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Show IEIIS H II PARIS IET i Get Five Firsts Two Sec-' onds and One Third in 'Prelims.' FEUSHIXG STAPinr, France, Tuesday, Tues-day, June 24. American athletes won five firsts, two seconds, a third and a fifth place in the first nine preliminary track event heats run off yesterday, the first day of the interallied games. In boxing, the Americans won one bout and lost one. Summary: 100-meter dash: First heat Won by Teschner, Lawrence, Mass. ; Zurin, France, second. Time, 11 seconds. Second heat Won by Lindsay, Xew Zealand; Halburton, Canada, second. Time, 11 seconds. Third heat Won by Sol Butler, Hutchinson, Hutch-inson, Kan. ; Hume, Australia, second. Time, 11 seconds. Fourth heat Won by Howard, Canada; Caste, France, second. Time, 11 1-u seconds. sec-onds. Fifth heat Won by Paddock, Pasadena, Cal.; Crocl, Italy, second. Time, 11 seconds. sec-onds. loOO-meter run: First heat Won by Mason. New Zealand: Shields. Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, second; Armud, France, third; Man-rev, Man-rev, Australia, fourth; La Pierre, Canada, fifth. Time. 4 minutes 10 2-5 seconds. Second heat Won by Stout, Chicago; I Pelvors, France, second; Charmers, Ans-1 Ans-1 tralia, third; Lacay, France, fourth; Schardt, Milwaukee, fifth. Time,. 4 minutes min-utes 16 seconds. 100-meter dash, semifinals: First heat Won by Lindsay, Xew Zealand; Tesch-ner, Tesch-ner, Lawrence, Mass., second; Butler, Hutchinson, Kan., third. Time, 11 seconds. sec-onds. Second heat--Won by Paddock, Pasadena, Pasa-dena, Cal.; Howard, Canada, second; Caste, France, third. Time, 11 seconds. In the bantamweight preliminaries of the boxing, Digger Kvans of Australia won a decision over Johnny (Babe) Asher of Detroit in a ten-round bout. McGratli of Canada was awarded the decision over Pain of Belgium in the bantamweight ban-tamweight class. Al Norton of California previously had won the light heavyweight preliminaries from Herscovitz of Canada. The Canadian Cana-dian was at a disadvantage through the American's greater reach a::d ho:g:it. but fought plurki'.y throughout the ten rounds. It was a stiff battle and a hirgo crowd of Americans watched the bout intently. Tho fhot knockout went to Spalln of Italy, whn sent Y:ui Dor Kynde of Belgium Bel-gium to tho mat for the count of ten in the second round. Halhsni of Australia gave a good exhibition, exhibi-tion, winning from Co'.o of Canada in tho first feat herweUht bout. American wrest lors lost their first two Graeco-Koman wrestling bouts. Woean, American, wus thrown by Daly in 4 minutes" min-utes" and '.'(i .seconds. Polk. American, wrestled Coelos of Belgium to a standstill for 20 minutes, when the bout was stopped and an extra period ordered bv the referees. ref-erees. Coules then threw IV Ik with a rolling fall. |