Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-04
.YANK ATHLETES
SHOWING HEELS
TO FOREIGNERS
American Team Has Big
Point Lead In Olympic
Games.
BY STUART CAMERON
United Press Sports Editor

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4.-The
United States track and field steam
roller was geared today to con-
tinue the enormous margin over its
rivals in the tenth modern Olym-
piad.
While there is no recognized
point score for the international
games, every nation keeps one, and
the unofficial system used by the
United Press, as well as the first
place only" system adopted by some
European nations, each had placed
America well into the lead.
The United Press score sheet
gave the U. S. ISL points Great
Britain was second with %. United
States had seven firsts, and the
Irish Free State and Great Britain,
each had two.
Three mems finals were listed for
today.
Japan, with its brilliant Kenki-
chi Oshima as we'll as Nambu and
Oda, should be able to capture
chief laurels in the hop, step and
jump.
Matti Henrik Jarvinen of Finland,
holder of the worlds unofficial
javelin throw record of 239 feet,
5A inches, along with his team
mates, Penttila and Sippala, were
the aces in this classic event.
But the United States had quail
fled three men-Glenn Cunning
ham of Kansas, Norman Penrosc
Hollowell, jr., of Harvard, and
Frank Crowley of Manhattan, in
the semi-finals of the 1900 meter,
and these men at least promised |,
serious battle with John Edward
Lovelock of New Zealand, and
Luigi Beccali of Italy, winners of
the second and third heats. Gun
ningham won the first heat. None
of the heats contained a record
performance.
The track and field program
reached its fifth day, with new rec
ord performances coming in almost
monotonous regularity
Four events were decided al
! Olympic stadium yesterday and
there were record performances II
| each.
Most exciting was the 200 meter
final, won by Eddie Tolan of De-
troit in 21.2. This mark supplantec
the 21.4 performances of Luti o.
Argentina, and Jonath of Germany
in the trial events. 1t also estab
| 1icboJ q nou, xr,ar1d ,,,orlr for n on
meter around turn.
Second Clean Sweep
America made its second clear
sweep of the first three places oi
an event in the 200, for George
Simpson of Ohio was second, ano
Ralph Metcalfe of Marquette was
third.
Earlier in the day, United States
stars finished three when
George Sailing of Iowa flashed
home first, with Percy Beard OF
Alabama, second, and Jack Keller
of Ohio, third. Saling's time of
14.6 equalled the official Olympic
mark, but he had made an unoffi-
cial mark of 14.4 in the semi final
tests.
These blanket performances py
Americans twice sent the United
States colors up each of the three
honor mastheads over the arch
way peristyle, giving the more
patriotic spectators an abiding
thrill.
There was also record perfor-
nance in the dramatic pole vault
contest. Lanky Bill Miller of
Stanford became the champion. He
finally crossed the bar at IA feet,
rs inches, topping Lee Barnes Of
ficial world mark of IA feet, III
inches, and the Olympic record of
13 feet, 9A inches, set by Sabin
Carr in winning for the United
States in 1928. The unofficial
world record for the event is
IA feet, Az inches, and is held by
Bill Graber of U. S. c., who fin
ished fourth. Shuhei Nishida of
Japan fought valiantly to equal
Miller's mark, but he took second
honors.
John Anderson, formerly of Cor
nell, set new games mark in
winning the discus with throw of
1862 feet, AS inches. Henri Laborde
of Stanford was second, and Paul
Winter of France, was third.
Mildred Didrikson of Dallas es-
tablished her second world and
Olympic record by winning the
first heat of the 80 meter hurdles
in 11.8. Earlier in the games she
had won the Javelin in record
figures.