Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-03
CLOSE TO 100000
THREE-DAY TOTAL
100000 Out for Opening Is
i Not IncIuded-Far Ahead
of Amsterdam.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

Y OS ANGELES, August o.
World athletics have not
L. only turned the corner ~
but galloped in full cry
down the middle of the road on
the basis of today's evidence that
the greatest Olympic boom in his
tory is now assured.
Within only three days, nearly
400, 900 spectators have paid to see
the assorted thrills OF this inter-
national sports carnival. OF these
$4,000 have witnessed the track
and field events in the Olympic
Stadium. An additional 100000
looked at the formal opening cere-
monies.
Four years ago it took eight days at
Amsterdam to attract 130, 900 customers
into the main stadium.
With only three of the eight days OF
track and field competition SO far COM
oleted-today being the fourth-new
OLYMPIC records have been set In IL of
Is events, four Of which have not been
completed. In the full eight days OF
activity in 1928, exactly dozen Olym-
pic records were broken.
n EToRE California's astonishing
ID olympic show is completed it will
not be surprising to see the ag-
fRregate paid attendance pass 5000
and the present track and field record
output at least doubled.
IT'S one Of those things you hesitate
10 believe unless you see it. World and
olympic records have been kicked
around in the stadium for three days
with such complete abandon that it's
news" when some one fails to beat
the best on the books. 1t may be the
track, the climate, the competition. or
4 combination Of all three. Meanwhile
the Eastern "Old Guard" OF America,
long famous for its skepticiSm Of PA
cite Coast standard time" has run to
cover.
Americans no doubt would have liked to
have had Big Ben Eastman In his best
event, the 800 meters, when the Olyn-
pic hnalists toed the mark for yester-
days dramatic final. 1t is doubtful,
however, whether the Stanford star at
his peak could have beaten long Tom
Eampsor, the British school teacher,
who roared down the stretch to new
world record of 1898 and two-foot
victory over gallant Alex Wilson OF
Canada and Notre Dame.
tGsLIAMPsoN's marvellous perform
i anee, the feature of the third
days track whirl, kept Britatns
union jack flying highest In this middle
distance classic dominated in the past
two Olynpics by the famous Douglas
Lowe. They knew beforehand that
Harnpson was good, but no one had any
idea he would make show" OF Sera
Martins world mark OF 1905, East
mans unoff1cial record Of 1850, as Wen as
iop two full seconds on Loves olympic
standard. = -
It was one of those races Of a life
time. as thrilling even If not quite as
close as Eddie Tolan's two-inch margin
over Ralph Metcalfe in the 10o-meter
final. Hampson ran a perfect race,
timing. his '.kick" so beautifully that he
lust had enough left to overhaul and
beat Wilson, then collapsed exhausted
on the turf.
pire. with Phil Edwards Of Canada
third, and +5-6 for the United States
as Eddie Genung, Ned Turner ana
Charles Hornbostel, in that order, COM
pleted the half-dozen in the scoring
1.-THE rest of the record cracking story
J. pointed the way today to pair OF
be run of in quick succession, first IN
the lI0-meter high hurdles and then
in the 2o0-meter dash. There we're
six record races in these two events
alone yesterday.
The 2O0-meter Olympic record Of 2l.6
seconds, which shad stood for 28 years,
was positively manhandled Tolan and
Metcalfe, the two American Negroes
expected to fight it out again in the
final, ran their quarter-f1nal heats each
in All seconds, for new Olympic marks,
but Carlos Luti, Argentine sensation,
end Arthur Jonath, the hustling Ger
man, came right back to click on win
ming races in 214 seconds each. Luu
led the third American. George Simp-
son. and looked the part of real con-
tender.
The way these Sprinters are going
It may take close to the world record
OF 2o.6 seconds to win the title that
Percy Williams relnquished, without
even a single struggle Williams with
drew from the 200 after pulling q
muscle in the 100 meters.
Americas trio of high hurdlng aces
look ripe for clean sweep as well as
record-smashing final. Two OF them
cracked the Olympic record OF 14.6 sec
ondS In yesterdays seni-hnals. JACK
Keller romped home in las seconds,
after which George Sailing led his
teanmate, Percy Beard, in 14.4, also
tying the world record.
DALPH HILL, the Oregon boy,
X stamped himself real threat in
the 5,o0O-meters by running away
from LAuri Lehtinen, young FINNISH tilsIa IA a.
1885 was not so impressive as the
Vay he outsprinted Lehtinen after tne
Finn challenged on the last lap. All
three Americans, including Dan Dean
and Paul Rekers, qualified for the
5O0o-meter final, scheduled Friday.
The American Negroes contribution
TO the rapidly mounting point score OF
the United States was emphasized
again when Edward Gordon of Iowa
won the broad Jump title with leap
nj 25 feet "a inch This fell consider
ohlv short Of a record distance in 9
contest conspicuous for the failure Of
Svlvio Gator of Haiti and Chuhei
mbu of Japan to fulfill expectations.
Gator failed to qualify among the sly
finalists and Nambu hnlsneo trhro, WltE
q lump of "a feet 5h inches. Gator
and Nambu both have cleared 20 lee
in competition, alone among the word
broad jumpers, and the japanese holdi
the oficial record OF rs feet 2Hs mehes
The Olympic track ana nelo team
championship, meanwhile, Is WEtuali!
all over but the shouting Inc Ohtes
States with eight events concluoeo' ma pa
81 points. Ireland Is next WIN ~
while Canada has l9, FinIano 10, olsa
Britain 10: Poland and Germany, ~
each; sweden 8 and Japan Z. Iooay'
events inquired to shoot the YANKEE 'o'8