Evening star., 1924-07-11

while Poland. an added starter, also
failed to qualify.
America won the second heat and
qualified for the finals despite mis-
hap to Joie w. Ray, Illinois A. c., ace
of the team, who lost his shoe in a
mix-up on a turn in the fourth lap
and finished far in the ruck. Edwin
Wide of Sweden. finished first but
twenty meters behind him Were the
three Americans, William l. Cox,
Mercersburg Academy; Edwin S. kir-
by, Cornell and w. l. Tibbetts. jr.,
Harvard. who finished in that order
for a total of nine points.
France, by gaining second place,
also qualified for the finals, while
Sweden. despite Wide's great work.
and Spain were eliminated. Mexico,
of the French runners was hurt in
the same mixup in which Ray was
involved, but finished gamely, while
the crowd booed the American finish
ers in the belief that they were re-
sponsible for the accident. The mixup
happened when several runners, in
cluding Cox and Kirby started to
change positions.
Joie Earns a Laugh.
Ray, who had brought a laugh
from the crowd by carrying a stop
watch, emulating example set by
Nurmi, nnlSheO last ne Sob Ills SiioS
refitted after the accident and re-
covered much lost ground, but he
was too far behind to score.
Frigerio of Italy, the Olympic cham
pion in the 10,000-meter walk. easily
won the second heat of the trials in
that event today by 200 meters from
his chief rival, McMaster of South
Africa, in a race which was marked
by the disqualification of more than
half of the field of IA starters. Among
those disqualified was Charles Foster
Detroit Y NJ. c. A, the only Ameri-
can entrant- Kuhnet, the Austrian,
whose disqualification in the first
heat two days ago caused strike
of judges after a dispute with the
track jury, was again put out, this
time by new set of judges.
America Loses Hubbard.
The American track and field forces
suffered a blow today when it devel-
oped that De Hart Hubbard, the negro
star, winner of the broad jump, was
definitely out of the hop, step and
Jump as the result of a stone bruise
on the heel.
Hubbard, who sustained the injury
in the first take-off of the broad jump
Tuesday, hobbled onto the field today
with the aid of a cane, declaring he
would not compete in the hop, step
and jump, as a further mishap might
mean a serious diSab1ement. The
University of Michigan man had been
counted upon to score high in, and
possibly win, the hop, step and jump
event.
Competition of the Olympic games
today was favored with the best
weather of the week. The heat was
tendance was large for a Paris week
day.
The Summaries.
three to Qualify for final: Horatio
Fitch, Chicago A. A. first: NJ. G.
Butler, Great rBitain, second; Johns
ton, Canada, third third; Time a As sec
ain. ain first; j. Imbaeh, Switzerland,
second; ]; Coard Taylor, New York
A. c.. third Time 4s Is seconds
4OO-mefer run, final: E. H Liddell
Great Britain, first; Horatio Fitch,
Chicago A. A, second; G. M. Butler,
Great Britain, third; Johnston, Can
ada, fourth; ]. Coard Taylor, New
OF n ~ -, MN, iL'ohNA, ~" iSASA
land, sixth. Time, Al 35 seconds.
3,000-meter team race, first heat: !:
Paavo Nurmi, Finland, first; Willie
Ritola, Finland, second; Tala, Finland.
third w. H. Porter, Great Britain.
fourth; H A Johnston, Great Britain,
fifth; B. Macdonald, Great Britain,
sixth; Davoli, Italy, seventh; Gundhus,
Norway, eighth; w. r. Seagrove, Great
Britain, ninth Anderson, Norway,
tenth. Finland wins first place with 6
points, Great Britain second place with
is points. Time, minutes Al As Sec
ondS
3,Oo0-meter team race, second
heat-Edvin Wide, Sweden, first; Will
liam l.. Cox. United States, second;
Edwin S. Kirby, Cornell, third; w.
[. Tibbetts, jr., Harvard, fourth; Bon
tempts, France, fifth; Duquesne,
France, sixth; Barbaud, France,
seventh; James J. Connolly, Woburn,
Mass, eighth; Erikson, Sweden,
ninth; Burtin, France, tenth. The
United States wins first place, with
9 points; France wins second, with
Is points. Time 8 minutes As seconds.
I0,000-meter walk. second heat
ave to qualify for finals Sunday
Frigerio. Italy, first; McMaster, South
Africa, second; Schwab, Switzer-
land. third; Fradegrada, Italy, fourth;
F. E. Clark, Great Britain. fifth.
1<ir,e 40 1-5 minutes 3-5 seconds.