The evening world. Newspaper, July 25, 1908, Page 4

j } BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK «s YANKEE ATHLETES STORIES OF SPORTS TOLD BY EXPERTS _ AMERICAN VICTORY © GREATEST IN ALL ATHLETIC HISTORY - Whole World Defeated, and To-Day Our Points Outnumber Those of Other Nations Combined—.- Review of the Games \. i Olymple--Games are over today, Uncle Sam’s boys’ have scored the most overwhelm- ing victory. ever known in the athletlo-workd; | a victory that is overwhelming because the! whole world was invited to par- ticipate in the games, and to-day America’s points outnumber not only those of our hereditary enemy, } England, but those of all the na- tions of the earth combined, And thls has been accomplished in the face of difficulties that seem insurmountable, No athlete on the team will ever forget the first wel- ‘come to England—the dreary, squalid quarters provided for the men, the muddy, slushy London streets all around them, the drizzling rain} | and the brown, murky fog. For Americans, used to training in the open | with a blue sky overhead and the sun shining, nothing could be more | depressing than this continual drizzling half-darkness. It was just the kind of weather to:throw the American visitors out of condition within two ) weeks, and before the games were over many were seriously affected. This | accounts for the few-unlooked for defeats, and the falling off in so-:n8 cham- pion’s performa:ces. Added to the sloppy weather was the treatment accorded the Americans by | thelr English hosts, Naturally, as | strangers in @ strange country, they|a conjecture, expected to be met with politeness, If rang, temmen, throw Went to John not open hospitality. But the Ensiish /Gon Walgh, the Garaniane wn aa at first were cold and.suspictous, They | AGTH Was @ hotly contested event, John win- didn’t have even common politeness for |Mng out only in the final. The dis- an American, tance, 170 ft. 4% In. established a new. T° first {llustration of: thim came be closely contested delayed until near the end of the games, so that the visit- {ng Americans would be put out of the running by the climate, This was only English and Olymplo record. Dap see @n event Hey was all Sha Gna Lerten Woisea tise nearly, It was the 3,500 metre teams of all ether countries in the walk, and the English distance men gal- loped away with it, first and second, Stadium to march before the ‘King of Ayplelen’ Australian came home third, England in the opening ceremonies. All ? . around the huge Gtadium wall the fags} que oe HIDE REE CE Gad ae of many nations fluttered in the breeze, | American athletes to scofe, but it was There was @ grand display of color—e ateae 4 sure thing that Sweden would waving sea of bunting for England, and) , area leitoeraeicn gran, ut for the Greeks and the Italians and the| wegian third. A new world’s “eoord Germans and the French and all the | of 178 ft. 7% In. was made by the Swed- other nations, The Americans looked | !%4 champion, Lemming. This may was the Winner at Athens. He is the Ma hastily about to see the Stars and|tin Sheridan of the Northland. The Stripes floating there; looked hastfly at | Greek, Doriza, who threw 168 ft. 4 in, first, and then started again with slow|!8 ngw comer among champions. | and careful scrutiny, But not a eingle |. gatnsy Gnd ei crentarers American flag decorated the Stadtum. | Ronhag, Dull. Trube and Cohn, The We alone were ignored and insulted be-| French were third, ‘Time—l4m. 39 3-be. fore all the world, But @ moment—not | , Next day More fleld events came America alona, after all, There were n0 | Sizteon-pound. ahot. pat wager ee ne | Gwedish flags uplifted elther. Sweden, | In. Horgan, of Ireland, took mecond you know, sent a team to Greece and, | and Garrells, of America wan third with nation for nation, whipped the English | {*,ft, 41. Ex-Champlon Coe was not | there, Sweden for the past year has|’ Martin gh deen sending long-distance runners tol 11 tf ime nie won che, cincus with | England and trimming British at | less than Martin threw at &thens two of the Americar a walkover. ightbod, and ered In champion), were a and Halstead (A ch 1 mpion 1 FORSHAW, (as 2 BILLBR.... i GARRELS. 