Evening star., 1924-07-09
AMERICANS WIDEN
MARGIN ON F|NNS
IN OLYMPIC MEET
Annex Two Events in Which
Seven Yankee Athletes
Register Points.
NOW IN VAN BY 1876 TO 73
GREAT BRITAIN is THIRD
Ritola, Scandinavian Star, Regis
tiers Second Triumph of Games
and Sets a World Record.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OLMPIC STADIUM, COLOMBES.
France, July 9.-The brilliant vic
tory of Jackson v. Scholz. the feet
footed New York A. c.. sprinter, for
America in the 200-meter dash and
the widening of the United States
margin on points over Finland de-
spite the victory of Willie Ritola.
the flying Finn, in the 3,00O-meter
steeplechase. giving him the honor
of the first double Olympic triumph,
featured the fourth day of the 1924
Olympic track and field champion
ship.
The Stars and Stripes was run up
to the top of the victory pole for the
second time of the day when Dan
kinsey. University of Illinois. won
the 110-meter hurdles. while the SEN
sational 200-yard sprint race saw
America take revenge for it's defeat
in the 100-meter dash by Harold
Abrahams, the British ace, who fin
ished last today.
In this event. Charles w. Paddock,
Los Angeles, took second place to
Scholz, while Bayes Norton, Yale, and
George Hill, University of Pennsyl-
vania, gave the United States a total
of twenty points in this event alone.
the day and with twelve events end
ed, the score stood:
United States, 1876; Finland, 73;
Great Britain. 34h; Sweden. 1871;
France, 1874; Hungary, IN; Switzer-
land, 5; South Africa, 5; Norway. 4;
New Zealand, 4.
Ritola broke the world record by
"a seconds in winning the 3.ooo-meter
steeplechase. He ran the distance in
8 minutes and S3 3-5 seconds. p.
Hodge of England held the former
mark. having set it in 1920.
The United States would have done
better in the 110-meter hurdles had it
not been for the misfortune of Karl
Anderson, Illinois "A. c., who. when up
with the leaders stumbled at the next
to the last hurdle and fell fiat to the
track, finishing fifth, while George
Guthrie, of Ohio State, who crossed the
cause of knocking over three Of the
hurdles.
Kinsey's time of fifteen second was
only one-tifth of a second short of
the world record for the event. 1t
was a remarkable performance. con-
sidering the fact that the track had
been soaked by a downpour of sew
eral hours.
scho.z came from behind in ths last
twenty meters in the 200 meters and
beat Paddock by foot in the time of
81 3-5 seconds, eQualing the Olympic
record.
Scholz and Paddock finished so
close together it seemed like a dead
heat from the stand. and the judges
required several minutes to make
| their decision.
After his flying leap toward tho
| tape Paddock. who apparently twist
ed his ankle. fell to the ground. 1t
was several minutes before he was
able to take to his feet and limp of
the field.
Kinsey and Anderson raced nearly
hundred yards on even terms with At
| kinson, the South African, and Peters,
| son, the Swedish star, at their shoul-
ders. Kinsey quickened his stride at the
| last two hurdles and nipped Atkin-
son by two feet, with Peterson third.
Anderson completed the course
after picking himself up and was
awarded fifth place over Guthrie. who
despite disqualification for knocking
over the hurGles was the only other
| finalist, thus being given point for
| last place.
| Seven men, including all four
Americans entered, qualified in the
pole vault trials today for the final
tomorrow. These were:
James K. Brooker. University of
| Michigan; Lee Barnes, Hollywood.
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