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U. S. Seeks Olympic Tennis and Swimming Honors, After Track and Field Victory
ROWING, FENCING, SAILING,
WRESTLING ALSO ON CARD
Yankees Take Two Relay Events in World Record
Time, But Marathon Victory of Stenroos,
40-year-old Finn, Features Final Day.
Br the Associated Press?
PARIS, July 14.—Now that the record-breaking Olympic track and
field battle is over, with the United States victofious after a sen
sational contest with Finland. who%e sturdy sons gained an un
umal share of the laurels, the interest in the Olympics, which had been
concentrated on a single sport for the past eight days, today found seven
branches of the competition in full swing.
t hies among the attractions today, from the American viewpoint,
are the tennis and swimming contests, in wdiich strong teams from the
United States ar'e picked to go through to th^finals at the end of the
week. In additoon. there are the catch-as-catni-can wrestling matches,
in Which the United States is represented in. five of the seven finals
scheduled to be contested for in the Olympic championships.
•\ m ? rio , a a ' so strongly repre
sented in the rowing competition
and the modern pentathlon, which
today begin their second day's com
petition. Yachting and fencing con
tests complete the calendar of
1 S 'ru ltl<s * n * >ar^s and environs.
1 he western hemisphere has con
querod the Old World so far> in the
majority of the Olympic contests',
and has high hopes of continuing
successes in the events remaining
before the closing ceremonies two
weeks from now;. The South Ameri
cans gained distinctions by capturing
two titles. Uruguay taking the soccer
championship and Argentina the polo
clown. The United States, of course,
leads all competitors by winning the
track and field competition and also
the Rugby and shooting contests.,
? “' s country now holds a formidable
lead.
The record of points in the Olympic
track and field games thus far is as
follows:
United States. 255; Finland. Ifi6;
Oreat Britain, 85%; Sweden, 31%;
J- ranee, 26';; Italy, 19; Switzerland,
U>; South Africa, II; Hungary. 10%:
Australia, 10; Canada, 8; Norway, 6;
Argentina, 5; New Zealand. 4; Ea
thonia, 4; Holland.' 4; Denmark. #3;
Japan, 1. and Chile. 1.
Marathon to Stenroos.
Although the Americans, in a con
vincing and final demonstration of
their all around supremacy, yesterday
shattered two more world 'and one
Olympic record, tho real Olympic
triumph went to the new Finnish
hero. Alben Stenroos. Under a blaz
ing sun he raced to victory in the
classic marathon championship, cap
ping the climax to Finland's clean
sweep of the distance races and
giving the little Nordic- country the
greatest laurels it has ever known.
Stenroos. forty years old, and a
Helsingfors woodworker, sped over
tlie twenty-six miles of country road
in 2 hours 42 minutes 22 3-5 seconds,
nearly six minutes in front of his
nearest rival, Bertini of Italy.
Clarence de Mar of Boston was third,
slightly behind Bertini. Frank
Wendling of Buffalo was the next
American to cross the line, finishing
sixteenth. The other Americans, who
finished, were Frank Zunaof Newark,
eighteenth; William J. Churchill of
San Francisco. twenty-third. and
Charles Mellor of Chicago, twenty
fifth. But remarkable as was Sten
roes’ triumph, the highest honor of
all in the final analysis goes to his
countryman, Paavo Nurmi, who com
pleted a phenomenal record when,
leading his team to victory in the
3.000-meter race, he won his fourth
triumph of the games.
Yanks Set Two Records,
Astonishing speed was shown by
the American relay team in captur
ing both the 400 and 1,000 meter
team events in world record time,
while “Bud” Houser, husky Cali
fornia collegian, broke the Olympic
record in winning the discus throw,
adding his name to those of Osborn,
America, and Hitola, Finland, as the
only flouble victors to share a por
tion of Nurmi’s glory. Another
world record also went to America
when the announcement was made
that Harold Osborne had won first
place in the decathlon with an un
precedented point score of 7,710 and
a fraction.
