Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-21
floss WINS POLE VAULT
CHICAGO MAN CLEARS BAR
/. WITH RECORD OF 1912 TT.
II. J. McGrnth. of New York. Twisted
His Knee I'm G5-P0und weight
Throwing Event.

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Universal Service Staff Correspondent.
ANTWERP. August 2o.-SwInging
up and over the cross bar without
ever appearing tc truly extend him
self. +. *. Foss. OF the Chicago a. a.
today won tho pole vault In the
Olympiad and established now
worlds record for the event His
performance provided the greatest
| sensation OF the day. overshadowing
the surprise of Allen Woodring's vic
| tory in tho 200-meter dash. when he
beat Charles Paddock. the favori:e,
and came within rs OF n second OF the
worlds record.
These victories and tho fact that
others scored for America did much
to overcome the disappointment at
failure TO place a man in the 10000
Nurmi. of Finland.
The Chicago vaultinS star gave the
spectators the greatest thrill by rea-
with = vault of 49,. better than the
Olympic record. and then continued in
an effort to boost the worlds mark,
which proved successful.
His record breaking vault was IS
rect INCHES. The former record was
IL feet IL Inches. made by NJ. l..
Wright. OF America. in 1912.
Tor the event and the remainder OF
those who qualified were tied at third
Frank j. Shea was the only Amer
lean to face the starter in the 100
meter run. one OF the feature events
OF the games. The best he could get
was fourth. was put out in the
i-inals, as were Emory and Schil-
Ter. Rudd came home a winner with
out much difficulty and registered the
very good time of 40 30 seconds.
Allen Woodring was in trim and by
men in other events he bolstcrcd up
our morale to really marked de-
Lhiladelph!a, may we'll be proud OF
when he forced the pride OF Los An
Eeles. Charlie Paddock. TO accept sec
ond as his mede; Paddocks style in
made him the popular entrant for the
200 today.
Loren Murchison. OF the New York
Ath,etic Club. and Edwards. of Eng
land, flashed across the line prac-
,icaily together but the judges de-
cidcd that the Englishman h1i an
edge the better OF It and gave him
seconds.
The steeplcchasc, while not all tina,
we might have desired, gave us Some
satisfaction when Pat Flynn. of the
was better than expected OF him.
Hodge. Of England. returned the
winner OF the event. Mike Dovency
a, hfth. and Hoeisenbeck, sixth. gave
us three more points.
Other fin!shcrs and their order in
the 200 meters were Davidson. or
New Zealand. fifth. and Ostcrlack, q.
! South Africa, sixth.
| Tho only American entrants in tho
Decathlon. another OF the ancient
classics. which began today and will
ne nnished tomorrow. were Harry
l.. Vidal. L. s Army: Brutns mamii-
ton. University of Missouri, and T.. r.
Ellis. Syracuse. y. Y. After defeat
Ing the Czccho-Slovak ducllcrs eleven
victories to tivc. tho American swords
Swiss. who scored seven wins against
our six. The Americans, however.
sun have good show OF winning
second place in the event.
y. j. Mcdonald and Pat Ryan were
! outstanding winners in the trials for
the finals Of the s!xty-nve pound
weight throwing contest. HIcGratn.s
knee. which lie twisted in the trials
for the hammer event two days 'aEo.
continued to give him much trouble
today. and caused him to drop out OF
the trials for the weight competition.
Tonight VIC are leading our nearest
competitor. Finland. by more than
| 100 points.
Today was a repetition OF ycstcr-
day so far as the weather was con-
cerned with the track even softer be-
cause of the continued drizzlc. There
was another biting wind which
bothered the athletes Mt times. and
once during the day hail fell.
The 10000 meter race was the re-
verse of the 5000 meter. NurIni to-
day make Gullemot, the French star,
take second-just what tho French
man had done to him in the 5000 con-
test. Both runners outstrippcd the
rank and file of the entrants, leaving
the field. with the exception Of VIII
son. of Cleveland. far behind The
two stars made Wilson set the pace
at the start OF the race and played
with one another at his shoulder
With one lap to go. Nurmi went out
in front and took the pace from the
EnGiishman. He was quickly fol-
lowed by Guil!emot. who managed to
hang on his tracks. Wilson dronDcd
back when the pace proved too last
for him.
As they neared the finish. the two
leaders staged a great struggle, but
when about eighty yards from home,
Nurmi drew away and with great
sprint. won by full twenty yards.
/ am convinced that tho mark set
by Foss today will take n long time
for any other vaultcr to touch. The
ChicaEoan is scientific performer.
Il student of the game and there VIII
have to be another man who will do
likewise before the record he has
made will fall
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