The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-03
Today's Sports
 Parade
By HENRY McLEMORE

Berlin, Aug. 3-(UP)-With Der Fuehrer gtroking his Ynoustache in the royal box, 100000 Teutons sit- ting in the stands, and brocaded swastikas flying in the breeze, old man Nordic supremacy took an awful kicking around on the first day of competition in the Olympic games.
 When dusk fell over Reichsport- field, the old fellows crisp blonde curls were down over lis ears, his bright blue eyes were ready for a healing beefsteak, and his peaches and cream complexion was leop- arded with bruises.
 Real Threats
 The most damaging clubs to bounce off Brother Nordic's noggin were yielded by @ pair of American boys, Jesse Owens and Cornelius Johnson, neither of whom is of pure Viking stock. Jesse put in the first licks with his magnificent trial heats in the 100 meter sprint, and Cornelius did the polishing of with a new Olympic record in the high jump tor "hochsprung" if you must have the German for it).
 Of all old man Nordlc's thousands or. thousands of children in the giant stadium the brunettish Hitler was the only man who couldn't take 1t. By timing hiC arrival and de- parture with the nicety of railroad engineer, Der Fuehrer missed owens meteoric darts down the sprint paths and the placing of the laurel wreath on Johnson's woolly head. His absence when Owens made his blazing runs may not have been intentional-for Jesse was an early workman today and Der Fuehrer may have needed his sleep. But his departure from the stadium just before Johnson was paid the highest of all sports compliments would under any of the rules in Emily Posts knife and fork manual constitute what because the French call, "snoot direct"
 Der Fuehrer hung around long enough to decorate his buxom sub- ject, lilly Trleischer, for her victory in the women's javelin throw and his even more buxonn follower, Hans Woellke, in the shotput. But he didn't have time for CorneliuS-so the firstSplaying of the Star Span gled Banner (and I am still tingling from the sound and sight of Amer ica's song and flag had to be &C., complished without him.
 But, to their everlasting credit, let 1t be said tha the tremendous crowd of Germans thundered down applause for the two American ne- groes. owens, while he didn't actu. ally win an event yesterday, was the hero of the day by as far as from here to Hoboken. (And speaking of Hoboken, I wonder how I ever man. aged to drink that prohibition beer over thereO
 standOut
 From the moment he walked into the stadium until he left 1t, the Buckeye Bullet was the exposure of all eyes. Tn his first heat, when he made his rivals appear as slow as well, as slow as they actually were the Germans shook the giant arena with their cheers. And when he set a new worlds mark in the second round, running as effort lessly over the track as Q feather borne by the wind, the crowd stood and paid him the most thunderous ovation of the day.
 Few are the crowds that won't go for @ champion, and Jesse has 1t written all over him. He told me Q week ago that he felt he would sprint and jump to three new marks. And he got one of them his first day out, which is batting 1000 in any league.
 Johnson, the animated clothespin, was much too good for his field. He might have gone on to Q new worlds record had 1t not been for an unfor- tunate occurrence as he sped toward the bar on his third and final try. Just as he began his takeoh the band-which will play on the slight est provocation = started int to Deutschland Uber Alles." The sud- den burst of sound completely frus- trated Johnson's concentration and he jumped straight into the bar, taking 1t of the standard with his waist.
 (Convrioht 1g36 bv Uniteo PreSs)