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some weeks ago at o!d Athens, was, in 
point of number of entries, internat onal rep- 
resentation and interest, easily the most no- 
table event in latter-day competitive athletics. 
It is to be hoped that the Olympiad is now 
a permanent institution—a sort of Mecca to 
which each nation’s best will pilgrimage for 
future generations. 
As a matter of course, the paramount thing 
to Americans was the success of our team. And 
right nobly did they live up to our expectations. 
Following the example set on the three pre- 
vious occasions, notably the first meet at Athens 
ten years ago, our cracks came off with the 
lion’s share of victories. And as a further 
triumph for America, Martin J. Sheridan, of 
the Irish-American Athletic Club, earned the 
title of largest individual point winner. In 
short, the Yankee team completely snowed 
under its foreign competitors with such ease 
as to demonstrate beyond peradventure and 
for all time the superior prowess of our 
athletes. 
The team sailed early in April on the Bar- 
barossa, under the able managership of Mr. 
“Matt” Halpin, of the New York Athletic 
Club. An otherwise uneventful trip was 
marred by a discouraging mishap in the shape 
of a gigantic wave which swept over the decks 
of the ship, seriously injuring several men. 
Among the number was J. S. Mitchel, New 
York Athletic Club, the veteran shot-putter, 
and H. L. Hillman, Jr., of the same club. The 
latter was entered in the 400-metre race, and 
his chances of winning the event were con- 
sidered to be very bright. This unfortunate 
occurrence would, it was feared, seriously 
impair the strength of the team, especially 
in view of the ever-present dangers of a 
foreign climate. Subsequent events proved 
the proverbial American indifference to ad- 
versity. a) 
As will be remembered by those who eagerly 
~ scanned the sporting columns of daily papers, 
C. M. Daniels, New York Athletic Club, 
‘started the ball rolling by winning the t100- 
metre swim, after he had won his heat literally 
by a finger-nail. From then on to the finish it 
was a procession for the Americans, with the 
issue never in doubt. ‘‘Archie” Hahn, of Mil- 
waukee, took first place in the roo-metre sprint, 
THE ATHENS WORLD’S ATHLETIC MEET 
BY MILTON E. TOWNE 
fourth revival of the Olympiad, the 
blue ribbon of meets, which took place 
negotiating the distance in 11 1-5 seconds. As 
there are about sixteen hundred metres in a 
mile, the roo-metre race may be considered 
for all practical purposes the equivalent of 110 
yards. Hahn showed splendid form and is un- 
doubtedly one of our best sprinters. In the 4oo- 
metre race (or quarter mile), Paul Pilgrim 
proved a victor. He also won the 800-metre 
run, thereby gaining the distinction of being the 
only runner to win in two events. The second 
man in this race was Lightbody, of the Uni- 
versity of Chicago, who won the same event in 
the world’s record time of 1.56 at the last 
Olympia meet, at St. Louis. He redeemed him- 
self in the 1,500-metre run by vanquishing the 
much-vaunted English milers in an exciting 
struggle. 
Martin J. Sheridan, the particular bright 
star of the meet, distinguished himself by win- 
ning the discus (free style), the 16-pound shot- 
put and taking second place in throwing the 
14-pound stone. He also was third in the stand- 
ing broad and standing high jumps—a remark- 
able record, which stamps him as an all-around 
athlete of the highest order. In the standing 
broad jump, Ray Ewry, New York Athletic 
Club, proved best, and in the standing high he 
won again, with Lawson Robertson, of the 
Irish-American Athletic Club, next. This num- 
ber was marked by the Americans winning in 
one—two—three order. R. G. Leavitt, a 
Williams College man, was returned a winner 
in the high hurdles, and George V. Bonhag, 
Irish-American Athletic Club, walked off with 
the 1,500-metre “‘heel and toe.” In the running 
long jump, Myer Prinstein, from Syracuse, 
the Irish-American Athletic Club entry, dis- 
played his usual good form and won handily 
from O’Connor, England’s crack. 
The event of, perhaps, greatest interest to the 
Greeks, and one in which victory was most 
keenly sought for by all concerned, was the 
Marathon race. In this contest, calling for 
special endurance and grit, the sentiment of the 
audience was plainly in favor of a Greek victory. 
It was not to be, however, as the winner 
turn-d up in a Canadian, William Sherring, 
to the intense disappointment of the Greek 
contingent. . 
On the following page is shown a table giv- 
ing the principal events, with winners, second 
and third men, together with times and dis- 
tances; 
