New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-04
STEWART climbs
TO Second PLACE
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Wykoff made one false start and
received a warning, but after it got
under way the Yankee four was nev.
er headed. The new combination
passed the baton beautifully. Hun
gary was disqualified by track judges
for failure to pass the stick within
specified limits and Switzerland was
awarded second place.
Germans Beaten
A big upset came in the second
heat of the 400 meter relay when
the French team. passing the baton
much better than their Teuton
rivals. beat the crack German team
by s yards. hammers and Corts,
the first two Germans, lost at least
ten yards by fumbling the stick and
it required a strong finish by Houben
on the third leg and koernig. anchor
man to take the second qualifying
place. The Relgians were third in
Al AS seconds. The Chilean entry
withdrew.
As the Canadian team. anchored
by the sensational young Percy W.T.
liams came out ahead in the first
heat. winners of these trials were
the United States, France and
Canada.
Girl Runners
The girl relay runners began their
400 meter heats in startling style.
In the first heat the Canadian team
broke the worlds record by winning
In ~ rs seconds and the American
girls equalled 1t in trimming the
Germans In the second heat in ~
4-5.
The Yankee girls relay quartet
was composed of Mary Washburn.
Jessie Cross, Loretta MacNeill and
Elizabeth Robinson. 1t put on
strong finish after trailing to the
halfway mark. Miss Robinson new
100 meter champion, beat her Ger
man rival. Helene Junkers, by bare
ly two feet. The Italian team was
third and also qualified.
The Canadian girls won their rec
ord breaking heat easily from Hol-
land and France, other qualifiers.
and Sweden was fourth.
The Penn A. G. pair cared shell
with coxswain was eliminated by
France this morning in the Olympic
rowing at Sloten The American
crew. Augustus s. Goetz, Joseph
Dougherty and Thomas Mack. Jr..
coxswain, was one length behind at
the finish. The race was rowed
against a driving head wind. The
winners time was eight minutes, 81
seconds.
Having lost two races. one to Italy
yesterday and the other to Franco
today the American rowers were
definitely out of the competition.
The Americans were at disad-
vantage having drawn an exposed
position on the wind and rain swept
river but the Frenchmen were the
stronger pair and finished well.
The American stroke, Dougherty.
seemed TO have plenty TO give at the
finish but Goetz. the bow. was row.
ed out He swayed in the shell and
! almost fell out Of the boat.
/ The French was on the side of
the canal. 1t got away in the lead
and was never headed although the
Americans made fine effort after
the halfway post was passed. The
French lead of two lengths at that
point was cut down to a length at
500 meters. There the Frenchmen
spurted and the weakness of Goetz
became apparent.
4, The rain had ceased. but it was
windy and chilly as the Harvard
four rowed over to the starting posi-
| ton to compete against Switzerland.
| The Harvard four was beaten by
the Swiss by two lengths. the times
being: Swiss I minutes 4e rs sec
onds: Harvard I minutes ~ rs Sec
onds
| With two defeats. the Harvard
four /. eliminated from the regatta.
4 rainstorm burst rs the Harvard
and Swiss fours padded into posi-
tioi and the downpour continued
throughout the race. the Americans
being at a considerable disadvantage
In their exposed station while the
Swiss Rugged the leeward side Of
| the canal.
Harvard ran into hard luck early
IN the race when J. De W. Hubha I'd
caught crab at the 500 meter
mark. failing to get his oar out Of
the water clearly and checking the
run Of the boat. They were level al
: the $50 meters point.
A big upset came when Joe
Wright. Jr.. crack Canadian single
sculler, was beaten by the Hungar-
ian. straka. by three lengths. in an
climinat ton trial.
Ken Myers Wins
Ken Myers Of Philadelphia came
through the second trial heat In
competition for the Olympic single
sculling championship. by beating
Coilet 0: England.