Evening star., 1936-07-02
CHAMP BETTERED
|NPLATE TOSSING
Four Yanks Have Surpassed
A1derson-Finns Still
Top With Spear.
BY ALAN GOULD.
Associated Press Sports Editor

"a yEW YORK, July Greek art
N and Scandinavian science fur
N nsh the historical background
4 for two of the Olympic field
events. the discus and javelin throws.
Greek inspiration and insistence put
the discus on the program, but no
Greek ever succeeded in capturing an
Olympic championship. The Ameri-
cans adapted themselves more quickly
and successfully to the art Of plate
tossing but a Swede. Harald Anders-
son. holds the listed world record.
Supremacy in iavelin tossing, first
gained by Sweden has since passed
to the hands of Finlanders, who per-
feet their skill between Olympiads by
spearing fish.
For some unexplained reason, Uncle
Sans nephevs have absorbed the tech
niuue of discuss tossing more rapidly
than lavelin throwing. Whether due
of late to the California coaching and
climate, Americans have dominated
the event in the last three Olympiads
and look to be we'll fortified to meet
all challengers at Berlin.
CARPENTER Betters World Mark.
OUCH is the general improvement
~ that it appears certain the Olympic
mark Of 162 feet 47s inches set by
Americas John Anderson in the 1882
games will be wiped out. Three Cali
fornia plate-heavers, Ken Carpenter,
Singer Dunn and Phil Levy. have sur
passed ITO feet this Spring. Carpenter,
in the N. C. A. A. championships. got
off a mighty toss Of 173 feet, bettering
the world record held by Swedens ace,
The Olympic champion himself. sud
denly deciding on comeback this
Spring. exceeded his own best previous
efforts with a throw of 165 feet, but
this may not be good enough to gain
a place on the team. Paul Halleck OF
Ohio University has achieved 167 feet
Besides Harald Anderson. the lead
ing European threat is Will Schroeder
Germany. who also has excelled the
listed world standard within the past
year. with a throw of ia feet.
It may not be a jinx, but discus
record breakers haven't had great
deal Of success in the Olympics. jim
Duncan. whose world mark of l56 feet
stood for many years, finished third
in. the 1912 Olympics at Stockholm
The University Of Washington giant
Paul Jessup. achieved a world-recoro
throw Of 169 feet 87s inches in OH
1900 national championships, but two
years later he didn't even make the
Olympic team. The late Eric krenz
Stanford ace and champion at the
time, failed to qualify in his specially
In the 1928 final American tryouts.
Yanks Way Behind.
A MERICA'S javelin hurlers have
improved to such an extent thai
three have surpassed the nationa
record, this Spring, but they still are
so far behind Finlands best that
there's little comparison. Matti Jar
vinen, the bespectacled Olympic
champion. lately achieved better thar
253 feet, breaking his own worlo
record. Aside from his countrymen
Jarvinen's only serious rival appears
to be Germanys Gerhard Stock, who
has exceeded 240 feet.
Alton Terry, Texas collegian, got
of the best throw by an American
star ever measured when he won the
N. c. A. A. title at 226 feet 2o4 inches
This is an improvement over the
record he set at the Drake relays and
indicates Terry is the No. 1 U. s.
hope to gather point or two in this
event.
Bob Parke of Oregon and Lee Bart
lett. the Michigan veteran, may COM
plete our Olympic trio. They have
both done around 223 feet. Manhat-
tan's Horace (Hop) ODen, the ma
tional A. A. U. champion, and Iowa s
Mark Panther are other contenders