The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 (extracts)

88 This was the only succes scored by the United Kingdom in the various jump -, but was a very fine performance of its kind, for it is only three inches behind tb e world's record (amateur), made by W. l\Idianu at Cootamundra in New 'outh Wales in 1887. T. J. hearne, aged 22, had done a long jump of 23 ft. 2 t in. in 1907, He stood 5 ft. 7 in., and weighed about 9 st. 1acdonald of Nova Scotia never did so far before as he accomplished at these Games. Diplomas of 1\Ierit for the Hop, Step and Jump were awarded to P. Adams of the United States and . Bricker, Canada. XVII.-POLE JUMP. The Rule of the A. .A. with reaard to this event was printed in the programme as follows :- " Each competito1· shall be allowed three fumps at each height. Crossing the scratch without displacing the bar shall not count as one fump. All ·measurements shall be niade front the ground to the centre of the bar. Three attempts, even if the cross-bar be not displaced, shall count as one jump." " The Judges shall decide the height of the bar at startin« and at each successive elevation.'' ft. in. metres f E. T. Cooke, United States 12 2 3'JI I. I A. C. Gilbert, United States 12 2 3·71 ( E. B. Archibald, Canada I I 9 3"58 3. -(C. . Jacobs, United States I I 9 3·58 B. Soderstrom, Sweden I 1 9 3"58 . H. Bellah, United States II 6 3·50 G. Banikas, Greece II 6 3·50 c. zathmary, Hungary II 0 3·35 The first two tied and were awarded gold medals ; the next three tied, and each received bronze medals. Also competed :-B. Evers, Holland ; E. Countouriotis, Greece ; R. Pascarel, France; H. de Veenhuijsen, Holland; C. Silfverstrand, Sweden; G. Koeger, France. T'his was a very close competition. \rchibald, who jumped 12 ft. 5 ~ in. in Canada and 12 feet in the . tadium on July 4, 1908, did not do as well as was confidently expected of him in the London Games. He was 24 year old, 1 z st. 7 lb., and 6 feet tall. Although he only tied for third place he beat the Olympic record (as did four other competitors) of 11 ft. 6 in., by Dvorak, at St. Loui in 1904. The world's record (amateur) is held by W. R. Dray, who first cleared r2 ft. s1 in. at Yale in 1907, and then got over the bar when it was raised 4 inches higher, to 12 ft. 9~ in. o Diplomas of Merit for the Pole Jump were awarded, but S. H. Bellah, U..A., and G. Banikas, of Greece, equalled the previous Olympic record. E. T. Cook wa 19 years old, born in Ohio, and won the