New Britain herald., 1924-07-08
By The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
 Olympic Stadium. Colombes, France
 July s.--Great Britain conquered the
 United States in the feature event of
 the Olympic games for the second
 straight day when E. G. A. Lowe,
 teammate of Harold Abrahams, win
 ner of the l00-metres yesterday, led a | brilliant field to the finish in the S00-
 metre final event this afternoon. It was the teamwork of the Britons
 that gave them the victory. for H. B.. Stallard, the favorite, set a terrific pace for three-auarters of the way when Lowe came through with burst and broke the tape only half second under the time of Meredith's worlds record.
 The four Americans in the event sailed to Martin Lowe's perfectly timed sprint. but Martin, of Switzer- land, sprang a surprise, coming from nowhere in the stretch and taking second place only five yards behind the winner. Schuyler Erck of Penn State was the only dangerous Yankee at any stage of the race and his final dash carrie6 him past the fast tiring Stallard, giving Encu third place. Will liam F. Richardson, pf Leland Stan ford, and Ray Dodge, of Egon Aggies, gained the last two places for America while John H. Walters of Harvard. finished seventh. Charles Hoff, the much-touted Norwegian, was last all the way.
 Crowds Not Very Large.
 The French public is not turning cut in large numbers for the Olympic games and only about 2,000 spectators were present 15 minutes before the time scheduled for the opening of the third days competition. Most of those present were foreigners who had come to encourage their compatriots Peo- pie continued trickling in, however, and it was thought the attendance would reach six or eight thousand by , o'clock.
 The weather today was sultry. with practically no wind, and the flags of 1 the 45 nations competing in the games futtered laziy on the masts around | the stadium.
 Finland's emblem was run up the | Olympic pole as the opening ceremony of the day in honor of of LehtonenG victory in the pentathlon last night when the games were finished after sundown too late for the fag-raising ceremony under the Olympic rules.
 |. S. Starts or Well. America started off auspiciously on he opening program when George Guthrie, of Ohio State, winner of the inal trials in the United States, cap ured the first of the eight trial heats or the 100-metre hurdles, finishing ,.ght yards ahead of Jandera, the Czech hoslovakian. Byington, of Brazil, vas shut out as only the first two in heat qualify for the. semi-tinals.
 All four of the Americans entered asily qualified in the trial heats for he semi finals of the 110-metre hur- les. Guthrie and Knsey captured heir heats without being pushed, 'hile F. r. Johnson, Illinois A. C., ad a walkover. Karl Anderson, Jlli- ois A. C., the national champion, nished second to the speedy South frican. Atkins. who beat Anderson espite stumbling over the last hurdle. ( T this heat Conterars, of Mexico, ! urt his foot against a hurdle and V nished last, limping. ! Atkins, whose time of 1 1-5 sec- r ads was the fastest of any of the ght heats, and Chrstiernsson, the r ewark A. c. hurdler who won a heat d IT his native Sweden, proved them r Ives the only real rivals of the merican timber-toppers. d
 Beats Paddock Again F Harold Abrahams, the brilliant f, sprinter. who upset the d mericans by taking the final in the n O-metres yesterday, continued his inning streak today when he con- q tered Charley Paddock by foot in ir e of the 200-metre trial sprints.
 Comins Injured \ William A. Comins of Yale, one of e American broad jumpers, injured 5 left leg on his first jump in the ming broad jump finals this after on. It was feared he would be un- i le to continue in the competition. Comins. whose home is in Stafford | rings, Conn.,, was the intercollegiate ampion of 1923-24 and holds the ercollegiate record with 24 feet 1 Ines. D. c. A. Lowe, of Great Britain, A, n the final in the S0O-metre run. The British greyhound took the q at so yards and held it down the etch despite Paddock's last desper-
 lunge. The duel between Paddock Abrahams was the feature of the int trials in which the other Ameri- IS, Jackson V. scholz, New York A. Bayes Norton. of Yale. and George