New Britain herald., 1924-07-07

 
AMERICANS HOPE TO
 CLIMB UP TODAY
Olympic Stars Have Chance 10
 Get Into Second Place
By ths A..aeistea Pres..


 eighth modern Olympic games yesterr day, tho athletes of the Ansio, saxon countries eA.set to harvest most of Inc cherished rints scored in he ca- iG nbsS Fia,linm this afteTnoon,
 The finals for the i00-metre dash are almost certain to constitute n hat- tie between the British and Amefi- cans. who, with ihiea and six points respectively, have a great marsin ts gu, down in overcoming Fia'pnd's lead. acquired by wihring both events concluded yesterday, the 10000 metre run and the jayelin throw. These two firsts, a third and two fourths give her the impressive total of so points.
 By tonight the Americans hope 10 replace Sweden in second position, and may even overtake Finland. their greatest rival in this years games. To do so, however one of Americas four fastest sprinters will probably have 10 beat the flying Englishman Ahrahams, who qualified for the semi-fnals In the i0o.metre dash yesterday in 10 5.5 seconds, equalling the Olympic record and one-ffth of second fas- ter than tho qualification heat of any of the four Americana.
 Oi the six men who led in as many heats in the second series of the 100- retre dash eliminGtions there were forr Americans. Loren Murchison, Chester Bowman, Charley Paddock and Jackson Scholz: one Canadian, Coaffee. and Abra hams, the Cam bridge star Three Americans. r. Nor gan Taylor, C. F. Brookins and Ivan Riley, will run in the 40O-metre hur- ile finals. and one of them ought to win if yesterdays prelminaries are ! worthwhile indication. Another trit of Yankees, Leroy T. Brown, H. Osborn and Tom Poor. are among the nine who have qualified for the high jump finale this afternoon.
 Whoever wins these three final ave ents, the day is not likely to be all ogether one Angla- Saxon triumph, as he Scandinavans are strongly rep 'esented in the events making up the | 
 Finland's opening day of glory, with | he triumph of Ionnie Myrra, their | ayelin champion, and the world rec 'rd shattering victory of Willie Ritola | Il the 10000 metre race gave the irst impressive proof of the strength !! he northern European states have l to throw into the battle ! with the United States.
 Ritolas race, which was all the | nore remarkable because it was made | lnder the worst sort of conditions for | 'ecord breaking was acclaimed today oy sport followers as among the ,remier feats of the worlds as well as he Olympic athletic annals. Running Ill rivals into the ground the sturdy Finn seemed capable of going on in- lefnitey and had to be waved off the rack when unmindful that he had covered the full distance, he kept go- ng at full speed after crossing the finish inc.
 Elvin Wide, Swedish star, finished econd badly beaten The fast pace he ct for almost half the distance proba- 'ly was big factor in Ritolas record reaking, although when the Finn ound the pace not to his liking he topped out and shook off wide for a ew laps He ran the last third of the istance alone and unpaced.
 The victors time of 80 minutes. 20 5 seconds bettered his own previous ,orld's mark by 12 Is seconds and 'as nearly a full minute under the ] olympic records made by Flames : at Stockholm in 1912. I The outcome of the first distance l est proved that the Americans are nable to stem the Finnish tide which I ow will undoubtedly run unchecked I , far as the longer races are concern l. Verne Booth. the man most ounted on by the Americans, came in ) better than twelfth while the others r raggled for Tn the rear. Finland ( Ieanwhile showed in Ritola only one [ her distance stars, holding her N ump card, Paavo Nurmi, for his r reatest efforts in the 1,50O and 5000 C etre runs. S In addition to the 100-metre dash, )0-metre hurdles, high jump and ( antathlon today semi finals are F ,heduled in the S00-metre TUT, in |, hich four Americans are arrayed C yainst as many British rivals, and E ials in the 3,OO0-metre steeplechase. d The crowd of nearly 10000 which .. atched the opening of the games showed spirit of inpar- ality, cheering the victors in the ini- { al events, although the natural sym s ,thies of the French who largely ' ade up the audience prompted the s 'incipal outbursts when wearers of ' e trcolor flashed to the fore. The spectators bearing toward the nerican competitors seemed some- r, hat cool at first while they were F onopolizing most of the honors of s Q preliminary ceremonies, but. this 2 ss i've way to enthusiasm as the I. ankees swept over the line first in B UT out of six final 100-metre trials. J One group of Americans organized 2 cir own cheering in typical college r yle. while the Films. massed, in an- her section were in continuous flag aying tumut as their stars mon ,olized the first days limelight. The B outs for Ritola. hero of the day, s ere so insistent after his victory that z. responded by giving short spech (
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