The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-07

At the end OF tho first two events
broad Jump and 100sinotcr ruil--'
Robert Clark OF the San Francisc0
Olympic club was out IN front with
i84o points. Jack Parker OF Sacra.
mcnt0, CAL WAS second with 1884
and Glenn Morris OF Denver, the
fayorito, WAS third with 1910 points.
CLARK held his lead at the end OF
the third eVent-Shot put. Morris
gurged into second place with
Parker 1877. That brough the totala
10: Clark, 1884, Morris 2,4S0; and
Parker 2,40i.
Tho weather was oppressive and
slightly overcast during the after.
noon events. Tho crowd numbered
$4,000.
Finland Passes Germany
In placing one two IN the 5000
mad sixth with 1imari sallmen, who
won the 10000 race on Sunday, FIN.
land scared into second place ahead
of Germany IN the unofficial team
point standings. The Firms now
have 81 ia points compared 10 %
"a for Germany. United STATES
leads with 1853. 49,
ft was the fourth consecutive
time Finland had won the 5000: .
A gwede, John JonSgofl finished
third and Mohei Murakoso OF Jn-
pan, who was fourth IN the 10000,
was fourth also IN the 5000. josef
Noji OF Poland was fifth.
Lehtinen and Jonnson both broke
the former olympic mark. Lehti'
mems time was l4:268 and Jo1BSonS
1870. Murakoso equalled tho marx
Americans Never In II
The Americans never were IN the
running. Az the 1900 meter mark.
Lash had fallen badly behind and
was In next TO last position. Up
with the leaders oil the way was
Hoeckert who stayed In front dur.
Ing the final laps and won by at
least 80 meters over Lehtinen. The
second Finn was % meters IN front
Of Johnson IN the finish.
Tho race was roughly competed
with the crowd jeering loudly when
several runners elb0wcd the little
Murakoso several times. Lehtincn
was the most fragrant offender, re
calling the 1892 race when he was
charged with roughing Ralph Hill
OF the u. 8. who finished second.
Clark Keeps Lead
In the decathlon CLARK retained
his lead despite O fifth place In the
shotput but Morris displaced Park
err In the second spot after the
weight tossing event. Morris had
the best putt 40 feet 2 inches which
gave him another $40 points. Park
err was fourth with A feet 4 1854
inches for 767 points and Clark had
II feet 1I-16 for 1903 points. Guchl
dropped TO fifth and Bexell OF
Sweden climbed to sixth with a good
putt.
The standings Of the leaders at
the end OF the third event were
Clark 1884 points; Morris 24S6:
Parker 24Oi; Jarvinen 1926; ouehI
1924 and Buxell 2i76.
400 Yard Race
olympic Stadium, Berlin, Aug. y
-(UP) Archie Williams, negro
the University OF California, today
won the FIRST heat Of the Olympic
OO-meter semi-finals.
Jimmy Lu Vale, Los Angeles me-
gro, won the second heat of the 400
meters.
williams and Lu Vale were the
only Americans competing In this
event today, after Robert Small
wood OF Centura, Calf, was taken
to the hospital today, suffering with
appendicitis.
williams, an engineering student,
won his heat in 47.2 seconds.
Lu Wales time was All.
Bill Roberts OF Great Britain
finished six feet behind Williams
In the first heat. His time was "a
seconds, and John Wilfred Learing
of Canada came third. The first
three men in each heat qualified for
the final. Loaring's time was 49,.
Roberts had q two-foot margin
over Loaring.
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