Tenoim Flay Resumed.
The hi ymoia to.nnis championship
play, which got under way yester
day, with tho American men play
ers triumphing easily in their first
matches, will continue today with the
entrance of woman stars in the
' doubles. The most interesting match
today is expected to be the one in
which Sirs. Marion Z. Jessup and Miss
Kleanor (Joss meet the strong Brit
ish pair. Miss Kathleen McKane and
Mrs. B. C. Covell.
Other matches on today's program,
in which Americans will participate
are Mias Lillian Scharman against
Mins Alvarez, a young Spanish girl;
Francis' T. Hunter against Hertell of
Argentina. R. Norris Williams against
Hadi of India, Hunter and Vincent
Richards against Mishu and Stem ot
Rumania, Williams and Watson M.
"Washburn against Kirchmoyer and
Gonoz of Hungary and W'ashbum
against buspu of Rumania.
Helen Wflls. the American woman
tennis champion, advanced to the sec
ond round of the women’s singles
through the default of Mme. Marnet
of Spain. In the men’s'singles Rich
ards defeated de Daveleye of Bel
gium, Washburn won from Serventt
of Italy and Hunter was victorious
over Graham of Finland. One of
Great Britain’s big four. J. D. H.
Wheatley, was defeated by Fukuda,
the Japanese champion.
lank Swimmers Win Heat.
At Lcs Tourelles pool yesterday all
the American woman swimmers won
their heats handily in the 40(1 meters
free style. The American men, how
ever. qualified in only one heat and
■were soundly drubbed at water polo.
In the opening events Gertrude
Kderle did the 400 meters in 6 min
utes 12 1-5 seconds. Helen Waln
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SPORTS.
weight in 6.48 3-5 and Martha Nor
elius in 6.23 1-5. In the 1.500-meter
swim America qualified only one man
in the three trial heats.
In the first heal Smith of the United
States finished second to Annison ot
Great Britain in the time of 22 min
ites 48 4-5 seconds.
Yesterday** Summaries:
3.000-METER TEAM RACE.
, Final—Won by Nurmi. Finland; *'itol«. Fin
land. second; MacDonald. Groat BrilNa, third;
Johnson. Great Britain, fourth; Katz. Tialsnd:
fifth; Kirby, United States, sixth. Time, 8:32,
MARATHON.
Final—Won by Stenroos. Finland: Bsrtini,
Italy, second; De Mar. United States, third;
Halonen, Finland, fourth; Reyes, Chile, sixth.
Time. 2:42:22 3-5.
1 1.600-METER RELAY.
Final—Won by United States; Sweden, sec
ond; Great Britain, third; Canada, fourth;
France, fifth; Italy, sixth. Time, 3:16 (new
world record).
400-METER RELAY.
Final—Won by United States; Great Britain,
second: Holland, third; Hungary, fourth;
France, fifth; Switzerland, sixth. Time, 0:41
(new world record I.
10.C00-METER WALK.
Final—Won by Friaerio, Italy: Goodwin,
Great Britain, second; Mac-Masters, South
Africa, third: Padeai. Italy, fourth; Schwab
Switzerland, fifth; Clark. Great Britain, sixth.
Time, 47:48.
DISCUS THROW.
Final—Won by Harold Osborne. Illinois A.
C., with the world record-breaking figures,
7.710.775; Emerson Norton, Georgetown.
7,350.895. second; Kleimberg, Esthonia, 7.329.-
36. third; Myrfa, Finland. 7.005.175, fourth;
Suterland. South Africa. 6.794.142, fifth; Ger
spach. Switzerland. 6.743.53, sixth.
THROWING THE DISCUS.
Final—Won by Clarence Houser, United
States. 46 meters. 55 centimeters: Nitty mar,
Finland, 44 meters. 95. second: T. J. Lieb,
United States. 44 meters. 84. third; Augustus
Pope, United States, 44 meters. 38, fourth; As
kildt. Norway, 47 meters, 40. fifth; Glen
Hartranft. United States, 42 meters. 49, sixth.
