Evening star., 1938-08-14
TAKE FIRST PLACE
IN 6 OF 10 EVENTS
Shatter Teuton 400-Meter
Mark in ReIay-60, 900
See Games Open.
By LOUIS p. LOCHNER.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

balanced array of track and field ath-
letes established a clear lead today
over Germany's best. most Of them
members Of the 1896 Olympic team. in
the first of the two-day competition
In Olympic Stadium.
The United States team, taking six
firsts and as many seconds in the 10
events. scored So points to the Ger
mans 40. The invaders won five OF
the six track events, finishing one. two
in two of them. and captured the two
top positions in the pole vault. As
expected, the Germans showed their
strength in the field events.
A crowd of $4,000 saw the meet
open with surprise victory by Ger
many's Rudolf Harbig over the Amer
lean pair of Charlie Beetham and
Howie Borck in the 800-meter run
and end with a record per-
formance by the United States quartet
IN the 400-meter relay. A wet track
handicapped the athletes in the early
events. but it was lightning fast for
the relay
The American team of Wilbur
Greer, Mozel Ellerbe. Clyde Jeffrey
and Ben johnson reeled off the 400
meters in 40 seconds fiat, only $40 of
a second short of the world record
established by U. S. four in the
last Olympics. The time clipped 6-10
Of second off the old German mark.
The Germans also were under the
former record with clocking of 40.3.
Only U. S. Olympian Wins.
Earlier in the afternoon johnson
and Ellerbe had run one. two, re-
spectively. in the 100-meter dash, with
the former Columbia University ace
flashing across the line in 105 seconds.
The most colorful event from the
spectators viewpoint was the 10000
meter race, won by Elmo Pentti of New
York, only Olympic athlete on the
American team, in 32:ll2. J. Enrol
Vaughan of New York alternated at
setting the pace and running last,
but couldn't keep pace with Pentt
when the latter stepped to the front
with three laps to go. Fifty yards sep
arated them at the finish. with Walter
Schoenrock, first of the Germans, an
other 200 yards back
Wisconsin's Chuck Fenske, winner
OF the 1900 meters, was one Of the
heroes Of the day with Germany's
younger athletes, who studied his style
intently as he stepped the distance in
1888. Getting off to slow start with
Blaine Rideout and the Germans,
Harry Mehlhose and Helmut Koertner,
Fenske ran third throughout the first
800 meters, sped up with the rest
during the next 400 and then took the
lead and won easily.
Ride0ut Is Nosed Out.
Rideout apparently had second place
won when the Germans made gal
liant bid in the last 200 meters While
Koertner fought it out with the Texan
so meters from the finish, Mehlhose
came from behind to beat both with
third going to Koertner.
The 1l0-meter hurdles was a walk
away for Fred Wolcott Of Rice Insti-
tute, who was clocked in l4l seconds.
Allan Tolmich Of Wayne University,
his nearest rival, was five-tenths Of a
second slower.
That the Americans would win the
pole vault with little opposition had
been expected as also were Germany's
victories in the hammer throw, discus
and hop-step and jump. Americas
pole-vaulting pair of Cornelius War;
meridian Of San Francisco and George
Varoff of Oregon finished one, two.
The former cleared 13 feet 11a4 inches
and the latter l3 feet rs inches.
Germany's Erwin Blask, who re-
Gently bettered Pat Ryan's 25-year -old
world record, won the hammer throw
with heave of l87 feet inches. Karl
Helm. the Olympic champion, was sec
ond while Irving Folwartshny and Bill
Lynch. the American entries, were
outdistanced.
Willie Schroeder fell far short of
his world record in the discus but his
distance of l67 feet was good enough
to beat the American pair of Phil Leby
and Pete Zagar.
Germany; second. Charlie Beetham. United
Etms states: t99r,h. Fran Eiehberssr.N Germany.
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man oaf eTd Msa Ketseh Se
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hose. Germany; third Helmut Koertine
st1feS io.me[er Ime biSb Sis; bSrd,es-wor bv Fred
mich. United states: third. Kari Pump
Hammer shrow1won FIVE BY Erwin Blask:
Germany. 1s7 feet s inches; second Karl
Irvine Folvartshny United States. i75
feet !. inch: fourth, Bill Lynch, United
sffss Poe 1sGwon feet I BY 1nehrT corneius Warmer
second, George varoT. United States il
and 'e Woeans iea nfa aart@snn 1senn
o;9o.s;meter run-.WOn by Elmo pentti.
New York: third Walter schoenrock. Ger Ger.
nn many; fourth. Josef Berg. Germany. Time.
\. Hop,step and iump-Won by Karl Ko-
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keIj; United & states, M ,;t.t, a tees !. inches.
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States. ! SO feet 11'. inches: third Ernst
tampert. Germany 1872 feet 9A4 inches;
fourth. Pete Zagar. United States. 1855 feet
10i5 inches.
4n0-meter relay--Won by United States
(Wnbur Greer. Mozel Ellerbe. Clyde jeffrey
and Ben Johnson: second. Germany MAN
ermann and Jakob Scheurine>. Time 4O.3
seconds New German record. replacing
old record of 40.6).
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