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sweep Of the major prizes when
Walter I.aufer. Chicago, End Paul
Wyatt, Uniontown. Pa, finished
second and third. Laufer also nip
ped the record by doing 1.10 and
Wyatt just missed 1T by finishing
In liz. Laufer formerly held the
record, Ill rs.
Relayers Win
The American S0O.meter relay
team Of samson, Young, Weismuller
and CIapp also bettered an Amer
lean record by winning it's heat in
9:3S IS, against the record of 1853 As,
made by the Americans In the 1924
games. The Argentine, Zorrilla,
added further to the devastation by
winning the 400.meter free style
new Olympic time OF sol SIS, beat
ing Johnny WeismulIer's mark by
almost three secOnds Boy" Charl-
ton, the Australian. likewise got
inside this mark with 5:95 SIS.
This race was supposed, with
Weismuller on the sidelines, to be
the property or Arne BOrR; but
the Swede blew His chances BY ret.
ting q pace beyond his endurance.
He was ten yards In front 1T 200
meters but faded badly into third
place on the last lap.
The three America ns- Arthur
Crabbe. Honolulu: Austin CIapp, Hol-
lyWOOd, Calf, and Ray Rudy, New
York got the last three places in
this event, thus rounding cut a
highly successful day from an
American standpoint.
1t remained for the ladies to
really round it out properly. how.
ever. for, In addition to the record.
breaking relay victory, Miss, Helen
MeaIlys New York, was .uIi0fficially
declared TO have retained her
Olympic title by winning the spring.
board diving event, and two other
Americans. the tiny Miss Dorothy
POynton, Pasadena, Calif., and Miss
Georgia Coleman, los angeles.
placed second and third, respee'
lively. Tor another major sweep.
/ TriWanph " Hollow
The relay team, meantime, had
gained the hollowest OF triumphs,
beating England IN second place by
more than IS yards. The British
were timed in 500 4.5. Holland
came home IN third position but
was disqualified for false starting.
This decision by the relay jury
accordingly moved up South At
RIGA, Germany and France, which
had finished in that order behind
Holland
The conclusive character of the
Americans victory was augmented
by the fact that Miss Norelius.
swimming anchor, declined TO fur.
Their embarrass the. competition
and swan without great effort.
Stil!,. she was able to gain 10 yards
on her field. On the other laps
OF the event Miss Lambert was
three yards in front. Miss Osi-
powitch increased this to 10 yards
and Miss Garratti made It Is.
Miss Schrader Again
However, &c the American male
event, the Yankee mermaids went
to the other extreme by failing to
get in the first three In the women $
2OO.meter breast stroke. which went
to the German record holder,
Fraulein Schrader, with Miss M.
Baron. Holland. second. and another
Teuton. Fraulein Muhe, third. The
winning Fraulein was timed in
3:12 3-5. falling to diGtrub the record
OF S:11 Is she made in yesterdays
trials. Miss Gertrude Hoffman,
Kingston, Pa, was fifth in S;19 LIS.
A capacity crowd was in the
stadium when the six finalistS
plunged into the water for the
mems backstroke event, the crown
prince OF Sweden being among the
spectators. The day was overcast
ard cool, with a high wind kick
ing up the surface OF the water.
making 1t hardly ideal for record
breaking.
Out for Records
But Kojac and the other Amerl-
cans soon convinced the gallery
that nothing short OF a record
would suffice. The Americans.
with Kojac leading. I4aufer second
and Wyatt third. jumped the pace
Immediately and never were
headed. They maintained the order
named right through the race, with
Iriye, Japan, finishing fourth; Kup-
perS. Germany, and Reresford, Eng.
land, sixth.
Fraulein Schrader was caught
mapping when the gun went off for
the ladies' race, hitting the water
last and swapping one OF her shout
der straps In the performance, She
was we'll back in the field over the
early stretches. the pace being held