Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-30
WORLD MARK
IN SHOTPUT
SET BY u. S.
Nurmi, Finnish Flash,
Makes Olympic Re-
cord Over 10000
Meter Marathon
BY ALAN j. GOULD
fAssociated Press SHORTS Fdiforl

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AMSTERDAM, Holland, July 30
Off the opening days perform
ances are to be accepted as a cri-
terion, 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 super-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-pesformer to capture the spot
light.
Kuck. Nurmi
Kuck, with a toss that measured
eleven-sixteenths Of an inch beyond
the hitherto ~impregnable figure Of
So feet, furnished the opening days
sensation but Nurmi provided the
thrilling climax by coming from be-
hind in the stretch to beat his an
Gent rival, Willie Ritola, Finnish
American ace. and outclass Americas
own Joie Ray, along with the rest
of a big field and smash the Olympic
record.
Int hAAAg h1hAN1aAAI
Paavo is that he's considerably bald
er, looking much more mature than
his 81 years. But the same funny
little hop-skip is there when he prae-
tices, the same smooth, effortless
stride when in action, the same char
zcteristic arm swing and his famous
stopwatch. He didn't inspect the time
piece as much as usual yesterday.
After the first few laps he appeared
satisfied that Ritola was setting a
fast enough pace and followed 1t
without once challenging until the
stretch when he passed Willie 70 win
by four yards in 80 minutes, is 40
seconds, four and four-fifth 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
tae Olympic center pole, fulfills the
sensational promise Of the blond
Kansan's practice form. Yesterday,
with Herman Brix, University Of
Washington husky, apparently as
sured of triumph with a toss OF 81
feet, 8 inches, Kuck, on his mex 70
last throw, hurled the ball to a new
worlds record, beating not only Blk
but the German, Emil Hirschfeld as
we'll. Hirschfeld held the worlds
record for the shot put officially
Just two days and made a fine ef-
fort TO keep the crown by tossing the
1~6-pound ball 81 feet, 6 7-S inches.
Bob King, Of Stanfords takes his
place among the first group crowned
as Olympic champions, by virtue OF
his triumph in the high jump with a
leap of six feet, 4 3-s inches.
McAllister in Lead
Bob McAllister %equalled the Olym-
pic record Of 10 "a seconds IN the
first heat of the 100 metre semi-finai
today, closing in a great burst OF
speed for a victory over 1. Williams
Of Canada.
Houben, the German star, and
Rracey were shut out, along with
Pima. the Argentine.
In the second 100 meter semi-flnai,
the british negro runner. Jack Lon
don. finished first. also in the time
Of 10 SIS. Georo hammers, German
runner who was an outsider. finished
second. Frank G. Wykoff Of the
United States was third, while
Henry A. Russell, also Of the United
States, was shut out.
For the second time in the 100
meter semi-finel the Olympic record
was equaIed as the six sprinters IN
the 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
Practically assured a place in the
semi-finals today. The Foils team
tied Argentina in the quarter finals
SIS on bouts. but lost on points 5o-62
and later defeated Holland 12-4.
team for the catch as catch can
rhampionship starting this afternoon
was selected today as follows:
featherweight. Robert Hewitt; light
weight. Allie r. Morrison; Welter-
weight, Clarence Bergman; middle
weight. Lloyd q. Appleton; light
heavyweight, Ralph W. Hammonds;
heavyweight. ". J.. Edwards, and un-
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