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Evening star., 1932-07-15
0LYMP|CS MECCA
OF TIN CAN CYPS|ES.
Get There Somehow Spirit of
Covered Wagon Days
Again Rampant.
NATIONAL reactions to the Olym-
II pic games have received a de-
cided imnlllSe what with the

N NATIONAL reactions to the Olym-
nj pic games have received a de-
cided impulse, what with the
arrival this week CT various Eu-
ropean athletic contingents en- route
to Los Angeles. Daily reports of the
training exploits of American athletes
now on the coast and a growing feeling
among the youth of the land that the
great thing to do just now is to get
to Los Angeles. somehow, some way.
In this section one notes a very de-
cided revival of the old American pio-
neering spirit as car after car laden
with enterpriSing youth sets forth on
the high adventure of a journey to the
Golden West
Los Angeles Is going to be surprised
and gratited at an unprecedented influx
OF Olympic enthusiasts from Maine to
Florida and inland, and perhaps
amazed, too, at the variety and condi-
ton of vehicles that will bear them.
Lost generations of motor cars have
been resurrected, refurbished and put
into rolling condition-albeit who can
say how long and how far they will roll
MO doubt the various transconti-
~ mental highways will be marked by
derelicts as melancholy, as sugges-
tive of brave futility as the skeletons of
horse and OK that used to mark the
covered wagon trials when the lure of
gold and of productive acres drew the
adventurous American westward
But most of the feet will arrive and
Los Angeles will know how to make
the end of the trail worth while.
Among the delegations of foreign
Evening star., 1932-07-15
Believed Nurmi
Ban Will Stand

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 15.-One of the
~ biggest fights of the Olympic
games may be fought not on the
field, but in the Convention Hall.
The games themselves may produce
no excitement to rival the battle of
words over the question Of Paavo
Nurmi's status.
j. Sigfrid Edstrom OF Sweden,
president of International Amateur
Athletic Federation and chairman Of
the Council of Seven that suspended
the committee might take upon his
arrival here yesterday.
Other officials, however, were Of
the opinion that Nurmi would not
be reinstated when the committee
meets at Los Angeles July %. What
ever the committees decision then,
Edstrom pointed out, Finland would
be able to appeal to the full Con-
greSs of the l. A. A. F. at its meet
ing the following day.
Finnish officials, ShipmateS OF
EdStrom's on the Drotningholm, said
Nurmi, in the event he is not REIN
stated, will be an unofficial starter in
the Olympic Marathon. Some of the
more indignant thought it even pos
sible the Firms would withdraw from
the games in a body should the 1. A.
A. F. decline to lift Paavo's suspen-
sion.
Nurmi is charged with receiving
excessive expense money in connec-
ton with several European perform
anceS.
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Nurmi, With Troubles Galore,
Shielded by Special Guard
From Hero-Worshiping Fans

solved Nurmi's problem Of privacy. he
can now limp along on his good leg
until July %, when the I. A. A. F.
gathers here to decide what constitutes
exorbitant travelling expenses and, Incl
dentally, whether he may fulfill his am
bition and run the marathon of the
1882 Olympiad.
TO top off reports that sore tendons
l. in his left heel might keep Nurm
out of the games, regardless of
what the I. A. A. F. does about it. Nurmi
helped himself to quiet workout yes
terday morning on the village streets
before the international traffic was astir.
The few who saw him said there was
no evidence of the limp displayed at
his initial workout here
Local track followers point out
further that athletes bothered with
Achilles tendon injuries have been able
to compete without serious handicap.
Meanwhile. John Roman, Polish at
tache, complains that Nurmi's past
reputation has made it so that Jannusc
Kusocinski, long-distance runner for
that nation. doesn't get break in the
newspapers"
'Kusocinski (who arrived two days
ago. beat Nurmi in Posen in a regular
4-mile run last June 90" said Roman.
"Kusocinski is the fastest and best en-
durance runner that will be entered in
the Olympic games. There is nobody in
the world today who can outrun him"
Evening star., 1932-07-15
BY PAUL ZIMMERMAN,