(Olympic record).
foodTs~stenroos’
IDEA AFTER VICTORY
By the Associated Press
OLYMPIC STADIUM. COLOMBES.
Prance, July 14. —The first thought
of tho Finnish marathon victor, Sten
roos. after crossing the line and
acknowledging the crowd's plaudits,
was to get a square meal. He had
little comment to make on the race,
remarking that the going seemed just
right and that he felt no distress
at any time and could have gone
faster if pushed.
Stenroos first look up athletics as
a wrestler when about 20 years of
age, but soon turned to distance run
ning. as apparently do most of the
Finns, if their Olympic showing is
any criterion. He won his first mara
thon a score of years ago and ran
his last competitive race at that dis
tance In 1909. when he turned his
attention to shorter distances until
this year’s Olympics, when he was
persuaded to go back into the longer
race, because Hannes Kolehmainen
was unable to regain his 1920 cham
pionship form.
Stenroos competed in the 1912
Olympics, when he ran third to Ko
lehmainen in the 10,000 meter run,
but was put out of competition for
some time When he fractured his ankle
in the cross-country race in those
games. Undaunted, however, he came
hack to continue running in better
form than over.
Kolehmainen was a tragic figure
after the race; he seemed heart
broken over his inability to finish in
his attempt to win two Olympic
marathons. He asserted that he was
going well and had hopes of catching
the leaders until he developed stom
ach trouble and had to quit, after
covering 28 kilometers.
HURT IN CRASH
SARANAC LAKE. N. Y., July 14.
Christy Mathewson, president of the Bos
ton National League club, is nursing a
Madly wrenched arm today. While driv
ing in his automobile yesterday he was
in collision with another car between
Lake. Placid and this village.
BASE BALL 3 Si.
AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK
Washington vs. Cleveland
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THE EVENING STAR* WASHINGTON. P. C.» MONDAY* JULY 14, 1924.
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Nations 9 Final Score in Track and Field Olympics
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United States 6 .. 11 15% 17% 6 7 <1 15 20 13 3 3 16 3 20 7 10 .. .. 4 4 10 10 16 10 265
Finland 13 17 .. 6 14 .. 4 3 ... .. 17 10 3 17 .. ..86 7 .. 13 10 .. 8 .. 106
Great Britain 6 310 1%.. ..13.. I fc .. 17 4 1 .. 14 3.. 6.. 7." 6.. 4 86U
_'weden *6 5.. .. % .. 7.. .. 2 4 8 * 81%
France .. 3 4% t .. .. 4 6 .. .. 2 .. .. 2 .. 2 26%
Italy 13 5 1 l»
Switzerland 5 5 1 .. .. 8 .. .. .. X 1 16
Australia 10 10
Hungary 2% & 3 .. .. 10%
South Afr.oa 6 .. 4 2 .. It
Canada 2 3 ... 3 8
Argentina 's 6
Norway 4 3 6
New Zealand 4 '4
Japan ( 11
Holland 4 . . .. 4
Etthonla ’ 4 .. 4
Denmark 3 3
Chile • I 1
*’Points In this event were distributed both for individual end team places. No points were awarded for fourth, fifth and sixth place*
in the team scoring, as no countries finished teams for these positions.
Points arc scored as follows: First, 10: second, 5; third, 4; fourth, 3; fifth, 2; sixth, t.
1 In this event team points only counted. .
First places—United States, 12; Finland, 10; Great Britain, 3; Australia, 1; Italy, 1.
Os the forty-live countries in the meet, nineteen scored.
NAVAL LOFT PIGEON
SETS FLIGHT RECORD
A pigeon from the United States
naval lofts established a new mark
for a distance of over 300 miles when
It covered the rout*? from Napanee.
Ind., to Washington, at an average
speed of 1,383 yards a minute, in the
last of this year's old-bird races held
under the auspices of the Washing
ton Racing Pigeon Club.
