The Washington times., 1936-08-10

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Practically Abreast
All we're practically abreast for
the first so meters, and after that
it looked as though Miss Masten.
brock held back and appeared as
if Miss Campbell would win.
Then the Dutch girl uncorked a
terrific squirt, however, flashing
through the last Is meters. Miss
Campbell held on, and Arendt
came on fast to nose out Miss Den
Ouden, of Holland, who was off
form.
The two American girls fought
hard all the way, but the COMPETE
ton was of a brand far above
their class.
John Macionis, Philadelphia,
qualified for tomorroW's semi.
finals in the 400-meter free-style
event by taking second in todays
first trial heat. Negami, of Japan,
won the heat in 4:526. The Amer
leans time was ASH Arendt, of
Germany, was third in 4:57.2.
In these trials, of six heats, the
two best and the two fastest run
nerS-up in all heats were to quail
fly.
Wins Second Heat
Ralph Flanagan, of Miami, was
second in the third heat, doing
4:547 to trail Maxine, of Japan,
clicked in 4:54.5.
Tito, of Japan, set a new Olym-
pic record of 4:45.5 in winning the
fifth heat.
Jack Medica, third American
entry in the event, easily won the
sixth heat, leading by Is yards as
he finished in 4:559.
In addition to the IL who placed
one-two in the six heats, Arendt
and Pirie, Of Canada, also quail
fled for tomorrow semifinals, they
having the fastest time of the
third-placers. Pirie was clcoket in
4:56.0 in the new record heat.
Clevelander Wins
Louis Laurie, of Cleveland, put
the United States Olympic boxing
team off to a winning start by out
pointing Bedzek, of Czechoslovakia,
in an Olympic flyweight bout.
Chester Rutecki, of Chicago,
weiterweight, then outpointed
Camyree, of Canada.
In a Second-round flyweight
bout, Sobkowiak, of Poland,
knocked out Cooper, of Australia.
Rumania today eliminated the
United States in Olympic handbali
competition, 10 to 3.
Richard K. Degener, of Detroit.
Mich, triumphed today in the five
compulsory Olympic Springboard
fancy dives.
Official scores gave Degener
first place with 748 points, while
Marshall Wayne, of Miami. Fla,
was second with 72.47 points.
Shibahara. of Japan, held third
place with 1902; AL Greene. of
Chicago, fourth, with 68.6, and
Weiss, Germany, fifth, with 66,71.
Koyanagy, Japan, was sixth with
1929.
The United States today won
the second heat in the 800-meter
swimming relay Examinations and
Japan established new Olympic
record in the third.
The United States time in the
second heat was 9:10.4. Hungary
was second in 9:20.8 and England
third in 1908. The United States
team was composed of James
ChriSty. Chicago; Arthur Linde-
gren, Los Angeles; Paul Wolf, Los
Angeles, and Jack Medica, Seattle,
Wash.
Medica'S time for his 200-meter
lap was 2:16.4.
New Record Set
Japan won the third heat by
setting a new Olympic record Of
1861. Germany was second in
9:214 and Sweden third in
1858.
Putting the American combina-
ton out of the running, Belgium'S
water polo team battled to its
expected triumph over the United
States today. 4-3.
Robert Charpentier, of France,
won the 100-kilometer cycling
road race today in 2 hours IS 3-5
minutes.
Guy Lapebie, of France, was
second and Ernest Nievergelt,
Switzerland, third.
Sundays swimming debacle re-
Elected the spirit of thta group,
which has consistently failed to
train.
Saturday night the members Of
the one minor sport team were
carouSing in public, wearing the
United States Olympic shield.
The track squad trained dill
gently, almost without exception
and some of them trained too
hard, including Don Lash and
Charley Hornbostel. No American
point winner failed to uphold the
honor of the shield, as out record
of IL mems victories and two
womens speaks eloquently.
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