Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-05
FOREIGN ATHLETES SET THREE
NEW RECORDS AT LOS ANGELES

Evelyn Hall of Chicago in the
scramble to the finish tape.
The women's hurdles was the
prettiest event of the first some
what drab day of Olympic compe-
tition.
The first half dozen hurdles were
cleared with not more than a stride
separating the leader and the last
girl in the race, and they finished
almost in a straight line.
The mems records came in these
events:
Javelin throw: Won by Matti
Jarvinen of Finland with a new
Olympic record of 238 it., in.
Hop, step and jump: Won by
Chuhei Nambu of Japan with a
new world and Olympic record OF
81 it., in.
The 1500-meter run: Won by Lu-
igi Beccali of Italy in Olympic rec
ord time of 3:51.2.
One of the prettiest and most in
spring sights of the games came
when the ceremony signally the
outcome of the javelin was held.
White and blue-crosed flags of Fin
land were hoisted up the three hon
or masts, and the solemn-sounding
Finnish national anthem was
played. This was the first time
since the contest games were be-
gun that any nation except the
United States won first, second and
third honors in a single event.
The hop, step and jump was held
on the north side of the field, far
away from the large southern side
stands, and thus was little seen.
Japanese in the crowd, however,
watched Nambus every step, and
joined in the general applause that
went to the winner. Secondary
honors went to E. Svenson of Swe-
den, and japanese, K. Ohsima
was third.
Beccali recorded the greatest sur
prise of the games thus far by win
ming the 1,500-meter over the more
favored Firms and the more heav-
lily publlclzed Americans.
Race Is Thriller
The little Italian put on thrill
ing race. He was back with the
pack when the first lap was COM
pleted. He was approximately in
sixth place when there was but
half lap to go Then he started.
He increased his speed with every
stride until he crossed the finish
line between three and four strides
ahead of John Frederick Cornes of
Great Britain, winner of second
honors. Phil Edwards, who used
to run for New York University,
and who now represents Canada,
was third. Beccali's time was 3:15.2.
This took the Olympic record away
from H. E. Larvs of Finland, who
was winner in 1928, with mark of
1892
Today's real thrill was to come
in the 400-metec final, expected to
develop into a third duel between
"Blazn' Ben" Eastman of Stanford,
and Billy Carr Of Pennsylvania.
Here's an almost bitter east VS..
west feud. Eastman's previous
marks had made hm favorite in
the 44O-yard run of the I. G. A. A.
A. A. games at Berkeley, Calf, but
Carr ran the shoes off him. Cali
fornians thought this was just a
mistake.
But along came Carr again to
beat Eastman in the U. S. final
tryouts at Palo Alto. Californians
then said (Which is perfectly true)
that Eastman had been running too
much and added that Big Ben
would show 'em in the Olympics.
The way Ben ran yesterday in the
preliminary heats would indicate
the truth of this contention, for
he ran under wraps in taking his
first and second trial heats.
Eastman will not predict outcome
of the event.
II feel pretty good" this bashful
and pink-faced towhead told the
United Press. But it's a real race.
I feel better than I have for some
time, but of course I'm getting a
little nervous and will be until it's
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