Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-01

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United State representative. was fifth
Carr stayed right with Droegenlueller
by duplicating his feat Of clearing IL
feet ga inches In the pole vault, ADDING
another fracture to the old record.
United States Takes Two.
Bud Houser held up the United
States reputation for strength In the
field events by winning the discus
championship with an Olympic record
breaking toss of 47.32 meters or 80
feet 2 10l-128 inches.
The Los Angeles dentist thus re-
tanned his title won in 1924 when ms
winning effort was 46.l55 meters ano
broke his Olympic record set on that
occasion which is the equivalent of Isl
feet 5 lie inches.
Carr brought the United States the
,ole vault championship which. together
with Hauser's discus throwing victory
somewhat offset the defeat OF Amer1-
cans In the dash and hurdles carrier
Cars winning vault was 4.20 meters
a new OLYMPIC record and the equiVa-
lent of rs feet 0 70 inches.
The stars and Stripes went up on
ALI three poles for the first time when
Charley McCiinnis. the little Chicagoan
took third place I'm the pole vault WIN
as meters or ~ feet Ii Il inches.
McGinnis tied with Vic Pickard oil
Canada ard Lee Barnes. who shared
ia Olympic championship In 1924
through a tie with Glenn Graham, for
third place today, but won the jump
M for the medal. Pickard then beat
Barnes for the fourth-place points.
In the f,S0O-meter examinations botn
Hahn and Sera Martin Of France were
forced to run completely into the
ground. Hans Wichmann OF Germany
and Kittle of Czechoslovakia qualificd
n, the first heat In 4 minutes and 5 sec
onds nat. with Martin never prominent:
Boecher of Germany and Whyte OIL
Australia qualified in the second heat
IN minutes So SIS seconds
American Beats Peitxer.
raw Conger, slim young American,
eantured the fifth elimination heat IN
the / 500. defeating both Or. Otto Peit-
ger Of Germany and Edwin Wide OF
sweden, keller of France was second
to Conger and both Peltzer and Woe
were eliminated. The Americans VIM
ming time was 4 minutes $50 seconds.
IN the third heat at $500 meters Eif1o
Porte of Finland and Jules LaDoue-
n,ersue of France uilalified. Paul Martin
of Switzerland and Harry Larva OF
Finland came through the fourth neat
Sid Robinson OF the United States was
eliminated. failing TO finish. The times
were 4 minutes rs seconds for the
third heat and minutes As SECONDS
for the fourth. -
paddock was eliminated In the 200
meter semi-finais. The track was soggy
and a drizzling rain was falling.
Koernig. the German star. won the
other semi-final heat closely followed
by the Two American sprinters, Scholz
and Cumming. If.
Kuernig beat Scholz by yard and
half In % As seconds. Cumming ep-
peared TO have the third qualifying
place ciinched by scant margin, but
the judges. after a parley. decided IN
favor of John Fitzpatrick OF Canada
Paddock. who had been expected to
thrive on the heavy going. was never a
contender In the first heat and even
had trouble beating the only other
finisher, Gomez Cana. the Mexican.
Wtifred b. Legg of South Africa, broke
down rounding The turn into the stretch
and staggered or the track. IL was the
first time Paddock ever failed to reach
the final Of an olympic event In which
he was participating.
German Woman Wins.
In the first heat of the woInen's 500
meter event Dolores Boerckman OF the
united states ran we'll on the first lap,
hut withdrew before entering the home
stretch The heat was won by M. Dol
linae of Germany. In minutes - So
seconds breaking the woman's world
record of 2.23 4-5, set In 1927 by an
other German girl. now Frau l.. Radke.
In the second women's 80o-meter heat
the former record holder. FRAU Radke
of Germany. won BY inches from the
Japanese star. X, Kitomi, while the
American girl, Rayma WILSON, nnlshca
seventh. The time was minutes 20
seconds,
Fl0rence Macdonald of the United
states qualified in the third ana last
s0O-meter heat placing second
wards behind j. Thompson OF Canada.
Miss Macdonald was fourth enter
Ing the stretch, but finished gameiy to
take second. although she was near
exhaustion. The time was , minutes
% lis seconds. also better than the for
mer record
The first championship of the day
went to South Africa when Sidney
Atkinson won the ll0-meter high hur-
ding crown.
Atkinson's Victory came ~ something
of a surprise, as his countryman. O. @.
Weightrsian Smith. was the favorite on
the basis of his worlds record-break-
ing time OF yesterday, AmonG others.
Atkinson defeated the Americans ste.
phen Anderson. Leighton Dye and
John Collier. all Of whom reached the
final, hut were unable to come through.
Atkinson Is no newcomer 10 Olympic
competition, a. he was runner-up Va
Dan Kinaey al the United states Tor
the championship In 1924 at Paris
The hurdle ANAL was sensationaiD
close. with the South African barely
nosing out Anderson. the University ot
washington star. by inches In maj
.unge toward the tape.
After a perfect start WeightmAM-
smith forged 10 the front with Collier
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