New Britain herald., 1924-07-14
U. s. AQUATIC STARS
 SHINE AT OLYMPICS
Misses Eldafe, Wainwright and NOrelius Qualify at 400 Metres
DIVERS ALSO SHOW WELL
Three Yanks Qualify In This EVent--
 Two '. $. Swimmers Eliminated in the 1900 Metre Contest This Morn ing

|
 Paris, July 1. Aerle,
 Helen Wainwright %. | Illus. America's peer,
 carried the oolors of the
 to the front today by qual
 the finals of the 400-metre swi.
 style. in the Olympic competi.
 Previously both men entered from tn American team in the f,500 metre race had been eliminated-one Of them after gallant fight and the oth- CT without even taking the water.
 Miss Ederle, and Miss Norelius qualified handily but Miss Wainwright had to put forth her best efforts to defeat Miss D. A. Molesworth of Great Britain in the best time for the dis tance--6 minutes 19 3-5 seconds since the opening of the competition.
 Never Extended
 Miss Ederle and Miss Norelius were never extended at any time. disposing readily of Miss T. V. Tanner of Great Britain and Annie Rasmussen of Dem mark. Both the American girls ap- peared to enjoy greatly their swim in the sultry heat, as 1t turned out to be more like a holiday dip at seaside resort than race to qualify for the finals in the Olympic championships. Miss Tanner was forty yards away and Miss Rasmussen one complete lap at the finish.
 U. S. Divers Good
 The American divers made much better showing than the swimmers, Pete Des Jardins. Miami, Fla, and Ben Thrash and Clarence Pinkston of San Francisco, the only three men en- tered by the United States, qualifying for the final round in the plain high diving. Des Jardins tied with Eve of Australia for first place in the first series with 1S 1-2 points. Thrash to- tailed ten points to 1-2 for Clark of Great Britain while Pinkston was sec- ond to Waldman of Sweden, totalling r points to the Swede's 9 points Waldman is favorite to win the final. |
 Others who qualified were Clark and Knight of Great Britain, Janson and Waldman of Sweden, Eve of Aus tralia and Vincent of France.
 Swimming Summaries.
 SeItli IlllaS LOT lilt 4,ou'"ilebiS swim. free style. in the Olympic com petition for men, were held today. ! The result of the first semi final | was:
 1,500-metre swim. free style, three lualify for finals Tuesday: A. Charl- on, Australia, first; Arne Borg, Swe- len, second Hatfield, Great Britain, K ,nds. Smith, United States, failed to lualify, finishing fourth.
 The program of the second days Olympic swimming competition at the swimming pool Les Tour lies, opened in blistering heat with 1000 spectators sweltering in the hot un while the swimmers Cavorted in he pool, splashing water about upon he parched audience. The program alled for the semi-fnals of the 1,500- netre free style for men, the semi nals in the women's 400-metre free tyle, and three water polo matches Holland vs. Switzerland, Ireland vs. .ustria, Greece vs. Czechoslovakia-- , s well as the elimination trials in he diving events. 1,500-metre swim, free style, sec nd heat: r. E. Beaurepaire, Aus 'alia, first: Katsuo Takahishi, Japan, l econd; Akeborg, Sweden, third. Time l 1 minutes, 40 S-5 seconds. Richard S lowell, Northwestern university, did S ot start.
 d00-metre swim, free style, women, t lree to qualify for finals Tuesday: f +iss Helen Wainwright, New York, t ,st; Miss Milesworth, Great Britain, e cond; Miss Hand. New Zealand, lird. Time minutes 19 S-5 sec f ids. 4O0-metre swim. second semi W lals: Miss Gertrude Ederle. New ork, first; Miss Martha Norelius, CIV York, second; Miss Tanner. reat Britain. third; time minutes 4-5 seconds.
 U. s. Wrcstlcrs Win V The United States Olympic wrest- rs have won two titles--the and lightweight; while Inland has won one title. bantam eight.
 Russel Wis of Los Angeles won the nj title by defeating Weak \ 'om of Finland on points in his u st bout and with a fall in the second of ut. In the first the American had h' 5 opponent down for a majority of in Q time with double grapevine and WI ist holds; in the second and de- W ling match, he f1oored the Scandi- w vian in three minutes and forty e seconds, with a double grapevine. Robin Reed, Oregon agricultural lege, won the featherweight title nm Chester Newton, Portland, Ore, ming two out of three bouts, the "l st on points and the second in 'en Aminutes, thirty-nine seconds leg Split fall
 of Finland, won the 1tam title by defeating his team te Makinen, in two bouts, the NJ 1t on points and the second by ga in ninety minutes. ca Colonel Robert M. Thompson. vii sident of the American Olympic att was on the sidelines, en- tb raging the American wrestlers. il,