Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-16
First in Finals of 1O0-Meter
Run and 400 Meter
Hurdles.
AMERICANS ALSO
PLACE LOWER DOWN
LOOMS, of Chicago Athletic Assooia-
ton, Stars in Hurdles - Finnish
Contestant Awarded First Place
in Ancient Pentathlon, and Gains
Honors as All-around Athlete
Modern Pentathlon Aug. "a.
BY Associated Press.

Antwerp. Aug. 16-Charles w.
Paddock, Of the Los Angeles Ath-
ietic Club won the final OF the 1t3-
meter Olympic event. with NJ. M.
Kirksey. Of the Olympic Club. San
Francisco, second. H. F. ". Edward,
| OF England, was third. Alikhan, of
France, fourth. ]. v. Scholz. OF the
University OF Missouri, fifth, and
Loren Murchison, of the New York
Athletic Club. sixth. The time was
| 10 and AS seconds.
Frank LOOMS, of the Chicago Ath-
letic Association. won the final in
the 400-meter hurdles Of the Olympic
games. contested here today. The
first three places all went to Amer
lean competitors.
Both Walker Smith. Chicago Ath-
letic Club, the hurdier, and Joie
Ray. the Illinois crack miller, pulled
tendons while training on the rough
grounds outside the stadium, it was
announced today. Ray pulled a
tendon in the ankle and Smith one
In the thigh.
Hurdlers Score Seventeen Points.
American murders. running first.
second, third and sixth in field Of
six in the final OF the 4o0-meter hur-
dies in the Olympic games here to-
day scored II points for the United
States.
Frank Loomis. the winner Of the
event. established new worlds rec
ord Of 81 seconds flat for the dis
lance, beating the old record by I
second. Had he continued less than
two yards farther, he would have
broken the worlds record for the
A40-yard hurdles.
Loomis led safely all the way and
won by three yards from J. X. Nor
ton. Of the Olympic Club. San Fran
cisco. the second man. A. G. Desch,
Of Notre Dame University, won third
place by inches from George. Andre.
Of France, with Carl Christensen, Of
Sweden and Charles D. Daggs, Of
Los Angeles Athletic Club close up
In fifth and sixth places respectively.
Finn Wins Pentathion.
I4ehtonen. Of Finland, won the an
Client pentathlon OF the Olympic
games, contested in the stadium here
today! scoring fourteen points.
Everett L. Bradley, University Of
Kansas, was second with twenty five
points. [The least number OF points
determined the winner.l
The classic pentathlon-flve tests
OF strength, speed and skill, which
the athletes of ancient Greece thought
showed the measure Of man--was
Iattempted today in the stadium.
These tests were:
| Two hundred meter run, 1900
meter run. running broad jump,
throwing the discuss and throwing
the javlin.
OF all the athletes who entered, the
man who made the best showing was
to win the Olympic gilt medal and
statuette, and was to have the honor
.lof having his name inscribed on the
tablet OF the statuette offered by the
king of England, which was won IN
Stockholm by F. r. Beie, Of Norway
Each nation was permitted to enter
six men, OF whom only four were to
be actual competitors.
The modern pentathlon consists OF
1--we entirely different events:
| Rapid pistol fire at rs meters. 300
meters swimming, sword fencing, q
5000 meter cross country race on
horseback, and a 4,000-meter race
across country on foot. The competl-
|tions for this are to begin Aug. "a.
/ Preliminaries In the Greece-Roman
wrestling competitions began today.
/ Americans Min Preliminary Heat.
! Lieut.. D. M. Scott, United States
army, won the first of three qualify.
ing heats for the semi finals in the
800 meter run. e. D. Mountain, Cam.
bridge University Athletic Club
England, was second, and A. B
sprott, Los Angeles Athletic Club
third. The time was one minute Pf