The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 (extracts)

53 FINAL. R. Kerr, Canada R. Cloughen, United States N. J. Cartmell, United States G. A. Hawkins, United Kingdom .. Time, 22~ sec. 2 3 4 Kerr led at the start, but as soon as they reached the straight the Americans closed up to him. Though palpably tiring, he only yielded by inches, and just got home by nine inches, with Cartmell only a foot behind Cloughen. R. Kerr, aged 26, wa born in Enniskillen, in Ireland, and went to anada when three years old. He was 5 ft. 7! in. high, and weighed 10_::.t. 10 lb. He won the 100 Yards and 200 Yards A.~ .A. hampionships of 190& in London, and seemed slightly overtrained in the Olympic Games. Diplomas of Merit for the Two Hundred Metres were awarded to W F. Hamilton, .S.A., and . A. Hawkins, of the United Kingdom. No one touched the Olympic record of 21 g seconds set for this race by A. Hahn, of Milwaukee A.C., at t. Louis in 1904. The world's record (amateur) for 220 yards (or 15 yards over the 200 metres) is 21.; seconds by B. J. Wefers, U ..A., on fay 30, 1896. III.- FOUR HUNDRED METRES FLAT (437·4 yards). FIRST ROUND. Heat 1.-E. H. Montague, United Kingdom, 1 ; P. H. Pilgrim, United States, 2. Only two started. Won by 12 yards. Tjme, 50~ sec. Heat 2.-Void ; no starters. Heat 3.-E. H. Ryle, Uruted Kingdom, ran over. Heat 4.- J. B. Taylor, United States, I ; R. Penna, Italy, 2; S. Laaftman, Sweden, 3. Won by a dozen yards. Time, soi sec. Heat 5.-G. Nicol, United Kingdom, I ; 0. Guttormsen, Norway, 2. \Von by 12 yards. Time, 50! sec. Heat 6.-G. W. Malfait, France, 1; D. Buddo, Canada, 2. Vvon by 8 yards. Time, 50 sec. Heat 7.-W. C. Robbins, United States, 1 ; J. Nagy, Hungary, 2; N. G. Chavasse, United Kingdom, 3; V. Henny, Holland, 4. Won easily. Time, 50~ sec. Heat 8.-W. . Prout, United States, 1 ; C. 1\1. Chavasse, United Kingdom, 2. A beautiful race. \Von by 2 yards. Time, 50~ sec. Heat 9.-H. P. Ramey, Unitecl States, I ; A. Astley, Uruted Kingdom, 2. Won by 1 ! yards. Time, 5 I sec. Heat 10.-L. Sebert, Canada, 1 ; l\I. artasegna, Italy, 2; . Jacquemin, Belgium, retired. Won by 20 yards. Time, 50! sec. Heat I 1.- J. C. Atlee, United States, I ; A. Patterson, United Kingdom, 2 ; G. Tarella, Italy, 3. Won by a yard. Time, 50} sec. Heat 12.-C. C. Davies, United Kingdom, 1 ; C. J. den Held, Holland, ::?. Won by 4 yards. Time, 50} sec. Heat 13.-N. A. Merriam, United States, I ; R. . Robb, United l"ingdom, ::?. Won by 2 yards. Time, 52! sec.