The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-06
CALIFORNIA ISSUED
BONDS TO FINANCE
OLYMPIC CARNIVAL
Finances For Games Were As
sured Even If No Tickets
Had Been Sold
BY GEORGE ID, MANN

! Los Angeles, Aug. Z.-t1nanclng OF
the Olympic games was assured had
not a ticket been sold on the opening
, day. State bonds to the extent CT
81 100000 were issued to provide the
necessary funds to start operations.
These will be easily retired from the
receipts. To take up any deficit at
the stadium there was in the treasury
of the unique institution managing
that project, nearly 100000 profits
from football games, fiestas and
other events given over long period
of time.
1t is estimated that at the various
events scattered over the county, more
than 100000 persons will attend,
which should yield plenty of revenue
to make financial success of the
games. The stadium is owned jointly
by the city and county but is admin
istered by committee of Los Angeles
citizens, the members of which are
nearly all associated in the publish
ing business. They have done a good
job, but next December the scheme
Of management may be changed.
There is pressure from the University
of California to turn over the man.
agement of the stadium to that insti-
tuition. The stadium is virtually on
the campus. Since the agitation has
been started to let the university ham
ole stadium affairs, the rival Uni
versity OF Southern California wants
to be permitted to bid for the stadium.
so In view of the contention the old
arrangement may stand. It has GER
tainly been most successful in the
past.
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Michigan sent two fleet-footed ne
groes, Eddie Tolan, referred to as the
Midnight Express and Ralph Met
calfe. So close we're they in the finals
of the 100-meter race that it took
the judges a long time to decide.
Metcalfe was given tentative deci-
sion which was withdrawn later in
favor of Tolan. In fact, this verdict
was registered by the electro-photo-
graphic camera clock, an invention
which is quicker than the human eye
and, in case of dispute on close fin
ishes, is the final arbiter. Camera
time for Tolan was 10.28s as against
hand time of 10.3s. The 10.3s record
becomes the Olympic one and ties the
world record for this sprint.
In another race, mechanics played
a big part in the decision. In the
women's 100-meter trials, one heat
was so close that the eye could not
detect the difference. After seeing
the camera report of the event, the
judges were forced to revise their find
ings as announced at the stadium in
the afternoon. In other words, the
contest is not closed until the movie"
is seen. Some fans will agree that
this would be fair way to decide
some OF the great pugilistic encoun-
! terS.
The Irish Free State stepped into
the Olympic linelight at the second
great athletic show in the stadium
| Monday.
An Irish doctor from County Cork
| took first in the hammer throw and
fleet-footed son of the Emerald Isle
out distanced everyone in the hurdles
for a new worlds record. He nego-
tiated the 40O-meter hurdles in 51.8s
but his time was disallowed because
he knocked down hurdle. A novice
! at the Olympics, he caused sensa-
! ton as he had never run more than
five hurdle races in his life. Hardin,
an American. was second in this race
with record of SIS flat which Is a
new Olympic record and his time goes
into the archives for this Olympiad.
| TOO bad" the spectators sighed when
they saw Erin's boy tip over a hurdle
in his excitement to reach the tape
! first.
Stella Walsh, the great woman
Sprinter. established new 100-meter
record for women under the colorS Of
| Poland. She negotiated the distance
in less than lbs, which is some run
ming for a woman. United States
thought that Stella Walsh would join
the American team. She had an
nounced her intentions of becoming
an American citizen but in the end
she elected to run for her homeland
and calls it lust case Of gratitude"
Her name is actually Stella Wala-
siemicz and she was born in Poland
in 1911 in the village of Widrzchownia
but came to the United States when
she was 10 months old. Her father
never took out citizenship papers.
Thus she is an American-trained ath-
lete and picked up much of her skill
on Fairgrounds and school athletic
fields. A Polish athletic association
heard of her some time ago and start
ed to groom her for the Tenth Olym-
piad She was sent to meets in this
country and Poland by this associa-