Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-30
WORLD MARK
in SHOTPUT
SET BY u. 5.
Nurmi, Finnish Flash,
Makes Olympic Re-
cord Over 10000
Meter Marathon
By ALAN J. GOULD
ASSOCIATED Press cnorfs Tdif

ASSOCIATED Press Sports Editor.)
AMSTERDAM. Holland, July 30
PD-f the opening DAYS perform
ances are to be accepted as a cri-
t~erion, the United States is headed
for its ninth consecutive Olympic
track and field triumph. On a SINH
lar basis, Paavo Nurmi is destined
TO remove any lingering doubt that
he's the su~per-runner Of all time.
On a day when the worlds shot
put record was broken By the Amer
lean super-man, John Kuck Of kans-
as, is the first 50 foot performance
of athletic history, IL took another
super-performer 70 capture the spot
light.
kuck. Nurmi
Kuck. with a toss that measured
eleven-sixtecnths Of an inch beyond
the hitherto i~mpregnable figure OF
50 feet, furnished the opening days
sensation but Nurmi provided the
thrilling climax by coming from be
hind in the stretch 70 beat his an
cient rival. Willie Ritola. Finnish
American ace, and outclass America
e&n Joie Ray, along with the rest
Of a big field and smash the Olympic
erecord.
The only noticeable change IN
Paavo is that he's considerably bald
err. looking much more mature than
his 81 years. But the same funny
little hop-skip is there when he prac-
tees, the same smooth, etfortless
stride when In action, the same char
acteristic arm swing and his amous
stopwatch. He didn't inspect the time
piece as much as usual yesterday.
After the first few laps he ~appearSi
satisfied that Ritola was setting a
fast enough pace and followed N
without once challenging until the
stretch when he passed Willie 70 WIN
BY four yards in 80 minutes, lS 4-5
seconds, four and four-flfth seconds
under the mark Ritola set at Paris
in 1924.
King Wins Jump
Kuck's Shotput victory which sent
the stars and stripes flying first on
the Olympic center pole, tulfills the
sensational promise Of the blond
Kansan's practice form. Yesterday,
with Herman BriA, University a
Washington husky, apparently as
sured of triumph with a toss Of 81
feet, s inches, kuck, on his mex TO
last throw, hurled the ball 70 a new
worlds record, beating not only Blk
hut the German, Emil Hirschfeld as
we'll. Hirschfeld held the worlds
record for the shot put otticlally
lust two days and made a fine et-
fort 20 keep the crown by tossing the
16-pound ball 81 feet, 3 I-S inches
Bob King. OF Stanford, takes his
place among the first group crowned
as Olympic champions. by virtue ot
his triumph in the high jump with 2
lean of six feet. 4 3-s inches.
McAllister in Lead
Bob NcAlIister equalled the Olym-
mic record Of 10 "a seconds IN the
first heat Of the 100 metre semi-final
today. closing IN a great burst M
speed for a victory over 4. NllllamS
Houben. the German star. and
Bracey we're shut out, along win
Pima. the Argentine.
In the second 100 meter semi-flnal'
the British negro runner, JACK Lon
don, finished first. also IN the time
of 10 3-5. Georo hammers, German
runner who was an outsider. tinlshea
second. Frank G. Nykott 81 tnc
United States was third, "hlIe
Henry A. Russell, also q the United
States, was shut out. ~
For the second time In the Ivy.
meter semi-final the Olympic record
was e~qualed az the six sprinters in
ne second heat dashed down the
straightaway. The first three were
blanketed with Wykoff less than Two
feet behind London and inches be-
hind the German.
United states fencing team was
.ractically assured q place I'M the
semi-finals today. The Folls team
tied Argentina IN the quarter tlna!S
SIS on bouts. but lost on points 7o-oz
ard later defeated Holland l2-4.
team for the catch as catch can
championship starting this afternoon
was selected today AS follow f.
featherweirht. Robert Hewitt; light
ue;gbt. Allie T. Morrison; welter-
weight. Clarence Bergman; middle
weight. Lloyd n. Appleton, light
heavyweight. Ralph W. Hammonds;
heavyweight. II. /. Edwards, and I'M
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