Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-09
BY HENRY L. FARRELL
Omitted Press Staff CORRESPONDENT

COLOMBES STADIUM, PARIS,
July Sd. Kinscy, U. S. A., scored
the first victory of the day when
he won the 10 meter hurdles this
afternoon, and the stars and stripes
were once more first up the flag
pole at Colombes.
kinsey's victory started the Amer
lean track and field team off for
the day with ten more points to add
to its mounting total.
Anderson and Guthrie, the other
Americans in the finals, could get no
better than fiftl>and sixth places,
respectively, adding three more
points to the American score.
Atkinson, South Africa, was see
!. ond to Kinsey, with Peterson and
Christensen of Sweden third and
fourth.
{ Kinsey's victory, together with
the fact that Scholz and Hill beat
the English sprihter, Abrahams, III
the semi-finals of the 200 meters,
raised America s hopes of victory,
and then Lady Luck, WHO has been
consistently turning Il cold should
er on our team, furnished addition
al grounds for optimism.
1t was announced that Hoff,
world s champion pole vauter, from
Norway, will not compete in the
pole vault here. This boosts the
chances of our team considerably, as
the Norwegian has consistently
cleared better than 13 feet. Hoff
hurt his ankle in training a month
ago, but has been participating IN
running and jumping events since
! then and was looked upon us like
lv winner of the pole vault.
Jumps 25 r eet 8 Inches
Eddie Farerll, one of the Amer
lean assistance coaches, disclosed the
fact that Ned Gourdin, negro star,
who placed in the broad jump yester
day. Jumped 25 feet inches this
morning while demonstrating for the
movies. This is one foot and two
inches farther than Dehart Hub
bard jumped in winning the event
and exceeds the world s record, cs
tablshed by Bob Lcgendrc in the
pentathlon, when the Newark man
.lcaped % feet inches. e..
The scmi-final heat of the 200
meters, in which Abrahams barely
qualified, was a thriller. There was
no doubt but that the rangy Hebrew
was trying his best, although he
doesn t like the strain of the extra
distance. The former Cambridge
star was first off the mark, with
Scholz and Hill in hot pursuit, un-
til the 100 meter mark was reached.
Porritt, New Zealand s only Olym,
pie entry, was closing the gap ON
Ahrahams as the Americans went by
the Britisher, finishing onc-two, with
the jew barely saving the qualify
ing third place. The distance APP
parently is too far for Abrahams.
The time was 2l As.
In the second heat, two more
Americans qualified. Charley Pad
dock won it in 2l 4-5, with Bayes
Norton of Yale third, so there will
be four Americans in the finals.
The Olympic committee announced !
today that at the request of the
Swedes themselves, Unger of Swed- |
en- was removed from fourth place in
the pentatlilon because of incligibil.
1tN anu tudI tut olltI
who finished behind him, will be
moved up. Finland gains two points
by this, as Laithenen finished sew
eutli and is moved into the scoring
column, Kaer, U. S. A., taking fifth,
instead of sixth, a gain of one point. |
Lost 1t Last Time /
First place for the United States |
in the ll0 meter hurdles was par
gticularly welcome, for this was one
of the events we lost at Antwerp |
four years ago.
Kinsey ran a beautiful race. lie
WAS away first and led all the way, I
with Anderson and Guthrie only q Il
stride behind him, running strongly.
For Il moment it looked like one l
two three for the mercans. ..
Atkinson of South Africa surted |
into second place, however, and An
derson faltered, while the Swedes,
Peterson and Christicrson moved |
up. The South African was pushing |
Kinsey at the tape and the Ameri-
can was only a yard ahead as he |
hurled himself across the line. Guth-
ric finished third, but was. set back
to last place for shocking over three /
hurdles. 4
Ritola Double Winner
Willie Ritoa, Finland, who got
his training in the United Stftes,
turned in the first double victory
Of the Olympics when he romped
home a winner in tile finals of the
3 900 meters steeplechase.
Ritola, who won the 10000 lleters
run on Sunday, was easily the. best
Of the field in the steeplechase.
Finland picked up seventeen
points to three for the United States
III this event Katz Of Finland was
second; Bontemps, France, third
Marvin Rick, U. S. A., fourth; Ebb,