The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-17
AMERICANS IN S
OLYMPIC GAMES
CONTINUED from page II

H. Bihlman Of San Francisco. were
eliminated
Today's Olympic Summaries
1 ANTWERP, Aug. 17.-Following
are the summaries IN today's Olympic
events:
10000 metre walk
First heat won by Frigsrio. Italy:
second, Pearman, America; third.
Parker, Australia; fourth, Pavesi.
Italy; fifth, Grum, England; sixth.
ISeghers. Belgium. Time. 47:06 rs.
| Second heat won by Hehir. Eng
land: second. McMaster, South
Africa; third, Maroney. America;
fourth. Plant, America: fifth. Melen-
de1, Spain: sixth. Doyen. Belgium.
Time. 51:34 3-5.
Broad jump trials, SIX qualified;
Peterson, Sweden, six metres, ninety
four centimeters; Abrahamson, Swe-
den, 6:S4: Johnson, America. 6:S2;
America, 6:S7; Aastd. Norway. 6:6a
Butler. America. eliminated by two
.centimeters.
Shot put trials. six qualified: Nick
lander, Finland, IA metres, 15h cent?
meters; Mcdonald, America, 1873;
Porpola, Finland. Liyersedge, Amer
lea; Nilsson, Sweden: TANNER,
Esthonia. Cam and Bihlman, Ameri-
cans, eliminated.
ll0 metre hurdle trials, first heat,
won by Murray, America; second,
Gray. England. Time, 1915.
Second heat won by Yountz. Ameri-
ca; second, Hul1in, Sweden Time,
15s
Third heat won by Smith, America;
second, Christerson, Sweden Time.
Is 4-5.
Fourth heat won by Barron. Ameri-
ca: second. Thompson. Canada Time,
Is Is.
High jump won by Landon, Amer
lea; second. Muller. America. and
Eklund, Sweden, tied; fourth, Murphy
and Whalen, Of America, and Baker,
Of England, tied. Height, one metre
and "a centimeres (sdx feet AZ
new Olympic record.
5000 metre run, finals, won by
Guillemot. France; second, NurmI,
Finland; third. Backman, Sweden:
fourth, Koskeniemie, Finland; fifth,
Blswit, England. sixth, Seagrove,
England. Time, l4:55.
lug OF war ufais, England beat
America, two to nothing.
England Wins Tug Of War
ANTWERP, Aug. lin the tug If /
war trials, England won from the i
Onited States. two to nothing.
The Olympic committee announced !
t had unanimously rejected the
french protest against the award CT !
'ourth place in the 100 metre dash |
o ]. " Scholz. of the University of I
Missouri. The French claimed Aiik- |
Ian, their entry, finished ahead OF i
,cholz-
Jack Moakley, the American head I
,oach, is negotiating with Colonel /
Jackson. of the British team, for a !
lual meet between the American aih-
etes, entered in the Olympics, and the i
British contestants. it was learned |
oday. The arrangements are practic- /
lily completed
The affair would be held In Lor.ios,
September 4th.
Hill, of England, won the 800 metre I
un, with Earl Eby of the Chicago A. /
\, second. Rudd, Of England, and |
fountain. of England. captured third !
md fourth places. Fifth went to 1
Lieutenant NJ. d. Scott Of The Ameri- /
an team, and sixth to A. 3. Sprott, I
If the Los Angeles club. Time. +
:53 2-5.
Another First Place.
ANTWERP, Aug. T.-American
Won first place and three other places
n the high jump in the Olympic
games here today r. W. Landon, OF
New York set a new Olympic record I
or the event when he cleared the 1
lar at one metre and ninety four cen
meters, (six feet. AZ inches.)
III. P. Muller, Of San Francisco, and
sklund, the Swedish jumper, were
led for second place.
j. Murphy, Of Portland, Ore, w. L.
Of Boston, and Baker. Of
"a gland. were tied for fourth place
The Americans failed to finish in
he finals OF the 5000 metre run.
which was won by Guillemot, of
rance. Nurmi, of Finland, was sec
nd; Bachman, Sweden, third; Kos
entente, Finland. fourth; Blewit,
fifth and Seagrove. Eng :
and, sixth e
c. Furnas, Purdue university; H. H. /.
crown, Boston. and l. G. Dresser, !.
lew York. the American entries. :
ropped out. The time was IA min /,
ties and So seconds.
In the trials for the no metre :
urdies. F. S. Murray, Of New York, !,
ION the first heat in Is As seconds :,
Y. YountZ, OF Los Angeles, won the :
econd heat in Is 3-5 seconds and
Walker Smith, who ran despite his in
Ired leg muscles, in heroic per- :,
,rmance, won the third heat in Is As ,
sconds.
H. e. Barron, of Philadelphia, took =
ne fourth heat in the 100 hurdles, =
taking the fourth American to finish z.
rst in the preliminary heats. Barron =
efeated Earl Thompson, the crack
anadian, who is considered the
reatest hurdler in the world
Thompson has been sick and as the U
re was only the trial, he did not te
xtend himself He only desired to II
ualify and did SO easily in finishing %