Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-19
Meredith Gains
Place in Heat
Continued from PAGE One

to the Americans: Tirard, of France
Hogstrom. of Sweden G.. Davidson. OF
New Zealand; Alex Ponton. of Can
ada Plzak, of Czecho -Slovakia w. A.
Hill. of England Brochart and w. W.
Hunt. of Australia /: Caste, of France
! II. NJ. Abrahams, of England; Doeren-
sen, Of Denmark Kostrom. Of Sweden
Houben. of Belgium Sandstrom. of
Sweden; Wezepoel. of Holland; H. Il.
V. Edward. of England Costcrlaap, of
South Africa; Lorrain. of France
Heyneman. Of Holland, and Imbach, of
Switzerland. The best time. % 3-5
seconds. was made by Davidson, in the
second heat
In the quarter finals Of the 200
meter run this afternoon the following
qualified for the semifinals in addition
to the Americans: Imbach, Edwards,
Davidson. Ponton, OoSterlaap and
Broachard
The other Qualifers in the pole vault
were Hogstrem, Mattson and Rydberg,
Of Sweden. and Jorgensen and Petersen,
of Denmark.
Falier Qualities
Only one American. Fred W Faller.
of the Dorchester Club, qualified in the
two forenoon semiinal heats Of the
10 900 meter Olympic run here today.
Another American entrant. A. Patn-
soni of the Haskell Institute, Kansas.
a Zuni Indian. found the pace too hot
and dropped out in the twentieth lap of
the first heat.
J. Wilson, of England and Gull.
lemot of France. were the stars in
their respective heats, with the French
man winning his heat close to n min
ute faster than Wilson's time. The
races were run in an occasional drizzlc
Wilson was timed at 80. 40 Is.
while the Frenchman was clocked at
32.41 3.5. Hans Kolehmainen. the
star Finn. did not start in either heat,
being saved for the marathon.
Wilson jumped the field in the first
lap of his heat and soon opened up n
lead of half a lap. Patason found the
going hard on the heavy track and
dropped out Of the race in the twentieth
lap after having been Tapped by Wilson
in the eighteenth.
In the second heat Fallcr set the pace
for three laps. with Guillemot at his
heels. From there on the pair. with
Bachman. of Sweden. and Anderson. of
Denmark. alternated in setting the pace
and drew away from the rest Of the
field. Near the finish Guillemot sprinted
strongly into a forty yard lead over
Bachman while Anderson slowed up on
the advice of the coaches as he was
safely placed for the final.
Changute, the East Indian, failed to
show the traditional speed and stamina
Of his countrymen and quit at 32OO
meters. Sano. of Japan, finished far to
the rear in the second heat. his pace be
ing steady but unsuitcd to such an
event.
The third heat was won by Luna
tainen, of Finland. c. T. Clibbon. of
England, was second; lleuet. Of
France. third; Spcroni. of Italy.
fourth, and j. Hatton. of England,
fifth.
America and Greece drew bye for
the Olympic water polo preliminary.
beginning next week. In the first match
Italy will meet Spain; in the second
England meets Canada; in the third
Sweden meets CZccho SlOvGka. in the
fourth France meet Brazil. in the fifth
Switzerland meets Belgium and in the
, sixth Holland meets Australia. Follow
ing these matches the semitinals will
be- contested
In the light heavyweight class of thr
Grerko. Roman wrestling. Tetens. OF
: Denmark defeated +. w. Maichlc. of
the United States navy.
England beat Holland in the tug of
war. thus winning first place in the tnal
standing. Holland took second place,
Belgium third. America fourth and Italy
fifth.
Ray Has Chance
l .loir Ray. the famous miller of the
Illinois \. c.. and fated as the greatest
man at this distance Of all time. is the
. original hard luck runner.
Capable of cracking all sorts of rec
Il ordS when he is right. the little Amer
e lean today is not favored to win the big
, gcSt race in which he ever has com
p"ted. Yesterday Ray qualified for the
2 100 meter final: but his weak tendon.
, which he pulled on Monday. still is
, painng. and he will not be in the best
y of condition when he toes the mark
But ,Joie still has chance. He is one
of the gamest runners ever to tear up a
cindcr track. and If courage and a weak
tendon will win the Illinois athlete will
turn the trick. If the tendon docSn {
get any worse than weak he has a splen
did chance Of coping the laurels, but
record breaking is out of the question.
Yesterday thirty-two points were
: picked UP by Americans without one
5 r. s. representative capturing first
3 rlace in any of the four final events
! However. there were at least two OF
Uncle Sans boys among the place
winners in all OF the competitions.
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