Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-20
AMERICAN Wins
2OEMETER DASH
IN THE 0[YMRICS
Yankee Athletes UnpIaced in
Only One Final, Scoring
Many Points.

ANTWERP, August 20 (by the As
sOcinted Press)-F. X. FOss, Chicago
A. A., won the final OF the, Olympic
pole vault here today. breaking the
world record with a vault of 13 feet
SIS inches.
OLYMPIC STADIUM. Antwerp, Au-
gust 20.-Allen Woodring, Meadow
brook Club. Philadelphia, won the
200-meter dash at the Olympic games
today in % seconds fiat. The record
is 81 3-5 seconds, mde by A. Hahn
of the United States at ST. Louis in
1904. Charles W. Paddock. Los Ange-
les A. c.. finished second; H. F. Ed
ward. England. third; Lorin Murchi-
son, New York A. c., fourth; G. Da-
wilson, New Zealand, fifth. and Co.'S
terlaap of South Africa sixth. NJ. M.
kirksey. San Francisco, was shut out
in the semi-finals.
Finn Captures Long Run.
Nurmi, the Finnish long distance
runner, won the final of the 10000
meter run. Guillemot, the French
champion. was second. and j. Wilson
of England, third.s The winners time
was 81 minutes As 2-5 seconds. Mac
carlo, Italy, was fourth; Manhes,
France. fifth, and Lumatainen. Fin
land, sixth. Fred w. Faller, the only
American in the final, was distanced.
Rudd Wins ut 400 Meters.
b. G.. D. Rudd. the South African
won the final of the 40O-meter run.
seconds slower than the record. G. M
Butler of England was second; Eng
dahl of Sweden, third, and Frank J.
Shea of the United States Navy,
fourth. r. S. Emory, George S. Schil-
Ter. and ]. E. Meredith. Americans,
were shut out in the semi-finals. Eng
dahl won his semi-final in the fastest
time, 40 Us seconds.
Briton Takes Steeplechase.
England won the 3.000-meter
steeplechase race, when Hodge led
the field across the line by fifty yards.
Three Americans were in the first six
men to finish. they being Patrick
Flynn. Paulist A. c.. who was second;
Michael Devanney. Milrose A. A.. who
Paulist A. c., who was sixth. Am
brosini. Italy. was third and Mattson,
Sweden. fourth. Hodge made the dis
tance in 10 minutes 2 2-5 seconds
Injury Keeps McGrath Out.
M. J. McCrath, New York A. c., was
unable to enter the trials in throwing
the 56-pound weight. owing to an in
jury, and Lieut.. c. r. Roberts, United
States Army, and ]. M. MacEacern.
San Francisco, failed to qualify.
America was not shut out of the
final, for P. J. Mcdonald. New York
A. c., won first, throwing the weight
IL meters, and c. p. Ryan, Loughlin
Lyceum, took second. with 1O.925
meters. Lind. Sweden, third, with
1926 meters; McDermott, Canada,
was fourth, with 9475 meters;
Svensson, Sweden, fifth. with 9:45
meters. and Peterson, Finland, sixth,
with 1876.
Italian Distance Men First.
The first heat of the preliminary in
the 3,OOO-meter walk resulted in a
victory for Pavezi, Italy, whose time
was 13 minutes 46 2-5 seconds.
Parker, Australia, was second; T.
Maroney, st. Anselms A. G. third
Dawson. England, fourth; Peterson,
Denmark. fifth, and Seghers. Belgium,
sixth. J. r. Pearman, New YORK
A. c., was ruled off for running.
Italy also won the second heat,
Frigerio coming home in 13 minutes
461-5 seconds. McMaster. South
Africa. was second; r. Remer. Amer
lean Walkers Club, third; w. Rolker'
New York A. c.. fourth; Hehir, Eng
land, fifth. and Gum, England, sixth