The Washington times., 1936-08-04
O1Uens Breaks More
Olympic Records

%alChough ne and Packard were IN
an eyelaSh finish. Both did 21.3
Beveren, Of Holland, won the
second quarter-final in 21.7, with
TeunisSen, of South Africa, soc.
ond, and Humber, of Canada,
third.
Owens won the 200-meter heat
setting a new Olympic record time
of 21.1 seconds.
Orr, Of Canada, was second in
21.6 seconds, and Neckermann, of
Germany, was third with 21.S Sec
ondS.
The former 20O-meters Olympic
record was 21.2 seconds, eStab-
liShed by Eddie Tolan in Los An
geleS in 1882.
Robert Packard Of lockwood,
ILL.,, won the seventh heat easily
He had an inside lane and quickly
outran the field on the turn, win
ming by three yards.
Packard's time was 21.2 seconds,
equalling the listed Olympic rec
ord. Grimback of South Africa
was second, three yards behind,
and Steinmetz OF Germany was
third.
Beveren of Holland also showed
up well, winning the opening 200
meter heat in 21.4 seconds. OSen-
darp of Holland, with a time OF
2l.7 seconds, won the second heat.
Humber of Canada won the fourth
in 22.1 seconds while Matthew M
Robertson of Pasadena, CAL, won
the eighth heat, strolling in ahead
Of the field by five yards. :,
Glenn Hardin, Of Greenwood
Miss, worlds record-holder, fin
ished first in his semifinal heat in
the 4OO-meter hurdles.
White, of the Philippines, was
second, 5 feet behind Hardin.
M. Dale Schofield, of Provo,
Utah, finished seemingly neck and
neck with Mandikas, of Greece,
but motion pictures showed the
Greek entry a shade ahead. He
was awarded third place and
Schofield eliminated.
Patterson Leader
Hardin led all the way but
Schofield kept pace not far be-
hind until the stretch, where he
yielded to Whites rush.
Joseph H. Patterson, Oklahoma
City, finished first in his heat.
Kovacs, of Hungary, regarded
as a dangerous contender, was
frozen out in PatterSon'S heat.
Loring Of Canada, and Magazines
of Brazil, qualified behind the
American in that order.
Patterson took the lead in the
backstretch and held it to the
end although challenged by Lor-
ing, who lost a yard by taking
the last hurdle badly.
WOmen's Discus Event
Gisela Mauermayer, Of Ger
many, broke the Olympic record
for the women'S discus throw with
a mark Of 156 feet 3 l-5 inches.
Jadwiga Wajowna, Of Poland,
also shattered the old mark with
throw Of 146 feet 6 as inches. Miss
Helen Stevens Of Fulton Mo-,
threw only 112 feet 6 As inches on
her first try.
The Americans won all three
SOO-meter semifinalS, Woodruff
making the best time. The three
Americans are strong, but they
face the race Of their lives.
Blasting away unerringly for Il
perfect score of 200, Charles F.
Leonard, jr., of the United States
Army. set q new Olympic record
for the pistol event Of the modern
pentathlon.
American Wrestlers Lead
Roy Dunn, of Gate, Okla,
American heavyweight wrestler,
was eliminated when Buerki, Of
Switzerland, threw him in 40 sec
onds in a second-round encounter.
Dunn was the sole American
wrestling casualty, all other
United States entries topping their
categorieS.
Frank Lewis. Of Oklahoma, ad-
vanced through the second round
Of the welterweight wrestling tests
when he threw Schleimer. Of Can
ada. with a hammer lock in git.