The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-30
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throw. Yankee stock took ! decided
drop as a result Of the second
days program. As IN the hurdle
event. never before had an Ameri-
can suffered defeat ii the ham
mer throw. TO make matters worse
the United States did no better
than third. that place going to Ed
Black, OF Maine
Williams, winning time Ii the
hind the olympic record and two-
fifths away from Charley Pad.
docks world mark.
Williams 10 Years Old
williams. IKE wykoff, Is juve.
nile. being only IL years old. He
had the race well in hand after
the 50-meter mark was passed while
LondOn's second place also went I'm.
questioned. However, the finish In
yOiving hammers, Wyl00ff and Legg
was so close that 1t took the judges
10 minutes 70 decide their order.
When the official word went
forth, proclaiming Williams the
winner, he was picked up BY two
Canadian colleagues and borne on
their shoulders to the dressing
rooms.
The women's 1OO.meter semi
finals were run just before the
mems finals. Elizabeth Robinson,
Illinois Women's A. c., was the
only American to survive these
trials, the Misses Cartwright ana
Washburn being shut out. Miss
Robinson, however. won the second
semi-final brilliantly. beating Miss
Cook, Canada, I'm 1925 seconds.
Hitomi, the highly touted Japanese.
failed to live up to her notices In
this heat. finishing third and being
eliminated.
Miss Washburn could do no bet
ter than fourth in her heat. the
Canadians. the Misses Rosenfeld
and Smith, running One-two In
l22- seconds. Miss Cartwright
was even less effective, finishing
last in the third serni-finals.
Two False Starts
The mems finals was marred by
two false starts, Legg beating the
gun the first time and WylSoff the
second. Both Wykoff and Meal.
lister. who were in adjoining lanes
at the outside of the track, were
away slowly and never got up. The
Californian did manage to pick up
some speed in the closing 20 yards,
beating out Legg, but McAIKsser
never got in the running.
In spite Of the disasters OF the
day, the tally showed America to
nave compiled more than three
times as many points as its nearest
contender, Great Britain. and more
than the total OF the three nations
Immediately behind it, Great
Britain, Finland and Sweden. How
ever, there was no great joy In the
American camp, as it was recognized
that team strength rather than
Individual brilliancy had tided IL
over the storm today.
Hard Pill to Swallow
The Yankees were particularly
upset over their defeat in the 400.
metre hurdles and the hammer
throw. These hurdles were not on
the program in 1895 and 1912 but
IN all other Olympiads, an American
was the winner. As for the
hammer throw, 1t always had gone
to the F'lanagans, the McGraths,
The Ryans and the Tootells, of the
american team, before the Irish.
man, O'Callaghan, broke the spell
this afternoon, followed by the
Swede. SKIOLD.
Lord Burghley earned clear cut |
victory in the 400 meters. His
Cuhel, Taylor and Peter.
son. the Swede, who formerly held |
the record, were almost together,
but his Iordship had the ''kick" In
the drive for the wire. Peterson
was beaten off by the two Ameri-
cans for second and third places,
while Livingstone-LearmOuth. of
was fifth and Facelli, the
italian, was sixth.
His Iordship complained of a |
slight leg sprain before the race,
but gave no evidence Of the injury
after the pistol barked Cuhel drew
the inside lane. the two Americans
soIen1nly shaking hands before the
start. 49, 800.