The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-05
BY STUART CAMERON United Press Sports EditOr)

| nOIIlc 6bECtCu AhA 6GVV EVtVVV SROS- tators their biggest thrill of the day, placed his country's flag above all the others for the first time in the modern running of this event. and sent the record toppling. The runners started out at a fast clip. Attention was centered on Norman Penrose Hallowell, Jr. Americas hope, Harri Larva, the Finn, defending his Olympic rec ord, and Phil Edwards, the Cana dian negro.
 No one seemed to think of Bec- cali.
 Nip and Tuck Hallowell drew the first lane and led the pack from the starting mark. The long legged Edwards soon passed him, running much in the fashion of his 800 meter race two days before. Hallowell soon was out of 1t, back in fifth place along with Bec- cali. Lovelock, the New Zealander, moved in front.
 The men were setting terrific pace.
 he had at the first turn; one bfiet moment of glory. Ny, of sweden moved to the front, Edwards in second position. Cunningham, an American hope, gave the crowd a thrill then by lengthening out into the lead. Hallowell was running sixth.
 They came into the backstretch. Edwards unleased @ spurt, which carried him past the tired Cum ninxham, but the field drew up on the two leaders. J. Cornes of Great Britain was making a staunch but futile effort.
 No one yet had noticed Beccali. Content to gallop along in fourth or fifth position, far in the rear. The cheers were for Cornes, Cun- ningl1am and Edwards. And then something happened. To the Front Out of the pack came Beccali. Long mop of black hair flying in the wind, taut muscles sheated In lean legs, the Italian cut loose. A roar went up from the crowd as he zoomed around the third and fourth men. They seemed to be standing still, pair of galloping humans in slow motion. Like a streak he was up on Cornes and Edwards. He swept past, and down the stretch he sprinted like a 100 yard champion. His chest was out as he broke the tape, arms high in the air. Cornes pounded in for second, Edwards third, Cunningham fourth, Ny of Sweden and then Larva, the vanquished champion. Beccali's time was 3:51.2, break ing Larva's Olympic record of 3:532.
 The "unknown Italian" waved his hand jauntily, swept back his black locks and smiled his wide smile. The race was all his. The other big thrill of the after noon came when Babe Didrickson. to whom world records are just so many marks on paper, set an- other for the so yard hurdles in Ill 7-1O seconds.
 Babe was nervous at. the start. bit forgot it in the race. for she was crowded to the limit. The fin ish was almost as close as that o1 Tolan and Metcalfe in the 10G meters.
 She made a false start that drew one of the other girls out of the footholes, but when they crouched | for the second start she held her. self in leash All got away we'll. Babe began to draw slightly away after clearing the first hur. dle. She was in lane three. | Over the fifth hurdle she wal | coming down as the others were
 rising or clearing. As they ap
 proacbed the last hurdle, Evalynt
 Hall, Chicago, was threatening
 Out on the extreme right Marjorie Clark of South Africa was skim. ] ming the sticks with the finesse oi
 a Lord Burghley. Marjorie helt
 the record at 12 1-5 seconds unti Babe came on the scene. Close Bid
 | Hitting the clay again for tht final sprint, Miss Hall began a ter.
 rific sprint to the tape, gained or
 her Texas rival and in another
 stride might have caught ant
 beaten her. Miss Clark finished
 third a couple of yards back. Mis-
 Schaller, U. s. A., was fourth, Mis-. Webb of Great Britain fifth an.
 Miss Wilson of Canada last. Not z
 single hurdle was knocked down.
 The other mems records cam' in these events:
 Javelin throw: Won by Matt
 Jarvinen, of Finland. with a new
 Olympic record of 23s it. in.
 Hop, step and jump: Won b!
 Chuhei Nambu of Japan, with {
 new world and Olympic record O
 51 it.. z in.
 One of the prettiest and mos
 inspiring sights of the games cam, | f.. A~ at at ttns. <An ~ssA
 come of the javelin. White ant
 blue-crossed flags of Finland wer,
 hoisted up the three honor maste
 and the solemn sounding Finnisl
 national anthem was played. Thi
 was the first time since the con
 test games were begun that an.
 nation except the United State
 won first, second and third honor
 in single event.
 far away from the large southern
 seen. Japanese in the crowd, how
 ever, watched Nambu's every stsp
 and joined in the general appiaus
 hcnors went to E. svenson Q
 sTgweden, and q Japanese, K. Oh
 sinsa was third.
 Heal IslyaIs I,osday's real thrill was Co com l in the 40O meter final, expected C ! develop into 6 third duel betWeo ', flinsin1 Ben Eastman of ntnnfoff } and lilly Carr of Pennsylvania. ? Here's on aImesi bitter enst-wei feud. Hastmen'e previous niaElI had maHn HIMa faNaEftA Ia t4A "A