The Washington times., 1936-08-06

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and professional swimmers Of all
ages. No handicap will be given
women entrants.
The winner of the contest will
be given a round-trip on a Central
Airlines plane to the Great Lakes
Exposition in Cleveland with all
expenses paid. Second and third
prizes will be, respectively, q life
pass and season ticket to the Air
port pool.
Olympic record by $40 second.
The mark of 14.4 seconds was set
by George Sailing, Of the United
States, in 1882.
Pollard'S heat was won by Fin
lay, of England, the best foreigner
entered in the 110-meter hurdles.
The BritiSher gained on Pollard
in the last 10 yards to win by two
feet. Finlay'S time was l4.5 and
Pollard's 14.6. O'Connor, Of Can
ada, was third.
Harold Smallwood, Of Cali
fornia, finished second in his
4O0-meter quarter-final heat, yield
ing to Roberts, of England, in
the sprint to the stretch after
leading at the final turn. Lanzi,
Of Italy, was third.
The winners time was ATT,
Smallwood'S 48.6 and Lanz1S
48.8.
Blackjack, of Germany, won
the second quarter-final in 49,.
with Brown, Of England, second,
and Fritz, of Canada, third.
The United States today was
officially awarded the Olympic
wrestling team title. The United
States led with one first and
three seconds for q total Of nine
points. Hungary and Sweden
were tied for second with six
each.
Wins Fourth Heat
Bob Smallwood, Of the Univer-
sity of California, United States
400-meter champion, won the
fourth heat Of the 400-meter in 40
seconds flat, with Limon, of Can
ada, and VadaS. Of Hungary, tied
for second place at 1872.
Smallwood picked up speed
early, had the race we'll in hand
at the backstretch and coasted
home to victory without being
pushed.
Archie Williams, also Of the
University of California. won the
seventh heat. in 47.S while Jimmy
Lu Vale, colored runner, of Los
Angeles, won the fifth.
Lu Valle's time was 49.1. He
virtually walked to victory. with
Anderson. of Argentina, second,
and zsitvai, Of Hungary, third.
Day Cold
The day turned out to be raw
and cold, and the early crowd
was held to 10000 but was ex-
pected to increase as the events
continued.
The hop. step and jump and
jaVelin trials got underway at the
same time as the 400-meter run
trials.
Gotthardt Handrick of Ger
many won the Olympic modern
pentathlon today with 31.5 points,
snaring the low score victory fol-
lowing competition of the final
event of the contest, the cross
country run.
Charles F. Leonard, jr., of st.
Petersburg, Fla, was second with
39.5 points. Other scores:
Third-Abba, Italy, 45.5.
FOurth-ThOfeld, Sweden, Al.
Fifth-VOn Orban, Hungary,
55.
Sixth-Lemb, Germany, 67.5.
Seventh-Alfred d. Starbird,
Burlington, VT, 67.5.
Ninth-Lieut. Fred r. Weber,
West Point, 7S.
U. S. Unpopular
Although America is. sweeping
towards the greatest Olympic
cleanup of modern times, our
athletes are not becoming pop
ular. Even Jesse Owens was re-
ceived coldly when he won the
200-meterS sprint for a one-turn
worlds record of 0:20.7, to &C.
compliSh probably hiStory'S great
est One-man effort
Previously Jesse autographed
and was photographed and hailed
with guSto by the Germans, but
Adolph Hitler'S failure to receive
the American winners seems to
have had its effect.
Vault a Joke
The vault contest was a joke,
carrying through 10h hours and
finishing in the darkness. with
the field lights trained on the
runway and bars. Under the cir
cumstanceS. Earle Meadows OIym-
pic record and his subsequent ap-
proach to a world record rivals
Owens performance for a great
lone effort.
VOTE AMERICAN
Hornets Win, lilo
The Hornets nosed out the
Orioles, lilo, in a st. Anthony
Softball League game yesterday.
Ed White, ex-Catholic U. athlete,
led the winners at hat with tuO