The Washington herald., 1920-08-23
Ideal Tang In Air.

osa eHects as result OF the Cruel
ing grind.
Ideal Tang In Air.
Weather was ideal for the run
ming Of the great race although It
had been cold and threatening ear
her in the day. There remained
Just enough tang to the atmosphere
to make it ideal, however, when the
starters gun sent a field of sixty
four away from the mark. The
] track was fairly fast.
The Films, from the opening day
Of the Olympics, have asserted their
assurance Of capturing the classic
distance number. Today their ex-
pectations were fulfilled. To Eng
land the result probably was most
disappointing, since the British con
dngent had greatest confidence in
A. r Mills. the English cross coun-
Try champion.
4. :. Sets Another Record.
The Americans. while not scoring
in the marathon, continued to pile
up their total score and tucked
another record under their belts
when the relay team walked away
with the honors in the 400-meter
contest The Yankee team was
composed of c. W. Paddock. Of
Los Angeles ]. V. Scholz, Univer-
sity OF Missouri; Laurence Murchi-
son, Of New York. and NJ. NJ. Kirk
sey, OF the San Francisco Olympic
Club Their time was AZ l-5 sec
onds. France took second place and
Sweden third, with England, DEN
mark and Luxembourg finishing
fourth. fifth and sixth.
The old 4OO-meter relay mark of
42-3 seconds was hung up by a
German team in 1912
Win 5000 Meter Relay. Too.
America also beat Sweden for
first place in the 5000 meter relay.
There was a big gallery today.
drawn, in spite OF the inclemency
OF the weather, because of the
marathon run Fhe route Of the 20
mile grind led through many small
villages. over all sorts of roads
and the course. while solid and
good for running in some places,
also had spots where the runners
found gravel and cobbIe under foot
officials were placed at various
intervals along the route to re-
cord the positions Of the runners.
Ovation for Winner.
At the finish RohIsmainen. appar-
emily fresh enough to run the dis
tsncs again. was more than 400
yards ahead Of the field. He con-
tinued around the big stadium
track, after crossing the finish line.
while the assembled muItitudes COW
cred him with flowers and sent
cheer after cheer echoing across the
field.
Lossman took second place only
after a struggle with Valerie, of
Italy, who was third and who threw
several handsprings and cartwheels
to show that he had not been tagged
completely by the long grind. Loss
man showed a great burst of speed
at the finish.
! Organ. of U. s., seventh.
NJ Others in the order they finished
were: Broos, Toomoskoki. OF Fin
land: Sefus. Of Denmark; organ.
I the fsst American. seventh. The
next American to finish was Carl
Linder. who got eleventh place,
MeIlOr was twelfth.
Kohlemainen, whose home is in
Brooklyn. Is a distance runner OF
International fame who trained for
the Olympics by winning the New
York Athletic Clubs trial marathon
race Although he holds his first
American citizenship papers. kohle-
mainen is barred from representing
the United States in the big inter
national games because he com
peted for Finland in 1908. He holds
other worlds records for the 5000
meters, and the 5000 meters which
he won in 1912. when he also took
first place in the 10000 meter event
Has Many Victories Here.
Today's marathon winner also
has a string of victories in Amer
lean Iong-dlstaRce races. In a New
York marathon on November l. 1913
he not only won but broke the rec.
ords for seven eight. nine and ter
miles.
Members Of the American team
who never had considered their
chances for a win in the big even
very encouraging. enthusiastically
! greeted the victory of the Finnish
star as an American conquest anc
heaped congratulations on the
winner.
5.0oo-heter Race Easy.
The American team proved a bi.
surprise in the 3,0O0-meter numbe
when they came through with al
easy win. Brown, who was well VI
at all times, finished with a sprin
which just nossd out Bachman o
Sweden. By taking first, third anC
sixth the Yankees had an easy time
The American runners were a diff
fsrent lot today; the work they hav,
done in previous races brought then
on in fine shape.
Hill. of England. started, but wa
not dangerous at any time. He fool
ishly ran along. coaching his team
mates and spelling any chance n
might have had to win.
Our 4OO-mster team only.did wha
\ was expected Of them in breaking
n the record for the event. This wa
great team and every man raj
u retter than nine and three-fifth
econds. In 1912 our 400-mete
.eam was disqualified for not pass
nz the baton within the require
one. We now hold all relay record:
Only Third in Discus
Pope was unable to better hi
rowing of yesterday in the discu
nd had to be content with thir
ace. His throwing was not s
1od as expected, but could not b
stter owing to the wet groun
which gave the men an uncertain