Evening star., 1924-07-07

place in this event. His jump bet
tered by inches the former world
mark of 25 feet inches held BY l.. ..
GourGin of Harvard
r Morgan Taylor. Grinneu College.
Iowa, won the finals in the ioO-meter
Olympic hurdles
America suffered a setback in the
4o0-meter low hurdles when Charles
BrookinS. the Iowa star. who crossed
the line second to Taylor the winner
was disqualified for interference at
one hurdle at the turn, and second
place was given to Nilen of Finland.
As Taylor knocked one hurdle there
is question whether his record will
be allowed
Blackett of Great Britain also was
disqualified in the 400-meter hurdles
for Knocking over three hurdles.
Thus only four OF the competitors
States moving up to third place. with
Andre OF France to fourth AS the re
suit of the elimination of Brookins.
TaylorS time in this event eclipSed
the "orldS olympic mark of 81 sec
ondS, made by F. +. Lomois, United
States in 1920 but is a half second
slower than the best time for the dis
tance. made by Riley this year.
The first of the three semi-inals of
the SO0-meter run was captured by
Stallard one of the British aces. in
the fast time Of l minute "a Is sec
onds, with William IS. Richard son.
United States. not pressed to take
second place from Martin OF Switzer-
land. Stallard won by nine Yards
Another British half-miler Low.
! flashed across the line first in the
| second final of the 500 meters. coming
| from behind to win by SIX yards over
his countryman, Houghton. who JUS,
nosed out j. H. Waters Of Harvard
Waters sackened his pace when as
/ sured he would qualify.
The third Semi-tinal of the 500
meters saw two wearers of the Shis Id.
| Ray Dodge. Oregon Aggies, and
schuyler Enck. Penn State. finish
one-two. with thrilling burst Of
! speed that carried them past Hoff,
| the Norwe gian star. Paulen of Hol-
| land. made wild dash in the last
TIVE nty-hve yards that almost nipped
! Enck and Hoff who had set the pace
Americans qualified for the finals,
which will be run tomorrow.
First Victory for L. $.
+. Morgan Taylor of Grinneu Col
| lese. Iowa. the American favorite
| for the event, sent the Stars and
first time in the 1924 Olympic games,
| with smashing victory in the 400
meter low hurdles final. He shattered
the official worlds record by finish
| ing in 50 3-5 seconds.
Harold Osborne. Illinois A c.,
| jumped 6-feet 6-inChes in the final
! of the running high jump, breaking
| the Olympic record Of feet AZ in
ches, and giving America her second
straight victory.
Osborne. winning the high jump.
failed by narrow margin to cross
the bar at feet 7E inches. Brown.
landing second place in the high
jump, and Poor being placed fourth.
after winning the jump-off OF a tie
with Gaspar of Hungary, gave the
United States 8 points for this event,
putting America into the lead with
SO points for four events. Finland
dropping to second with 50 points
Fencers Are Victorious.
The United States Olympic fencing
semi-final round. defeating the Swiss
| team, from whom they won by a close
margin. The score was matches to
| I, with two matches tied, but the
United States fencers received three
fewer touches.
Great Britain, Holland, Cuba and
Switzerland, with two defeats each
in the second round, were eliminated,
SO that only the United States, France,
Spain, Belgium, Portugal and Italy
remained in the team competition.
The Americans showed good fight
ing qualities, Miner, Breed and CAL
nan winning two matches each while
Shore won one Of his matches, and
Milner and Shore fought tie matches.
Calnan lost two. Breed two, Shore two
and Miner one.
The Summarizes.
100 meters, first semi final heat.
three to qualify-Jackson V. Scholz,
New York, A. c.. first; a. Porritt.
New Zealand second; Loren Murchi :
son, Newark A. c., third. Time, lO%
seconds.
100 meters, second semi final heat
| Abrahams Great Britain, first;
| Charles Paddock, Los Angeles A. c.,
! second; Chester Bowman, Syracuse
| University, third. Time. 1o% seconds.
hams. Great Britain, first; Jack
son V. Scholtz, New York, A. G.,
second: A Porritt. New Zealand, third
| Chester Bowman, Syracuse, fourth
Charles w. Paddock, Los Angeles
fifth: Loren Murchison. Newark A. c.,
| sixth Time, 10 3-5 seconds
| 400 meters hurdles. final--F- Morgan
Taylor, Grinnell College. Iowa, first
Vilen. Finland, second.
| Charles Brookins, University of
Iowa. was disqualified for a fault at
| one hurdle. Blackett, Great Britain
| also was disqualified.
vilenk, Finland, second; Ivan H.
Riley, Illinois A. c., third; Georges
Andre. France. fourth. Time, 5. 3-5
| seconds.
500 meters. first semi-fnal, three to
aualify-Stallard. Great Britain first
| William B. Richardson, Leland Stan
ford. second: Martin. Switzerland
| third. Time. l minute 54 As seconds.
| 500 meters, second Semi-finalS-Low
| Great Britain, first; Houghton, Great
| Britain, second; ]. Fl. Walters, Har.
| ward, third. Time, l minute Sc As sec
onds.
500 meters, third semi-hnaI-Ray
| Dodge. Oregon Aggies, first; S. c. Enck
| Penn State, second; Charles Hoff, Nor
| way. third. Time, l minute 81 "a
/ seconds.
| 3.ooo-meter steeplechase; first heat
! three to qualify for finals-katz. Fin
| land, first; Bontemps. France. second
| Montague, Great Britain, third. Time
minutes 43.4 seconds. Roland Payne
Ohio State, failed to qualify:
| Three Thousand meter steeplechase
second heat: Isola, France, first
Michael A. Devaney. Millrose A. A
Of New York, second; Ebb, Finland
third Time minutes 81 As seconds
| Three e-thousand-meter steeplechase
| third heat: Willie Ritolam, Finland
first: Marvin Rick, New York. A c..
second: Newey, Great Britain, third
Time minutes 50 seconds.
| Running high jump. final-Harold
| Osborne. Illinois A. c.. first, feet
s inches; Leroy Brown. New York
A. c., second. feet AZ inches