Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-03
FORMER SYRACUSE
STUDENT WIN IS.
4OO-METER FINAL
Barbuti's Triumph is
First American Track
Victory at Games.
BY United Press Leased Wire


AMSTERDAM STADIUM, aug.
3.-Ray Barbuti, former Syracuse
football star, won the 400 meter
final today, giving the United States
its first track victory Of the Olympic
games.
Barbuti won by foot, collapsing
against the tape.
Ball of Canada, was second and
Euchncr, Germany, third.
Barbuti $ time was 47.8 seconds
two tcnths Of Il second slower than
the Olympic record made by f. II.
IiddelI of Great Britain at the 1921
games.
Finnish dominance in distance
running was never 50 strikingly
demonstrated as in the five thous-
and meter final, the first feature Of
today 5 program.
Willie Ritola and Paavo Nurmi
So far outclassed the field, includ
ing the greatest distance runners
from the United States, Great Brit
ain and Sweden that Nurmi was
able to carry out pre-arranged plan
to turn victory in the five thousand
meters over to his countryman who
resides in the United States.
No love is lost between Ritola
and Nurm who wouldn't even speak
after they finished one.two in the
10000 meters Sunday. But the
finish officials requested Nurmi to
see that Ritola won an Olympic
championship.
Ritola sprinted across the finish
line first in / minutes, 80 seconds
Finishing second, Nurmi gave up
chance to become u double winner
and also relinquished the 5000
meter championship he won at
Paris in 1924 in 1892.
1t is understood that Nurmi was
requested by Finnish coaches to let
Ritola win the 5000 meters to repay
the latter for his trip from the
United States and his efforts as
Finn.
Scholz Breaks Training
Jackson V. Sholz, New York,
veteran American sprinter, who
finished in dead heat with Kornig,
the German flash, for third place
in the POO meter final Wednesday
defaulted third place today when
officials requested that the tie be
run off.
Unaware of the ruling, Scholz
broke training. Kornig, who was on
the track today, ready to run off
the tie, was awarded the third place
and Scholz was given fourth place
The awarding of third place to
kornig necessitated Il change in the
point scores of the United States
and Germany.
The standing Of the six leading
nations at completion of the 400 and
1000 meters including the corrected
score caused by awarding of third
place in the 200 meter to Germany.
follows:
United States, l42.
Finland, "a.
Sweden, 81.
Germany, 81
Canada, 33.
Jim Stewart, University of South.
crn California, went into second
place IN the decathlon after the
high jump, the fourth event on the
deeathlon program. Jansen of
Sweden, advanced TO first place
with 3366.sj points. Stewart ) to.
tai was 33O0.Gj.
Kenneth Doherty, Detroit, ad.
vanced to fifth place after the high
jump with 29Ss.45 points.
The standing cf the six leaders in
the dccathlon at the end of the
days five events-l00 mctes, broad
Jump, shot put, high jump and 400
metes-follows:
Janssen, Sweden, 4l7S.S5.
Njarvinen, Finland, 4l36.03.
Stewart, United States, 4l36.03.
Nriola. Finland, 4l03.S0.
Doherty, United States, 3S45.57.
Wesley, Austria, 3S00.45
The other five events of the de-
cathlon-ll0 meter hurdles, discus
throw, pole vault, javelin and 1900
metes-will be held Saturday.