T OS ANGELES, July Is The
Paavo Nurmi problem, not to be
confused with one Of similar
name confronting the Interna-
tional Amateur Athletic Federation, has
descended upon the local organizing
committee Of the Olympic games.
All of which accounts for the guard
posted today in front of the Phantom
Finn's cottage door in the Olympic
village.
Amateur status troubles to the right
of him, injury troubles to the left of
him, while to the front gathered an
ever increasing crowd of we'll wishers
and the curious, was too much for the
taut nerves of the greatest distance
runner of all time.
ITO put it mildly, Nurmi objected. 1t
i was his plan to find hiding in the
crowds of the Pueblo De Nuestra
Sonora La Reina De Los Angeles, far
from the prying eyes of these who were
wont to search out the greatest in the
city OF champions.
Finally Paevo was prevailed upon to
accept the hospitality of the athletes
sanctuary, with benefit of added guard
Which to the thousands who have tried
to crash the gate of the International
Settlement, without so much as setting
foot inside the 200-acre fenced and pa
trolled premises, will be hard to under
stand.
The Organizing Committee, having
Evening star., 1932-07-15
FAST HARNESS RACE
TO MAY E. GRATTAN
Takes Two of Three Swiftest Heats
Run in Succession in Grand
Circuit Meet.

BY the Associated Press.
TOLEDO, Ohio, July 15.-The fastest
L three consecutive heats Of the
grand circuit season were stepped
last night in the free-for- all pace at
Fort Miami track
May E. Grattan, driven by c. Earl
Pittman, took the opening round in
200 "a, after fast dash in the stretch,
then repeated in the second heat. lead
ing all the way, to finish in 200 u.
Calumet Adams, driven by Childs, won
the final trip in 200 -.
Other starters in the closely con-
tested free-for- all were Braden Heir,
Winnipeg. Cold Cash, Toll Gate and
Kinney Direct.
The 16 trot was won by Morley
Frisco in straight heats. Pat. jr., was a
straight-heat victor in the IS trot.
Bonnie AXworthy took two out of three
heats in the II class trot.
His Majesty won both heats Of the
2-year-old pace and Brown Berry was
victor In two out Of three in the 2-year-
old trot.
Evening star., 1932-07-15

Larva has beaten him both the times
the two have run together.
Ladoumegues results raise him as a
miller above all of us others. Hard
lines for the world that the French
Athletic Association have declared him
a professional.
"The Finnish Wolf"
On medium distances the greatest
opposition has been shown me by The
Finnish Wolf" Vile Ritola He is the
most energetic and merciless living
thing I have ever met in my long run
ming life. Hardly one of the gold
diggers of the West or Of the self-tor-
mentors of the Middle Ages has tor
tured himself in the manner this man
did when he prepared himself for the
Olympic games in Paris and Amster-
dam I can well remember what some
farm laborerS said of him when they
saw him training in 1928: Before the
Summer that devil will have killed
himself" Well, Vile Ritola is still
alive.
If Ritola only had been more loose
chance whatever in our duel. His best
distance is from the mile up to g..
The 3-mile indoor record which stands
for Ritola Is frankly extraordinary.
There are couple of excellent run
in Finland, of whom in another ar
ticle, as they deserve it.
Copyright, 1882 By the Associated Press.
AZ rights Jeserped in al all countries. . igelud-
Cuction IN UhOle or part fOrbidden.)
Evening star., 1932-07-15
STARS AND STRIPES
H0|STED BY 0LDAG.
AshevilIe Man Is Chosen Chef
to Feed 400 in English
Speaking Section.
BY the Associated Press.
T OS ANGELES, July 15.-Uncle

By the Associated Press.
7 OS ANGELES, July 15.-Uncle
Sans first concerted move
IL into the village he put up
here as a monument to the
1882 Olympiad's athletes was to
take place today when foot ball
stars of Yale, Harvard and Prince
ton occupy their quarters with the
worlds greatest competitors.
1t was slender, unassuming
Hans Oldag. marathon runner,
who raised the Stars and Stripes
to the masthead yesterday along
with the banners of a dozen other
countries as a forerunner to to-
days invasion.
Oldag, winner of the Salisbury, Md,
marathon, was only a step behind the
American Olympic Housing Committee,
headed by Charles L. Ornstein, which
arrived earlier in the day and set up
quarters in the administration building.
nRNSTE1NS first official act was
~ to engage a chef to feed the army
of almost 400, who will move into
a whole row of cottages in the Eng
disappearing section of the village.
Robert James Lyle, formerly of AShe-
vile. N. c., was chosen. Serving with
Ornstein on the committee are Thomas
j. Kanaly and Harry M. Berman.
Along with the arrival Of the Eastern
grid team, which meets a Western ag-
gregation chosen from California Stan
ford and the University of Southern
California, in a demonstration game
August g. it was announced Alble
Booth, Yale backfield star. will arrive
later He may play in the game II
work on a motion picture, in which
he is to appear, does not interfere.
THE schedule calls for the appear
i ance of Follands second contin-
gent of % athletes and 9 officials
Saturday. along with the 7man Greek
team and EsthCnia's Imam team, Os-
wald Kapp, wrestler.
Sunday the strong Fascist team from
ITALY. numbering more than 60, and
the first group of athletes from Ire
land, are expected to check in.
Besides Oldag, three Hungarian mod
ern pentathlon performers and two Off
cials and Harrington Anderson. Dan
ish marathon runner, put in their
appearance.
Evening star., 1932-07-15
CrddS Olympic Athletes Start Final 7y0uts Today
he new Federal tax, 1or today's pre-
view, and $1.65 for the big show tomor-

