The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17
Today's Sport Parade
By Henry McLelnore tUnlted Press stan COErespOndenN

marathon gate steps as his frensied
 followers rent tho air with cheers
 Tho dip of the French flag before
 Hitlerl The roar from the crowd
 was stunning aS the Teutons boom-
 cd forth applause for their tradt-
 tional enemies, The shlVer on Amer
 lean baekhones as Jesse Owens, his supremacy challenged reelected
 down the runway for the broad
 jump that stamped him the eoyn- petitive champion that he Is, And
 tho silence on the taut faces when Glenn Morris, 2A-year-oid Fort Col-
 lins, Colo, automobile salesman, came through the gathering gloom, all alone, on his lS00.meter run to break the world decathlon record.
 Thrillsp The U, of Washington crew, with little stars and stripes whipping on the tiny mast at its bow, squirting the last quarter mile to break the hearts of Mussollni's inspired blue-shirted giants. Whip ped at the head of the stretch, the huskies, with Q sioky boy pulling stroke oar, heard the bark of Cox swain Bob Moeh to get the beat up, And up 1t went to S6-S8-40-and finally a heartstopping a, And how tho little boat ranl With the bone in her teeth, she slleked her way to tho front and stayed there.
 ThrlllsP Jack Lovelock, . frail blonde figure in an all black run- ming suit, giving himself the gun on the backstretch of the bell lap of the l500-meter classic, and running away from the greatest field of milers ever to 90 to the post, Jesse owens rounding the bend in the 200 meters at such speed that 1t seemed that he might take off and fly. Bill Sefton, scorning caution, making his third qualifying jump In the pole vault in rain that render cd the runway treacherous and secure grip on the pole impossible. Keitei Son, Korean schoolboy, sprinting the final 100 meters of the marathon in under l2 seconds. The sight of three American flags flap ping in the breeze as our high jump CTS and decathlon men stood on the victory stands for the Olympic aoco- Jade. Thrills2 These were Q few of the greatest sohw on earth.
 Surprlses2 The winning fling of Maxi Gehard Stoeck to beat Matti Jarvlnen, unbeatable Finn, in his own domain. the javelin. Failure of Sidney Wooderson, Great Britain's most publicized athlete to even reach the final of the mile race. Germany'S near clean sweep in row. ing with five victories in. the seven finals. Peter Pick. supposedly world fastest free style swimmer, taking sixth and last in 100 meters. Failure of Don Lash in the 5000 and 10000 meter races.
 Disappointments2 The German girls relay team dropping the baton on the last leg when they were yards ahead of racing to Q certain world record. The United States l000-meter relay team needlessly losing that race because of the bad Judgment of the coaches who left Archie Williams and Jimmy Luvalle of the team. The showing of Baby Jack Torrance, who was seven and e half feet short of his own world record in the shot put.
 Laughs2 A Hungarian water polo player lost his pants and Q middle aged California woman kissed Hit Ter on the same afternoon. The Uni- ted States basketball player. ell of whom tower inches above six feet. playing the Chinese team. who lock- ed like midgets alongside of the American "Skyscrapers."
 Copyright 1886 By United Pressl