The times-news., 1936-07-30
u. 5. OLYMPIC.
STARS ENJOY.
GOOD WORKOUT.
Three Are Suffering From
Minor Troubles And
From Sprains

) OLYMPIC VILLAGE, BERLIN
July so. (UP)-Despite rain, al
but a few of Americas Olympic
stars enjoyed perhaps their bes
workout yesterday since arriving
in Germany.
The sun appeared for the first
time in three days Wednesday
morning while the Americans still
were at Breakfast. They rushed
through the meal, only to see ii
start raining again as they began
practice.
! All but three atletes practiced
Observation-Disclosures Zaitz, Boston
shot putter; Harold Manning,
Wichita, Kans., steeple-chaseri
and Glenn Cunningham, Amer
ica's No. man in the 1900 met
er run.
Zaitz, nursing two sprained fin
gers suffered when he first threw
the European type of shot the
other day, appeared with tape on
his hand and tried to throw the
ball His efforts were unsuccessful
so he quit. He pianos to rest today
hoping TO recover for Sundays
Shot-put finals.
Cunningham complained that
the soreness still is in his legs and
that they are not rounding into
shape as they should.
Manning gave cause for con-
Germ when his heavy cold contin-
ued to set back his training. He
has failed to show Improvement
expected.
Delos Thurber of Los Angeles
and Jack Torrance both reported
slight injuries late in the after
noon. Thurber had a minor scratch
on the inside of his right knee,
but it did not keep him from
working out. Torrance compained
of pain in his back below the
right shoulder blade.
Glenn Morriss, Denver, Colo,
lDetachlon star, who had been
hampered by twitched in his left
leg resulting from a muscle torn
several months ago, said the sore
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ter a workout this morning.
Archie San Romani, Kansas l.
5OO meter star. ran a half mile in
2:04, turning each quarter in 62
seconds. Gene Venzke, other l.
500 man, worked three quarters
of a mile and was clocked in 81
seconds for the first quarter, 2:07
at the second quarteS and S:Os for
the distance.
John Woodruff, U. of. Pitts
burgh negro freshman and 800
meter runner, paced himself over
the quarter mile in SIS seconds.
Harry Williamson, High Point, N.
c., another 8O0-meter man, ran
Charles (Chuck) Hornbostel, 9TH
er 800-meter man, went a quar-
ter-mile alone in 53.1 and later
ran a quarter with Venzke in 81
seconds.
Jesse Owenson, Ohio State
sprinter and broad-jumper, put in
a long drill on starts and then
sprinted rs meters in 7.6 seconds.
At the insintence of photograph
.ers, Owens made his first broad
jump since reaching Berlin.
The Javelin trio had a long
workout but failed to show any
thing to firighten the firms, who
figure on finishing one-two-three
in this event.
Ken Carpenter, Souther Cali
fornia, exceeded the Olympic dis
Gus throw record with heave of
l65 feet. The record is 1862 feet,
4 7-8 inches.
Bill Graber, Ontario, Calf,
showed the best form in the pole
vault, clearing 13 feet, 8 inches.
Forrest Towns, Georgia Hurdl-
er, went over the 100-meter route
twice, but wasn't clocked.
Don Lash of Indiana, Americas
hope in the 5000 and 10000 met
er events, was paced for a mile
and a quarter at 5 :42 by his team
mate, Tommy Deckard.
Jack Torrance and Sam Fran
els, the shot-putters, threw the
ball So and so feet, respectively.
Hurdlers Glenn Hardin and Joe
Patterson practiced clearing the
barriers on the turns.
The American coaches yester-
day complained that constant in
reference from other athletes
and photographers is making it
almost impossible for the Ameri-
can stars to practice properly.
The hurdlers, particularly, are
the men who can't practice prop
erly.
Meanwhile, the American coach
es decided not to let athletes who
will compete on Sunday-the
opening day of competition-par-
ticipate in Saturdays colorful in
augural ceremony. The opening
ceremony will require the athlet-
es to be on their feet, standing
and parading for at least three
hours, possibly under a broiling