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peat in the eleventh Olympic with a
record-breaking performance. The
Finnish star was timed in minutes
8 $40 seconds. bettering his own pre-
vious mark of 9:14.6, made during the
obstacle race trials at Los Angeles
four years ago. There is no official
world record for the steeple chase.
Alfred Dompert of Germany baked
Finland's efforts to sweep the first
three places in the home stretch. The
Teuton rushed up and split Kaarlo
Touminen and Martti Matilainen
in thrilling drive, taking third
place.
Reichsfuerer Adolf Hitler manifest
ed great excitement as Dompert
roared down the stretch. Der Fuehrer
focused his glasses on the runner
and joined the crowd in giving DOM
pert a great ovation after the race.
Harold Manning of Wichita. Kans,
Americas main hope, finished fifth
behind Matilainen, as Glen Dawson
of Tulsa, Okla, was eighth and Joe
McCluSkey of New York tenth in the
12-man field.
Manning, who was never outside of
the first six, hurdled and took the
water jump beautifully. but he simply
was overmatched against the Firms.
The 27-year-old Kansan ran third
behind Iso-Hollo and Matilainen a
good share of the first five laps, but
was unable to match the Films clos
ing drive.
The American 1,600-meter relay
team outdistanced three rivals, breez-
ing home with a margin of 35 meters
in minutes 13 seconds in the first
heat of the trials, the first two in
each heat qualifying for tomorrows
final. Hungary, Poland and Japan
finished blanketed in that order.
Canada's 1,600-meter relayers set a
brisk pace in the third and last heat,
but Johnny Loaring, running anchor,
loafed in the stretch and permitted
Rudolf Harbig of Germany to come
up. They both hit the tape together,
the German getting the judges nod,
but their times were identical, 3:l5
fiat.
japanese Swimmers Shine.
Americas ace natators yielded the
spotlight to the japanese and the
Dutch as swimming competition in the
eleventh Olympics opened.
The United States placed two stars,
Peter Flick Of New York and Art Lin
degren of Los Angeles, in the finals of
the mems 100-meter free style event,
qualified all three of her aces for the
Women's l00-meter free style semi
finals while suffering a stunning shut
out in the women's 200-meter breast
stroke trials. but could not match the
record-breaking feats of the Japanese
Speedsters, Masanora Yusa, Shoji
Taguchi and Hideko Maehata or Rita
Mastenbroek of Holland
Katherine RawlS of Fort Lauder
dale, Fla; Olive Mexican of Seattle
and Bernice Lapp of Newark all quail
fed in the women's 100-meter free
style trials, but Dorothea Schiller of
Chicago, Iris Cumming of Rodento
Beach, Calf, and Ann Govednik of
Chisolm, Mimi, were eliminated in
breast-stroke competition.
Yusa and Taguchi set a brilliant
pace for the mems field in two trials,
during which the Olympic standard of
So seconds fiat, set by Yasuji Miya-
zaka of Japan four years ago at Los
Angeles, was bettered eight times.
When the days competition was over
Taguchi and Yusa shared a new
Olympic standard of 57.5 seconds.
These two stars, as well as the third
Japanese entrant, Shigeo Arai, each
bettered the old record twice. Flick
was clocked under the old standard
in winning his first heat, and so was
Fischer of Germany in one of the
trials.
Flick finished third in the first semi
final, won by Taguchi in 57.9, and
Lindegren qualified by finishing third
in the second semi-final, when Yusa
was clocked in the new record time.
Art Highland of Chicago, third Ameri-
can, finished fourth in this heat and
was eliminated.
Miss Rawls qualified for the women's
100-meter free style semi-finals BY
finishing third in the opening heat
which Rit MaStenbroek of Holland won
in the new Olympic record time Of
1904. This displaced Helene Madi-
sons old standard of 1868. Miss
Mexican finished third in the second
heat, won by another Dutch ace, Willy
Denouden, in 1901, while Miss Lapr
captured the final heat in 1:O9.
Americas triumvirate in the breas,
stroke never had a chance as Mis-.
Maehata dominated the competition
with a new Olympic record perform.
ance of 3.01.9, displacing the forme,
standard of 3:06.3, set by Glare Denni.
OF Australia four years ago.
Results in the Olympic water pole
competition which opened today: Bel.
GUM, /; Uruguay, o; England, 8;
Malta, 2; Switzerland, Z; Iceland, 1;
Austria, 2; Sweden. /; Hungary, 4;
Yugoslavia, /; United States, 2; Hol-
land, 8.
Mexico's polo team defeated Hun
gary 16-2, to earn third place in the
final Olympic standings today. Ar.
gentina won the polo gold medal yes
terday by defeating Great Britain
11-0. The British finished second ir
the final standing with Hungary
fourth and Germany fifth and last.
The United States epee fencing team
was beaten by Italy, 1874, and By
Sweden, 81a-71a, today, and thereb!
eliminated from the finals of Olym.
pic competition. Sweden, Italy, France
and Germany qualified for the final.
after semi-f1nal matches, in which
France beat Germany, 1924, and Po.
land, by the same score; Belgium alst
won from Poland, IA, but lost t.
Germany, 81a-7h; Italy drubbet
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