Evening star., 1924-07-11
NEWWORLDRECORD
IS SET BY L|DDELL
British Athlete Covers 400
Meters in Al 3-5 in
Winning Final.
U. S. TEAM SUFFERS BLOW
DeHart Hubbard, Negro Star, Out
of Hop, Step and Jump Due
to an Injured Heel.
U. S. TEAM SUFFERS BLOW
By the Associated Press.

OLYMPIC STADIUM, COLOMBES,
France, July 11.-Eric H. Liddell, the
British flying parson, crowned him
/ self Olympic 4O0-meter champion this
! afternoon in the world record time
of 0.47 3-5, defeating Horatio Fitch,
Chicago A. A, who had shattered thu
previous world record an hour be-
fore in the semi-finals
p. The victory of Liddell in today's
only final event made the British to-
tai an imposing third among the
point scores. The point scores follow:
United States, 1891: Finland, 1o3
Great Britain, 60h; Sweden. 241-5;
! France. 1917; Switzerland, IL; Hun
gary, IN; Canada. 5; South Africa,
5; Norway, 4; New Zealand, 4; Den
mark, 312
Fitch won the first semi-final with
| then new world record for the dis
tance of o47 As. The old record was
0.4S Is, made by Reidpath in 1912,
but lowered one-ffth Of a second
yesterday by J. Imbach, the fleet
Swiss runner, who did the distance in
0.4s fiat in an elimination heat.
Aided by Brisk Wind.
Fitch, aided by a brisk wind down
the stretch. which may affect consid-
| Grafton of his time, flashed his whirl-
wind speed to defeat G. NJ. Butler of
Great Britain and Johnston of Can
ada, with EngdahI, the Swedish IA
vorite, who forced Imbach to his daz-
zling pace yesterday, finishing fourth.
! Engdahl thus was eliminated from
the event.
The second semi final in the 400
meters went to Lidell in 4S 1-5 sec
stood until yesterdays performance
by Imbach, who was a record holder
for only twenty-four hours.
| Imbach was second to Lidell, with
j. Coard Taylor Of the American team
gaining third place and qualifying for
the finals by a great finish.
Osborne Starts Well.
| Harold Osborne, Illinois A. c., the
American national champion, made
the best time in the 100-meter dash,
the opening event of the decathlon,
in turning in II 1-5 seconds for S52.2
points. Harry F. Freida, University
of Chicago, and Emerson Merton,
Georgetown, showed IL 3-5 seconds,
marking up 762 points. Otto Ander-
son, University of Southern Califor-
mia, made a poor showing, his time
being II AS, running lame. He was
way down the list of forty-nine en-
trants with TIA points for the first
event.
Anderson started in the decathlon
competition with a bandaged ankle,
! the result of a Sprain received in
camp last week. He was obviously
far below form and it was hardly ex-
pected he could complete the Cruel
ling test. Pulling up lame after the
1o0-meter race, he gamely tried the
broad jump. but his performance was
away below his best.
The Scottish bagpipes Of the Cam
eron Highlanders performed between
the events, their picturesque kiltie
costumes and perfect unison gaining
them an outburst of cheers.
| u. s. Team Qualities.
| Finland laid the foundation for vic
tory in the 3.000-meter team race
when her stars finished one, two,
three in the first heat of the trials,
Nurmi, Ritola and Tala finishing in
| that order for a total of six points.
Great Britain gained second place,
qualifying for the finals which will
| be held Sunday, but the Scandinavians
never were threatened by the Anglo
Saxons and won as they pleased.
| Italy and Norway were eliminated,
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