The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-08

lodged protest against the decision
 of the jury in putting back Charles M BrooEins of Iowa from second to # fifth place in the 400 meter hurdle # race through his disqualification.
 The penalty was considered too
 great. According to the rules, govern,
 ing such protests in the Olympic
 games, the committee deposited 100s,
 francs. The protest was disallowed
 without undue delay, but the deposit.
 thus far has been retained. s7.
 OLYMPIC STADIUM, COLOMBES.
 France, July 7-(By Associated Press. ] &EThe United States, fighting iespef- ately to; retain athletic supremacy in the face of the most formidable opposi. tion .she has ever encountered, wrested the lead from her most powerful rival,
 Finland, by narrow margin today, the $second day: of the Olympic track and fifield championships, after stirring six lhour battle. for points, which did net end until dusk had settled over the Mbig stadium. @..
 Coming into their own for the first fltime, the wearers of the shield captured < 1.-two out. of the four finals contested to- lday, shattered two worlds records and 4 leclipsed. three Olympic marks in se- E iries of sensational performances; but 5suffered an unexpected setback, when lHarold AAbrahams;. the Cambridge uni i3versity star, odtraced the four leetest lAmerican sprinters and captured the l1OO-metres championship for Great Bri- Istain.-
 Abrahams EcIipses Field
 The brilliant kilometres hurdles vic ltory of F. Morgan Taylor, in the worlds record time of g 3-5 seconds, 1.-the astonishing world record broad Hump % feet 6 inches by Robert Le- 'Agendre in capturing this feature of the |Apentathlon and H. M. sborne,s Olympic irecord leap of 6 feet 6 inches to win the Thigh jump seemed to be forgotten in ithe minds of the American enthusiasts las they saw their sprinting brides bow Ito the sensational Briton.S
 AbFahams left no doubt of his su- fperiority over America's aces, leading HScholz, the fleetest of them, by fully 4three yards sin a whirlwindt finish and Hbreasting the tape in Olympic record Htime of 10 3-6 seconds for the third time Hin two days competition.
 \ Second to Turn Trick Succeeding to the crown Paddock had bworn since 1920 at Antwerp, AbrahaTns Ilgained the distinction of being the sec IIond athlete in Olympic. history to break HAmerica's hold on the kilometres cham lIpionship. Once before, in 1908, R.. E. Walker, the Soutl ricafl sprinter, up- set the best laid American, calculations, las Abrahams did today, thus depriving Ithe United States of one of it's most cherished titles. =
 Thes print race brought, the climax Hto d day of variety for the Americans, Ibut which saw, them jump to the fore ia a spectacular point battls with the l|sturdy Films. With six sevents con lIcluded the United States showed total llof 6515 points, all but six of which were isathered by, scoring heavily in all four llof today's finals, while Finland added IT points to her total of yesterday, and was within striking distance of the top, with Al. = & Stars and Stripes Wave
 N The Stars and Stripes waved triu- umphantly from the victory pole most of the day, bat. the FiAna wound up the prolonged program with further II laureis when hehtonen captured his sec ond successive Olympic pentathlon d dchampionhhip, giving the little ScaHtdt- nAvian nation its third first place in two days.
 distanced by the two outstanding teams. Sweden holds third place with 10 points and Great Britain is fourth with 1419 points. Franco and Hungary are tied with and New Zealand has 4, com pleting the list in the point battle thus far. N
 MisfoEtune which struck the ranks ot . the Amsrican 40O-metRes hurdlers yes i terday when Coulter lost q sure chance to quality by slipping aud stumbling ! over the first hurdle, continued today, when Charles Br0okinGI of Iowa, after ] crossing the finish. a close second to 1 Taylor. was ruled out jby the judges on the charge that he hadsstrayed from his \ lane and had failed to take one hurdle cleanly, The vigorouss$ protest of the Americans was denied, and the other men were moved up q notch, second i place going to Wien, of Finland, third 1 to Ivan Riley, Illinois, A. C., and fourth to Andre, of France. :, Blackstt, Great Britain, also was ruled out for knocking oyer three hut- dies, but as he and BroOkips were final ists, the remaining points for the event were split between them under 9 decision by the track jury tonight. Taylor Sets Fast Pace
 Taylor met with hard luck, despite his victory, for he kocked over one hur- dIe, which is expected to rule out con l sideration of his time which eclipsed by a wide margin the world and Olyhp- ic record of 54 seconds made by Loomte in 1920. The time, however, is halS a second slower than the best mark for the distance credited to Ivan Riley in the sectional Olympic trials at Ann Arbor, Mich, and equals Taylor's own winning figures in the final tryouts at the Harvard stadium, so America is asf sured of a new worlds record, regard less ofswhich of these figures are accept
 The. pentathlon, the five-event all- around championship was not decided
 until the 1,600-metre race in which Lahtonen, by finishing second, clinched yictorx with total of 16 points. An unheralded starter, Sonfay of Hun gary, surprised the spectators by talk
 ing second, with IS points. Legendre,
 United States, whose broad jumping
 was the outstanding feature Of the
 event, Swas third with 20 points. Mor-
 ton Kaer, University of Southern Cali
 fornia, the only other American who
 survived until the final event, finished
 last in the distance run and sixth in
 the place scoring with 26 points.
 , L6gendre Sets Record
 LeRendre spent most of his energy
 on the opening event. when his amaz'
 ing broad jumping earned him un-
 usual fame in establishing a worlds
 record in a competition outside of the
 individual event. The former George.
 town star showed in fine form when
 he cleared 8 feet, 1014 inches in the
 first trial. He covered "A feet on