the new Federal tax, 1or today's pre-
view, and $1.65 for the big show tomor-
row.
Stanford authorities announced there
would be no broadcast either day from
the stadium.
Meanwhile, the coaches and experts
who have been figuring themselves
dizzy trying to name the place winners
in advance, prepared to toss most of
their dope into the waste basket and
let the athletes speak for themselves
with actual performances.
THE extraordinary class of the field
i in almost every event has had
critics all tangled up in arguments
for days, centering around such
"naturals" as the Eastman Carr affair,
the sprint rivalry among TOPPING,
Wykoff, Metcalfe and Tolan, the chal-
lenge of 1,500-meter runners to Gene
Venzke, the shotput duel between Brix
and Sexton, and the high hurdles test
among Sailing, Beard and Keller, all
world record smashers.
Looking for possible upsets, dope
sters picked Leo Lermond as the run
ner to watch in the 1900, If anybody
is to upset VenZke.
The pair are clubmates as well as
keen rivals and Lermond is just as
anxious to gain revenge for the lick
ings he took at Venzke's heels indoors
as Eastman Is to turn the tables on
Carr, the Pennsylvania express.
DALPH METCALFE, the fashy Ne
X gro sprinter from Marquette Uni
versity making his first Olympic
bid, will be watched closely in his at
tempt to win a place in both the 100
and 200 meter dashes. He is credited
with shattering world records in each.
He faced stiff assignment, however,
trying to outfoot Wykoff, TOPPING and
Tolan in the 100, besides tackling Hec
Dyer, Bob Kiesel and George Simpson
as we'll as Tolan and Wykof again, in
the 200. Coaches named James john
son, dusky flyer from Illinois State
Normal, as the outside threat to sprint
favorites.
Eastman's first competitive reaction
to his only defeat of 1882 was awaited
with eager interest, especially by West
Coast observers who had considered
the Stanford star unbeatable.
Big Ben passed up an almost certain
Olympic 800-meter triumph in order
to gain return duel with Carr and
concentrate on the 400. Eastern critics
figured Eastman again might be upset
b. the free-for-all method of running
the 400 in the tryouts, as contrasted
with the use of lanes for this event
in the actual Olympic games.
THE cream of American college milers
i was included in the 1,500-meteI
field. among them Joe Mangan OF
Cornell, Pen Hallowell of Harvard, Glen
Cunningham of Kansas, Frank Crowley
of Manhattan, Henry Brocksmith OF
Evening star., 1932-07-15
BY PAAVO NURMI.


Written for the Associated Press.
TROM the time when I left the
~ mile to be run by younger men,
new talents have appeared on
that distance, the overwhelming
and outstanding one among whom is
the Frenchman Ladoumegue. I have
never had the opportunity Of running
against him, but I have often seen
him at it.
l admit that Ladouelegue has OF all
the milers I know the most sweeping
stvle. The power Of his ankles is SIM
ply enormous He does not throw his
legs as others do. but simply sklpS on
them in most supple and soft man
ner. Although a comparatively small
man, he stands without doubt far above
the others.
1 Pick Myself.
What a match it would have been:
Nurmi of 1924, Peltzer of 1926 and
Ladoumegue Of last year, on the mile!
The Lord alone knows who would have
won such a run. 1 have SO much van
ity, however, that 1 should have bet
on Nurmi of 1924. My form was par
ticularly fine at that time, and my
nerves would most certainly have won
the case for me. Ladoumegue has lost
IN the greatest duels, among others
Evening star., 1932-07-15
DOPE OVERHEARD
AS GREATS CLASH
Uncle Sam Will Pick Three
From Each of 18 Events
for Olympic Team.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

