Evening star., 1936-08-09
JAPANESE, Dutch
AHEAD IN WATER
Only Five Yankees Survive
Opening Round-Marks Hit
by 0rientaIs.
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer,

SAooSNAoGCA Atob 0POLbo NI4tcIs
~ ERL1N. August S.-The Japa-
- nese and Dutch dominated the
first day Of Olympic swimming
- competition today, lasvinG .
string of broken records in their wake,
and submerging Americas hopes to
a new all-time low.
The preliminary rounds saw the
little brown men and women establish
themselves as exhorbitant favorites in
the mems 100-meter free style, and
the women's 200-meter breast stroke.
The Dutch girls took what looked a
first mortgage on their l00-meter
event.
America qualified its two great dash
men, Peter Flick of New York and Art
Lindegren of Los Angeles, for the 100
meter emi-final, while all three Of its
entries in the womens 100, Katherine
Rawls, Fort Lauderdale, Fla; Olive
Mexican. Seattle, Wash, and Bernice
Lapp, Newark, N. j., survived the
opening round. But there didn't ap-
pear winner in the bunch.
y. D. women illuminated,
IN THE women's breast stroke, IN
Gle Sans splashers did little more
than get themselves wet. finishing
fifth, fifth and fourth in three rous-
ing heats and then going right back
to the dormitory.
Perhaps the most exciting moment
IN the opening of the aquatic pro-
gram from the American viewpoint
came when DR.. Leo Donath, secretary
OF the International Amatuer Athletic
Federation, meeting Mrs. Eleanor
Holm Jarrett at the edge of the pool.
informed her that she could not COM
pete in any amateur swimming meets
on the continent. These orders, Donat
said, came from Avery Brundaee.
president Of the A. A. U. and of the
American Olympic Committee.
japanese Break 100 Record.
UP honors in the days competition
probably belonged to Masanora Yu-
sa. who in successive heats of the mems
lOO-meter free style event shattered
the Olympic record by So seconds sets
N 1882 at Lon Angeles by Yasuji
Mlyazki, who was too slow this wear
% make the japanese team.
YuSa warmed up with a mark Of
'7.8 in the first heat and then really
got going to clip of SIS in the semi
1nal. His teammate, Shou Tacuchi
duplicated his SIS in his first heat.
out needed to do only 57.9 10 win
he sern1-flnal, in which Flick placed
'hlrd. Flick, however, won the OPEN
ng trial impressively, splashinE the
distance of SIT, and looked like the
oest opposition the Japanese will face
in tomorrow's final.
AL told, the lO0-mete- free
ityle mark was bettered eight times
turing the trials. and at the md of
he day. Tsguchi and Yusa shared
he new mark Of SIS.
Americans Trail.
The sturdy Hideko Maehata OF
Japan appeared completely to
'ut-class the breast-strokers, as she
staggered the old record Of 3:06.3, set
oy Claire Dennis, of Australia. in
1882 with a mark of 3:ol.e. The
.hree American entrants in the event,
Dorothea Schiller. Chicago; Iris Cum
ming, Rodento Beach. Calf. and Ann
jovendnik, of ChiEllolm. Mimi, did
lot even come close and were elm
mated.
Although she placed only third
oack Of Rita Mastenbroex, OF Hol-
and and Miss Arnda of Germany in
Ter heat. Katherine Rawls seemed the
'nly American with a chance of plac-
ing In the 100-meters event. Her time
If 1:0S.5 represented a faster race
han Bernice Lapp's 1:o9, which won
>ne of the heats.
Even at that, however, her time
lid not compare with Miss Master
'roek's 1864, which displaced Helene
Madison's old record Of 1868.
Willy Den Ouden, of Holland, who
won the second heat in the l0O-meter
went, was given a chance against
Miss Masterbroek, and the pretty Ar
yentine girl, Janet Campbell, about
whom little was heard until today,
vas also a possibility.