The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 (extracts)

99 FINL I. United States Team vV. F. Hamilton, 200 metres (2 r8·6 yards) N. J. Cartmell, 200 metres J. B. Taylor, 400 metres (437'4 yards) .. :\I. ,v. heppanl, 800 metres (874·9 yards) 2. German Team: 22 sees. 22A 49.~ II 1.55~ " Tim , 3 min. 29i sees. A. Hoffmann, I I. Eicke, Dr. 0. P. Trieloff, II. Braun. 3. Hungarian Team: P. Simon, G. Racz, J. 1 agy, 0. Bodor. As the American. had won the fir t race with which the Games opened in the .. tadium, so they secured also the la t rac before Her Majesty the Queen distributed the gold medal , and their form in the r ,600 Metres Relay wa well worthy both of thi coincidence and of its position in the programme, as may be seen from the fact that their four men cover d a mile all but ro.; yards in less than 31 minute , while they had won their preliminary heat two seconds faster. J. B. Taylor, a. negro with a magnifi– cent stride, died of typhoid on December 2, 1908, after his return to the United tates, much regretted by all who had rnlt him here. The details of this final are a follow .- The first 200 metres runners were P. Simon (Hungary), A. Hoffman (Germany), and \V. F. Hamilton (United tates); the second 200 metres, G. Racz (Hungary), H. Eicke ( 1ermany), and N. J. Cartmell (United States); 400 metres, J. agy (Hungary), Dr. 0. P. Trieloff (Germany), and J. B. Taylor (United States); 800 metres, 0. Bodor (Hungary) H. Braun (Germany), and f. \V. heppard (United States). Thoucrh drawing outside po. ition, Hamilton was on the inside at 50 yards. Running at the lop of his form, he gained yard after yard, and Cartmell started with quite 6 yards' lead of Racz and 7 of Eicke. The t\vo chased the ~\merican with all their might, but artm 11 held his own. He drew still further ahead, and Taylor had 8 ) ards the best of it on tarting his 400 metres. Hi. rernarkabl stride widened the gap very considerably, especially in the last hundred yards. ...\.s a co1isequence, Melvin hepparcl-looking not quite as fit as a few days previou ·ly-was sent away with a I 5 yards' lead ov r Bodor, with Braun 5 yards behind the Huncrarian. He won by 2 5 yards. Meanwhile, Braun was making a great race of it with Bodor for second place. Three-part· of the way up the straight th German was only a yard behind, and with a upreme effort be caught Bodor in the last yard and won by no more than a couple of inches. G2