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Show ALMA RICHARDS LEADS AT END OF FIRST DAY IN DECATHLON EVENTS Utah Boy Takes First m High Jump, Second in Skot Put and Broad Jump, University of Chicago Wins Mile Championship Relay Race a" iAN FRANCISC0 Au 9 Half o' 1 he decath on events were con te ed here todaj and at the final isj sumn Ing up Alma R chardu was In (he lead wit) a score of 4005 23 po nt B undage and Goel tz of the Chi cago club are next followed by Jacobs of Ok ahoma, who appears to be a versa tl e ath ete The New York men d d not show up to expectations Fat O Connor Is ln e ghtta place and Jim L ncoln Is only two paces removed from the bottom There we e no spe tacu ar perform prices The best time In the 100 me er race was made by Stormer 11 seconds and In the 440 ard dash Goe Itz of Chi cago covered the d stance ln 61 seconds. Richards Jumped 6 feet 14 in hes In the hlg i mp and was second n the s otput to Lawler of Boston Law er s ma k was 44 feet 11 Inches whl e Richards did 43 feet 2 Inches f Richards Has Good Lead Richards he ped s score a ong fcy tak ing second pla e n th broad Jump with 2 feet i Inches e best n a It being Dan Ahearn s 32 feet 4s Inches The leading scores are A N Richards linos Athletic club 4005 23 C A Brundage Chicago A A S6S8 8 John Ja obs Ok ahoma univer s ty 3641 33 H Goe tz Chicago A A 34 5 40 A H Hutchinson, I lriols A C 331 79 Fred Thompson Los Angeles A-C A-C 3343 48 D F Ahearn I I no s A. C 8223 4o Chester Fee Multnomah A. C Portland 3 2 36 V th the except on of Fred Stormer of the Cln Innatl Chamber of Commerce and E Nourek of the 1 1 no s Athletic as so atfon wlo dropped out after compet ng n three events the remainder of the om pet tors are fol owing closely on the hee s of the leaders None of the decath on Olympic records were approached Chicago Team Wins T e l n versity of Chicago had no trou b e In winn ng the open mile champion chip eay of the Amateur At letlc union w th a tam composed of Leroy Camp-el Camp-el Tohn B eathed B D smond and Stegeman The Bos on team cons at ng of Meanlx Taber Worthington and Cald wel was spcond C nc nnatl Chamber of Commerce fin shed third and Los Ange es A C fourth The 400 meter relay race went to the earn of the Chicago A A which defeat ed the on y other entrant, the Los An ge es A C In 4 3 5 seconds a new world s figure Ow ng to a brisk wind that was blowing down the etraisrhtaway the record wi I not be allowed. The win n ng team was made up of Harold Sm th J Loom is A Booth and Andrew Ward Final Events Today The final events in the decathlon wh h v 1 be decided tomorrow are the 110 meter h gh hurd es, po e vau t ja e 1 ne throw discus throw and 1500 meter race Tomorrow forenoon at 9 30 o clock, be fore the wind begins to sweep through, the Go den Gate the e wi 1 be a special quarter m e event on tl e straightaway on the horse rac ng track The idea is to get a better mark than Maxev Long's ecord of 47 seconds Ted Mered th will s art and wi 1 ha e for corapan ons Frank S oman of the Olymp c club of San Franc sco and Diamond of the University of Ch cago |