The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-08-23
j. s. ATHLETES:
TAKE VICTORY
IN OILY MPIAD
So Far Ahead in Point Scoring
as Final Contests Are Run
That Victory Is Assured
FINN WINS THE MARATHON
Covers rs Miles in Remarkable
Time Closely Pressed by
Two Others

Antwerp, Aug. %. - The Olympic
| 'thlctic events in the Stadium closed
this afternoon with the American atll-
!etes so far in the lead in the point
Of scoring that an easy victory was
rssured.
The closing contests were held in
the rain with only handful of spec
tators present. .....s
Hannes kolehmainen, represent
ing Finland, and holder of several
American distance records and cham
pionships, won the seventh Olympic
marathon. He showed wonderful en-
durance and covered the distance, 25
miles, 3S5 yards, in the remarkable
time of 2 hours 32 minutes, 35 As
seconds, through mud and rain. This
broke the old record by more than
four minutes.
The eight years that have passed
since Kolehmainen won three cham
pionships at the Stockholm olympics
seem to have passed lightly over his
head and to have increased, rather
than dimineshed his stamina and
speed. Through almost the entire dis
tance he was closely attended by
Charles Gitsham, the South African.
who ran second in the Marathon OF
1912, but he wore him down after a
long shoulder to shoulder contest
we'll ahead of the rest Of the field
in the latter part of the great con-
test. The hard pace was too much
for Githam who fell back after a
game struggle to hold second, being
passed by LOssman, the Esthonian,
and many of the others, with the
stadium almost in sight.
s..4.,s.. 1.a- Effort Fails
Lossman made determined effort
to overhaul the Finn, but was un-
able to quite do the trick, although
only few seconds separated them at
the end.
The third, fourth, fifth and sixth
men to finish apd thus win points
came in rapidly and in exceptionally
good condition. The first American
to cross the line, Joe Organ of Pitts
burgh, was seventh, less than nine
minutes behind the winner.
Carl Linder, of Quincy, Mass, and
Charles Mellor, of Chicago, were elev-
enth and twelfth, while Arthur Roth,
st. Alponsus, the fourth American
starter, gave out after fourteen and
half miles.
The race was run in an almost
steady downpour Of rain and the air
was raw and cold. The contestants
passed over country fields and
through small villages, where the
spectators watched the calvalcade of
official and beflagged automobiles
with more. interest than they did the
splashing runners. The contestants
switched constantly from gravel
pathes and cobble stone and brike
walks, to mud roads. But it appear
ed to affect but little the stamina
of the leaders.
Arriving at the stadium both Koleh-
mainen and LOssman finished strong, |
then ran around the track together. p,
the victor wearing a wreath of flow
ers and the Finnish flag.
Turns Handsprings
Arrie of Italy, who finished third, |
was particularly active at the end of |
the race, for he turned several hand
springs. All three runners were /
picked up and hoisted to the shoul-
ders of their admiring countrymen.
Tatu kolehmainen, a brother of the !
winner, came in good /,
tenth. Tomoskoki, who took fifth
place, is a. we'll known runner who
lives in Quincy, Mass, but like the
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