New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-07-31
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Hamm Jumps
Eddie Hamm of Georgia Tech, the
American hope in the broad jump,
cleared IS feet I inches on his sec
ond try after fouling on his first at
tempt. This was Z is inches short
OF the worlds record which he set
in the final try-outs for the team in
/, the United States.
! RcMeasure Leap
I Hamms jump which was remeas-
| ured and corrected to read IS feet
"A inches, the equivalent of 7.13
meters, broke the Olympic record by
51 inches. The old mark was "a
feet II IA inches. set by the Amer
lean A. L. Gutterson at Stockholm
in 1912.
| The first heat in the 200 meter
trials was won by Henry Cumming,
one of the American representatives.
who beat Andre Mourlon of France
in >. rs seconds
! Women Start
The Women's competition for the
! day started with the discus throw
F, ing trials which were marked bv a
A., sensational performance by Halina
! Konopacka of Poland who whirled
| the platter S9.17 meters, which is
| the equivalent of 1913 feet ALPS
inches. Lillian Copeland, the Amer
lean favorite, qualified with a throw
of 1888 meters, of 119 feet 43-12S
| inches.
Paddock Appears
Charley Paddock, making his first
appearance of the games, won the
fifth heat of the 200 meter dash in
80 Is seconds, with the Mexican
Gomez Daza second. Pope BARREN
tos, lone Cuban representative, with
drew, and the Filipino Gonzaga ran
fourth and last. Johnny Fitzpatrick
of Canada Won the third heat in
- As.
Although more than foot behind
Hamm's best jump, Al Bates Of
Penn State led the qualifiers in the
second section OF the broad jump
trials. He covered 7.4o meters, the
equivalent of "a feet IA inches.
N'hOlZ Captures Heat
Defending his Olympic 200 meter
championship in 1924, the diminu-
tive American, Jackson Scholz, cap
tured the sixth heat. In the seventh
heat the German Hermann Schlosske
logged the distance in the ridiculous
ly slow time of IS seconds as there
were only two starters both OF
whom qualified.
jules Cerbonney OF France ran
away with the eighth heat in - Is
while w. B. Legg of South Africa
won the ninth heat with George
Hester of Canada second and the
Argentine, Barucco, third. ut Hes
ter was disqualified for running out
side his lane and the South Ameri-
can was given the qualifying place.
Helmut koernig, the German fay
orite. won the tenth heat under
wraps in 80 As.
dumping Continues
Broad jumping continued and in
the third section of trials Ed Cor
don Of Iowa City cleared 1928 meters,
the equivalent CT % feet IL Is
inches. Svensson of Sweden led this
section with a leap OF 1882 meters,
or "A feet 1 IA inches.
The English star, Guy Butler won
the eleventh heat in % As seconds
with Mannaert of France second.
Pima of Argentina led until SO met
crs from the tape when he wilted
and finished third and last.
Williams Again
Percy Williams the 10 year old
Canadian sprintng sensation who
won the 100 meter championship
yesterday. made an suspicious start
In his attempt to achieve a double"
when he won the fourteenth heat in
90 as. Cyril Gill of Britain cap
tured the fifteenth and final heat
in % ID.
Hubbard Out
Dehart Hubbard, American negro
broad jumping star and defending
Olympic champion. WAS eliminated
in the second trials. The six final
lists included two Americans, Ed
Hamm and Al Bates.
Hubbard barely qualified in the
first trials. foulng on his first at
tempt and pulling muscle slightly
on the second. He recovered suili-
GENTLY to leap III meters or IS feet
rs inches on his final try but was
unable to improve and was elm
mated.
Leo Lermond of the United States
uncorked a sensational sprint to
run.
L. s. Victorious
The Americans also were Nictori-
Gus in the 110 meter high hurdles
semi-tinals. Leighton l'ye now the
first in brilliant fashion leading his
nearest rival Fred Gaby of Britain
by five yards and equalling the
worlds record OF "A 40 seconds.
stephen Anderson, another Of the
American hopes, took the second
m-final in great finish, nosing
out Sidney Atkinson Of South Africa.
while Lord Davy Burghley Of Eng
land was third and thus was elm
mated. Anderson also equalled the
worlds record
Lermond's time was 13minutes
> 3-5 seconds. Petkevitsch Of SWed-
en- was second, Purje of Finland
I bird and Magnusson of Sweden
fourth and he last Gualitier. Char
ley Haworth of the United States
was eliminated.
Abbott Falls
Dave Abbott of the University of
Illinois failed to show any speed in
the second 5000 meter trial and
withdrew on next to the last lap
" hon he MaS running eleventh nNnr