Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-10

termined to Wrest from the |
title it has held since the games
were revived in 1896 at Athens.
But today those stars were forced
to admit that Uncle Sans boys
still are tops. The sturdy band
from the United States retained its
unofficial team championship with
one of the greatest displays of ath.
letic proWess the world ever has
seen.
The Americans won dozen titles
and rolled up 203 points-more than
the combined scores of their three
nearest ehallengers, Finland, Ger
many and Japan.
In whipping the world, they
shattered nine Olympic records.
Five of these new marks were
superior to the old world rec
Ords.
The American women were not
so fortunate, however, in the
track and field competition which
ended in huge Olympic stadium
yesterday. They finished second
TO Germany in team standing.
The track competition evoked a
great assault on records. Nine Worlo
records and II Olympic marks were
bettered by men and three world
and five Olympic records were shat
tered by women.
The number of Olympic records
broken by men fell short by two OF
the all-time record of 10 established
in 1882 at Los Angeles but the total
of world records bettered was four
better than four years ago.
Americas total of a dozen mems
titles was one better than in l932
The Americans tied their record OF
II out of % championships won at
Paris in 1924, and fell only one
short Of the all-time Olympic mark
of 13 made by the U. S. A. at Stock
holm "a years ago.
Thus, an American team that was
handicapped by injuries and bao
weather during training outdid even
the fondest expectations OF its fol-
lowers.
In two events-high jump and de
cathlon-it swept the first three
places. 1t swept the 100, 200, 400
and 800-meter runs for the first
time since 1912. And it produced
the first winner of three events
since Pavo Nurmi in 1924. That
man was Jesse owens, the Ohio
State speedster, who won the 100
meter and 200-meter titles in world
record breaking time, and shattered
the Olympic mark as he captured
the broad jump title.
The United States 400-meter
relay team, paced by Jesse Owens,
wen that championship in the
last day of competition with
1913 second journey that shatter-
ed the 40 second world and Olym-
pic mark set by another United
States team i'm 1882.
Even Adolf Hitler rose with the
thong Of 10000 spectators ano
cheered as Frank Wykoff, three
| time Olympiah, breasted the tape
to complete the record trip. Others
that ran on the team were Ralph
Metcalfe and Foy Draper.
Keitei Son, stocky Korean Uni
versity youth, won the marathon
Sunday. The tireless little oriental
covered the 26 miles, 285-yard course
over concrete, Macadam and soft
sandy roads in 2 hours, 20 minutes.
1872 seconds, for an Olympic rec
ord which is tantamount to a world
record
Little Juan Carlos zabala, the
champion, dropped out at 80 kilo
meters, spent by the gruelling pace
The United States suffered a sur
prising setback when Great Britain
won its first race of the games, the
1900 meter relay in three minutes,
nine seconds. The United States
| finished second
Compensation for ?? !? ? when
the United States girls quartet won
| the Women's 400-meter relay title
over the heavily favored Germans
Yesterdays other champion
crowned was Ibolya Czak of Hun
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