Fifteen lofts were represented by
105 pigeons. The average speed in
yards a minute of the first return to.
each loft follows: United States naval
air lofts, 1,388; Charles Darr. 1,374;
John Holmead. 1,369: J. lx Wolfe, 1.-
366; Phil Krous, 1,365; E. C. Koch,
1.314; E. J. Kelly. 1,279; C. and W. R.
Pennington. 1,269; W. F. Distner,
I, E. Raulin, 1.050.
The Washington Racing Pigeon
(flub also staged a race from Gains
vllle, Ga.. to Washington, A bird
owned by Phil Krous was the first to
report.. Only three birds returned on
the day of liberation. The average
speed in yards a minute was as fol
lows: Phil Krous, 996; F. H. Crown,
994: C. and W. R. Pennington. 992;
A. B. Moore, 889; J. L Wolfe, 887; F.
J. Voith, 862; D. R. Mathews. 858; W.
F. Distner, 801; Louis Hofer, 796.
BLACK GOLD* WILL RUN
IN THE ASHLAND DERBY
CHICAGO, July 14.—Slack Gold,
conqueror of Ladkln In the Chicago
derby at Hawthorne* Saturday, will
be shipped to Ashland, Ky., tomorrow
to start In the Ashland derby at a
mile and a quarter next Saturday.
Hanley Web. his trainer, aald the
famous son of Black Toney-Useeit
would be taken to Latonia after Sat
urday’s race to rest up for the fall
racing season.
Black Gold’s victory Saturday, when
he won 312.975. ran his total winnings
for the year up to $89,790. With a full
campaign ahead of him there is a
possibility that he may become a
greater money winner as a threc
year-old than Zev in 1923.
TITLE TO BE DEFAULTED
BY UNDINE BARGE CLUB
PHILADELPHIA. July 14.—Due to
the inability of some of its members
to train regularly the Undine Barge
Club, national eight-oared champions,
will not defend its title this year,
.Coach Karl Bunch has
The national championship races ■will
be held under the auspices of the
Springfield Rowing Association on the
Connecticut River. August 8 and 9.
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per cent of cars run right along
' on too fat a mixture,” says the Fleet Boss.
“Adjust your carburetor to a leaner mixture anj
you*!! get more pick-up and power. You’ll get
less dilution of crank case oil, less carbon and
more mileage. Your motor will stay in better
condition. Sure, a rich mixture will start you
quicker, but you pay too much all day long for
the seconds you save, and your rich mixture
leaves a stinking exhaust that makes folks hate
to see you coming. Cut her down leanl”
At least ninety per cent of motorists are care
less also about buying motor oil by brand. But
not experienced fleet superintendents. Most of
them pick one brand by practical operating
test and stick to it* It may surprise the average
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CHAMPIONS CROWNED
IN OLYMPIC GAMES
JULY 6
JAVELIN THROW.
Winner and Country Mark.
Jonni Myrra, Finland 207 feet
10.060-METER HUN.
(a)Willie Ritola, Finland, 30m. 23 l-ss.
JULY 7
400-METRR RUN.
(a) M. Taylor. U. S. A 02 2-ss.
RUNNING HIGH JUMP.
(b) Osborn, U. S. A...6 ft. 6 in.
I 00-METER DASH.
tc)Harold Abrahams. England, 10 3-ss.
PENTATHLON.
E. Lchtonen, Finland 14 points
JULY 8
800-METER RUN.
D. G. A. Lowe, Great Britain,
1 ra. 52 2-ss.
BROAD JUMP.
De Hart Hubbard, U. S. A.. 49 ft. 6 in
SHOT PUT.
Clarence Hauser. U. S. A., 49 ft. 2% in
JULY 9
110-METER HURDLES.
Dan Kinsev, U. s. A 15s
200-METER DASH.
(c) Scholz. U. S. A 21 3-5 s
3,600-M ETER KTEEPLECHASE.
