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179 feet 84 inches was made by
Matt McGrath Of New York at Stock.
holm in 1912.
Oskar Warngard Of Sweden. also
eclipsing McGrath's mark took third
with 5483 meters u79 feet 10 AS "a
inches).
United States Athletes Trail.
Alfons Koutonen of Finland won
fourth place with 81 80 meters 170
feet 3l1/32 inches).
The Americans, Bill Rowe OF Pom
tiac, r. l., and Donald Favor of South
Gray, Me-, finished fifth and sixth.
Rowes best throw was 81 Sc meters
I69 feet 547I64 inches). Favor
pulled up last in the final with 51.01
meters u67 feet 4ll/16 inches).
Following in Woodruff's steps. Harry
Williamson Of the University of North
Carolina and Chuck Hornbostel Of
Indiana gave America clean sweep
Of the 8o0-meter semi-finals as Helen
Stephens. Fulton, Mo. won both Of
her preliminary trials in the lo0-meter
dash in record-smashing time.
Williamson won the second 300
meter semi-final in 1891 in a hot
three-cornered stretch finish. He
outlasted Gerald Backhouse of Austria
liza and Phil Edwards, Canadian Negro.
both of whom were clocked in 1892.
Backhouse, however, was adjudged the
second-place winner. Williamson
earned his victory by pulling ahead
in the backstretch after Edwards had
done most of the nace-setting.
Hornbc stel Is Victor.
Hornbostel laid of the pace in his
semi-final. but moved up on the out
side at the gun lap, took the lead COM
ing off the backstretch and won going
away by Z yards from Mario Lanzi OF
Italy.
Miss Stephens, clocked In new world
and Olympic time of ia seconds in
her first trial, came back to take her
semi-final in lis. She beat Kathe
Krauss by 4 yards.
Annette Rogers of Chicago also
reached the 100-meter final, qualifying
in third place in an exciting semi
final which saw Marie Dollinger of
Germany outsprint Stella Walsh of
Poland as both were clocked in IL
seconds fat Miss Rogers was liz
yards behind.
Betters Former Record.
Miss Stephens time eclipsed the
listed world standard Of lib seconds,
set by Stella Walsh of Poland IN
1888, and the Olympic record of 11.9,
also set by Miss Walsh at Los Angeles
in 1882.
On a supposedly slow track and
with a medium following wind, Miss
Stephens spread-eagled all opposition.
On the basis of the decision earlier
in the day that threw out Jesse Owens
l02 performance in the mems 100
meter quarter finals yesterday, it sp-
peared questionable whether the
American girls mark would be ac-
cepted, though no definite decision
yet has been made.
Miss Stephens time not only broke
the listed world and Olympic stand
ards, but also clipped two-tenths OF a
second off her own American record
made last year, but not yet accepted
internationally.
Wins in Semi Finals.
Owens won his semi-final heat in
the 100-meter dash as Wykoff ran
second. His third straight victory in
the sprint followed shortly the sue
cessful passage Of Americas trio in
the 4o0-meter hurdle preliminaries.
Glen Hardin of Greenwood, Miss.
Olympic and world record holder In
the timber topping event, won his heat
easily in $50 seconds. considerably
slower than his records.
Joe Patterson of the U. S. Naval
Academy and Oklahoma City cap
tured his heat in 544, while Dale
Schofield of Provo, Utah, ran second
to the German, Fritz Nottbrock, whose
time was SAT seconds. with the Ameri.
can one-tenth of a second slower
Meanwhile, the American wrestling
contingent swept along with only one
reverse. Roy Dunn, heavyweight hope
from Oklahoma A. and NJ, was
thrown by Nils Akerlind of Sweden.
A York (Pa) weight litter, Tony
Terlazzo, figured in the first Olympic
championship ceremony Of the day
as a result of his victory in the
featherweight class.
Rain Drenches Track.
A virtual cloudburst deluged the
Olympic Stadium at noon, giving the
oval track such a drenching that it
seemed improbable Owens would have
much chance to regain his world rec
ord of 1912 seconds. set in the 100
meter quarter finals yesterday and
which the I. A. A. F. tossed out today
because there was a strong back
wind" It the time.
Emergency crews were rushed to the
task of mopping up puddles and brush
ing the surface of the brick-red track
which was especially hazardous fol
huldlers. The muddy stretches were
thickest at the pole positions.
Owens was disappointed, but not
surprised by the committees decision
throwing out his record run.
II didn't think the wind helped
much" the Ohio State star said be.
fore resuming competition in the semi