New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-02
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qulst OF Sweden. who replaced as
champion Jonni Myrra of Finland
Lundquists winning throw was
$3.50 meters, the equivalent of Els
feet Is inches. new Olympic
record He made it on his very first
attempt.
Phillips Ahead
Herman Phillips of the Illinois A.
C.. like Barbuti. Won both OF his
heats today and will share with the
erstwhile Syracuse football player
the assignment of carrying Uncle
Sans colors against the best quar-
ter milers in the rest of the world
representatives Joe Tierney and
Euil Snider. were eliminated in
their second trial heats.
Records Fall
Three of the four championships
we're won with record breaking per-
formances, Larva clipped rs sec
ond off Paavo Nurmis Olympic rec
ora iOI low IIlclSIS III W illllllk III
three minutes So Is seconds. Lund-
ou!st beat the Olympic javelin
throw mark by feet S IS inches
with his heave of o1s feet Is
inches and Frau Radko cut more
than seven seconds off her own
worlds record for 500 meters when
she travelled the distance in the
sensational time OF minutes Is As
seconds, while all six point winners
finished under the former mark.
Larva's victory treasured the SUI
premacy of the Firms at this dis
lance as this championship was one
OF the four won by Paavo Nurmi in
1924 1t also marked another set
back for the Americans in races on
the fat.
Passes FrenChman
Larva caught and passed the
Frenchman. Jules Ladoumegue. 50
meters from the finish and won by
three yards. Conger was tenth.
Larva's time in winning the L.
800 meters was minutes and So is
seconds which broke Nurmi's Olym-
pic record by rs seconds.
Florence Macedonia Of Boston, the
one American who qualified for the
final. finished sixth.
The German champion shattered
her own feminine worlds record by
more than seconds. being timed at
2 minutes. l6 As seconds.
Conger was never a contender in
the field of II starters. The slender
American from the Illinois A. c.
had no finishing squirt and was near
ly 100 meters behind the winner.
Larva's dash from behind to nip
Iadoumegue was perfectly timed
after Elmo PROBE of Finland had set
the pace most of the last two laps.
Perfect team work won for the Fin
nish pair The Frenchman looked
to have the race clinched rounding
the last turn with a lead OF ten
yards. but he started his sprint too
early and faltered when nearing the
tape.
Second Championship
The second championship OF the
day went TO Germany. Frau Lima
Radke winning the women's 500
meter final.
The beautifully worked out racing
Of the Finnish fiers demonstrated
why Nurmi was not needed to keep
supremacy in this event in the north
country. Larva set the pace for the
first lap, then lay back and Porte
shot toward the front. taking the
field along at terrific clip. Conger
tried to move up but the best posi-
tion he ever held was eighth and
that only briefly.
Fast Pace
Frau Radke. after travelling a
sensational pace for a woman. was
barely able to withstand a closing
rush by the strong japanese runner
Miss kinuye Hitom. who failed by
only two yards to close the gap be-
tween her and the German The
pace was so fast that all six point
winners were inside the former
worlds record, Miss Macdonald