Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-01

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Percy Williams of Canada, Ran.
goloy Of Great britain and ScAul-
ler Of Germany qualified in his
-final-thc first section.
Williams time was 21.9 seconds.
Williams won by a yard from
Rangeley of Great Britain with
Jackson Scholz, veteran of the n.
Y. a. c. third. At Paris in 1924,
Scholz was first.
/ Williams is the 20 year old Cana
| dian school boy who won the 100
meters dash Monday, defeating such
! United states stars as Bob MacAl.
! llster of New York, and Frank
( WNkoff of Glendale, California.
American pessimism over Pad.
dock S elimination was increased
! moment later, when Henry Cum
ming, Jr., of the Newark Athletic
Club was eliminated in the second
semi-final Of the 20O-metcrs.
Kornig of Germany finished
first in the heat, with the veteran
jackson Scholz Of the New York
Athletic Club second, and Fitzpat-
Iich, ui dnaua tlllrd.
Gill of Great Britain was fifth
and KugcIberg Of !Swcdcn sixth.
kornig's time was 21.8.
Paddock finished fourth in his
! heat with Gomez GAIA of Mexico,
fifth and Legg Of South Africa
sixth. Legg failed at the halfway
mark.
Paddock was out run. He appear
ed TO be in distress in the stretch
and was utterly unable to catch the
+ leaders who outdiStanccd him BY
four yards.
Williams won easily.
American Rout Continues
The American rout continued in
the S00-mctcrs first qualifying heat
for girls, when Miss Dee Boeckman,
Of the Headlight Athletic Club, St.
Louis, dropped out on the stretch
badly beaten by the fast early race.
Fraulcin Dollingc Of Germany,
/ finished first in 2:224 seconds with
/ Miss GentzcI Of Sweden second aud
/ Miss Roscnfcld, of Canada-who
won second place in the l00-metsrs
ltisii NfSNtIudN - ne tHllh Nudil i'l .
FrauIein Dollinge s time of two
minutes. 22.4 seconds for the S0J
meters was announced as Il worlC
record replacing that of 2:23.S
made by Fraulcin Batschaucr, OF
/ Germany at Breslau last year.
The American girls had little hope
agains. times such as these.
NN,1s,,
dcna Athletic Club was eliminate /
in the second heat of the girls 500
She finished next to last, run out,
but she continued gamciy to the
tape.
Fraulcin Radkc, of Germany, won
the second heat of the 500 with
Miss lIitomi of Japan, second and
Miss Ki,osowona Of Poland third.
Fraulcin Radkc's time was tive
minutes % seconds.
Miss Thompson of Canada finish
Cd first in the third heat of the
girls 500 meters with Miss Florence
! Macdonald of Boston second and
/ Fraulcin Newer Of Germany, third,
Sid Atkinson. Of South Africa,
dealt another blow to American
track hopes when he won the final
Of thc lo.mctcr hurdles.
Stephenson Anderson of the Uni
vcrsitv Of Washington was second
and John Collier Of Brown Univer-
sty third.
Leighton Dye, Los Angeles Athlc-
! tie club was fourth a shade behind
, Collier and Wcightmau Smith was
! fifth. Galley of Great Britain was
sixth.
Atkinson 5 time was l4.S seconds
--our-fifth second behind the world
record time of his countryman
/ Wcightman Smith--in yesterday 5
4 semi finals.
Atkinson. second string man ON
/ the South African team fairly flung
/ himself between the American to
breast the tape in a thrilling finish.
Anderson looked the winner two
/ strides from homo, and Collier had
/ been coming fast after the last two
| hurdles. He managed to take third
/ from the vauntcd Wcightman Smith
! the odds on favoritc after his world
record time.
The tremendous upset in form
/ stunned everyone. There was
/ Wcightman Smith and there were
/ the two Americans, looking like Il
onc-two combination for first and
second But Atkinson won with a
terrific hurst of speed that came at
the last fraction of a second.
Percy Williams, Canada, school
/ hoy, won the final of the 200 met
! crS.
In the discus throwing trials
James Corson of the Olympic club,
/ California, made a new Olympic rec
ord of II meters (l54 feet 2.3SS
/ inchcS).
In addition to Corson, John +.
Anderson Of Cornell qualified for
the discus throw, final, at 40 met
crS.
Frederick F.. Wcickcr. New York
A.. c., also qualified at 1881 meters.
Bud House, Los Angeles A. G.
was tossing the discus well and was
almost certain to join the group of
! American qualificrs.
Barnes Qualities
Qualificrs for the pole vault final
were:
Lee Barnes, Los Angeles Athletic
Club; Sabin Carr, Vale University
William II. Drocgmullcr, Northwest
| ,,n ITn;Nnrg;t,,. Chorln Mo-Gin.