OLYMPIC GAMES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1492, 15 July 1912, Page 5

OLYMPIC GAMES.

POSITION T8 DATE. AMERICAN TEAM PAR AHEAD. AUSTRALIAN RECORD- ' ( Uy Tolws.pu—Press Association—Copyright' (Rec. July H, 5.3 p.m.) Stockholm, July 13. ' Tho results of the Olympic Games so far give the Americans an cosy first. The points standing to the credit of tho various national teams at present v\re us follow:— United States 97 Sweden , 72 Great Britain f>!) , Germany 'X! South Africa. 11. -. Australasia 9 Canada 8 In the first heat of tho SCO metres' team race (swimming) the Americans beat tho Britishers. In the second heat tho. Australians beat the Germans, their time of lOmin. Hsce. being a. record, and beating tho American time by 12see. ■ America secured the first three places in the final of tho 110 metres hurdles in 15 1-lOsec. Tho Swedes won all modern Pentathlon, prizes. C. Atkinson, tho New Zealand swimmer, who assisted (o represent Britain, was unplnced in the final of the 200 metre- s ' breast stroke. Miss Daisy Curwen, the English cha/n. pion lady swimmer, &\£ not ountest flio' 100 metres swimming race owing to ap-! pendicitis. Tho King's representative visited W. Longworth, tho invalided Australian swimmer. ■ MORE SWIMMING RESULTS. ANOTHER,RECORD BROKEN. (Rec. July 15, 0.15 a.m.) Stockholm, July (14. In the semi-final, of tho 400 irtetres swimming race (freo Btyle), at the (Olympic Games, Hodgson put up a record with his timo of Smin; 25 'i-ssec, beating Hatfield (EngUind) and [Foster (England). Hardwick (smin. 31sec.) was first'tin tho second heat, after a fine struggle with Lastorres (Hungary).. Italy wns third, in smin. 37sec, and Champion fourth. Hodgson, Hatfiold, Hardwick, and Lastorres will thus competo in Uto final, and likewise Healy (Australia), as tho fastest third. nebner (America) won the 1300 metres back-stroke in lmin. 21 l-ssoc. Tho Germans WOTO second and third. The 400 metres flat running final heat was won by Rcidpath (America) in 48 l-ssec., with Hraum (Germany), 48 3-10 we, in second place, and Lindbcrg (America), 48 2-sscc, third. America won three out of tho first four places in the final heat of tho 3000 metres team race. Sweden was second. THE AMATEUR STATUS. MUCH CONTROVERSY BAKED. (Rep. July 11. 5.5 p.m.) Stockholm, July 13. Thero is much controversy on tho question of the amateur definition. Some countries by Stato grants of Wg funds enable men to abstain from work and devoto their time to training for longer periods than accords with Great ideas of what constitutes an amateur. Tho British athletes resent tho newspaper imputations, and declare, that if tho Americans competed finder similar conditions they would have fower victories. Longer training would have worked wonders with tho. Britishers.