The Washington herald., 1920-08-16

Pour Nanks Qualify.
The Javelin throw. the 100 meter,
the 4O0-meter hurdles and the 500
meter were the first events and
figures thus far tabuiated show that
the American contendcrs got away
10 a good start. Four Of the Yankee
spear hurleTs, the maximum allowed
tC enter any one contest made
marks which qualified them for the
finals. out Of a total OF ten to quail
fy. The entire American team i-
clated at this showing and regard
Il as a forecast Of what the Amer
cans will do throughout the games.
Finland. showed 10 best 'advan-
tage, however, in the javelin throw
when no less than three OF her team
spceded the missile beyond the old
record max Of siEty-two meters
The Americans who quaIihcd were:
NJ. S. Angler. Illinois A. c. with
toss OF 57.5S meters. A NJ Tuck.
Multnomah A. g.. oregon. with SIS
meters. J. G. Lincoln, New York A.
C. former United States champion.
whose mark was 57-Ss. and J. Ma
han, Texas College, 5S-52 meters.
The Finnish ord-smsshers were
johnson. Peltonen and Myrrs Pei
tonen made the longest throw. his
javelin striking $3.50 meters from
the circles.
Others whose marks entitled them
to compete in the finals are Lind
stret and BIomquist Of Sweden with
6o-52 and 5s.Is. and Eumbsrr. Of
Esthonfs. who made 5s.O3 meters
Past Time in Hurdles.
American winners OF their heats
in the trials or the sO0-meter hu--
dies were 4. c. Desh. W. h Nor
ton and F. F. Loomis. The results
Of the heats were:
First-DesCh. United States. first:
Vielen. FINLAND. second; Cray Eng
land. third. Time. s. 4-5 seconds.
Second-NOrton, United States.
first: Wheeler. England. second:
Lundstrom. Sweden. third. Tim,
81 3-5 seconds
Third - ChrisDieriends Sweder..
first; DaEEs, United States. second.
Time, SO IS seconds.
Fourth Loomis. United States.
first; Andre. France. second. Tim.
55 As seconds.
The Americans who competed to-
day did not taxi part IN the parade
yesterday. but rested up their leg
and consequently were IN fine fet'
for their events. The United state
had ;he greatest number of arn'r-s.
in the big march and received 'H-
loudest and Longest cheers. Thn
team was pronounced the bC-r
drilled or any which took part
Eby Finishes Third.
In the S00-mcteTs event. reEa -5Or
a. the most important. Ehy foa>
third place n the run TODAY VIII
this heat was Won by Rudd %.
EnEIishman practically roPearfn--
his performance in the Penn rr-
lays.
The American star had drawn y.
in the lineup al the pole. Rudf
was No. =. EbE Ipuk the pace. an
after running away fast slowed g.,
the pace he wanted 10 keep for o.
race. Rudd ran side 10y side wir-
him 10 the ESQ mark. when q
jumped ahead. just as he did ln tho
Penn meet.
Hru OF England who took second
rrars looked fo hr duiu= his besr
uuHSsI.. and ms position today nee1
cause no fear. since he qualified for
the finals. all that was necessary.
Don Scott also took the pace n
his race with Bolin. the SwodIs
rn-lf- TraIIrrE him. Baker. n
England. pulled Rudd's stunt al IN
900 and won. with Scott second. run
ming easilN- Campbell ran 2 poorly
judged race. allowing himself 20 o..
iostlcd all ovo~ the track hut wa
better than his field Sprott ran
well. and had no trouble taking s0r-
Ond in his event
The reinstatement Of Dan AhesrU.
?, cord holder in the hop-skin-and-
jump has done much 10 help tho
morale Of the team. All are now
working together. and no further
friction is expected