Evening star., 1932-08-06
THE Americans refused to make
l. formal protest, although the ma

l. formal protest, although the ma
tional president of the Amateur
Athletic Union, Avery Brundage of Chi
cago, made no attempt to conceal his
displeasure and made public a state
ment saying: Although the A. A. U.
considers the race was not fairly run,
neither Mr.. Hill nor the United States
will protest"
Lehtinen and other Firms insisted
no interference was attempted. Even
Hill, reluctant to enter into any dis
cussion at all, asserted his belief his
rival did not mean" to interfere. Gus
tavus T. Kirby, American chief judge
at the finish and close observer of the
disputed incidents, declared: If it had
been a college meet, would not have
hesitated to disqualify Lehtiren on the
spot
1t was more than an hour after the
finish, marked by an unprecedented
demonstration of booing by many in the
crowd of $4,000, that Lehtinen formally
was declared the winner by Referee Ar
thur Holz of Germany, who asserted his
exclusive powers, short of formal U. S.
protest, by stating in his belief Lehti-
mems interference was not willful."
Holz did not see the episodes. Kirby's
informal report to him, specifying the
CAdCb OCIdllS, Hdo kO411lA Ny q OoP-
anese inspector who had charge of the
sector around the last turn where the
miX-up started.
THE whole story of the 5,OOO-meter
l. final was in the last 100 meters.
Up to then, as well as right down
to the finish Hill, the tall Oregon boy,
stuck like glue to Lehtinen's heels.
Going into the last lap, Lehtinen,
t,TyI CT
sticking so close to world record-hold-
er. spurted. He could not shake off the
American, however, and 1t appeared as
If Hill was primed to uncork the same
sort of finishing squirt that left Lehti-
men behind in the trials.
AS they hit the last turn, Lehtinen
started to go wide from the pole posi-
ton. carrying Hill with him, into the
third lane from the inside. Seeing his
way blocked on the outside, Hill still
within only stride of his rival, turned
to seek an open way on the inside. AS
he did so the American momentarily
checked his stride, whereupon Leht-
inen, instead of continuing the path he
had selected, cut over sharply himself,
to be in front of Hill once more:
This was where the crowd first began
to sense what was going on and its
first roar of protest echoed through the
stadium. Again Hill tried to get around
his rival to straighten out for the
final dash. but Lehtinen looking over
his shoulder. once more anticipated the
move. They were almost shoulder TO
shoulder then and close to the tape,
which Lehtinen broke first by matter
OF inches.
Lehtinen might have won anyway
for he was strong at the close, but the
conclusion, among the experts, was In
escapable that he feared HIS KICK
and employed tactics familiar to the
old professional clan in heading on
such a menace.
LILL, in the opinion OF Lawson ROD
/ / ertson, the American head coach,
was the stronger at the fnlSh
after running a perfect race In MS Ilrsl
bid for Olympic honors-
Like the flashing beacon that 1t was
on a stormy day. Bill Carrs croWnlng
triumph in the 400 meters, giving the
United States its first sweep OF the
three Olympic short distance races IN
90 wears stamped the little thorough
bred from Arkansas and PennsyIVanla anna
as the greatest quarter-mller OF all time
Before this race there were still lew
"die hards" who would not bring them
selves to believe that Carr was the mas
ter of Ben Eastman, the Pacific Coast
fayorite. Carr defeated Eastman in the
intercollegiates at Berkeley and in the
final American tryouts at Palo Alto.
There are no die hardS" today.
Big Ben himself. after it was all over
and he had run his heart out in vain,
said to Gus Kirby, the American chief
judge: "Bill's Just too fast for me You
don't need to sympathize. 1 know when
I'm licked by better runner.
TARR, with a typical rush down the
~ home stretch with his smooth, al
most effortleSS stride, beat Eastman
by yards in time that was considered
next to impossible, even on this light
ming track
His mark Of 462 wiped out everything
IN the books or on the cuff, including
the official world mark Of Al seconds,
held by Bud Spencer; the unofficial
time Of 469, credited to Carr himself in
the final trials: the old Olympic mark
of 47.6 set by Eric Liddell in the 1924
final, and Carr's own short lived time OF
47.2 made in the semi-finals yesterday.
1t was equivalent to about AGA sec
onds for 440 yards, which is less than
three yards beyond the 400 meter mark
but unfortunately no arrangements
were made to clock Carr at the longer
distance. Eastman was credited with
a 46.4 quarter-mile this Spring, a full
second under the existing officia
record.
yXTHIE all these exciting events wer'
Wv featuring the day and the United
States was boosting its over
Ehelming point total to l6o for II