(a) Ritola. Finland. .9m. 33 3-ss.
JULY 10
1.500-METER RUN.
(b) Nurmi. Finland. .3m. 53 3-5 s
5.000-METKE RUN.
(b)Paavo Nurmi. Finland..! 4m. 31 l-5s
HAMMER THROW.
Fred Tootell. U. S. A. .. 174 ft. 9 2-3 in
POLE VAULT.
Lee Barnes. L’.S. A....12 ft. 11 % In
JULY 11
406-METEK RUN.
(a)Eric Liddell, Great Britain. 47 3-5a
.. JULY 12.
HOP, STEP AND JUMP.
(a) Australia.. 60 ft. It 1-6 in.
CROSS COUNTRY (INDIVIDUAL.)
Paavo Nurmi, Finland. . ,32m. 54 3-5 s
DECATHLON.
Harold Osborn, U. Sl A 7710.775
J ULT 13
DISCUS THROW.
(b) Houser U. S. A.
152 ft. 6% in.
400-METER RELAY
(a)United States team (Hussey
Clark. Murchison, LcConev) . . 41s.
1.600-METER RELAY.
(a) States team (McDonald.
Stevenson, Cochran, Helfrich) .
3m. 16s.
3,000-METER TEAM RACE.
(b) team (Nurmi, Ritola,
Katz) 2m. 325.
10.000-METER WALK.
U. Frigerio, Italy ....47m. 495.
MARATHON RUN.
J. Stenroos, Finland..2h. 42m. 22 3-ss.
(a)New world and Olympic record.
(b)New Olympic record. (c) Equals
Olympic record.
Note—ln addition to the foregoing,
a new world and Olympic broad jump
record of 25ft. 6 In. was created by
Boh las Gendre. U S. A., In the pen
tathlon broad jump. The world rec
ords in the 400-meter run ar.d the
400-meter relay were broken three
times in the course of the qualifying
heats.
PETER WINS 15-MILE
RACE FOR CYCLISTS
Ed PMcr placed first in the 15-milc
handicap bicycle race held yesterday
at* the Polo Grounds under the aus
pices of the Amateur Bicycle League
of America. He made tho distance in
40 minutes 58 seconds, the time of
V. Messineo, scratch rider, who fin
ished fifth. C. Can f man. who attain
ed second position, covered the route
In 41 minutes 59 seconds. J. Barnes
was tliird, J. Guzza fourth. F. Tolson
sixth, N. Padgett seventh and R.
Conors eighth.
Conors won the 2-mile sprint In 5
minutes 15 seconds, then garnered
tho award in the miss-and-out race.
V. Messineo was second In the 2-mile
sprint and G. Chaconas was third.
V. Messineo and William Snouffer
placed second and third, respectively,
in the miss-and-out event.
U. S. OUT OF SABER
EVENT IN OLYMPIC
By the Associated Presa.
COLOMBES l France, July 14.—The
United States has dropped out of the
Olympic saber team competition, suf
fering defeats at the hands of the
smashing Hungarians and the fiery
Italians. South America, in the
form of Argentina, came through the
second round with two victories- in a
style that showed the Argentines
capable of giving the Europeans a
hard struggle.
Belgium, Spain and Denmark were
eliminated with the Americans, each
being defeated twice. The fight for
first honors is likely to be hotly con
testedi for Argentina, Hungary, Hol
land and Italy displayed about equal
skill.
Argentina's defeat of Spain. 13 to
3, and Holland. 10 to 6, gained the
South Americans a strong claim to
rank with the best.
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SNODGRASS PLAYING
TILDEN FOR TITLE
By the Associated Presa.
ST. IX)UIS, July 14.—Harvey B.
Snodgras, star, today meets Wil
liam T. Tllden, 2d, of Philadelphia In
the final round of tho men’s singles
of the national clay court champion
ship.
In another final match, with another
national championship at stake, Robert
and Howard Kinsey, national doubles
champions, meet William Tilden and
A1 “Sandy” Weiner of Philadelphia.