13 JACOBS. Saturd hop, step T was second this , and J time, rv third, all breaking b the old rec As only 2 feet 2% this was Sheri- AMERICAN POINT WINNERS ue IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES} »: Points. Name, thelr fayorite ¢: e of a| Tears Ago, but 1 was raining. The epee Stranger's victory, in Eng.and, is sudden | §700"4 Was wet and the missile, alip-\| 1 SHBRIDAS pod ley unpopularity, They invite losers | Poot arated ole. HHL) of Ch. 0 “tea.” | P ed en a e with 133 ms 1 ft. 6M In.. only algh 1) rn But there were no American flags up—|‘', 0? oY Sight small Inches shor: | 19 @HBPPARD. hat was the main point Peridan | Of @ winning. throw, A p inlets neds sure 7 itt and | With 129 ft, Winks Descwarne Crests then marched cameras record in the tryouts at || 20 BWRY.. 0000 track and betor. + C01 ot get !n one of his American throws, He was a close fourth, : 6 HAYES upheld by gli ‘ re lan Do drooping or TE next, Friday, was an off dav for | 5 FLANAGAN: Gtripes. Ata dist is America. Lemming. of Sweden, | © ROSB....+ Y Americans. th : won the Greek style Javelin throw | 3 PORTER...... ectedly 8 easily. with the creat throw of 179 feet | © TRONS. ‘ tion Instead 10% Inches—another new world's recora, | 8 BACON... Maret, way, was eecond and Nil. || 4 HORR.. At first they met with only boorish Im- , of Sweden, third with feet 6 piiteness. 1 the British fall inehes el throws AH ta] 4 GILBERT. Mates Bees oneal 0S) shead of any ver accomplished in|f 4 COOK P a; whe alin intowtawila 3 MGRATH HE fir came 4 because of its extreme ia 3 GIFFIN I oper race 3 BEA te This s repeated and took | 3 RECTOR. race for the 1 flour 15 minutes “LOUGHA though Lightbody ran di Sorirtt) cad || Gan See feet in Athens, But t second and (Garr ents, con! p, metre relay, one knew that while poor old England led painfully up two points more yy, THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1908, - roe a RPMI EE, ———aae UP TO DATE, NEWSY AND WELL WRITTEN WHO SCORED a AN pee ue Willie Britt, Dane’s Manager, Accepts Terms Offered by Coima Promoter. fight for Admis- street E + Greek discus throw Free style discus Standing broad jum 1,00 metre run 80 metre run (world’s r ++ Standing broad J Standing high Jump... Place, First record) and {immediately | Coffroth on ter: Coftroth offered Britt a for- Marathon race Tt It ve round fight on the afternoon -Hammer w (Olympto record 6 r of Admission Day, the fighters to take Shot put ’ 50 per cent. of Jed 60 per 40 per cent ne receipts, to be di- to the winner and to the loser, While noth- Ing is sald of a bonus, undoubte Nelson will be given at least 10 per cent., and probably 15 per cent, which will come from Coffroth's end of the receipts. Britt says “Nelson will hunt in Colo- rado for a week, and go to Hegewisch Running hig unofl le his att al NELSON AGREES TO FIGHT GANS AT COFFROTH'S CLUB for a big banquet the last of the month,’ | But I ean get him here any time 1) Gr ffin. fon want him.” oo ley Ke the foxle mplon of ix rounls a shi ° riftin 1s one o} aakacteHla ever saw fight between Kk which comes off Kelly can easily Ul claimed hi ifornia fighter, who tew inu tb nigat by Jobi ays he will 3 six-round ff on sday candition Just Ime," wil vould not sure away. Mure and as he, le a t Murphy e the give club that does the (eghters o twill hava to 1 good incentive. h at be clinched now Miah Murray will offer him Kaufman, the Dick Hyland at the, f Bete ton, et ff with the longest d t the ¢ h African @ te race (four men).. ond nd the ] ile geen came (ade wen) ; ectrack, d Canadian capturing the sprints. aren § a tea AYES, of New York, won the Bepcny : Marathon in two hours fifty-five ity that the : i : : Te aut minutes and forty-one seconds, enity | ; It was tho most dramatic finish ever Standing h ‘ r race. During the last Shot put seon in a long five miles the leaders |were constantly * hitting up thelr speed, Hefferon, of South Africa, led by nearly a mile, But the others were gaining and Hefferon wns nearly !n, Coming along at a ter- ribie pace Dorando, of Italy, went ahead entered the Stadium with a couple 1s adds to this score to-day in hurdles.) Pole tied with two luding Olymp!e programm 400 metre run rs for, 110 are and Halswellle nh more unco’ gland—points and won in, with Ta of Gay any merica wollld be leaping to the 10 9 to win by fair of minutes to spare, Hayes, of America, . mark in a terrific st yy ‘ EON iltane estat i f i high $ was not long behind. Hayes passed vened the score by 1, fourteen in ‘the lead, metre world’s record Ewry won the standing high jump i ad y fap inaire Teantclpation Of 4 easity with 6 tt 2 fn rE of America, Hefferon, too, and doggedly went after and exp morning. English had esta ng for sec: the leader, When Dorando’s eyes saw “been doing gs in ; n had shrunk to @ the S-me int add-'the finishing line only two hundred ech : n the Enelish point winning. making ore, He {s, ke. ‘A in England for fifty