New Britain herald., 1924-07-11
BRITISH SPRINTER
 MAKES NEW RECORD
ShatterS 400 Metre Mark Made by
 American Hour Before
TANKS STILL IN THE LEAD
sanding of First sis Nations No~ Isi t, s,, isaisi Finland, i0si Great Britain, d0isi Sweden. 2l i.s, France, iaisi Switzerland, II.
By The Associated Press,

] By The Associated Press, Olympic Stadium, Colombes. July ii,-Erio II. Liddell, the British Fly
 lng farson. crowned himself Olympia
 foo-metre champion this afternoon in
 the worlds record time Of 47 S.b s4e-
 onds. defeating lIoratlo Fitch, chiea-
 go, A. A., who hnd shattered the pre-
 vious worlds record an hour before
 in the somi-llnnla
 The victory Of II, Liddoll in the
 hsmetro run, today'g only nnaI
 event, made the British total m i'm.
 posing third among the point scores.
 The point scores follow.
 United states, lS3A; Finland, i0s:
 Great Britain, Goia; Sweden. ?ih;
 France. l5is; Switzerland. II. Hun
 gary 7la; Canada. Q: south Africa,
 .; Norway 4; New Zealand (; Dem
 mark. 3Is.
 LiddclI Never Headed. Liddell, leading all tho way. rared to triumph in an event which had witnessed the smashing Of the worlds record three times in two days and supplied the most startling finish of any event in the six days Of the olym- pic competition. ] j. C. Taylor. Of New York. the see- ond American tnalist. running despjta an injured ankle, ripped over a lane marker and fell heavily when making great bid for third place, ten yards rom the finish, while Imbach, the Fleet Swiss who broke the record for the 400 yesterday, fell 75 yards from the tape and did not finish. Taylor Finishes Firth.
 Taylor lay seemingly stunned on the track, but at cries from the off cials picked himself ID and staggered across the line to secure fifth place. Then he collapsed, 1mbach, the only other contestant, was given sixth place.
 Fitch ran beautiful race sticking iirst to Liddell until 20 yards from the finish when, unable to keep the pace longer, he fell back slightly as the Briton crossed the line winner by eighty yards. The race furnished thrilling mo- ment for an otherwise, colorless day during which Finland and the United states each won heats in the 5000 meter team race, the American vic tory coming despite a mishap that prevented the American star, Jcie Ray, from scoring
 Earning six points in the only final o' the afternoon, the United States in- creased its lead over Finland to s0ls points.
 Sixth Days Activity.
 The sixth days competition of the Olympic games today was favored with the best weather of the week. The heat was tempered by cool breeze. The attendance was large for a Paris week day.
 Hubbard Out of It.
 The American track and field forces suffered blow today when 1t devel- oped that De Hart Hubbard, the ne- gro star, winner of the broad jump. was definitely out of the hop, step and Jump as the result of a stone bruise on the heel which grew more serious than it seemed at first Hubbard. who sustained the injury in the first take off of the broad jump Tuesday, hob b'ed on to the field today with the aid of a cane declaring he would not compete in the hop, step and jump as further mishap might mean serious disability. The University of man had been counted upon to score high in and possibly win the hop, step and jump.
 Osborne Again Shines
 Harold Osborl.e, Illinois A. C.. the American national champion made he best time in the 1oO-metre dash, he opening event of the decathlon, n turning in II 1-5 seconds for 52.2 points. Harry r. Freida, Uni erslty Of Chicago, and Emerson Nor on, Georgetown, showed II 3-5 sec llds, marking 162 points. Otto An crSon, University of Southern Cali ornia, made q poor showing, his time einG II i-5, running lame. He was ray down the list of 4a entrants with 14 points for the first event.
 Anderson started in the decathlon with bandaged ankle, he result of a sprain received in camp 1st week. He was far below form nd 1t was hardly expected he could omplete the grueling test. Pulling D lame after the fo0-metre race he ried the broad jump, but his per ormance was a way below his best. The Scottish bagpipes Of the Cam ron highlanders performed between he events. their kiltie costumes and nc playing gaining them an outburst f cheers.
 In the 3,000-mctre team race the rst heat brought together the for lidable Finnish team, composed of urml, Rtola. Katz, Liewendahl. ipila and Tala. against the British, allan and Norwegian teams. In the ,cond heat the United states met rance, Sweden, Spain and Mexico. wo teams in each heat qualify for le finals.
 The second heat of the 0,0o0-netre ak which was postponed two days 70 because of the dispute between e judges and the track jury saw the of the only American ltry, Charles Foster. Detroit Y. M.
 A., on the ninth lap for fouling. Canadian. who holds the mcrican national title, also was put It.
 Frlgerio, of Italy. the Olympic ampion in the 10000 meter walk. silly won the second heat of the als in that event today by 200 sters from his chief rival. McMaster South Africa in race which was lrked by the disqualification of
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