Evening star., 1932-07-30
STIRRING STRUGGLE
STARTS TOMORROW
1000 Athletes, SO Nations
Vie, With Multitude of
Records Promised.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated PIess Sports Eoitor.


l. oratory and Paavo Nurmi,
Finland'S b a n s h d
martyr" will blend into the
background of a record-smashing
battle for Olympic athletic honors
tomorrow.
Gathered from the far corners
of the globe, the speed and Drawn,
skill and endurance of close to
1000 athletes representing 80 ma
tionS, will compete in a kaleido-
scopic whirl of sporting activity
unprecedented in Olympic history.
In their wake, over a stretch of two
unbroken weeks of action in 16 sports
1t is confidently expected Father Time
and Old Man Distance will be left diZzily
contemplating veritable wreckage OF
records.
The main attack on existing stand
Rrds will be launched Sunday afternoon
IN track and field sports, long the blue
3ibbon feature of the Clympics.
ok of the grand total Of % track and
~ field contests will furnish the chief
attraction for perhaps 100000 on
sjookers in the huge Olympic stadium
SFinalS will take place in the high Jump,
Sehotput and 10,000-meter run, in addi-
'tion to. trials in the 100-meter dash,
tiA00-meter hurdles and 800-meter run.
The shotput world record should be
blasted loose by either of the outstand-
ang favorites, Leo Sexton of the United
States or FrantiSek Douda Of Czecho-
glovakia.
The two series Of 1OO-meter elimina-
tions should indicate clearly just how
high Americas hopes may be raised in
the attempt of Ralph Metcalfe, George
sprinting prestige lost by this country
in the last two OlympiadS.
The high jump should be a sweep
for the United States, with either Bob
Van Osdel or George Spitz the victor,
and the rugged young sons Of Finland,
Iso-Hollo and Virtanen, figure to lead
the 1o,ooo-meter pack in the absence of
their renowned compatriot, Nurmi, bar
red from the games on charges Of pro-
fessionalism two days ago.
TN both the hurdles and 800 meters
i the American entries figure to make
a good showing, but they will be up
against the keenest sort of competition
to survive the preliminaries. Uncle
Sans main hopes may rest on the vet
eran Morgan Taylor, holder Of the 400
meter hurdles record, and Eddie Genung
the slim national half-mile champion
In fact, the whole track and field
prospect, for eight consecutive days,
presents the most rugged sort of tus
sic for the Americans in their fight to
keep the team championship they have
held ever since the OlympicS were re-
vived in 1896.
The United States seemed assured of
no more than eight gold medals, Sig
nifying first-place winners. Finland'S
inspired little band, aroused by the
banishment of Nurmi, will exert every
muscle to do as well. Great Britain,
Canada, Germany, Japan, Italy and
Argentina may also see their flag sent
to the topmcst victory pole, at least
once, before tAe laurel wreath is placed
on the marathon winner next Sunday
afternoon, August z.
IA S the American sprinters go so
IA may go the general fortunes of
the home-bred forces. Triumph
in the 100-meter final Monday for any
toward bolstering up the spirit of the
entire United States team.
Here are the Olympic track and field
selections, based on an Associated Press
. consensus:
100 meters+Tolan, U. S. A; Met
Ealfe, q. S. A; Williams, Canada.
200 meters -Metcalfe, U. S. A; To-
Ian. U. S. A; Jonath, Germany.
400 meters-Eastman or Carr, U. S. A.;
Rampling, England.
300 meters-Hampson England; Sera
Martin, France; Genung, U. S. A.
1900 meterS-Beccali, Italy; Hal
lowell, U. S. A; Larva, Finland.
5000 meters-Lehtinen Finland; Vir-
tanen, Finland; Hill, U. S. A.
10000 meters-Iso-Hollo, Finland;
Kusocinski. Poland; Ribas. Argentina.
3,00o-meter Steeplechase--Iso-H -Hollo,
FINLAND; McCluskey, U. S. A; Toivo-
men,, Finland
Marathon-Zabala, Argentina; De
Bruyn, Germany; Kyronen, Finland.
lio-meter hurdles-KeIIer. U. S. A;
Beard, U. S. A; Sailing, U. S, A.
400-meter hurdles-Lord Burghley,
England; Facelli, Italy; Taylor, U s. A.
5o,0o0-meter walk-Frigerio, Italy;
Hinkel, U. S. A. Cieman, Canada.
400-meter relay-Germany, U. S. A.,
Canada.
16,OOO-meter relay-Great Britain, U.
Shotput-Sexton. U. S. A; Douda,
Czschoslovakia; Hirschfeld, Germany.
Discus-AnderSon U. S. A; Remecz,
Hungary; Jessup, U. S. A.
Javelin-M Jarvinen, Finland; Pent-
lila, Finland; Sunde, Norway.
Hammer-Porhola, Finland; O'Cal-
saghan, Ireland; Conner, U. S. A.
High jump-Spitz, U. S. A; Van Os-
bel. U. S. A; Johnson, U. S. A.
Pole vault-Graber U. S. A.; Miller
q. S. A.; Nishida, Japan.
Broad jump-Nambu. Japan; Bar
Der. u. S. A; Gator Haiti.
Hop, step and jump-Oshima or Oda
Japan; Bowman, U. S. A.
Decathlon-A. Jarvinen, Finland;
Erinla Finland. Rausch u S A