The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-05
AMERICAN STAR IN GREAT FORM;
 OUT
Owens Won Second Heat; HOIIander, Canadian
 Second in Test

olympic Stadium, Berlin, Aug. s. --(UP)--Mack RobinSon of the United states won the first heat of the 200-meter Olympic gemi-finals today.
 Jesse owens, Ohio State negro, won the second heat of the 200 meters.
 One United States runner-Bob Packard of the University of Geor- gia--was eliminated in the first heat which was captured by Robinson iTl olympic record equalling time.
 Robinson streakcr down the course in 2i.l seconds, equalling the mark which owens set twice yesterday in winning his preliminary and guar. tcr-final heats.
 owens, who advanced to the threshold of an olympic triple" by moving into the finals of the 200 which will be contested later today, won his heat in 2i.3 seconds.
 Second to Robinson in the open. ing heat was Lee PeaTce Orr of Can- ada. WiJnand Devercn of Holland beat out Packard for the third quaI- flying position by c shade.
 owens, running in the second lane from the pole, got off to . slow start and was in third position Tnid- way in the race, with HowIc Me- Phcc of Canada leading and OBen- darp in second. Coming around the curve. owens passed McPhec and Osendarp and entered the stretch a foot ahead--after which he length- cncd his lead to q stride and a half aB nc breasted the tape.
 Second to owens in the second heat was MartinuB Oscndarp of Hoi- land whose time was two-tGnthS Of q second slower than that Of the Ohio State thundcrbolt. Paul Hacnni Of Switzerland was third.
 While the 200.mctcr nnaIistS were being determined, l3 discus throw- CTS, including ATnericaB three en- trantg, began competing in the fifl- alg. Each of the I3 men who quali- fed this morning, wcr allowed three throws. The men with the six best marks for those three toBseB, then were scheduled to get three more throws each in battling for the first six places in the event.
 German Wins Swim
 Germany virtually assured itself of another olympic gold medal to- day when Lieut.. dotthard Hand- rick finished among the leaders ip the 300 meters free style swimming event Of the cxhauSting modern pcntathlon.
 Barring some unforeseen event. ualIty Handrick, a strong runner, Is expected to finish well ID in the 4,000 meters cross country race to- morrow and these points will bring the coveted championship in the military arts 10 the reich for the first time.
 Lieut.. HandrIck--the modern ntatf,Ion iB open only to the n1Ili- tary--hnighed eighth among the 90 contestants today, Thc event WaB won by hI8 countryman Lieut.. Her. man Lemp in four minutes iS.4 seconds.
 Lieut.. Charles Y. Leonard, Jr,, Of the United States was sixth today and i8 no Wamong the leaders. Also well ID iB Lieut.. Frederick Weber Of the United States while Lieut.. Alfred Btarbird of Burlington, Vt, finished goth in the swimming.
 Walkers "ItazZed"
 4 snickering crowd Of 5000 chant cd "Icft foot, right foop today aB g athletes trudgcd around the stadium track on the first lap Of the 60,000 meters (3l i-4 mIlcs) walk event Of the olympic games.
 Only the start, the single jap and the finish were scheduled for the stadium. The long route laid out by officials will bring the walkers back into the limcllght after the leBB extended track and field events have been concluded.
 The stadium was 2 babeIp Of tongues when the starters gun popped. A crowd Of Swedes gave a deriSive national version Of Hay foot, straw foOC and even thoBe recognizing the serious aspects Of olympic com- petition were forced to smile at the grotcsque pogtureS assumed by some of the athletes.
 Among the favoritcS to crack the record Of 1 hours 70 minutes and 10 seconds set by Thomas Green Of Great Britain in I032 was Arthur Tell Schwab Of Great Britain. None Of the Americans, Ernest CrosbIc of Baltimore. Ernest KoehIer Of New York and Albert J. Mangin of Lowell, MaSS., was given much of chance.