Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-31
BY FRANK GETTY
UNITED Press Staff Corresoondent)


AMSTERDAM STADIUM, July
@l.-Eright sunshine and favorable
wind offset by a soft. slow track,
greeted candidates for the 10
meter hurdles with which the third
days program Of the ninth Olym-
piad was started today.
QualifierS were:
First heat-5Sempre, France; Jon-
dera. Czecho-Sloyakia. Time Is sec
onds.
Second heat-Carl Ring. New
York a. c.; Viljocn. South Africa,
time l. seconds.
Third heat-Weightman Smith,
South Africa Marchant, France.
Time us seconds.
Fourth heat-Stephen Anderson.
University Of Washington; Wenn-
strom. Sweden. Time Is seconds.
Fifth heat-Leighton Dye, Los
Angeles \. c.; Atkinson, South
Africa. Time Is seconds.
Sixth heat-Lucas, Great Britain;
Steinhardt, Germany. Time 15.4 see
onds.
Seventh heat-John Collier,
Brown University; Sjostedt, Fin.
land. Time - seconds.
Eighth heat-Gaby. England;
Peterson, Sweden. Time 15.2 see
Cnd,
Ninth heat-Miki, Japan; Burgh-
ley, England Time lj.4 seconds.
The four American hurdlers show
ed good form in the heats, especially
Dye and Collier, one of whom may
win the final tomorrow
Many hurdles were wrecked by
the over anxious contestants.
Eddie Hamm, from Georgia Tech,
leaqed to new Olympic record of
1.73 meters (2J feet 1929 inchesJ
in the broad jump. The former re-
cord was go meters, made by Gut
terson, of the United States at the
1912 games
Phenomenal Leap
Hamm made his phenomenal leap
on his first try. He recently set u
new world record in the final tryouts
at Cambridge.
Henry Cumming. Jr., Newark 4
=, former University Of Virginia
'printer, won the first heat of the
200 meter in 224 seconds, with
Nourlon Of France, second. Cumming |
won easily.
2O0 meters, second heat-Won by !
kugelberg, Sweden; second, De-
grelle, France. Time pa seconds.
Fitzpatrick, Of Canada, won the
third heat Of the 200 meters trials
in 22.S seconds, with Carlton, of
Australia, second.
Sculler, of Germany won the
tourth heat of the POO meter in %
seconds, with Nandebcrge of Holland
second.
Charley Paddock of Los Angeles,
won the fifth heat in 22.2 seconds, |
with Gomez GAIA Of Mexico second. /.
Jackson Scholz, of New York /
'aptuled the sixth heat in 22.2 see
'nds, with Adams, Of Canada, see
md.
Scholosske of Germany, and I.
harley Borah, University of South
'rn California, were the only two
'ntries in the seventh heat and /,
qualified in that order.
Cerbonney, Of France won the (
'ightll heat Of the POO meter in 222.22 .
,econds, with Erochart of Belgium
second
Legg, of South Africa, won the
ninth heat Of the 200 meters trials .
II - seconds. Hester, of Canada |
'inished second but was disqualified .
md Barucco Of Argentina who fin
she'd third, qualified
koernig of Germany won the I
cnth heat in 22.8 with Kecnky of /
'Zecho-Slovakia second.
Bober Of England won the
.lcventh heat in 22S. Mannaert of !
rance was second.
Twelfth heat-Geissler, Austria;
'astelli, Italy. Time 22.4, second.
Rangely of England, won the }
thirteenth heat Of the 200 meters
Iials in % seconds, with Broos, of
Holland, second
Percy Williams, 90 year old Can
dian, who won the 100 meter final
yesterday, captured the fourteenth
Ieat Of the 200 meter trials in 22.6
econds with Hanbridge, Of England,
ccond.
Gill, Of England, won the 18th and
asst heat, with Kinsman, of South
Nfrica, second. Toetti, of Italy col
apsed five meters from the finish.
Miss Copeland Qualities
In the early trials Of the girls
iiscus throw, the foreigners were
the American entries.
lillian Copeland, Of Pasadena, had /
throw of 1868 meters, ll9 feet
,.3l inches.
Lillian Copeland Of Pasadena, |
lualified for the finals in the girls
tiscus, along with Svedberg of
sweden, Konopacka, of Poland,
lleublein Of Germany, Reuter-, Of
Germany and Perkaus of Austria.
Leighton Dye of the Los Angeles
A. c. won the first heat in the
'emi-finals Of the ll0-meter hurdles
n l4.S seconds, tying the Olympic
'ecord. Gaby of England was see
md.
Stephen Anderson of the Univer-
ity Of Washington won the second
neat in l4.S seconds. Atkinson of