The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-08

owens opened iUp
owens, running the No. / position
for the United States, opened up Q
five yard lead over 1taly's lead.ofI
man on the first 1O0smeter leg Of
the race. Then he passed the baton
! to Ralph Metcalfe Of the Marquette
club, who finished second 10 Oweni
In the 10O-fneter finals.
Metcalfe streaked UP tho back
straight-away and made q beautiful
pass 10 Foy Draper Of the University
Of Southern California. Draper sped
around the curve 80 fast that by the
time he reached Wykoh, the Italian
No. 3 man was 20 feet behind. wy.
koR raced into the home stretch
and broke the tape 30 feet ahead
with the crowd Of 5000 cheering
him.
Holland won the second heat ir
41.3 with Argentina second. Both
along with the United States aflo
Italy, qualified for tofnorrow'S final
The other two finaliStg were Ger.
many, which took the third heat n
IA and Canada which finished
second In 4i.G.
WOmen's Team Warns Up
The United States woinef1'g 400
meter relay team then moved intt
tomorrow's finals by capturing IN
first heat,
The American girls were JOINED
IN tOmorroWB finals by the Ger
man quarter which set o new work.
record. The Germans won In aga
shaving O half second from thu
world mark set IN 1892 by the u
8. national teain-the American
olympic team Of Mary Carew, Eve
Ign Turtsch, Annette Rogers ant
WilheImina Won Bremen.
The German team also bettcrce
Its own world record which the In
ternational Women'S Athletic Fed
Grafton accepted this week at 46.6
The team was composed OF Emmy
Albus, Kathc KrausS, Marie DOL
Iingcr and Crete WinkclB,
The United States team OF Har-
rict Bland, 81. Louis, Annette Rof
crS, Chicago, Elizabeth Robinson
Chicago and Helen Stephens, Full.
ton, MO, who won the olympic 100
meter title this week, won the first
heat In Al. Second was Canada
IN 40 and third Holland. The first
TIRE finiBl1erB IN each heat quail
fed for tomorrOW'B finals.
Second 10 Germany was oreat
Britain while Italy earned the 1inaI
spot In the finals by finishing third
Win Over Canada
The American Wonlcn'S relay
team won over Canada by 20 feet
Miss Bland picked UP O two.foot
lead on the opening leg and made
an easy pass 10 Miss Rogers who
held that lead. Elizabeth Robinson
then took the baton and opened ~
O three foot lead by the time She
reached Miss Stephens, who Tar
anchor.
The world-rccord holder increased
that lead 10 ~ feet by the time thu
tape was reached,
Both American relay teams today
were superior 10 the foreign en-
trants IN passing the baton.
Swimming FeatS
WiIhcImina Hcnrika MaStenbroeE
OF Holland set o new olympic mark
OF one minute GA seconds In win
ming the first heat OF the wonlcn'f
100.meter free style preliminarieS
This bettered the record OF 1908
set by Helen Madison OF the United
States at Los Angeles IN 1892.
Janette MorVen Campbell OF Ar
gentlna won the third heat Seflo.
rita Campbei's time OF 1908 tied
the old olympic mark.
willy Den Ouden Of Holland
holder OF the world record OF i:04.8,
won the second heat IN 1901, fol-
lowed by Evelyn de Lacy Of Aus
tralia, and Olive Mexican OF Seattle.
Miss McKcan's qualifying time was
1909. The first three In each OF the
100 meter preliminary heats, plus
the fastest loser, qualify for the
two senni-finalS tomorrow.
Other Positions
Katherine Rawls OF ut. Lauder.
dale, Fla, took third IN the first heat
10 qualify In 1905.
Bcrnice Lapp Of Newark, N. j.,
the third American girl competing
In the 100 meters free style, quail
fed for the Semi.finalS BY winning
the fifth heat In 1900.
Peter Flick OF New York qualified
for the final In the mems i00-meter
free style by finishing third In the
gcmi-tlilaI heat. Hk time was 68,2.
He finished behind Masaharu Tagu-
chi Of Japan, first, and Ferenc Csik
Of Hungary, second.
Magamori Yusa OF Japan won the
second serni-fi1al IN SIS, tying the
new olympic mark set by Taguchi
earlier today.
Mrs. Jarrett Talks
Berlin, Aug. 8 - (UP) - Eleanor
Holm Jarrett, backstroke star barred
from the olympic team, said today
that she had been q statement from
Avery Brundagc, president OF the
American olympic committee in
Structing all European swimming
associations to decline any entry
she might make.
Mrs. jarrett said Leo Donath,
secretary Of the International Swim.
ming association, showed her the
statement. She profegSed to have
no idea Of what had prompted
Brundage's action.
Mrs. Holm, dropped for drinking
on shipboard, expects to leave here
soon to accept a film offer. Her hus-
band. Are Jarrett, plans to sue the
committee for Its ruling against his
wife.
FtndIand Took Another
Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Ang. g.
(UP)-Volmari Iso-TIollo OF Finland
today became tn. first Olympic
champion to defend successfully his
title In. the present games when he
captured the 5000 meters steepie-
chase. Iso-Hollo established q new
olympic record Of nine minutes
eight seconds. Harold Manning Of
Wichita, Kans., American cham
pion. was fifth In the ftnofficial