Evening star., 1924-07-08

I Yesterday Harold Abrahans of
England indirectly helped along the
Finnish flight by winning the 100
meter dash from a squad of six Eng
lish- speaking competitors, which in
ciuded the four fastest sprinters in
the United States. Today it is not al
all unlikely that either Lowe or Stall
lard will follow Abraham example and
fnish ahead of the Americans in this
event.
Many Good Shot Putterx.
In the shot putt the Scandinavian
squad of strong armed men viii be
led by the Olympic champion Porhola
and the new star Torpo, while ths
United States places her hopes in a
trio of colleasians, Ralph Hills. Glenn
Hartranft and Clarence Houser all
of them capable. like the best of the
Firms, of tossing the ball fifty feet
or
A couple of long -linbed negro stars
VIII carry Americas colors over the
sandpit in the broad jump. They are
De Hart Hubbard and +. o Gourdin.
the latter of whom held the world
record of twenty-five feet three inches,
| until that mark was bettered by
three inches Yesterday in the pentath-
lon by Robert LIE Gendre. American
star. Unfortunately for Uncle Sam,
LIE Gendre is not entered in the in
dividual broad jump.
The chief opposition in this event
is expected to be furnished by Raino
Of Finland and Abrahams of Great
Britain.
Besides the trio of final events this
afternoon. there will be preliminary
heats in three track events. the no.
meter hurdles. 200meter dash and
5000 meter run. The first two are
expected to result in victories for
the English-speaking nations, with
Scandinavian stamina coming to the
fore again as the length of the runs
increase Paavo Nurmi is slated to
make his first appearance for Finland
in the distance race.
Late in Finishing.
Up to now the late bird has been
getting the work at Colombes. Last
nights program was not concluded
until 9 o'clock, when the final event
| Of the long drawn-ou pentathlon
| ended with Finland once more vic
| torious. 1t was her third triumph IN
| the six events which have been con-
| cluded and made her total points for
| the two days forty seven, putting her
| in second place, behind the United
States, which leads with 30 Z points.
| The greatest contributions to the
American total were made by two
first places at 10 points each, two sec
onds al each and three thirds, net
ting each.
Harold Osborne won first place for
the United States by doing the high
Jump in feet 6 inches, a new Olym-
pic record, and F. Morgan Taylor won
the other by leading the field IN the
400-meter hurdles. He finished IN
50 3-5 seconds. which is world-record
| time. but which is not likely to be al
| lowed, as he knocked over one hurdle
Yesterdays Summaries.
loo-METER DASH
| First semi-hnal heat (three to qualify
| Wan nv Y. Scholz, New York a. u.
| A. Porritt, New Zealand: second: Loren AaI-
| Gibson. Newark A. c.. third. Time O.io D.
rahams, Great Britain; Charles Paddock: Los
Angeles A. c.. second; Chester BOwman' syTa-
ouze UniysIs'y WdD third by n Es-oId SiS s5rahams
| Great Britain; Jackson v. Schok, New YORK
A. c.. second A. Porritt. New Zealand; third
| Chester Bowman. Syracuse; fourth; Tnares Tt
son, Newark A c.. sixth. Time, o'lo So
4co-METER HURDLES.
! Final heat Won by F. Morgan Taylor,
! Grinnell College. Iowa: Wien. FINLAND. sec
ond: Ivan H. Riley, Illinois A. C., third;
| George Andre. France. fourth: Charles Brook
| fault at one hurdle Blackett. Great Britain.
also was disqualified. Time, 1882 3-5
soo-METER RUN.
First semifnal heat (three to qualify
Won by s;allard. Great Britain; William B.
Richardson, Leland Stanford, second; Martin,
SW1tZ6rland. tnlru, 4lHle, 4'o1 ID
| Second semi-fnal heat-Won by Low, Great
Britain; Houghton, Great Britain, second: J.
| H Waters. Harvard, third. Time, l.56 As
Third semi-fnal heat-Won by Ray Dodge.
Oregon Aggies: S. C. Enck. Penn State, Sec
| end; Charles Hof. Norway, third. Time.
| l.57 2-5.
| sooo-METER sTEEPLEcHAsE.
| First heat (three to qualify for finals
Won by Katz, Finland; Bontemps, France,
| second; Montague, Great Britain. third. Time,
a. As Roland PAYNE, Ohio State, failed to
qualify.
/ Second heat-won by IsoIa, France: Michael
/ A. Devaney. Miirose A A.. New York, second:
| Ebb, Finland, third. Time. 9.57 AS,
| Third heat-Won by Willie Ritola. Finland;
Marvin Rick. N z A. c.. second; Newey,
| Great Britain third. Time, s.5s
RUNNING HIGH JUMP.
Final-won by Harold Osborne, Illinois A.
c. 6 feet inches: Leroy Brown. New York
A. c.. second. 6 feet 434 inches; Lewden,
| France, third. feet 3i2 inches; Tom Poor.
Kansas University. fourth. feet inches;
| Casper. Hungary. fifth 6 feet inches; Jan
from Casper the jump-of after tying for
/ fourth place.
| PENTATHIcN.
| Firal-won by Lehtonen, Finland. Is points;
! Soufay. Hungary. second. is points: Robert
lie Gendre, Newark A. c.. third, 20 points;
.Unger Sweden. fourth. "a points Leino. IN
! land fifth rs points; Morton Kaer. University
| of Southern California, sixth 26 points.
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