DALO ALTO, Calf, July IS
- Out here in the beautiful
/ Santa Clara Valley, where
athletic speed and Drawn
are listed among the prime prod
ucts, America called the roll today
of her greatest battalion of track
and field warriors for the purpose
of picking the Olympic team.
Upon the outcome of these try
outs, including preliminaries to-
day and finals tomorrow, will de-
pend the makeup of shock troops
which will carry the Nations
shield into action in the tenth
Olympiad'S classic events at Los
Angeles two weeks hence.
Barring the distance events IN which
the United States admittedly is out
classed, the final tests here, combined
with the 1882 national championships.
figure to produce an aggregation we'll
equipped to meet the challenge of the
rest of the track and field world.
The American forces will be based on
the first three men in each of the 18
events on the program. The meet
brings to a climax the series of sec
tional tryouts and puts on display a
host OF champions and record holders,
youthful sensations and seasoned cam
paigners. plus a sprinkling of dark
horses"
MOST Of the main arguments, in
1V1 cluding the Bill Carr-Ben East
man duel, in the 400 meters. and
the fight of at least a dozen sprint
aces for the six coveted places in the
dash lineup. will not be settled until
Saturday. The preliminaries, neverthe-
less. packed the prospect of enough
thrills to attract, it was expected. from
10000 to $4,000 spectators into Stanford
Stadium.
Tickets were only 55 cents, including
Evening star., 1932-07-15
Girl Films Ace
Made by Escort

MEMPHIS, Tenn, July Is P).-
~ A motion picture camera re-
corded it when Emmett Spicer,
jr., former Southern golf champion,
made a hole in l ON a Memphis
course, ana there was no trick
about it.
Spicer and Elizabeth Dunscomb
were playing a two-some. They ap-
preached the twelfth hole. Miss
Dunscomb made her shot and told
Spicer she would make a motion
picture record of his.
The ball sailed high and true,
struck in front of the pin and drop
ped in for an ace. The camera fol-
lowed it all the Way,
Evening star., 1932-07-15

him his love for the ring and the
track.
Few fighters who have reached
the top show the marks Of their
former profession so distinctly as
Goes Dundee. Both Of his ears are
caulifiowered. his nose is f1attened
and he speaks almost in a whisper.
Johnny was clever boy in his
day. He met the stars In four
classes and shined as topnotcher
for many years. His record shows
that he has participated in more
than 400 fights, and II he had his
way he would still be throwing
gloves at opponents. despite the fact
that he had reached the peak four
years ago. Johnny is one of the few
former fighters who continues in
training even in retirement. He
also is one Of the few who has
salted away enough dough for
rainy day.
(Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-07-15
SWIMMING FIELD STRONG
Olympic Hopefuls Among Entrants
in Glen Echo Meet.

Leading swimmers of Washington are
scheduled to compete next Monday in
the second outdoor swim Of the season,
at the Glen Echo pool.
Among those will be Onalene Law
renee. Rita Augusterfer. Marie Duvall
and Elizabeth Howard, who are entered
In the Olympic trials in New York.
6O-yard free style-A. Meatyard &C. P).
L. D. SNYDER &C. P), Jerman Martin (U.).
s. G WIdener &C; p, Philip, Bateson 1Al.
(W. c. c. and Roger Leverton.
High board diving Robert KNIGHT &c Pl.
J2hnny RToaddqs orbst al Mahgp IL G!aTo0eb
smith fAI Regnold Hodgson &C. P) and r
Emery Wilson "a.
tsS, Rita AueusteEfeT st, Elizabeth How
ard (SD. Belma Gunderson tA.). Dorothy
Briggs a., Lois Bates (U). Evangeline
Rice 81, Annabel Whaler (S.l. Sally Stew
art 81. -Maranna Thomas 81. Bernetta
(S.l and Edith johnson tSD.
High board diying-Lenora Taube 81,
Lois Bates 81, Marjorie Maurine tS.l,
Onalene Lawrence IS and Betty Gates s..
Gold. silver and bronze medals viii be
awarded for first, second and third places
in each event Gold medals viii be awarded
winners of RELAYS. Meet is sanctioned by
D. c. A. A. u.
Evening star., 1932-07-15
Indiana and Frank Nordell Of New York

Indiana and Frank Nordell Of New York
University.
They faced none to bright an outlook,
however, with VenZke and Lermond in
the lists and only three places on the
team available altogether.
Ralph Hill, the Oregon collegian. who
set an American outdoor mile record Of
APPS in 1880, was an outstanding can
didate in the 5,00O-meter run.
Almost obscured by the spotlight on
Olympic aspirations was the A. A. U.
national championship feature Of the
two-day program. The New York
Athletic Clubs brilliant squad was
top-heavy choice to take the team title
away from the Los Angeles A. c. in this
phase of the contest.
Evening star., 1932-07-15
MRS. WARE VS.. MISS WALL.

