Evening star., 1932-08-01
OLYMPIC CHAMPS
TRAIL IN PREL|MS
Spitz'9 Failure Leaves U. S.
Minus High-Jump Title
for First Time.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

l. before the greatest crowd in
Olympic history, then a
record smashing competitive
overture, the Olympic track and
field championships today fea-
tured the prospect that two of the
most popular title holders, Percy
Williams of Canada and Lord
David Burghley of England, will
be hard pressed to keep up the
pace and probably will be de-
throned.
Both barely survived the first day S
battle for places, which gave $4,000
spectators in the Olympic stadium a
succession of unexpected thrills. The
crowd saw Olympic records shattered
in four mems events and witnessed, all
told, no less than eight record perform
ances, including a world record javelin
throw, for women, of 143 feet inches,
by the "one-woman" track team from
Dallas, Tex-Mildred (Babe) Didrikson.
Williams, in the semi-f1nals and
finals of the classic 100-meter dash,
outstanding event on this afternoons
program, faced not only the swift
returning challenge of crack Trio OF
Americans, Eddie Tolan, Ralph Metealfe
and George Simpson, but the threat OF
a new German flyer, Arthur Jonath.
THE Canadian star, who won both
l. sprint titles at Amsterdam TOUR
years ago, survived by way of the
third and last qualifying position IN
trial heat won by Tolan, the former
Michigan Negro ace, in the new Olym-
pic record time of 10.4 seconds.
Williams. in this heat of the second
series, trailed Carlos Luti, surprise con-
tender from the Argentine, as well as
Tolan.
Jonath, a big, rangily-built German,
came through his second test IN Io.o
seconds, also beating the former Olym-
pic mark of 100, which he equaleo IN
bis first race. ..r,l1u ot
whom was extended in sweeping tnrougH
a brace of victories apiece, were clocked
in lO.7 seconds in their second races
Metcalfe. the Marquette University
Negro and American sprint champion,
,oarticIlarly seemed to have lots 10
spare as he breezed to his second VIC
tory over the sole japanese survivor,
Yoshioka, a gallant little fellow VINO
churned up the cinders with a big
handkerchief wrapped around his head.
The tavorites, as they stacked up
among the even dozen Of the worlds
best sprinters surviving the two prelim-
mary rounds, we're Tolan, Metcalfe and
Jonath, in that order.
r7wo Aroericans Glenn Hardin I0lris-
l. lana youngster and the veteran
Morgan TAYLOR, world record hold
er, and Lord Burghley were among the
half dozen surviving for the 400-meter
hurdles final today. They finished, i'll
the order named in the first semi-final
race. a close and desperate battle which
saw Hardin set a new Olympic record
of 52.8 seconds.
Otherwise the first days track and
field competition was marked by the
crowning of three world champions, as
follows
% Leo Sexton, United States, who
twice shattered the Olympic shotput
4 record with successive marks of 81 feet
834 inches and So feet 3-16 inches.
% Janusz KuSocinSki, Poland, VINO
, broke the Finnish domination OF the
lO.OO0-meter lace by beating the best
of Finland's youngsters, Vomari 1so-
Hollo, and cracking Paavo Nurmfs
Olympic record by negotiating the dis
tance in 80 minutes ia seconds.
80 Duncan McNaughton, Canada,
who captured the running high jump at
6 feet 55s inches, after a prolonged
jump-off duel with his Southern Cali
fornia teammate, Bob Van Osdel, rep
resenting the United States.
a. Mildred (B be) Didrickson
United States, whose world record toss
of 143 feet 4 inches on her first try
with the javelin, marked the debut Of
this extraordinary girl athlete in Olym-
pic competition. 1t also enabled her TO
beat the German, E. Braumuller, who
had held the previous women's mark of
1872 feet "a inch and lost yesterday de-
spite toss of 142 feet 85s inches.
THE first big dispute Olympic Off
L Cials were called on to settle arose
from the first trial in the 300
meter run The French protested on
the ground Paul Keller was fouled on
the turn by Phil Edwards, Canadian
Negro, who formerly ran for New York
University