The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-05
AMERICANS TAKE
COMMANDING LEAD
IN TRACK EVENTS
MART Jarvinen Wins Teams
Initial First Place in HurI-
ing JaveIin
As RECORDS ARE BROKEN
Babe Didrickson Scampers to
Her Second World Mark
in 8-Meter Hurdles

Los Angeles, August 5.-(P-Fin.
lands last-ditch fight to save al
least one bright jewel out OF the
wreckage of it footracing crown Fri
day shared the Olympic spotlight
with the third episode Of the rivalry
between Bill Carr and Ben Eastman
American 400-meter aces.
No slackening of the track and field
record breaking carnival was III sight
For five days the "build-up' fol
Fridays two track climaxeS has
sounded Just like the old family
photograph - one record after an
other. Thousands who have been
watching the astounding Olympic
spectacle from the outset now mingle
laughter with their cheers to greet
announcer's old refrain: Creating
a new Olympic and world record"
Anyone who has had fortitude to
keep track of it all can emerge with
the statistical gem that As record
performances have been announced
In track and field events for men and
women.
The response Thursday could have
been heard in four different langu-
ages. Luigi Beccali won the classic
Olympic 1500-meters in the Olympic
record time of 3:51.2, for 1taly's first
Olympic foot racing victory OF all
time.
Leads First Thrust
Matti Jarvinen led the first Sue
cessful Finnish thrust with an Olym-
pic record javelin throw of 238 feet,
inches.
Chuhei Nambu of Japan, the world
record board jumper. added the hop,
step and jump championship and
world crown to his credit, with a
mark of 81 feet, Z inches.
Finally, Americas own Mildred Babe
Didrikson scampered to her second
world record victory. in the 80-mcter
hurdles, in III seconds.
Finland's first championship. how
ever, in an event which was hers
simply for going through the mo-
tons of spear-tossing, won't be
enough to offset her cup of bitter
ness, if youthful Lauri Lehtinen fails
to take the 500 meters, the last flat
race title that the Firms have q
chance to salvage.
This Olympiad so far has dealt q
stunning series of blows to the foot
racing prestige that Finland devel-
oped so senSationally after the war.
First and bitterest blow of all was
the Punishment of Paavo Nurmi, the
king of her runners, on the very eve
of the games, destroying Finland's
best chances to win the 10000 meters
and marathon.
Then came the youthful -Hollo's
defeat Sunday by the Polish star
Jan Kusocinski, in the 10000. Thurs
day the 1500-meter crown passed fol
the first time to an Italian while
Finlands defending champion, Harry
Larva. finished in the ruck along
with his two compatriots, Purje anc
Luomanen.
Veterans Arc Absent
With Nurmi and Willie Ritola ne
longer present to carry on, Finland's
5000-meter hopes rested squarely up.
on young Lehtinen, best of the coun.
try's newcomers and world record.
breaker at the distance. The mar
they feared most, for the first time
was an American, Ralph Hill of Ore.
gon. holder OF the national outdoor
mile record.
Hill has developed sensationally al
the longer distance. He has a rea
kick" and there is still the bright
picture OF how he ran away from
Lehtinen in the 50O0-meter trial.
Tuesday, even though nothing bu
qualifying places were at stake.
Yet to be run, of course, are tn,
30O0-meter steeplechase and mara
thon, but in these events, too. tn,
opposition for the Firms is stronge
than ever, encouraged no doubt b,
the growing conviction that the cloal
OF Finnish invincibility has been re-
moved.
The revised total for the U. S.. TO
16 mems events in five days, was Isl
points. Finland moved into secont
place, with IS to Great Britain's "a
and Japan advanced to fourth posi-
ton with %, followed by Canada an,
Ireland, % each.
In the women's division, mean
while, the American team score. in
creased by Is points in the hurdles
leaped to 81 ID, as compared witt
Germany'S total Of is 1-2 in secon,