Evening star., 1924-07-07


games yesterday, the athletes
to harvest most of the cherished po
this afternoon.
The finals for the l00-meter da
battle between the British and Amer
respectively, have great margin t
lead. acquired by winning both eve
meter run and the javelin throw, Civ
points.
By tonight the Americans hop
ton, and may even overtake Finlar
games. To do So however. one Of
probably have to beat the flying I
for the semi-hnais in the 10O-mete e
equaling the Olympic record and o
qualification heat of any Of the four
out of the six men who led in as
many heats in the second series of
the lo0-meter dash eiiminations there
were four Americans, Loren Murchi-
son. Chester Bowman, Charley Pad
dock and Jackson Scholz: one Cana
: dian. Coaffe, and Abrahams, the Cam
bridge star.
Three Americans, F. Morgan Tay-
lor. c. r. Brookins and Ivan Riley.
will run in the 400-meter hurdle
finals, and one of them ought to win,
if yesterdays preliminaries are
worth while indication.
Another triangle. Leroy Brown, II.
NJ. Osborn and Tom Poor, are among
the nine who have qualified for the
high jump finals this afternoon.
Whoever wins these three final
events; the day is not likely to be
altogether an Anglo Saxon triumph,
as the Scandinavians are strongly
represented in the events making up
the pentathlon.
scores Double Victory.
Finlands opening day of glory.
with the triumph of Johnnie Myrra,
their javelin champion, and the world
record shattering victory of Willie
Ritola in the 10,000-meter race. gave
the first impressive proof of the
strength the northern European
states have marshaled to throw into
the battle with the United States.
Ritola's race, which was all the
more remarkable because it was
made under the worst sort Of con-
dtions for record breaking. was &C
claimed today by sport followers as
among the premier feats of the world
as well as the Olympic athletic an
nails Running all rivals into the
ground the sturdy Finn seemed capable
of going on indefinitely. and had to
be waved off the track when, un-
mindful that he had covered the full
distance, he kept going al full speed
after crossing the finish line.
Elvin Wide. Swedish star finished
second badly beaten. The fast pace
he set for almost half the distance
probably was big factor in Ritola's
record breaking. although when the
Finn found the pace not to his liking
he stepped out and shook off Wide
for 4 few laps. He ran the last third
of the distance alone and unpaced.
The victor's time of 80 minutes
20 1-5 seconds bettered his own pre-
vious world mark by IL Is seconds
and was nearly a full minute under
the Olympic record made by Hannes
Kolehmainen at Stockholm in 1912.
The outcome of the first distance test
. proved that the Americans are un-
able to stem the Finnish tide, which
now will undoubtedly run unchecked
so far as the longer races are con-
cerned.
Booth Finishes Twelfth.
Verne Booth. the man most count
ed on by the Americans, came in no
better than the whs the asns G,he5s
meanwhile showed in Ritola only one
of her distance stars. holding her
trump card. Paavo Nurmi, for his
greatest efforts in the 1900 and 5000
meter runs.
In addition to the 1oo-meter dash.
40O-meter hurdles, high jump and
pentathlon today semi finals are
scheduled in the 500 meter run, in
which four Americans are arrayed
against as many British rivals and
trials in the 3.000meter steep1echase.
The crowd of nearly 10000 which
watched the opening Of the games
generally showed spirit of impair
tiality cheering the victors in the
initial events, although the natural
sympatfes Of the French, who large
~ made up the audience, prompted
the principal outbursts when wearers
of the tricolor flashed to the fore.
Yanks Arouse Enthusiasm.
The spectators bearing toward the
American competitors seemed some
bo at first while thew
monopolizing most of the honors of
the preliminary ceremonies, but this
gave way to enthusiasm as the Yam
KEGS swept over the line first in four
One group of Americans organized
their own cheering in typical college
style. while the Firms, massed in
another section. were in continuous
flag waving tumult as their stars
monopolized the first days limelight.
The shouts for Ritola, hero of the
day were so insistent after his vic
tory that he responded by giving a
short speech to his countrymen.
lo,ooo-METER RUN, e.21 NILES (FINAL).
Won by Willie Ritola, Finland; Elvin Wide,
Finland, fourth; Harper, Great Britain, tfth;
Britton. Great Britain, sixth Time, 3o:23 1-6.
New world record.)
JAvELIN THROW (FINAL).
Won by Jonnie MyIr., Finland; sxedss SEQ
L. u.
third; Esvist. Finland. fourth; William Eeu.
feldt, University Of California, hf.h; Sweden.
sixth. Distance, 62.s6 meters (neariy 20
feet).
100 HTH5sS' TTEsS rsiafs. e YARDS
First heat--won BY Loren Nurchi.on. New
land. second. Time, o:lo IS:
Second heat-W0n BY coanee' Canada
Third heat-won BY Charles Paddock. Los
Angeles A: c., United States; sevisco' Latvia'
Eiev.nth hs.s-won by Chester Bowman,
Syracuse University, United States.
e:iS Sis rs. york a. o'' 0''''' ''''' 11''
SECOND TRIAL.
Ei1.. hs..-won by Aurohi'en; franEis.ns'
g Second he.s-won BY ssxm.n; rorit, New
Third hsss~wen by cosnse.
olympic record made at stoekhelm in lslz, By
Don iipRineo.!;v vnD United IL p.sssss stssss.'
siIth Ssat-won by schelz.
4ooMETER HURDLES. 1914 YARDS.
FIRST TRIALS.
First heas-won By Charles 3; 5reetia..
Iowa, United st.tesi Lara chii'' second.
us:s ss. v: y 6 4 e:s'st Fs: 4is:
Third h..s-wen BY Andre Tr.hos; Thor.
Fourth hsat--won BY visl. France; Kutsla.
Finland, second.
Fifth aa,,as hs.twHs vs,d Sy ass!si ss.;
si1tb hsss-wen by Iv.% Riley. nlinei.
4. c., United States; Faoelh, Italy, second.
sEu FINALS.
First heat-won BY Brookins; Taylne, $50