Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-12
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A AMSTERDAM. August 1l.-CH-
" making a week OF triumph in
Il Amsterdams spacious pool
4 4 aquatic stars of the United
States today wound up the
Olympic water competition with five
victories in the final six events on the
program.
For the first time since conditions
or lack of them-bit into the suprem-
0cy American athletes always have
held in the man-to-man phases of the
Olympic competition one section Of the
Uncle Sans athletic army lived up to
all the nice things that has been said
about it beforehand. During the wecS
man and woman swimmers and divers
Of the team scored 10 first places in
l6 events piling up a score Of IT'S points
out Of a possible 400
Today it was Johnny Weismuller.
! fierce-stroking Chicago veteran. and Al
bina Osipowich Worcester girl who Is
| almost a feminine counterpart of the
| husky Midwesterner in action. who
| shot the Stars and Stripes highest on
| the victory flag in the swimming sta
| dunn and stamped themselves as the
! fastest sprinters of their respective
/ sexes.
/ Letb AZ E0St, nut NIIlS.
| WeiSsmuller, defending the l00-meter
| free style championship he won at
| Paris in 1924. made a show Of his field
| in the final of the sprint classic that
/ was nearly turned into handicap af-
| fair through the title holders poor
/ start. The gun for the leap-of caught
/ Johnny unawares and the remainder
/ Of the field had a full length start be-
/ fore he could get away.
/ Once in the water, WeiSmuller prob
| ably swan the fastest final rs meters OF
| his career to catch George Koiac, New
/ York schoolboy. at the halfway point
/ and forge ahead to an easy victory, l.,
/ the final surge to the finish line,
1 Barany, the Hungarian. sprinted from
I the ruck to take second place, with
/ Takaishi of Japan third.
! Kojac. the youngSter who set the
| pace for the first half of the journey
! faltered in the last lap and had to be
content with fourth place TO add &c
/ the record breaking l00-meter back
/ stroke final he turned in earlier in the
week. Walter Laufer of Chicago fin-
/ ished fifth, ahead of Spence, the
/ Canadian. and Zorrilla of South Amer
/ lea the newly crowned 400-meter free
! style champion.
/ Weismuller equaled the Olympic
/ mark he set at IS 3-5 seconds earlier
in the competition.
Miss Osipowich Powerful,
II was left to Miss Osipowich, tbs
| powerful New England miss, who swlm'
with the thrashing style of Weismul
Ter. to smash a record. the sprint mar!
for women. Forced to the limit b.
Eleanor Garatti OF San Rafael, Calf
Miss Osipowich grabbed the crown b.
a bare hand-hreadth at the finish lint
in minute IL seconds fiat.
The new mark clipped full secon'
and Us from the record Ethel LacEi
set at Paris in 1924 Swimming mor'
smoothly and with less effort, Miss Ga
ratti also was under the old record He
gallant effort TO overhaul the huSE!
winner brought her home in Ill f-5.
One of the greatest days of TRIUMPH
America ever has seen in Olympic com
petition opened with the record-SmaSh'
| ing victory of the mems 8OO-meter re-
Law team. composed of Austin Clapp
Iauter, K0jac and WesSmuller. The
| Americans turned IN performance O
& minutes 80 5 seconds. To establish {
new Olympic record and trounce han
Oily the squads OF Japan and Can
ada, closest rivals.
The only break in the straight sweep
TO victory came through the SMASHING
triumph of Miss Marie Braun youth.
ful Dutch back stroke ace. In the 100
meter final for women. To make the
victory more complete and add 10 the
Temporary rOut of the Americans, TWO
British laSSeS. Miss King and Mis-
Cooper. took second and third places II
I that order
The best the Americans could do was