Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-05

/ On July 81 Douglas Lowe of Great
Britain won the s00-meter run in 81 AS
| seconds, beating the Olympic record
established 10 years ago by our great
Meredith Edward Hamm of Georgia
Tech won the running broad jump
WITH IS feet Ala inches, a new Olympic
record
Miss Elisabeth Robinson of Chicago
won the I00-meter dash for women in
II lis seconds. a new world record
for women Miss Halina Konopacka OF
Poland won the discus throw for
women with almost 100 feet, new
worlds record for women.
In the catch-as-catch-c wrestling
competitions the victors were as fol-
lows Bantamweight class l23 pounds
Finn. featherweight il34lal, Allie
Morrison of the University of Illinois
lightweight d4sl, an Esthonian: welter-
weight $3.50, Finn; middleweight
tl74), a Swiss light heavyweight (l9n,
Swede; unlimited, Swede
The Italian team won the foils COM
petition. August l was a day of disaster
for us in the track events. of victory in
the field events Percy williams, the
Canadian youngster, won the 2O0-meter
dash in 81 AS seconds williams. who
won the i0o-meter dash two days before.
Is the bright particular star of these
Olympics. he deserves pindar. Lidney
Atkinson of South Africa won the no.
meter high hurdles in Ia As seconds.
equaling the Olympic and the accepted
world record (the day before, in a
trial beat. Weightman Smith OF South
Africa made the time OF Ia as seconds.
not yet officially recognizede. Sabin
Carr of Yale University won the pole
vault with 10 feet 8 6-l6 inches, new
Olympic record, Clarence (Budl
Houser, dentist OF Los Angeles. won the
discus throw with 1855 feet and nearly
three, a new Olympic record.
August was another disastrous day
for us. LARA of Finland won the 1900
meter run IN minutes 53 lis seconds, a
new Olympic record Oda of Japan won
the running hop, step and jump. Lund-
Quist OF Sweden won the iaveiin throw,
with 2iS feet 6ia inches. new Olympic
record,
Frau Lima Radke of Germany won
the a00-meter run for women in ,
minutes is As seconds, a new world
record for women.
Gaudin of France won the individual
foils contest,
Miss Helene Mayer, 17-year-old
German girl, won the individual follS
contest for women.
On August ) Roy Barbuti Of Syracuse
University won the 400-meter run, the
first mems track event won by an
American, Ritola of Finland won the
5000-meter run
Finland's team won the team catch
as-catch-can wrestling contest
On the night Of Friday, August 3, the
Official scores In the track and field con-
faV lIapf g.
British Commonwealth of Nations, g.
tGreat Britain, .; Canada, a. Ireland.
/; South Africa, - Finland, 4, Sweden,
| Japan, /, In the track and field con-
tests for women the scores we're.
United States, /; Germany, L. Poland, /.
Mates. The great Parts exhibition
OF the coming Fall and Winter fashions
Is In process. We are pleased TO note
that Frivolous furhelows" have been
relegated to limbo; that there Is to be
a return to severity" to the straight
up-and-down silhouette Very we'll;
bat we don't like this SO much "the
progress of the lengthening skirt is to
be arrested before 1t succeeds IN cover
ing the knees" We had hoped for re-
lief from those in apbroditean knees
The tones are somber, pale green be-
Ing the only concession to euphrosyne,
A new sIugoslav eahinent has bsep
formed headed by Father Auton knro~
snets, member Of the Slovenian clerical
party The new minister OF social
affairs Is member of the Croatian
peasants party
There are two pafllaments sitting In
Bucharest. Rnmania. One Is the legiti-
mate Though say the opposition
fraudulently elected Parliament less
the opposition, the other Is q little