The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-09

second and Enck and Walters leading the American quartet.
 Lowe Dashcs To Lead
 Despite challenges by Enck, Martin and Walters, the blond-haired Briton, kept the lead until the bunch rounded the last turn into the stretch. Here Lowe moved up and shot out in front with long sweeping strides.
 Enck tried gallantly to cut down the overwhelming gap but like Stallard, he was tiring, and only Martin had enough left to push Lowe, who crossed the line fully five yards in front.
 Lowe's time was one minute, 52 2-5 seconds, only half second behind the worlds record, made in 1912, in the Olympics by Ted Meredith.
 U. s. Stars Qualify
 The United States again led in men qualifying in the trials in the three other events of the day, landing four in the POO meter semi-finals and three in the no meter hurdles finals, both slated for tomorrow, while John Romig, Pennsylvania State, furnished the only thrill the Americans have had in the distance races by defeating Elvin Wide of Sweden, and Willie Ritola, the Fin nish "iron man," to clinch a qualify ing place in the 5000 meters.
 The net result of the days competi- tion, did not witness any record break ing performances and lacked the variety of thrills of the first two days, placed the United States far in the front with total of 98 points under slightly re- vised figures compiled by the French Olympic committee, and Finland, sec ond with 54
 Films Fall Low
 The Finnish hopes suffered a severe blow when they picked up only four points in the shot putt and three in the broad jump, Torpo, widely heraided Finn shot butter, was placed only fourth, and the 1920 Olympic champion, Porhola,. failed to score.
 Another Finn favorite, Rainio, failed for a place in the broad jump, in which E. O. Gourdin, former worlds record holder. took second place for America. But for misfortune which two other stars, Albert F. Ross, University of Pennsylvania, and William M. Com mins, Yale, encountered, the United States would have scored even more heavily in the broad jumps. Commins pulled a muscle of his left leg on the first jump and also fouled by an inch at the take-off. But despite this, his leap measured 24 feet six. inches. which was exactly the figure by which Hub bard gained the title. Commins tried gamely to continue with his leg band aged, but was forced to quit after the second jump.
 Ross Fouls Out
 Ross fouled in two of his three initial tries and was below form on the third, which was not good enough to land him among the competitions for the finals.
 On the heels of the blow he struck American sprint supremacy yesterday by winning the 100-meter final, Harold Abrahams, the Cambridge comet, to- night again loomed as a most formida- ble menace in the 200-meter race tomor- row, in which the Americans have qualified four stars, Scholz, Paddock, Norton and Hill. The fleet Britisher showed himself as dangerous in the longer dash as in the shorter by talk ing the measure of Charley Paddock by the margin of foot in a thrill ing contest in the first trials, and then c0nquering Bayes Norton of Yale, in the second eliminations.
 Jackson V. Scholz, New York A. O., and George Hill, University of Pennsyl- vania won both heats in which they ran and shared the honor of hanging up the best time, 21 4-6 seconds.