Evening star., 1932-08-09
TEAM IS RULED OUT,
THREE MEN BANNED
Helene Madison Makes New
Mark in 100-Meter Swim
to Feature Aquatics.
BY PAUL ZIMMERMAN.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

7 OS ANGELES, August "a
calm settled down on TIE
- Olympic swimming stadiE-1
today, as aquatic artists of
the world returned to the routine
of record breaking after the small
riot which disturbed yesterdays
events.
Three Brazilian stars were
barred from further competition
and that country's water polo
team was disqualified as a result
of their attack on Bella Komjadi
of Hungary, referee.
The wild scramble of flying fists and
kicking feet came as a climax to the
third day of the meet, which saw one
world record bettered for the fifth time
and two new Olympic marks set up,
one of these for the fifth time.
Helene Madison, Seattle's 20-year- -old
breaker of the free-style records, proved
she still is the greatest 100-meter
sprinter of the world by winning the
final in l minute So seconds, defeating
Willie" Den Ouden, young Dutch girl,
by two meters.
MISS DEN OUDEN had set the
1V1 Olympic record at 1:07.6 only the
day before, after three others had
broken it in trials on the opening day.
The recognized world record of 09.8,
established by Albina Osipowich, United
States, in 1929, was echpsed by three
full seconds.
The United States, as a result, took
the leadership in women'S team scores,
with IT points against for Holland
and for South Africa.
There is z stlcng chance that this
lead will be cut down today with the
finals Of the women's 200-meter breast
stroke, for Clare Dennis, 19-year-old
Australian girl, set a new Olympic rec
| ord in the semi-finals, with Margaret
Hoffman of Kingston, Pa, trailing.
All three of Americas entries, Miss
Hoffman, Anne Covednik and Jane
Caldwell, qualified for today's race, along
with little Hideka Meehata, Japan. who
| also bettered the old Olympic record.
United STATES moved into the
~ mems team leadership over Japan
yesterday, when Mickey Riley Galitzen
won the spring board diving title, with
Harold Smith and Richard Deneger,
UOIu VI second ana
| third. The count now stands 27 for the
| United States, 18 for Japan, 8 for
Canada and 2 for Germany.
Close competition is expected in the
400-meter races, with the olympic rec
ord set only yesterday by Taksshi Yoko-
yana, Japan, at 1892. probably due to
tumble again. Jean Taris, France, ap-
plicant for a worlds record of 4:47:
Clarence Craboe, United States, and
Andrew (Boy) Charlton, Australia, are
favoriteS in tomorrow's final.
THE rioting followed the first water
J. polo game yesterday, when Brazil
lost rough contest to Germany, 7 tn 3.
Members of the Brazilian team. feeling
that Komiadi had Disseminated against
them. swan to the judges stand, sur
rounded and struck him 4.,4~ ~r... =
Many partisan fans swsrmed from
the stands to participate in the f1stic
argument, but the only injuries ap-
peared to be badly ruff1ed feelings and
disarrayed clothes.
Officers of the International SWIM
ming Federation met Immediately after
the second water polo game, which
Hungary won from Japan, 18 to 0, and
wrote the Brazilian water polo team
out of the championship and three
members out of any further participa-
ton in swimming events.
The United States and Hungary are
tied, for first in the water polo with
two victories each. with Germany sec
ond and Japan last.