Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-01
POLE AND FINN
STAGE DUEL IN
10000 METERS
kusocinski Makes Record
Time In Thrilling Race
AT Olympics.
BY GEORGE II. BEALE
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1.-For a
real d-fashioned love feast you
need a couple OF long distance run
ners, one each from Poland and
Finland
Janusc Kusocinski. the Pole. and
Noimari Iso-Hollo, the Finn. mad
che in the 10000 meter race OF the
1882 games and for downright good
VIII 1t beat even the battle between
the cobra and the mongoose.
Solemn and sullen, that pair
started out on that more than six
mile run and while they spent
something over so minutes together
they just couldn't get excited
about il.
When they finished about 10
yards apart. Kusocinski first. they
offered a most casual left-handed
handclasp. smiled those smiles the
william uses when he turns the old
folks out of tht mortgaged home,
and trotted off the field.
They didn't even exchange ad-
dresses as they parted and their
action was strictly in character with
their afternoon OF having fun to-
gether. They might have been a
couple of contract bridge hounds
who played different systems but
were forced partners on a long
crosS-country train ride.
And how fine and cordial KuSo-
cinski and Iso-Hollo were to the
"a men that started out with them
to do the 25 laps around the Olym-
pic stadium track.
Lead All the Way
The Pole and the Finn took the
lead at the gun and then either
one or the other had it right to
the finish. A second Finn runner,
Lauri Johannes Virtanen, tried to
Join in their sociable gathering and
they let him trail along for quite
a while, only to drop him as if he
was one OF the even-your- best |
friends won 't-tell-you guys.
AS for the others in the race, /
they seemed to be social outcasts, !
Iso-H -Hollo passed them by.
And all the while the two were /
putting on their brotherly love act
Kusocinski was rolling up a new I
Olympic record. When he finished |
the time announced he made the /
distance in 80 minutes, ll.4 seconds. |
The previous mark of 80 minutes. /
184-5 seconds was set by Paavo
Nurmi, the great Finn, who was
denied entry to the celebration OF
this Olynpiad
The show probably would have
been even better had Nurmi not
been charged with padding expense
accounts because Kusocinski an
nounced some time ago that he /
would run Nurmi's legs off if the i
latter was permitted TO compete.
Pole hows Strength
Nurmi, himself, never has been |
accused Of Sociability so he would |
have made a grand party OF it
with Kusocinski and Iso-Hollo
It really was a tremendous race /
without Nurmi.
Kusocinski led Is of the 25 laps |
and Iso-Hollo the other 10. They /
to go when they put on their final
drives. Kusocinski had the most
power left and he gradually drew /
ahead, finally TO win by 10 yards.
Virtanene was in third, 100 yards
back. j. w. Sayidan, New Zealand, 4
finished fourth, far away; M. Sy-
ring, Germany, fifth, and j. Lind I
o,.o.a Cu,adeJ1 cfyfh
Kusocinski drew a big hand from
the $4,000 who watched the race
but the lions share Of applause
went not to the winner but TO
A. Cardoso, OF Brazil, the last man
10 finish.
Tapped a half dozen times by the
leaders. he went doggedly on and
on. the only one still on the track.
Each time he passed a 400-meter
mark the crowd cheered and the
stands roared approval for a
fighter when he finally finished,
a good 10 minutes after Kusocinsh
was in his shower.