Evening star., 1936-08-17

~ ERL1N, August 17.-1n the nnal
- march of nations, the Nazi
banner led the Stars and
- Stripes up the stadium track
and this tells the complete story Of
the Olympic games.
Berlin today was celebrating the all
around Olympic championship with
every German throat by the millions
singing and cheering. Germany won
by wide margin and by every possible
count.
She led the United States 33
to "a in firsts, with an equally
wide margin in seconds and
thirds.
Germany came on with winning
rush on horseback. Her horsemen,
skillful riders and perfectly mounted,
rode the other nations of the field,
winning four first places in individual
and team events, including the Prix
de Nations. with 20 spectacular jumps,
and with the Americans far out of it.
The sweep was complete when Kurt
Hasse, German lieutenant, carried
away the big prize in the ride-off
against Henri Rang of Rumania.
Final Blow to United States.
GERMANY'S sweep-all in the riding
events was the final blow to any
faint hope for the United States. The
big jump Germany's oarsmen got on
the water was carried on by land. In
riding and rowing alone Germany won
nine firstS to one for the United States.
The German Olympic machine,
trained and developed in the last four
years under government control and
with complete German thoroughness,
was big surprise to the United States
and the rest of the athletic world.
This, plus Germany's new fanaticism
in sport, carried her big athletic army
through after trailing the United
States in track and field.
She ran up a killing margin
in gymnastics, rowing and
riding, but was strong and well
balanced all along the line.
The final day was an orgy of emo
tional outburst. Once again more
than a million uniforms lined the
streets of the heart of the city to the
stadium. Well after dark over a
hundred thousand voices in the dim
light sang Deutschland Ueber Allies"
for more than an hour With the
stadium again packed, we'll over
100000 persons lined the streets and
packed all around the field, cheering
continuously. Here was bedlam, a
city gone completely goofy.
Germany's final proof of riding
supremacy came in the final 5-hour
test of 20 jumps over difficult barriers
against the crack military riders of
the world. Hasse made only mis-
take in the 20 jumps.
Germany Proves Supremacy.
IN THIS, the greatest of all Olym-
pics, 100000 persons paid ad-
missions, with more than $4,000 900
others during the two weeks surround
ing the different fields. Deutschland
Ueber Allies" will be ringing in my
ears for weeks to come.
Chancellor Hitler remained on the
field for seven hours, until the Olympic
flame finally faded out in complete
darkness at 10 pm. Hitler wrought
up Germanys victorious Olympics,
which he figures big boom to Ger
many's youth and as proving to the
world that Germany is back in full
panoply with her manpower at the
highest in her history.
There is no questioning Ger
many's supremacy in these
games.
Outside of track and field, where
the United States ran up IA of her
"a firsts, Nazi athletes took over the
situation. The United States suffered
bad crash in boxing, riding, wrestling
and fencing, netting only one first
in wrestling. Her track and field
was the best in history and her diving