The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-02
PLACES
TENTH IN 1900
METERS AFFAIR
award Four-Oared Crew
Loses Close Race to German
Champions Today
INN BREAKS RECORD
award Crew May H ave
Chance TO Enter Finals by
Winning Consolation
INN BREAKS RECORD

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam,
-. 2.-CPl-Harry Larva, Of Fin
ID, won the 1900 meter champion
0. the first final on today's pro-
am at the Olympic games.
1onr others he defeated Ray Con-
:, who was the lone American to
alify for the final.
.arva's victory reasserted the su-
.macy of the Firms at this dis
ice as this championship was one
the four won by p avo Nurmi in
"a. 1t also marked another set
* for the Americans in races on
flat.
.arva caught and passed the
anchman Jules Ladoumegue 30
ters from he finish and won by
ee yards. Conger was tenth.
.arva's time in winning the 1900
tiers was three minutes, SO Us
onds which broke Nurmi's Olym-
record by 2/5 second.
The second championship of the
went to Germany, Frau Lima
dixie winning the women's 800
ter final.
Likio Oda of Japan won the cham
nship in the hop. step and jump.
h Levi Casey Of the United States
ond.
)da's winning performance was
FL meters. or ~ feet 10 1916
hes. Casey. the runner up. did
II meters, or 40 feet 8 21/12S
hes.
soften, Holland, Aug. 2.-fF-
rvard's four-oared rowing crew
resenting the United States in
Olympic regatta here was de-
ted today by Germany in its first
by a margin of few feet.
While defeat Of the Harvard crew
5 Earring setback, it does not
essarily mean that the American
r is definitely out Of the running
the championship as under the
tenn Of draw in vogue here crews
ich lose on the first day of the re-
ia are allowed to race among
mselves on the second day for the
ht to reenter competition.
n this first race the Americans
e arrayed against what they con-
er to be their strongest rival and
Germans more than fulfilled ex-
tations. The race was in the
r-oared crew with coxswa..l class.
rom start to finish it was a ding
& battle, the closest If the day
far. The German crew which
young quartet from the Sturm-
.el club of Berlin and holds the
man championship, won by less
n yard in 7 minutes 10 AS Sec
good time for the 1000 meter
rse on the placid Sloten canal.
florence Macdonald of Boston, the
American who qualified for the
II. finished sixth.
he German champion shattered
own feminine worlds record by
re than z seconds. being timed
, minutes Is AS seconds.
rau Radke, after travelling a SEN
lonal pace for a woman, was
ely able to withstand closing
h by the strong Japanese runner,
IS Kinuye Hitomi, who failed by
y two yards to close the gap be-
aen her and the German. The
e was so fast that all six point
tners were inside the former
eld's record. Miss Macdonald be-
timed at 2 minutes % 2/5 Sec
IS, which is two-fifths second bet
Ethan the record.
amsterdam, Aug. q @ The
It series of Olympic six-meter
1ht races was won today by Nor
+, with Sweden second and the
tied States third, in a field Of l3
lies.
amsterdam, Aug. p R The
Anpic catch-as-catch-can wrestling
n championship, held by the
<ted States in 1924, now is in Fin
Is possession.
che final placing gives the Firms
Total Of II points. compiled by
ms Of two firsts, two seconds. and
} third. The United States was
nth with eight roints, comprising
first and one second. Switzer-
4 was second with II points
teden third with 10, and Canada
uh with five.