Olympic Cavalcade

THIRD OLYMPIC GAMES, ST. LOUIS., U.S.A. 1904 39 the supply expired and that famous Swedish-American athletic coach, Ernie Hjertberg, came to the rescue with more. , That Marathon was made to lack drania and Hicks robbed of much of his thunder owing to a badly misplaeed joke, of which much capital has been made-unfairly, I believe, to the runner concerned. He was Fred Lorz, of the Mohawk Club. After covering the initial nine miles he was seized by - cramp, decided to abandon the race and so begged a lift from the driver of a motor-car. There was no concealment about the matter, for Lorz waved to other runners and to the.officials of the contest as he passed them in comfort on his way to the Olympic Stadium. Hicks was, at that time, being given small doses of strychnine by his handlers ( 6 ~ grain). · Then the motor-car in which Lorz was riding broke down, and as ·his outer clothing awaited him a:t the Stadium, he decided, his cramp having subsided, to keep himself warm by running the remainder ofthe journey. He covered the five miles distance which remained-in great style and thus trotted into the arena far ahead. of the rest of the field, >yas _hailed ecstatically as the Winner by the crowd, which was not very large, _and Lorz foolishly decided tQ let it go at that, uptil _someone should ~ee the absurdity of the .joke he had played on them. The penalty of his side-show ntay have been unduly severe, for he found himself an object of public ridicule and was banned for life by the A.A.U,, but the Games are held to be sacrosanct, so the odium·of his foolish joke still adheres to his name. Hicks won that race in a condition more clead than alive. He could not keep his feet long enough to receive his prize from the ha~ds of Alice Blue -Gown, but the doctors got him fit enough to ta.ke a trolley-=car back to the Missouri·A.C. and .on that car he fell ~o.und asleep. .~ - The Games were well managed and contested, the athletes performed prodigies of athletic prowess as the results proved: There.J was, howev~r, -- . but a poor attendance of spectatOrs. The Celebration lacked .international s~ability, and U.S.A. inter-club rivalry was .the real crux-- of the whole Sltuation. - · .: - WINNERS AT .THE -OLYMPIC GAMES, - · ~ Athletics: Men.: 6o Metres roo Metres 200 Metres 400 Metres 8oo Metres I)oq Metres 2500 Metres Steeplechase - Marathon · rro Metres Hurdles -~ ST. LOUIS; 1904 '<"' - -~ A. Hahn (U.S.A':} TO s. - A~ _Hahn_(U.S.k) -u·o S. A. Hahn (U.S.A.) 21·6 s. H. L. Hillman_ (lJ.~.A.) 49"4 s. J. D. Lightbody.(U.S.A.) r Il1· )6 s. J. D. Li:ghtbody ·cu.S.A~) 4 m. 5"4 s. J.-D. Lightbody (US.A.) 7 m. J9·6 s.. - T· J.· Hicks (US~A.) 3 h. 28-m. 53 s. F. W. Schufe (U.S.A.) r6·o s.