The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-08

city streets, wearing down his rivals
with machine-like strides that car
ried him strongly to the finish in the
new Olympic record time of 2 hours,
81 minutes, 3S seconds for the route
of 26 miles, 1856 yards.
The victory Of the 20-year-old Ar
gentine, whose swift pace broke the
hearts of half dozen favorites, car
ried him home 200 yards ahead of
Sam Ferris, British veteran. A Fin
lander, another Briton, two japanese
and an American were next at the
line of finish. This race capped the
climax of eight days of athletic COM
petition unparalleled in world history.
There is many an Olympic battle
still to be fought along a rapidly
widening front, with CALIFORNIA;
crew engaged in the defense of Amer
lean eight-oared honors, the Yankee
boxers facing brisk skirmishes and
U. S. swimmers challenged already
by Japan's sensational young aquatic
stars. but it will be long time be-
fore the thrills, the astounding rec
ords. the arguments and the official
"boners" of the track and field cham
pionships are forgotten.
Was Outstanding Show
There never has been q combined
athletic show for men and women
like it. They thought much of the
kick" was extracted when the peer
less Paavo Nurmi was banished from
the games, two days before they
started. But performances from the
outset not only were so startling as
to make about 100000 spectators for
get all about the great Finn during
the week but sufficiently good as
well to knock the last of Nurmi's
Olympic marks from the record lists.
What Paavo might have done Sunday
IN the marathon is something else.
a subject that may be used for fur
Their debate, but Nurmi at his very
best would have had his hands fun
trying to head off Zabala.
Nurmi throughout the week sat In
the stands while his native Finland,s
stars were being handed their biggest
setbacks in Olympic competition since
the war, watching a Polander, Kuso-
cinski. take away the 10000 meter
honors, seeing Earring Jim" Bausch,
an American, SurpaSs Flniand,s IA
vored all-around stars in a world rec
ord decathlon performance. and an
Italian, Beccali, put Finland's cham
pion and the rest of the worlds milers
to rout In the classic 1900.
Firms Are Beaten
Finland won only three individual
championships while the United
States celebrated its comeback on
home soil and the fastest Of all Olym-
pic tracks by romping off with II OF
the % mems championships, in addi-
ton to five Of the six women events,
for the best. all-around Olympic
showing the U. S. A. has known in 20
years. The Americans won the mems
team championship with the aggre-
gate of 218 points, to Finlands Sec
ond-place ~. The margin was even
wider in the feminine division, where
the American girls rolled UP 78a
points to 1914 for Germany, in second
place.
All told, Olympic records were
wiped out completely In Is Of the %
events for men and women. The only
events that escaped the record
smashing process were the hammer
throw. broad Jump and high Jump,
besides the 50Q00-meter walk, q new
event, for which the time must stand
at least as a new Olympic standard.
World records were surpassed In Is
events, including all six Of the woln-
ems contests, and equalled In three
others.
Americans Have IT
They can blame the big comeback
Of Americas speed kings in world
competition and the stadium's light.
ming track for most Of the record
breaking stuff but that doesn't ex-
plain the competitive inspiration that
enabled American giants like Leo
Sexton and John Anderson to heave
the weights to record distances. thai
led Nambu d Japan TO triple Jump
further than any man before him.
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