Evening star., 1932-07-10
Four Years Ago.


happened?
100 Williams, Canada, first;
London, Great Britain, second; Lam.
mers, Germany, third; Wyckoff. United
States, fourth.
200 meters-Williams Canada. first
Rangeley Great Britain, second; Scholz
United States, third, tied with Korning
Germany.
400 meters-Barbuti, United States
first; Canada and Germany, second
third and fourth.
800 neters-Lowe. Great Britain
first: Hahn. United States, fifth.
I,500 meters-Larva, Finland. first
no United States entry among first six
This showing hardly calls fer thret
rousing cheers, echoing and re-echoinG
from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
The situation may change entirely
when the big show opens at the Lo:
Angeles Olympic Stadium this month
but in view Of the past performance
chart you can't blame our invadins
friends for turning back to 1924 anC
1928 with a canny smile, pointing with
pride and not viewing with alarm.
Not Quite That Way.
THERE has been a general feelinS
South that our Uncle Sam had /
picnic ahead.
He is almost certain to show q bi,
improvement in the fiat races over 1872
and 1928-but he won't be In the mid
die of any picnic.
Form" as Hughey Keogh once re
marked, "is the brief interval between
getting ready and going stale"
No one can tell just where that "brie
interval will strike when the world
best happen to meet Germany, Grea
Britain. Canada, Japan. New Zealan'
and South Africa all have dangerou
entries up through 400 meters. Sweden
Finland, Great Britain and German.
will offer bale of trouble at the 80l
and 1900 meter distances.
And beyond the 1,500-meter rout
our best long-distance people will hkel.
be forced to inhale lot Of dust.
From Far Away.
WE have heard no little about on
wv Wyckoffs and our Metcalfes, Top
pinos and other sprinters. Blu
how many know that Nambu of Japar
has run the 100 meters in Olympi
record time and that he has ais
jumped 26 feet az inches? How man,
know that Yoshioka Of Japan ha
beaten Olympic record time over thi
same route? Or how many know tina
Juan Pima OF the Argentine has ais
cracked the Olympic 100-meteT mark
These are only few of the far ava.
sprinters who have shown they ar
capable of crowding even Wyckof
or Metcalfe to the last inch.
At least a few of these are sur
TO be at peak form on the big day, a
AbrahamS was in 1924-aS Williams o
Canada was in 1928.
That peak form" may mean every
thing when it gets down to matter o
inches and split seconds.
Mixed Rivalries.
0NE feature Of the coming games vii
" be the number Of mixed riValr1e
to watch.
For example-Frank Wyckof Is keer
for another shot at Percy Williams O
Canada-and Eastman is bound 10 d
thinking more about Carr OF Pennsyl'
yania than any other rival.
The natural human tendency u
focus most of your attention on I'M
party who has removed your scalp, NJ
matter where he comes from, or VIVA
flag waves above his head.
Gone Venzke is a newcomer to thu
main carnival. but he has done hi
share of thinking about cunningham
of Kansas and Larva of Finland. wnc
are likely to be two Of the hardest "
outstep on the 1,5o0-meter day.
Larva has beaten Nurnlis best tlnf
over this route, and any one VINO car
outroll the "Old Man River OF tlniano
is nothing to take lightly-if at all.
TT will be smoother travelling In the
/ field games, where the United States
will have a big edge in the hurdles
high Jump, pole vault, ETC., but 1t Is a
big mistake to look for any merry-go-
round upon the track, no matter VIVA!
records are shattered and cracked al
Palo Alto next week. For peak form Is
no eternal quality, and it is the Olympic
test that furnishes the only answer.
(Copyrisht, 1892, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, 1ncJ.