New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-01

OndS, eqOalilng the accepted "oTiu
record, but Us second slower thar
Weightman-S Smiths time made in {
semi-final heat. The United State!
placed second and third, Collier fin
ishing just behind Anderson,
This was only the second time il
the nine modern Olympiads contest
ed since 1895 that the United State!
rallied to win the 10 meter higf
hurdles. The other time was il
1920 when Earl Thomson of Canada
and Dartmouth college won. estah
fishing the worlds and Olympic rec
ords which was tied today.
Perfect Start
After a perfect start Weightman
Smith forged 10 the front with Col
Her in close pursuit, Atkinson ana
Anderson, hurdling like tandem al
the way down, put on great tinlsf
in which the South African had jus
enough reserve to stick his Ches
across the tape first, Weishtman
Smith partly stumbled over on'
hurdle and finished fourth while
Fred Gaby of England was fifth anC
DYE of the United States sixth.
The Americans filed formal pro
test against the elimination of Cum
ming in the 200 meter semi-final
claiming he placed third,
James Corson, American discu:
thrower, placed up among the lead
!, Of c1n n
meters, or $50 feet in the early
trials.
Cor~on Breaks Mark
In the discus throw trials Jlmm,
Corson of the Olympic club. Sal
Francisco, broke the Olympic record
hurting the platter exactly AZ met
ers, The equivalent OF 154 feet 2 III
inches. The old record was ISL fee
5 LIS inches set by the American
Bud Houser at Paris in 1924.
All four of the Americans entered
in the pole vault-Lee Barnes. Sablr
Carr. William Droegemueller. anc
Charley McGinnis-qualified for thu
finals, each negotiating the quality
ing height of IL feet with ease. Vic
tor Pickard of Canada was amont
the five others qualifying.
Dalton Qualities
Melvin Dalton of the United State
qualified for the finals in the 3,Oo'
meters steeplechase when he finish
ed second to Willie Ritola, givint
the Americanized Finn a. stauncl
battle the entire journey. Waltel
Gegan, the other American entry II
this heat. just failed to qualify. fin
fishing fourth behind Eklof o
Sweden.
The referee disallowed the Ameri
can sprint protest regarding Cum
mings and kept the five dollar fe
which is required to be posted un
der the rules as a technical guaran
tee of good faith whenever protes
is filed.
Change Finish
The judges emerging from an
other huddle rearranged the orde
of finish of the last three in tn
110-meter hurdles, placing Dye Q
the United States fourth, weight
man Smith fifth and Gaby last.
The Firms monopolized all thre
of the heats in the 5000 meter
steeplechase. After Ritola had tax
en- the first. Paavo Nurmi won tn
second in . minutes SIS As second
and Toivo Loukola and Owe Andei
son. his countrymen. placed first an
second in the third heat, Dartigue
of France was third and qualified
]. l.. Montgomery. American entr
from the University of Pennsylvani;
abandoned the chase at the halfwa
mark,
Ritola's time in winning the frs
heat of the 5000 meters steeplechas
was 3 minutes 4G IS seconds. Nul
mis- victory in the second heat wa
gained after he had fallen full lengt
at the first water jump and wa
picked up by the Frenchman Dt
uuesne. The latter remained rlgf
with Nurmi the entire distance an
they finished foot apart, lookin
back at the oncoming American v
Q. Spencer. Chicago. who was thir'
also qualifying for the final.
Bud Houser of the United State
Olympic discus champion. got
place in the final with hts last tri'
throw. hurting the plate beyond TT
As meter mark, approximately II
feet. after fouling on his first a
tempt and missing on his second IT,
Proved Disastrous
| The 1900 meter elimination
proved disastrous to the best advc
tised middle distance men in n
world, both Hahn of the T. S. ar
Sierra Martin of France being force
TO abandon their heats when II
American and the Frenchman we1
run into the ground. Hans Wlci
mann of Germany and Krtle
Czecho- Slovakia qualified in the fir
heat in 4 minutes and seconds fl
with Martin never prominent.
Boecher of Germany and Whytl
of Australia qualified in the secor
| heat in ; minutes SO 3-5 seconds,
In the third heat at 1900 mete
Emo Pore of Finland and Jul
Iadounegue Of France quallhe
Paul Martin Of Switzerland al
Harry Iarva of Finland can
through the fourth heat sixth. Ro
inson of the United states was elir
mated. failing to finish. The tim
were 4 minutes o-5 second for u
third heat and minutes As secol
for the fourth
Coneer Wins
Ray Conger. slim young Amer
can. captured the fifth eliminate
heat in the 1900, defeating both l
otto Peltzor of Germany and EdN
wide of Sweden, Keller Of Fran
was second TO Conger and no
Psltzer and Wide were eliminate
The Americans winning time "
minutes . as seconds.
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