The Washington times., 1924-07-07

e1NcA41AN1 4A1lSIlGU SECOND WITH IL
Club, third. These three qualified
Great Britain threatened in the
second semifinal heat Of the 100.
meter dash when Harold Abrahams
outran Charles Paddock and Ches.
ter Bowman, Of the United States
team, to win the heat in 10 3.5
seconds, thus equaling for the sec.
ond time the Olympic record made
A. 1912 at Stockholm by Don Lip.
pdncott, of Philadelphia. Abraharns
Won his trial heat Sunday in the
same fast time.
The British sprinter did NOT
break We'll but came with ter
rifle burst at the finish and passed
both the Americans. Bowman led
the field until the last ten yards.
when Abrahams and Paddock
nOsed by him. Paddock was I'M
fourth position at the half way
mark, and It looked as II ia
might run out Of the heat and fail
90 qualify for the finals, but he
made grand finish.
The results of the semifinals
place four American sprinters, in
the final. They are Scholz, Murchi-
son., Paddock and Bowman. Abra
hams. of Great Britain, and Porrid,
New Zealand, are the other finalists
@Scholz and Abrahams are considered
the most formidable on form shown
In the trials and semifinaI heats.
q. Ceard Taylor, Grinnell College
athlete, was the first member Of
the United States team to win :
first place in the 1924 Olympics, and
IN beating the field in the finals
OF the E00-metre hurdles, he estab.
lished new record Of So So
seconds.
Former Georgetown Star.
Bob Legendre. Americas hope in
the Olympic pentathlon, established
new worlds record for the run.
ming broad jump while comnetinp
IN the event for pentathlon candi.
yates today, with a wonderful carry
OF 20 feet s inches.
Tne former running broad iumn
record was held by Ned GO,rdin.
Harvard cOlOred athlete. who
pumped rs feet, 3 inches. in the
Harvard stadium i'm 1922. in the
intercollegiate championship.
Legendre's jump stunned the mem.
oers OF the United States team and
thrilled the crowd of $4,000 specra.
tors. The American had never bet.
tered twenty-four feet until today.
In one OF his early leaps he took
the lead in the pentathlon jump by
doing "a feet, 8 inches.
There was roar from the Amer.
lean section when on his last try
Legendre raced to the rubber and
with a fine spring got his body
hi~a in the air and with sufficient
force to carry him beyond all pre-.
vious marks made by broad jumpers
In the history of the event.
Just when the Americans were
doing more than expected of them
In today's events there was trouble
In the camp. G.. r. Brookins, de.
pendable hurler, was disqualified in
the final heat of the 400-meter hur.
die race and thus the United States
lost five points for Brookins fin
lshed in second place. The judges
ruled that he stepped outside his
lane.
The United States moved into q
second position today in the stand
ing of the teams in the Olympic
games when the third event, the
40O-meter hurdle race, had been
completed. The score stood: Fin
land, IS; United States, 20; Sweden,
IL; Great Britain. 8; France, 3.
H. M. Osborne, Illinois, A. c., won
the high jump In the Olympic
games today, and established a new
Olympic record of six feet, six inches.
He failed at the worlds mark
Of six feet, seven and one-half
inches. Leroy T. Brown, New York
A. c., was second in, the event and
Lewdon, France, third. Brown and
Lewdon both broke the previous
Olympic mark.
Other events on today's program
were trials in the 5000 meter
steplechase, semi-finals 800 meter
run and the following numbers in
the Penthathlon: Running broad
jump, 200 meter dash, throwing the
discus and 1900 meter run.
The United States fencing team
defeated the Swiss seven On
touches, the score being 20 to 20.
Spain defeated Great Britain II
10 5, and Italy defeated Holland
D to 6. Portugal defeated Cuba
IL to s.