Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-08-26
STADIUM EVENTS
At ANTWERP END.
Hiqhest H0nors Are Carried OF
by American Athletes.
BOXING JUDGES ARE JEERED
Uproar Occurs Over Decisions IN
Sparring Events Against Yankee
Entrants - American Specta-
tors Walk Out.


Antwerp, Aug. 24.-The Olympic
athletic events in the stadium closed
with the American athletes SO far In
the lead in the point scoring that they
were the winners by large margin.
The closing contests were held in
the rain, with only handful of spec
| tators present.
Following are the final unofficial
scores of the stadium athletics, the
field and track events: America, 2lO
points; Finland, 105; Sweden, 30;
England, 90; France, So; Italy, 70;
South Africa, "a; Canada, 10; Nor
way, 10; Denmark, 9; Esthonia, 8;
New Zealand 5; Belgium, s. Aus
tralia, 5; Czecho-Slovakia, 3; Holland,
| 2, and Luxembourg, l.
The 1,6OO-meter relay race, next to
the last stadium event, was won by
England, with South Africa second,
France third, America fourth and
| Sweden fifth.
Sweden protested the race, claiming
| the track. The Olympic committee
is considering the protest.
! The American team consisted OF
| George S. Schiller Los Angeles A. c.;
J. E. Meredith, New York A. c.;
George S. Bretnall, Cornell college,
Iowa, and Frank J. Shea, United
States navy. The time of the winning
team was minutes, p Is seconds.
Nurmi Wins Country Run.
The final heat of the individual cross
country run of nearly ten kilometers
was won by Nurmi, Finland, in :27 10;
Backman, Sweden, was second; Lum-
atainen, Finland, third; J. Wilson,
England, fourth A. Hegarty, England,
fifth, and COnQuiener, Italy, sixth.
In the team cross country run at the
same distance, Finland with ten points
was first, England with Fl was Sec
ond Sweden with %, third; America,
SO, fourth France, 40, fifth; and Bel
GUM, so, sixth.
Of the Americans who entered the
individual run, Patrick Flynn Paulist
A. c., finished eighth, and Fred Faller,
Dorchester club, fourteenth. The 9th
err entries from the United States who
ran were John G. Simmons, New York
A. c.; I. G. Watson, Syracuse; r.
Crawford, Milrose A. A., and Fl. Fl.
Brown, Boston A. A.
Although it has not yet been Off
cially announced, it is understood that
Capt. Hedge LOveland of the Nor
wegian army has been confirmed as
the winner of the decathlOn, with
Brutus K. Hamilton of the University
of Missouri in second place.
III the final of the discus throw
Niklander of Finland was placed first
with a cast Of 1865 meters, with
Taipale, Finland, second, with 4419
meters and A. r. Pope, University Of
Washington third With 1918 meters.
Yanks Jeer Fight Judges.
Antwerp, Aug. 24.-Two decisions in
the Olympic boxing preliminaries
which ended after midnight, evoked
loud jeers and dissenting cries from
the Americans present, which others
among the spectators sought to drown
with Kisses and boOing.
The uproar continued for several
: minutes and eliminated in virtually all
l. the Americans present walking out
Most Of the American spectators were
army and navy officers.
The objections of the Americans
were first voiced over the decision in
the bout between E. Hartman, Ameri-
can. and Walker, South African. Dur
ing the first three rounds Walker was
floOred twice, and the Americans
evinced surprise when the bout was de-
clared draw and an extra round was
ordered, at the close of which Walker
was declared the winner.
This decision drew from the Ameri-
cans shouts of dissatisfaction, but the
walkout occurred when Hebrants, a
Belgian, was awarded the decision
over S. Vogel, Pastime A. G.
The scene, which for a time was
threatening, was calmed, and the pro-
gram was concluded with F. de Gen
cor. PauliSt A. c., American, out
pointing a Frenchman in neat and
| speedy bout, which made the thirteenth
American victory out of seventeen
bouts in the preliminarieS.