New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-20
Fails by Wide Margin
to Equal Own Record;
Matt McCrath, Injured,
Lands Fourth Place
Raw Outclassed i'm
1,5O0-Meter Run
English Champion First;
u. S. Athletes Score II
Points; Increase Lead
By Arthur S. Draper
Special cable to The Tribune


ANTWERP, Aug. 10 - Americas
track and field athletes again led the
nations of the world in the march
toward highest honors in the seventh
Olympiad, when as a team, they ac-
counted for II points in the two events
decided here to-day.
Englands stock took a boom as a
result Of taking the first two places in
the 1,500-meter race and first place in
the tug-of-war for total of 16 points,
thus displacing Sweden from third
place in the standing of the nations.
Although Finland failed to make a
point to-day it retains second place
with 40 points, while England's total
10 date is 40.
Despite the injury to his leg, Joie
Raw, the national one mile champion
Of the United States, started in the
l.5CO meter race, which was easily
the feature of the day. but it would
have been just as we'll had the game
little Westerner taken a seat in the
The champion. who Is capable of run
ming even with any man in the world
when in condition, was hopelessly out
classed.
Ray Takes Early Lead
The Englishmen. Hill and Baker
VINO finished first and second, were the
class OF the field and won on their
merits Considering the fact that a
heavy rain was falling and the track
was soft and slow, Hills winning time
Of minute As seconds is exception
ally good.
Soon alter the start Ray took the
lead, with Nohralik, of Czecho- Slovakia,
second; Hill, third; Baker, fourth, and
n L. Shields, of Philadelphia, fifth. In
this order they circled the track twice.
About 900 yards from the finish Hill
swept by Ray with a beautiful burst Of
speed.
The tall Englishman carried with him
Baker, Shields and Vohralik, closely
bunehed to finish in the order named.
Ray faded away to nothing before
reaching the tape and failed to finish
among the first six. Shields came down
the stretch with great speed and might
have beaten Baker, who was about
yard back when the final sprint started
blt Ray crowded him and he lost his
stride.
Hills performance stamps him as
one of the best middle distance run
ners in the world, and while Rays
showing was disappointing, one of his
legs, because OF q strained tendon, was
far from strong
The only other final event decided
to-day was the 16-pound hammer throw.
IN which Pat Ryan, of the Loughlin
Lyceum, New York, had no difficulty
retaining the worlds championship
with heave of 52S55 meters, which
equals 1854 feet The New York po-
iceman was about seventeen feet shy
Of MS world record mark, but the COM
petition was not very keen.
Matt McGrath Fourth
C. Lind, Of Sweden, was second, and
B. Bennett, Of the Chicago Athletic AS
soclatlon, was a close third. Matt Nc
Grath, another of Americas whales,
was unable to compete in the final be-
cause OF an injury to his hand, but the
mark he made in the trials was suffi-
Gent to land him in fourth place.
Conditions could hardly have been
worse than they were to-day for the
'-'"' HedtS OIL lNe sprint ana distance
races. The trainers are complaining
mat the officials are running the finals
700 soon after the preliminares. Those
who qualified to-day in the 10000
meter run must compete tomorrow,
ana 1t Is hardly likely that any records
VIII be broken, as the athletes will not
De at their best
The men from the United States
showed up poorly in this event. only
fred Faller, Of Boston, qualifying for
me hnal. The Indian Patison, f. r.
SSOhhSon, the negro runner from Pitts
SSurgh. and George Cornetta, Of the
New York A. c., all failed to finish
snelr heats. Faller came through in
fourth place in his trial.
me marvellous Frenchman Guillemot,
winner OF the 5000 meter race yester-
eay,' turned out again and won his
@seIimlnary heat, finishing the long
race as fresh as if he had been run
a,ng a quarter of mile. Guillemot,
.ne Two Firms, Nurmi and Lumatainen,
anu 1he Englishman, Wilson, are the
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