New Britain herald., 1928-08-08

| The first heat was = three corner
ed race between Misses Baron Of
Holland. Muhe Of Germany and ia
cobson of Denmark. The best Miss
Geraghty could do was to finish
fourth six meters behind the lead
ers who reached the end Of the pool
inches apart.
Almost Makes Record
The mems 200 meter breast stroke
championship was won by Tsuruta Of
Japan in PAS As. Rademacher Of
Germany was second and Ildefonso
of the Philippines third.
Tsuruta failed by only 4-5ths sec
onds to equal the worlds record
made by Rademacher who finished
second to the japanese today. but
he established a new Olympic record
by clipping eight seconds from the
mark the American swimmer, Skei-
ton, made in Paris in 1924. Rade-
macher with $50 3-5 and Ildefonso
with 25e 3-5 we're also inside Skel-
tons Olympic mark of 256 3-5. The
winner swan with an easy motion in
strong contrast to Rademaeher who
splashed right and left and used up
a sreat deal of energy.
/ Pete Des Jardines and Michael
Galitzen, who is known generally as
Mickey Reilly, would have been
crowned Olympic cha mpions IN
springboard diving after three dives
had been completed today II popu-
lar enthusiasm Of the spectators
governed the competition. Each turn
of the American stars on the spring
board was greeted with prolonged
cheering and applause while they
steadily piled up points ahead Of the
field with Harold Smith. another
American; Simaika. Egypt; Takas-
china. Japan: and Philips. Canada,
having a close race for third place.
When Des Jardines obtained the
ma ximum number OF points from
the Judges in the double somersault
forward running. the stands shook
with such a roar that Pete must
have heard the noise before MS
head emerged from the water.
Swimming Summaries
Mems 2O0-meter breaststroke
final-Won by Tsuruta, Japan; sec
ond. Rademacher. Germany: third.
Ildefonso. Philippines; fourth. Sic
tas, Germany: fifth. Harling, swe-
den; sixth, Spence. Canada. Time:
2:4s As.
Women's 200-meter breaststrose
first semi by Miss Baron.
Holland; Sec, Miss Muhe. Germany;
third, Miss Jacobson. Denmark:
fourth, Miss Agnes Geraghty. Y. D.
Time: 3:15 2-5.
Women's c00-meter breaststroke'
second mi-final-Won by MISS
schrader. Germany: second. MISS
Hozelius, Sweden: third. Miss Ger
trude Hoffman, U. S. Time: 3:l1 lib
With eight dives out Of the eleven
scheduled completed. only few
points separated Desjardines ana
Galitzen who led In that order.
stroke of hard luck cost Galit-
zen many points although 1t could
not nut him out of the running
Tense and alert the American diver
was poised on the end Of the spring
board when suddenly shrill whistle
from a locomotive passing by jus'
outside the stadium rent the air. or
the instant. Galitzen relaxed. slipped
and fell prematurely into the water
practically running his dive. The
: crowd cheered alphabetically.
At the conclusion Of the diving Y
. was stated that official figures wonlt
not he announced for several hours
However. unofficial scorers had Des'
iardines winning the championship
by a good margin with Galitzen sec
ond
Tense and alert the American d.
yer was poised on the end OF the
sprineboard when suddenly a shrll
whistle from a locomotive passing
by Just outside the stadium rent the
air. On the instant, Galitzen relaxed
, slipped and fell prematurealy int
the water. practically running MI
| dive, The crowd cheered sympathet
ically.
r T.. S. Poloists Win
The United States water polo team
, beat Malta 10 to 0 this morning II
} the Olympics competition.
Germany will play Hungary in tn
. finals and the loser OF this mattel
e will fight 1t out with teams from
D the United States, France. Englan
n and Holland to determine the sec
= ond and third places.
S A mild sensation was created b
the absence of John Weissmulle
n from the American team. The cham
e pion speed swimmer was replace
r by O'Connor There were rumor
n that Weissmuller's absence was du
o to dissatisfaction over his shown
n against Hungary but the officia
reason given was that the coache
were anxious to give him rest be
: fore the harder matches.
0 The American team was Daniel
r Mltchells. Schroh. Greenberg. Gre
u Ter. O'Connor and Topp. The Malt
5. players were Naipa. Magri, Busietts
n jr.. Busietta. ST. Darmani Vella an
r Pace.
II At the end OF the first half tn
y United States was leading by fou
. goals. Topp scored two goals an
O'Connor and schroh one each.
In the second half Topp score
four goals and O'Connor and Gre
= Ter. one each.
,. The American teamwork appeare
10 be somewhat improved over III
showing the Americans mad
/" against Hungary The Malta teal
was very weak. They had intende
:, withdrawing from the competitio
> hut finally agreed to p1ay r. r1ea