I jNEMtt FULLS DP I WITH JHGLAK3 Two Countries Are Running Neck-and-Neck Race for Supremacy. H YANKEES START DAY j WITH BIG HANDICAP B United Kingdom Finishes With Slight Lead, Owing to Taylor's Win. I LONDON, July 36. America and tho United Kingdom aro ninnhiK a ncck-and-neck race for supremacy at the Olympic games. Tho United Kingdom ; ' started tho day with four places to America's two, but America picked up in the earlies events and won all three prizes in tho discus throwing and first nnd third prizes in tho weipht throwing. I-organ, who hns competed alternately under tho colors of Ireland and America, is now with ihe United Kingdom., lie took second placo in- tho latter event. This evened up tho score of tho two l countries, but England got another ! 6light lead when Taylor mado a sensu- k ' tional win in tho 400-mctro swimming T contest, beating Beaurcpaire, the Aus- f tralian crack, by a handsome margin. j Schcff of Austria, of whom groat things ; has been expected, was third in this I I event. ! It had been fully expected that I ' America would take all three prizes in Die weight putting, "alpli Kose, of the L - Olympic club of San Francisco, was h . firsi. and .1. C. Garrcls, Chicago A. A.. V i third. W. "W. (Joe, .Jr.. Boston A. A.,; I; . Leo J. Talbot t. Irish-American A. U'.; L .1. Sheridan, Irish-American A. C; M. " P. Horr, Irish-American A. C and W. I n 0. Burroughs, Chicago A. A., the other I j. Americans who competed, could not got I ' , inside tho standard. I. i Countries About Equal. I T J he only man who came near the wiu-l wiu-l hits was W. G. Arvicn of Norwaj'. L Nevertheless, the Americans welcomed I this win, as it reduced Great. Britain's lead in the aggregate, and if second and third places were counted, it alone would bring the two countries to about equal terms. A great cheer, therefore, went up when the result was announced. L Tho burst of enthusiasm was followed bv a calm, during which the occupants of the stands where the Americans gath-. gath-. ' ercd awaited the hoisting of the stars U-j and stripes on tho flagstaff in the cen-y cen-y ' ter of the arena. They waited in vain, U however, as the blue.iackets to whom ; this duty had been assigned had sought j shelter 'from the downpour of rain, which had made the day's sport a cheerless cheer-less affair. Counting only the field events for L which the Americans are making the more serious bid, the Americans at the conclusion of today's meeting had a I lead over the United Kingdom of 19 V- points, tho figures being 31 and 17 ro-I ro-I speeiively. They are made up as fol-I fol-I lows: I America Throwing the hammer, S; f ' - team Tace, 3; discus throwing, 0; put-I. put-I. ' ' ting the shot. (J, and 2500-metre race, 5, a total of 31. I; i United Kingdom Team race, 5; put-I put-I I ting tho shot, 3, and 1500-nictrc race, 4, I a total of 12. I The scores of other countries aro as 1 follows: L ' Canada Third in ihe hammer throw, I 1. Sweden First in tho javelin tbrow-I tbrow-I ing contest, 5. Greece Second in the I javelin throwing, 3. Norway Third in 1' . the javelin throwing, 1. A first posi-I posi-I I lon couuts 5, a second 3 and a third 1. I Where Italy Shinos. I In the gymnastic competition this I afternoon, A. Braglia, Italy, was first; . W. P. Ty'fcall, United Kingdom, was sec-If sec-If ' ' ond, and L. . Guerra, France, Ihird, I- Cameron was beaten in the second I " heat of tho semi-finals for the 1000-metre 1000-metre cvclc race by Schilles of France. I The i'inal of tho 1000-metre cycle k race was declared void, as the contest I was not completed within the time limit, H one minute and nineteen seconds. I: Schilles,1 France, actually beat B. Jones, I United Kingdom, by a few inches. Kingsbury and Johnson, United King-I King-I dom, sustained punctured tires. The I. race will not be rc-run. ' Tho final in putting-thc-weight cons'- test was won by .Ralph Rose. Olympic i I club, San Francisco. Morgan, United I . Kingdom, was second, and J. C. Garrcls, Chicago A. A., was third. Pose's dis- lance was 40" feet 7 1-2 inches, Thi3 docs not equal tho Ob'inpic record for I this event, 1S feet 7 inches, made by t Jvoso in St. Louis in 100-1. Morgan's disianco was 44 feet 8 1-i inches, and ' Garrcls, 43 feet 3 inches. H lu the final of the 400-metro swim-V swim-V ming race, Tavlor, United Kingdom, B, -.von; Beaurepaire. Australia, was scc-H. scc-H. ond, and Seheff, Austria, third. Time, ' 5 minutes, 3G 1-5 seconds. Hi Dcshorough Apologizes. Hl Lord Dcsborough apologized to the H Americans for the iailurc to use a W single American ilag in the decoration Hl of the stadium on tho opening day. The l omission to do so, he says, has since H been remedied, lie then takes up the H ' complaint of the Americans regarding 1 vhc conduct of the sports. The ques- K tion of the pole vault was referred to H Hie Amateur Athletic association, which H . decided not to allow all tho Americans 10 di"- a hole for the pole, but. acceded H 10 the request to havo pits filled with H sand for landing on. H With regard to tho question of heat H VLdrawings, Lord Desborough pointed out H 'Ln his letter that the drawing had al- H Ti-ady been mado in the various heals, H ' 'Jand could not be altered, although this H limlbiot been asked for. The Athletic H association, he said, had invited the H American committee to havo a man in H th'o'Warena during the progress of the H ovonts)fjn wliich America was inter-1 H cstcd, and 3Lr. Halpin, tho American I H Inanaer,'had been apoiuted to this H After rending Lord Dcsborough 's lot - H t?rs Comiuist4iOU(.r Sullivan replied that H it the drawings were already made tho H Am on cans would like to see them be- H lore the dayJtinCh the events ---l IIIH to bo contested, a privilege which heretofore here-tofore had not bee naccorded them. Olympic Championship, "So oflicial announcement is obtainable obtain-able as to how tho British Olympic association as-sociation is going to decide the Olj'in-pic Olj'in-pic championship, but the system adopted adopt-ed by the London sporting papors iu arriving at the respective positions of tho various contests has been generally accented. This system awards one point for each winner, ignoring seconds and thirds, and includes all sports carried out under the auspices of tho association, associa-tion, whether within the stadium or outside of it, James E. Sullivan, president of tho Amateur Athletic union, and United States commissioner to tho Olympic games, said to the Associated Press tonight: to-night: "We camo here as wo went to Paris and Athens with a field team, and aro making a Sght in the field events, car-I car-I ing nothing for the other sports. Wc asked that tho championship trophy bo put up for the field sports, but this request re-quest was not acted on, so wc will simply sim-ply lake the score in tho field events, counting first live points, second three points and third one point, and figuro out the American score on this basis." - J