EASTERN POINT, Conn, July IS
Rl.-Mrs. Glenna Collett Ware of
Philadelphia scored a decisive and
6 victory over Mrs. Dorothy Campbell
Hurd of Philadelphia. in a semi-final
match of the Griswold Cup tourna-
ment.
the other semi-final. l up, from
Katherine Bragaw of West Orange
N J.
Evening star., 1932-07-15
Shadows of the Past
BYI. BRENNER.
once a worlds champion feather

~ weight and junior lightweight
fighter and owner of a racing
stable. Johnny Dundee. now retired.
continues to follow his hobbies de-
spite the fact that he is neither a
horse owner now nor does he par
ticipate in boxing matches as of
old. Yet Johnny may be seen al
most daily at the race tracks around
New York when the racing season
is on. and on days when the big
shots" of the roped square are in
training either at the Pioneer or
Stillman's gymnasiums in New York,
Johnny is sure to be among the
spectators. You can't take from
Evening star., 1932-07-15
GIRLS TRY FOR 0LYMP|CS
A. A. q. Championships to Start
at Northwestern u. Tomorrow.

CHICAGO, july IS P.-The coun-
try's woman athletes. crowded out of
the Olympic picture by the activities
and arguments of the mems division,
will do some important running, jump
ing and throwing of their own tomor-
row at Dyche Stadium, Northwestern
University.
The occasion has been labeled the
national womens A. A U. champion
ships but that angle of the affair will
be well subordinated by the fact that
the girls will make their bids for places
on the Olympic team.
More than 200 entries from % States
have been received and the list in
cludes nearly every American record
holder.
Evening star., 1932-07-15
OLSEN TO COACH AT PITT.

PITTSBURGH, July IS P.-Ap-
pointment of Carl Olsen, former track
coach and director OF athletics at
Fr0bel High School, Gary, Ind, as
assistant professor of physical educa-
tion and head track coach at Pitts
.burgh has been announced
Evening star., 1932-07-15
Olympians Mourn
Loss of Mascot

By the Associated Press
I OS ANGELES, July 15.-A small
~ black pup, Smokey" whose an
cestry is uncertain but his popu-
larity unquestioned, has disappeared
and noted athletes from all over the
world mourn his absence.
Smokey" was the official mascot
Of Olympic Village, where athletes
in the Olympic games are housed.
He was born January 2, the day
ground was broken for the village.
Evening star., 1932-07-15
WOMEN IN GOLF FINAL.

MILWAUKEE. Wis, July Is R.-
June Beebe, defending champion, and
Jane Weller, medalist, both of Chicago,
teed off at the Ozaukee Country Club
today in the 36-hole finals of the
Women's Western Open Golf Tolrna-
ment.
Evening star., 1932-07-15
THE sporting factor seems to be In

THE sporting factor seems to be in
i allegiance. 1t Is as though these i'm
preSsive young exponentS Of vari-
GUS sports had come here for the ride,
as the saying is. as much as anything.
1t might pay the Olympic Committee
to put on a redskin raid as the trains
bearing our foreign visitors climb the
Rockies or fare over the Sierras Con-
verSation with the French particularly
leads to the impression they will be
disappointed If nothing wild and woolly
happens. So much for the influence
upon the European mind of our cinema
expectations which. deal with what Is
technically known in Hollywood as
westerns"
Evening star., 1932-07-15
PRAETOR WINS STAKE.

NEWMARKET. England. July IS tE1.
William Woodward's Praetor at 7
to i, yesterday won the Summer
Handicap at , miles and "a yards by
a head from Walter Griggs' Blue Don
and three others.
Evening star., 1932-07-15
WOMEN IN SWIM TESTS.

NEW YORK, July Is (P.-Seekins
The right to represent the United States
at Los Angeles, the Nations finest
women swimmers begin the two-day
Olympic final trials at Jones Beach
TODAY.
Evening star., 1932-07-15

athletes the chief note the writer
catches is one Of deep interest in the
opportunities of seeing the United
States which have been opened to them.
Evening star., 1932-07-15

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This is the tenth OF a series OF arti-
cles bv PadrO Nurmi, IN WhiCh the great
Finnish runner in his oun ray tells the
story OF his life.
Evening star., 1932-07-15

THE cream Of American college milers
i was included in the 1,50O-meter
field. among them Joe Mangan of
Cornell Pen Hallowell of Harvard Glen
Cunningham of Kansas, Frank Crowley
of Manhattan, Henry Brocksmith of
Evening star., 1932-07-15

fCopvri0ht, 1892, bp the Associated Press
Al r1ohts reserred in all countries. includ
mo Finland. Norway and Slpeden. Repro
Cuctlon IN Uhole or part fOrbidden)