| Show N Records 1 i Victory V at Paris MANY COLLAPSE IN fEATURE RAGE Earl Johnson of America Is Third In Heart HeartBreaking Breaking Event I OLYMPIC STADIUM y Colombe OLYMPIC O I France July Jul 12 4 2 A 14 In Ing to the most thrilling victory ot of othi othis hi his under tise tl e most tr conditions a an runner e eel el faced tl Paa o Finland s man man of the track I led d hl his team lt 11 I Ia a double triumph in the cross championship today which witnessed the tragic col- col collapse col collapse lapse of more than lid haK or of o I CO-I the core of ot starters under a heat hent that parched the thc gruelling metre metrO course Greatel even tie thin his unprecedented unprecedented unprecedented c of ot tao t 0 finals the same afternoon last was Nurmi s 5 achievement today tOI foi the tho Finnish C cle pro ed pro cd Ha stamina a as well sell ell as ns his spee l here Ills Ms rivals rials rh nh ell undo undu the pace and fell tell like leaves by the wal va hide In bl the most 01 race ever witnessed sed Even Cven Harold Osbornes Osborne's great decathlon Ictor for America and lInd the creation of two ne new ne i orld orid a 5 records the first hen the t Ii ing log Ing quai tel Let of ot American sprInters covered the metre relay reilly In 41 1 l- 5 1 seconds and Ond the thc islen Ien A A A- AW W y S 'S Winter Inter the Australian bettel Cd the lear 13 13 ear old hop tel step and jump record b 3 S l I ot of an anInch aninch inch ere ele eclipsed by the dramatic struggle ot of the distance I against t terrific odds Along the course that thai Nui u ml I aced unchallenged to ictOr they begin to go dosil 11 do AH he- he he lie toie tOI tote e tho the halfway ma k was as as reach reach- reached ed cd Among the first to fall as as Edvin Wide th gallant Swede who started off In the lead lend only to a to sun rolce I STRONG G FINISH IU Nurmi on the other hand me c-me under the stadium portal porto I ap apparently tp- tp 1 strong to finish h In front ot of his stout toul countryman who ho I was OJ as more thin then 60 metres behind Many of lie others I were ere able abic to reach the en- en en enclosure closure gali gates galss s but never neet crossed the finish line IIno Andia Andla a nl Spanish b runner sprawl sprawled pra 1 ed cd taco face downward n In sight of ot the tho Just as Pc e Inside hll while the tho stai sial blought bi ought a moan from Irom from ht hi men nen w when hen hen after neter InS half way nay ay lound the trad he tell fell tellIn fellin tellIn In a n heap In or of o tho official tribune and In sight of ot the tipe Only fifteen of at the thc inal thirty thirty- thirty nine nine c and such three e of or tIme the eight ight teams finished I with sith Nurmi and first and second de- de de defeated the time United States bv by 1 a iw nt gin gin ot of 11 points point to 14 with third One ot of the thc Finnish contin contingent gent stopped slopped started oft off time the had three e tImes in a dare dale he lie finally crosell In tu t twelfth position Sweden S s a entire t team am under the terrific conditions nl Ide Vi ide and Bergstrom being taken tak 11 to thu th hospital while about two tuo h I doen do others had to be bc given m JI treatment several of or them in a semi conscious state for more than an bout houi after ha hating haling Ing given their all In their ain aln struggle sl le leThe The Americans next to the stood the long lone grind best bet four tor ot of the six ix American starters with the negro star Earl Johnson Jhnon leading the contingent in third pl place ce met PS behind Ritola Arthur Meadow v 1 rook club Philadelphia finished August rager FaKer Finnish A A C New Yolk eighth ant aal an James club of ot Mcd- Mcd Med ford fed fed- ford tord Mass Moss tenth but only the st three figured In tho the testis team scoring John J S Gray United considerably affected by the heat cat dropped out not far tar from frons the end Verne Booth was torce forced to quit by soot fool trouble third victor victori of o the Ih th games marked the tho first first triple 01 triumph since Hanne I another nc- nc ac- ac ac accomplished the trick In the dis- dis distance distance dis distance tance races In 1912 at Some of ot the tIme honors how ve go to goto Willie Ritola who ho com pitted the unprecedented feat eat ot of o running metres In six das a 1 record record- record breaking breaking Olympic achievement ment Capturing tet t two 0 firsts and two t ts o 0 eec eec- sec seconds ond tor for a total ot of 30 points which equals th the number collect collect- collected collected ed cd by Ills Isis more famous team teammate teammate eam mate Though Finland gained on t the he United States In t the e point day the little Nor Nor- Nor Nordic die dic Nordie nation now cannot catch the Americans regardless Of ot Ih outcome ot or tomorrows tomorrow's final and their only hop Is the chance timit they take dike In 0 e first places than Uncle Sam Amei Amelca tea offset III all of at linland s a notable gaill gains when ben without official tabulation hing b available it was sos announced t that at Osborne Oborne lon had captured the dc Ion championship with Ids coun- coun I tr coun countr man orton second and beig be heig g Lathonia third These places were the nn ones I definitely determined tonight shen hen competition the gruelling around all tion ended the longest days das da s 's test teat of at tho tIme games and saw a majority of ot the the- competitors In the t lo tao day day o-day event contest In i a II itt tt-itt ot of o collapse that ot of th country Cross country i I |
