
 munity quarters in a huge hangar
 which has been divided into private
 sleeping rooms with one coGnpart-
 n1ent for all shells.
 The regatta schedule calls for fou, . preliminary heats in each event or August 27; two seni-hnals on August 2S and the finals on Sunday, August 29. The entry list shows twelve eight pared crews; 10 four cared; S doubles and 12 singles.