Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-19
AMERICANS FAR IN
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| South African star, simply breezcd home
| The slow time made by the runners
was caused by heavy rain. The judges
we're huddlcd under umbrellas and a
! handful of spectators and newspaper men
sought shelter far back in the stand.
! Only two final events were scheduled
| for today-the hammer throw, and the
l,50O-meter race. The program also in-
cllded elimination heats in the 4OO-meter
race, the pole vault, the 10, 0,000-meter run.
the 200-meter dash, and the hop, step and
jump.
Mounts for the American team entered
for the equestrian events have arrived
from Coblenz, where the United States
team has been training. Today the
mounts began workouts at the stadium.
American entrants for the marathon
race will probably be taken from the
schoolhouse where the team is lodging, to
Ostend, or the outskirts of Brussels, to-
day in order to obtain rest and quiet for
the next two days before entering the
Olympic classic on Sunday. The noise at
the schoolhouse and the enthusiasm OF
winning team ties fresh from the
stadium hamper training OF the marathon
ers. The Americans ran five miles at dusk
last evening at the Satadium and this will
be their last workout except short walks
during the next few days. They Will re-
turn on Sunday morning in time for the
race.
American, Swedish, Norwegian and
English oarsmen today entered COM
munity quarters in huge hangar which
has been divided into private sleeping
rooms with one compartment for all shells.
The regatta schedule calls for four pre-
liminary heats in each event on August
27; two semi-finals on August 2S, and the
finals on Sunday, August 20. The entry
list shows ~ eight-oared crews; 10 four
cared 9 doubles and IL singles.
American fencers have been eliminated
from the finals of the individual foils
event. Major T. w Honeycutt being the
only American to progress as far as the
semi-fnals America also was eliminated
from the lightweight wrestling competi-
tion last night when George Metropolis,
of Gary, Ind, was thrown in four minutes
bv Frisenfeld of the Danish team. Lieu
tenant H. l. Szynanski of the United
States Army won the liveliest bout of the
evening from Stensrud of Norway IN the
light heavyweight class.
All four American entrants in the pole
vault-F. X. Foss, Chicago A. A.; f. +.
Knourek, Illinois A. C; +. |. Jenne,
Washington State College, and +. r.
Myers, Chicago A. A.-qualified for the
final. The others to qualify We're Hogstrom,
Mattson and Rydberg of Sweden and
Jorgensen and Petersen of Denmark All
qualifiers cleared the bar at 500 meters,
The Americans form was lar superior
to that of the other entrants. So easy did
thew find clearing the bar at the mark set
that they did not remove their heavy
wooden "sweat" shirts and pantaloons.
n.i ElraH N EaIipr of
the Dorchester Club, qualified in the two
forenoon semi-final heats of the 10000
meter run A. Patasoni. of the Haskell
Institute. Kansas, Zuni Indian, found
the pace too hot and dropped out IN the
twentieth lap.
In the first of the semi-hnal heats of the
10,OOO-meter run, j. Wilson, OF England
was first; Nurmi, of Finland, second
Maccario, of Italy, third; Manheis, OF
France, fourth, and Gasschen, of SwItZer-
land, fifth, all qualifying for the final.
A. Patasoni, of the Haskell Institute,
Kansas. dropped out in the twentieth lap.
Hans kolehmainen, representing I'm
land. did not start, being saved for the
marathon to be run on Sunday. The VIM
ner's time was 80 minutes, 40 Id seconds
The second heat was won by the famous
French distance runner, Gulllemot, IN 81
minutes, IL 3-5 seconds. Bachman, OF
Sweden, finished second; Anderson, OF
Denmark, third Fred ". Faller, OF the
Dorchester Club, fourth, and Garln, OF
Switzerland, fifth.
The following qualified in the 200 meter
dash: Tierard. of France; Hogstrom OF
Sweden; c. Davidson of New Zealand;
Alex Ponton of Canada; Plzak of Czecho-
Slovakia; w. A. Hill of England; Bro
chart and w. w. Hunt, of Australia;
Caste, of France; H. NJ. Abrahams, of
England: Charles w Paddock of the Los
angeles A. c.: Dorensen, of Denmark:
Kostrom of Sweden: Houben of Belgium;
Loren Murchison of the New York A.
c.: Sandstrom of Sweden: Allen Wood
ring of the Meadowbrook Club. Philadel-
phia: Wezepoel of Holland; III. F. y.
Edward of England: Osterlaap of South
Africa; Lorrain Of France: Heyneman OF
Holland: NJ NJ. Kirksey of the Olympic
Club, San Francisco, and lmbach OF
Switzerland The best time, 223-5 seconds,
was made by Davidson.
Those who qualified IN the semi-hnal
4OO-meter run were; Engdahl, Sweden;
Davis, England A. A. Emery, Chicago
A. A: Ferry. France; G.. NJ. Butler, Eng
land; ]. T. Meredith, New York A. G.;
George Schiller, Los Angeles A. C.;
Sunblad Sweden; Frank shea, United
States Navy; B. &. ID. Rudd, South
Africa, and Andre, France. Hector Phil
lips Of Canada was eliminated in the
second heat.
Shea beat Rudd in his. heat but the
latter was running easily. The best time,
50 2-5 seconds, was made by Engdahl.
In the light heavyweight class OF
Graeco-Roman wrestling, Tetens, of Den
mark defeated f. W. Maichle, of the
United States Navy.
In the quarter finals Of the 200 meter
run the following qualified for the semi
finals:
Lioren Murchison, New York A. c.;
Imbach, Switzerland; Edward, England,
Woodring, Meadowbrook Club, Phila-
delphia; Davidson, New Zealand; Pad
dock, Los Angeles A, c.; Kirksey, San
Francisco; Ponton, Canada; Oosterlaap,
South Africa, and Brochard, Belgium.
The day became more dismal as the
events progressed and finally the few
spectators rushed from the rain into the
stadium restaurant for cover.
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