The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-09
AMERICANS TAKE BIG LEAD IN OLYMPICS
Hubbard Wins Broad Jump And Houser Shot
 Putt In Tuesday Events

OLYMPIC STADIUM, CoLoMBEs, { France, July 8. --s (By Associated z Press. )-&The Stars and Stripes waved z triumphantly tonight over the Olym- 4 pie stadium, the third day of the Olym- pic games having witnessed a great z battle for international athletic sup remacy, in which the United States 4 put it's strongest rival, Finland, to rcut in two of the finals contested, 4 and took almost two to one lead in the point struggle.
 The two Americans crowned as new Olympic champions were Dehart Hub S bard, the University of Michigan's ne- gro star, who won in the broad jump, < with 24 feet, 6 inches, and Clarence Houser, University of Southern Cali fornia, whose winning toss in the shot putt was A feet, 21a inches.
 Yanks Overwhelm British
 The United States scored an unex- pectedly, overwhelming victory over Finland in the shot putt taking four of the six places, with Glenn Hart ranft, Leland Stanford. second, and Ralph G. Hills, Pinceton, third, thus for the first. time in the 1924 games sending Old Glory up the three stadium standards to the tune of the Star Spangled Banner, and amid one of the most enthusiastic demonstrations yet enacted. z
 Although the United States came through sensationally in the field events, scoring altogether 36 points in the broad jump and shot putt honors, the third final of the day went to Great Britain, whose great half-miler, D. G. A. Lowe, college mate of Harold Abrahams, the Nemesis of the Ameri- con sprinteEs, won the thrilling SOO- metre run from the swiftest field of middle distance men in the world. Four Americans Next
 Four American stars, only three of whom were placed, trailed Lowe, who came from behind in the last 200-metres to win with spectacular burst of speed, when his teammate. H. E. Stall lard, the favorite, faltered after setting terrific pace for three quarters of the way.s
 It was conceded prior to the start that though America had the numerical strength, Great Britain was uncover ing two men whom it would be hard to beat, and so it proved. The American partisans, however, were. greatly dis appointed, when Schuyler Encks Tenn State, the first American to finish landed only third place, while William B. Richardson, Leland Stanford, and Ray Dodge, Oregon Aggies, were fifth and sixth, with John Walters, the Harvard crack and intercollegiate and half-mile champion seventh-outside the scoring.
 Martin Pulls Surprise
 The real surprise of the race were the great running of Martin, of Swift zerland, who ca meout of the ruck in the stretch with in amazing sprint, to take second place, passing both Enck and stallard, and the dismal failure of Charles Hoff, Norways all-around star and regarded by some as the like ly winner, who never was threatening and finished last. st ~
 The story of Great Britain's triumph lay in the great teamwork of her two aces, and the apparent strategy of hay ing StaHard who was most closely watched by the Americans, set the pace for almost the entire distance, with Lowe holding back for final drive; which was to prove victorious. Lowe was first to show in front after the gun parked, but Stallard took the lead rounding the first turn, with Lowe