Evening star., 1932-08-05
5.O((EMETER RACE
LAST OPPORTUNITY
Eastman, Carr Resume Feud.
as Marks Made-!taIian
Captures 5000.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

Finland'S last-ditc fight to
l. save at least one bright
jewel out of the wreckage of
Of its f0Ot-raCing crown today
shared the Olympic spotlight with
the third episode of the rivalry
between Bill Carr and Ben East
man, American 400-meter aces.
No slackering of the track and
field recOrd-breaking carnival
was in sight.
For five days the "build-up" for to-
days two track climaXes has sounded
just likS the OLD family phonograph-
one record after another. Thousands
who have been watching the astounding
Olympic spectacle from the outset now
mingle laughter With their cheers to
greet the announcer's old refrain:
Creating a new Olympic and world
record"
a NY ONE who has had fortitude to
"A keep track of it all can emerge
with the statistical gem that 45
record performances have been an
nounced in II track and field events
Tor men and women.
The response yesterday could have
been heard in four different languages.
Luigi Beccah won the classic Olympic
1900 meters in the Olympic record time
of 3:5I2 for Italy's first Olympic foot
racing victory of all time.
Matti Jarvinen led the first success
full Finnish thrust with an Olympic
record iayelin throw of 238 feet inches
Chuhei Nambu of Japan. the world
record broad jumper, added the hop,
step and jump championship and world
crown to his credit, with a mark of
81 feet inches.
Finally, Americas own Mildred Babe
Didrikson scampered to her second
world record victory in the 80meter
hurdles, in III seconds.
EINLAND's first championship, how
i ever. in an event which was hers
simply for going through the mo-
tionS of spear tossing, won't be enough
to Offset her cup Of bitterness If youth
full Lauri Lehtinen fails today to take
the 5000 meters, the last fiat race title
that the Firms have a chance to salvage.
This Olympiad SO far has dealt
stunning series Cf blows to the foot
racing prestige that Finland developed
so sensationaly after the war.
First and bitterest blow of all was the
Punishment of Paavo Nurmi, the kirg
Of her runners. en- the very eve of the
games, destroying Ffnland's best chances
to win the 10000 meters and Marathon.
Then came the youthful ISo-Holo's
defeat Sunday by the Polish star, Jan
Kusocinski, in the 10000. Yesterday
the 1,500-meter crown passed for the
first time to an Italian. while Finland'S
defending champion. Harry Larva, fin
ished in the 1uck, along with his two
ccmpatricts, Purje and Luomanen.
WITH Nurmi and Willie Rito,a no
w longer present 10 carry on. Fin
lands 5,000-meter hopes rested Squarely
upon young Lehtinen, best Of the coun-
trys newcomers and a world record
breaker at the dirt-nce. The man they
feared mes for the first time, was an
American, Ralph Hill Of Greg n, still
holder of the national outdoor mile rec
ord.
Hill has developed sensationally ct the
longer distance. He has a real kick"
and there is still the bright picture of
how he ran away from Lehtinen in the
5,000meter trials Tuesday. even though
nothing but qualifying places were at
stake.
Yet to be run, of course, are the
3000-meter steeplechase and marathon,
but in these even S, too, the opposition
for the Finns Is stronger thu ever,
encouraged, no doubt, by the growing
conviction that the cloe:. of Finnish
invincibility has been removed.
MEANWHILE the Americans had
IVl their own private war to settle,
between Eastman and Carr. each
with a weather eye out meanwhile for
the slim Engli-hman. Lieut.. Godfrey
Lionel Rambling. The latter is built
very much along the lines Of the
Spindly-,egged ScCtohman, Eric Liddell,
who won the Olympic 400-meter cham
pionship in 1924. while the bagpipes
skirled
RampEng didn't lcol1 so impressive
in the trials yesterday. even under
wraps, and there has been nothing yet
to prove he can touch the record
smashing performances of Carr and
Eastman. EngliShmen, however. have
way Of winning foot races, especially
at the middle distances. as witness the
great 600meter victory of Thomas
Hampson two days ago.
Run in lanes from staggered" starts
the Olympic 400 favors Eastman's strid-
ing style but 1t has yet to be proved
he can travel IS fest as Carr when the
final kick" is called for.
Carr has whipped Eastman twice in
world record time this season. The
1t again, even though Eastman seems
now to be in better condition than he
was in the final tryoutS at Palo Alto
Yesterday Carr and Eastman each won
two trial heats in common canterS.
A MERICAN as well as Finnish
"A hopes were blasted bv the with
ering closing pace Of Italys black
haired little racer. Beccah, in the l 500
fDo hn @aYo e
her best college milers to the most.
Glenn Cunningham of Kansas. Pen"
Hallowell Of Harvard and Frank Crow
ley of Manhattan, but they wound up
fourth. sixth and eighth, respectively,
in a field Of 12.
Cunningham wilted on the back
stretch of the last lap after helping set
q fast pace. He was passed first by
Phil Edwards Of Canada, then b. Bee
cali and Jerry Comes, the British
champion. who finished second.
HalloWcll'S running still reflected the
effects of bad cold he suffered after
the Amrican tryoutS, but he and
Crowley probably would have been cut
run under anv circumstances. Bee
calls time clipped two seconds off
LarvaS Olympic record.
The Firms finished Cne two. three in
the iavelin in which the leading COM
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exactly seven tinee. Matu Jarvinen.
the winner got of four throws ranging
from 233 to 238 feet without even TAX
ing off his heavy athletic pants for the
run up TO the take-ofT.
DESPITE Babe Didricksons world
IL record victory over her American
rival EVELYN Hall. in the 30-meter
hurdles, the fifth day of the Olympic
track and field chamOiOnSbiDs was big
letdoWn for the United States forces
which had completely dominated the
previous days program. In the mems
team battle America picked I'D only
eight points end lost one. on the de-
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