Yesterday Tilden and IVlener easily
defeated Clarence J. Griffin of San
Francisco and Brian I. C. Norton St.
Louis, 10-—B, 6 —2. 6—3, while Snod
grass defeated his more experienced
opponent. Griffin. former singles
champion, 6—4. 2—6, 6—4, 6 4.
Though favored to win. the Kin
seys outdid the gallery expectations
by eliminating: R. E. Sohlegingpr,
Austrian Davis cup star, and A H
Chapin, Jr,, of Springfield. Mass. In
three straight seta, despite the lat
ter s brilliant rally In the final set
The score was 6—2. 6—l, 6 4.
The finals of the special Invitation
tournament for juniors and boys
started today's play with A. L Wie
ner opposing Emmett Pa»e of Chicago
In the junior event, whil* Walter
Thomas of Orange. N. J., played
Thomas McGlynn of Philadelphia in
the final of the boys’ division.
LONGWOOD TENNIS IS ON.
BOSTON, July 14.—The annual ten
nis tournament for the Longwood
bowl, which In past years has at
tracted the country’s best players,
began today without any member of
the first ten in national ranking
entered. The eighty entries included
a number of players of high stand
ing,. however, including Zenzo Shimi
xu, S. Howard Voshell, Wallace
Johnston; L. B. Rice, N. W. Niles
Lewis N. \\ hite and Fritz Mercur.
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THIRTEEN OLYMPIC MARKS
SET ON TRACK AND FIELD
Seven go to Americans, Who Score in 24 of 27
Events—Three Wins to Nurmi and Two Each
to Ritola, Osborne and Houser.
Br the AsaoeUted Prrn.
PARIS. July 14.—Eight new world and thirteen new Olympic records
were created by the unprecedented attack on time and distance
durung the Olympic track and field championships, which have set
a new standard of brilliance for future international stars to aim at.
Seven records fell to the Americans, whose all-around team strength
enabled thtem to decisively conquer the individual excellence of Finland,'
whose “two-man team,” the incomparable Nurmi and the iron man Ritola
accounted for four records. Australia and Great Britain gained one each.
The 400-meter individual run and relay witnessed the most startling
assaults against time, the records for each being lowered three times,
with Liddell of Great Britain holding the former mark which Imbach
of Switzerland and Fitch of the United States also held for a time!
In the relay the United States team shows the evenness of the American
twice cut the record figure after the
British quaxtet had started the rec
ord-breakirug habit. Other world
marks wero made in the broad jump
by Robert Jzegendro of the United
States, the decathlon by Harold M
Osborne of the United States, tho
400-meter hurdles bv F. M. Taylor
of the United States, the in,ooo-meter
run by Kitoda of Finland, the hop
step and jump by Winter of Australia
L®oo-raeter relay by the
United State**.
These marks also stood as new
Olympic stamdards, in addition to
which the latter list had three con
trlbutloiis by Nurmi for the distances
of 1.500, 3.000 and 5,000 meters. Others
wore mad© by Osborn© in the high
Jump, and “Bud” Houser, the Cali
fornia collegian, in the discus throw.
An analysis of the point scores
SPORTS.
team strength, the athletes from the
Imited States tallying- in twenty-four
of twenty-seven finals, missing onlv
in the walk, the 10,000-meter flat and
hop. step and jump. The Mans scored
in seventeen events and Great Britain
in sixteen. Only five nations figured
in first places, but nineteen broke
into the point column.
Nurmi gets credit for only three
individual victories, although he
actually won four, including the
triumph in the 3,000-meter team race,
in which there were no individual
scores. He and Ritola. who ran every
day in the games, each scored thirty
points and together aided Finland to
gather in twenty more in the team
scores. Ritola shared double victory
honors with two Americans. Osborne,
who won the decathlon and the high
jump, and Houser, who was a victor
in the discus throw and the shot
put.
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