years, ; eat ntae ire eManday 2 f sure winner yards ahead the nerve that had held saw 1 ds a iy OO! number of spectators at 300. peed him up through the terrific strain of the F ads to A ans sae and stands were built to seat a " i ¥ ver hi n Baalshd cond Moopricesiwavenaoahighne tthe ro Peareacanate rice broke at last, and he fell, The 4 4 assoctation, ne i r English officials rushed to him, with d ter, § I 1 : ; down and q to run again m: byst and dragged him to ag f 1 1 M fil , See u 3 fect, po on him and Mea ictal Beyond ; t 4 Um Monday haw world {ng stimulants down his throat, He , ay i od B nd. Rw eae f Ame staggered along and fell~staggered and f “ee nit 8 I a A ; ie Mr hy H i. slo nde oh feil—growing weaker. Finally two Eng- he Ame P atened i ir 7 ca - Y i , viet Ja, lish officials seized him by the arm and, to withdraw 1 88 a 1 anada, ‘ A p a4 d. Bes jreece, was 4 wit p pushing from behind, ed him to- : ‘ 3 pr si A : ward the goal Ii American, 1a 4 t y 1 r g strongly, part of a ‘ 1 ! 9 behind. ora agaln, ¢ g pee iy ) ae or at t 1 ht t N u ight of a ha man. bein, a s TA LOO § d to go gh it waa é ‘ 4 Hwa Af 1 ; a fe ds T $ - Larner, of England, 18 ard and 9 rou the t Dorando fell 3 r . fi H en ‘| ae officials seized him un- ‘ 4 the s ‘ ‘ » behind. Dorando fell again. This quite eas n ¢ The ‘ ‘ é ‘ ‘ aetab 1 : r 8 were sun. | MP ae thay (akG a] English of w : A - p FS Tt hey drop jim, atti Nes thing as , : ff 10&8e., runrl fi In A f hrow The ne t 1 an to ‘* ‘3 * ; ‘ s a ! Bee ngiist nev, finished a moment Heiteron ched a nd. and A n 2. 1 in 2 * k ‘ n. Swe a » x awite! 3 around. : 7 a Time, 1 en 48) Das he halt ‘ eo i “ Nine Ere came in, and thes Forshaw, of St Gome sivpected that the scheme was) That a 4 England, | Sueppard ran aw H all the Bae cm : Afrlsans—all had the fas|Loul&, and Welton, of America, and te have the events that were sure to]; Am . No| lishaien, leaving then oh 5 4 Sy h wn Kelly aT + distance mon off their| Wood, Simpson and Lawson, of Canada, o| em leaving them far ia the suck, | making @ new Ulympic record of 20 feet, Hore was the dope of the Olym. (and Svanverg, of Sweden, and the le ies ‘ a stabs np \ is one secre onrere sot eet of America, and all the Canada, had already an automobile, anc d and senseless on the turf of the Stadium. He had been run off his feet half way through the race, ORANDO, the poor senseless Ital-| ra) Jan, was carried out gon Stretcher and official word ! tretche clal word mega-) U —— ed = ned to the crowd that he was not dead, and would recover. A protest was made on the zround (Specia! to The Bvening Wo that the Italian had been unable to T { $ ANGELES, Cal, July %. — Al finish, but had becn carticd across the| 208 ANGELES, Cal, July ; line. ‘It was allowed, for ft was impos-| Kaufman beat Battling Johnson to « pulp in seven rounds at Naud Junction night. Kaufman came most terrific slugging sible to deny the facts, bitter pill as it Sn ea was for England to swallow. But it| Pavilion last was tough luck on Dorando, poor game] out of one o fth fellow. He ey Hel St game i race! matches ever seen here e@lmost un as any man ever lived to run, and even |, 4 though the gold medal of the Marathon| ScAtied. He went after a knockout, and after first round the big Rus- sian had no look !n. The gong saved Bat In almost every round. ig not his, because he fell unconscious a bare thirty vardy from the fintel line, he deserves a world of credit for| his work and of sympathy for his hard juck. Fortunately the Queen of ing-| Kaufman showed vast improvement ta land will give film @ special twophy,! skill and speed, His punch was powe MV liauekantarathon, wee (bslne erful, but the wonderful vitality and ree the pole vault was going on in cuperat've power of Johnson kept the Stadium before a crowd that on pout from ending earlier. (ay packed tho pice from ground to| Kaufman was fresh and strong at the ery. GC Wt Cook tel for first| end when referee, police and Johnson’e honors fy and Jacobs and| seconds decided it wes all off. A knocker unpl Aimer, tied With Archi was inevitable In a few seconds. bald, of Canada, ‘or third. This event| Johnson's face wes badly chopped by added $3 Pp 4s to the American ore, which now stood America 100 2 England, id, tue rest of the world! nowhere. | t hurdle oe AEN AND 'YOMER, \ | ig 8 for ounataral veges, infls tone mbranee, iniess, and not stele nt of poisonous, Sold By Progetets, y, America's ous showing rlimate. \ e English we hope an_honest If Englacd 5 ft habits in fif a little son in up to date amateurism | 7 will do her good ' V;