The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08
DECATHLON CHAMP AND ARGENTINE
 WON GREAT EVENTS
Greatest Track and Field
 Games of All Time Close
 at Los Angeles - Off, cial ''Dumbbell' Listed
By STUART CAMERON United Press sports Editor

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 Los Angeles, Aug s-(UP)- Juan Carlos Zabala, probably the greatest athlete Argentina ever produced, was to-day's Olympic hero, winner of a gruelling 26-mile marathon in which stamina and Q stout heart drove him to victory in world record time after the United States team set new rec ords in every other event on the days program.
 . The 20-year- South American climaxed six years of training and two months of intensive local workouts to win the championship as he has wanted for almost six years. He was the only foreigner to win during the day. for the United States won the 400 and 1900 meter relays for men, the 400-meter relay for women. and the high jump for women.
 Little Juan Carlos trotted out of Olympic stadium early yesterday contestants, His head was covered with slouchy white cap. He was first to return to the stadium with tA0 AdIuCob part VI bUC ~ and 3SC miles behind him.
 Joyously he waved his hat to the crowd of 75,000 which thundered it's applause.
 Happy Was He
 Long after Zabala crossed the finish line winner in 2:31:36, estab- fishing a new Olympic record. the cheering went on, and the South American lad, all but beside him. self with joy, danced about the stadium greensward. waving the. blue and white striped flag of his mother country.
 This spontaneous jubilation of the crowd over magnificent vic- tory, and the formal championship award prescribed by olympic pro- tocol, came as the climax of what were unquestionably the greatest Olympic track and field games of all time.
 The U. s. 40o-meter relay quar- tet of Bob Kiesel, Emmett Toppino. Hector Dye and Frank Wykoff made Olympic history with a tri- umph in world and games record time of 40 seconds flat.
 Ivan Fuqua, Edgar Ablowich, Karl Warner and Billy Carr cap-' tured the 1,60O meter relay in the time of 3:0S.2. better than the best of the athletes of the past.
 Jean Smiley brought the U. $. women's high jump title with a world and Olympic record leap of 5 it, IA in. breaking the former Olympic mark by precisely 5 inches. and improving on the old world mark of it, 1-S in.
 The American women's relay team of Mary Carcw, Evelyn Furtsch, Annette Rogers and Will helmina von Bremen, captured the women's 400 relay in world and Olympic record time of 47 seconds flat.
 Cautiously enough. the American women were caught by unofficial timers in 46.9, but the official stop watches were geared on fifth be listed as the record for the books.
 Beccali's Triumph
 There were, figuratively speak ing, a million surprises in the eight field competition. The greatest, in SAAo "AAtCh OPAAAOIp Wd6 tHC VlSs tory scored by the little-sung Luigi games mark of 3:51.2 in the 1.500- meter.
 The event that ran truest to form was yesterdays marvelously run marathon. Zabala had been the great favorite.
 Possibly the award for exhibition Of s,k Ix nvx I Io termination should go to Jim punishing championship to win.
 The track and field games hard luck champion, was Ralph Metcalfe of Marquette who was set back too far at the satrt of his lane of the ably cost him the double-century title.
 Poor Sport
 An unofficial award for the least sportsmanlike act of the games could belong to Lauri Lehtinen of Finland who unquestionably inter- fered with Ralph Hill of Oregon in the closing meters of the 5,0O0- meter final. ultimately awarded to the Finn.
 The leather medal for official stupidity went without contest to the alternate lap-checker who made the 3,000-meter steeplechase boys do an extra tour around the stadium.
 Finally, the award for presence of mind in a trying moment was the property of Bill Henry, sports technical director, and official an- nn1lnNaN Uhn hVy 1Hfm kN H~n member these people are our guests restored order after the crowd. thoroughly aroused. was booing Lehtinen to the skies.