Evening star., 1924-07-13

greatest HuIllDeT OF nrSt places.
With the United States assured of
through the unofficial figures placing
osborne and Norton one, two, and
bringing the total points to 209,
FINLAND cannot hope to overtake the
every event of the remaining six, in
which she has Qualified Finland
however, has failed to place a team
either in the 400 and the l 1,8O0-meter
relay, and the Americans have a
splendid chance to increase their lead
in these
With regard to first places, the
score as between these two countries
now stands, United States nine. wins;
Finland. eight. Should Finland win
the 1O,O0O-meter walk, the marathon
and the discus throw. and the
United States carry both relays the
countries would stand equal at eleven.
But on the point scoring system in
troduced by the French Olympic
committee against which there has
been much criticism in American
quarters. the United States has won
the eighth Olympic games.
Records Are Smashed.
This was a day of sensational per-
formanceS in the games a pair of
world records were lowered. a color
full 10,000-meter crosse country run,
negotiated under most trying condi-
tions, and smashing victory achieved
by America in the gruelling ten-event
decathlon.
In a Qualifying heat for the 400
meter relay race the American team,
composed of Francis Hussey, Brook
lyn high school boy; Louis Clark of
Johns Hopkins University. Loren
Murchison of Newark Athletic Club
and Alfred LIE Coney of Lafayette
College, created a new world record
of IL is seconds, better by second
than the former record made by Pad
dock, Scholz. Murchison and kirksey,
the 1920 American quartet. at Ant
werp.
In the hop. step and jump. Al
Winter of Australia set a new world
mark with combination leap of so
feet. II 1-16 inches ! 1t bettered ny
year-old record set by Dan Ahearn of
Chicago.
Paavo Nurmi of Finland. already
the winner of two events, led ms
Baltic team in a smashing triumph in
the croSS-country run, while Harold
Odborn of Illinois Athletic Club
landed a brilliant first place for the
United states IN the decatnlon' Just
ahead of Emerson Norton of George
town.
In the very first trial this after
noon, in the 400-meter relay event,
the British quartet of AbrahamS,
Rangeley, Nichol and Royle lowered
the old world-record figure to an
even AZ seconds, and one heat later
Hollands great outfit duplicated that
mark.
Goodbye to another Yankee first
place." was the collective comment of
the throng, following these two
achievements, for the American team
entered in the event was composed Of
the spares on the sprint squad
None believed it possessed record
possibilities, and opposing them was
a crack French quartet.
Hussey was the 1ead-off man, and
he jumped away like a startled deer,
his sturdy limbs scarce touching the
ground before they were reaching
out for the still unconquered space.
He was in the lead by yards before
his 100meter section of the race was
run. He made perfect delivery of
the baton to Clark, and the latter,
fired by Hussey's example, duplicated
the effort, and SO in succession did
Murchison and the lithe-limbed Lee
Coney
The British and Dutch cheering sec
tions checked their e1ation to marvel
at the unbelievable speed and as relay
succeeded relay with no noticeable
baton, all in the stadium sensed an
unprecedented record was in the max
ing.
LeConey swept across the finish
line. The stop watches clicked and
then came the stentorian announce
ment, first in French, then in English:
The American team set new
world record Of Al Is seconds"
Heat Tests Athletes.
Never in the twenty-eight year his
tory of the modern Olympic games
have athletes competed under the
stamina-testing conditions of today.
The temperature approached the 100
degree mark. the humidity was al
most unbearable for the folk whose
only efforts were those of lodging the
sun. The stadium running track and
turf and the course over which the
prOSS-cOuntrV
baked to crispness.
The story of the hill and dale event
is a story of the unconouerable hearts
of the Americans and the Firms for
OF the fifteen teams starting in the
test those countries alone scored q
sufficient number to win team prizes
Although Finland's stars, Nurmi and
Ritola, finished ahead of the Ameri-
cans, only three Firms completed the
distance, where as five of the six
Americans accomplished that punish
ing task.
r. Earl Johnson, the negro athlete.
from Pittsburgh. finished right be-
hind Ritola in third place; Studenroth
of Philadelphia was fifth, and Gus
Eager of New York. Jimmie Henigan
of Boston and Johnny Gray of Phila-
delphia all came in few hundred
meters behind the leaders.
Yesterdays Summaries.
aooms.s5 meter relay saseriE.t beat tSe
lions QuduIy I0r senl-nnAiS. treat Britain,
first; Greece, second Time, o.42. New
Olympic and world record) Second heat:
South Africa. frst; Canada, second. Time,
0.42 As. Third heat: Holland, first; Hun
gary. second. Time o.42 (Equaling new
world record.) Fourth heat: Switzerland,
first; Italy, second. Time, 0.42 As. The
Argentine team finished third, failing to quail
ify. Fifth heat: Sweden, first; Denmark.
second. Time. 0.43 As. Sixth heat: United
States, first; France, second. Time, 0.4l is.
(New world reoord.)
I.soo.meter relay (two nations to quaIify)-
First heat: France. hrsti sweden, second.
Time, $50. Second heat: Great Britain.
FIRST; Italy second. Time, 3.22. Third heat:
UNITED States, first; Canada, second. Time,
3.27.
l0-meter cross.country race (individuals)--
Nurmi, Finland, first; Ritola Finland, second;
r. Earl johnson, United States. third; z.
Harper Great Britain. fourth; Lauvaux,
France fifth; Arthur Studenroth. Meadow
brook Club, Philadelphia, sixth Time.
1854 3-5.
Running hop, step and jump, fnal-Winter,
Australia, first, 16.525 meters; Brunette, Ar
rentina, second. l5.425 meters; Tuulos, Fin.
land, third 1901 meters; Rianio.. Finl.nd,
i4.s7 meters; oda, Japan, sixth, 1885 meters
Decathlou, fnals--Harold Osborne Illinois
A. O., first; Emerson Norton, Georgetown,
second; KIeinberg, Esthonia, third. This IL
an unafaoial classification, the oteiai an
nounoement of the results being withheld un.
I'll fomorroK.