Evening star., 1939-08-07
j. ). Athletes Victors
Before $4,000 in
International Meet
Watson, Beethom and
Jeffrey Are Winners;
Rideout Fourth in Mile
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, Aug. 7.-Bouncing Billy
Watsons glittering double in the
broad jump and shotput gave the
United States decisive victory in
an international track and field
meet before 10000 spectators to-
day.
The United States team scored 54
points to Great Britain's Al. Ger
many was third with Is, Italy fourth
with Is and Sweden fifth with Is.
Watson, big University of Michi-
gan Negro, won the shotput with a
heave of 50 feet inches. breaking
The British record by inches: then
slouched over to the jumping pit
and won the broad jump with
leap of "a feet 6 inches.
These signal triumphs and George
Varoff's vault of l3 feet 6 inches
to win the pole vault overcame
Britain's lead and won the day for
the United States.
Charlie Beetham, former Ohio
State star, won the 880-yard run in
1923. Beetham's victory was a
sensational one He was sixth in the
field of seven as they entered the
back stretch. Charlie quickly over
hauled the leaders and went on to
win by 5 yards over w. Brandscheid
of Germany B. Anderson of Sweden
was another yard back in third
place.
Two More U. S. Victories.
Two more American victories fol-
lowed in quick order. Clyde Jeffrey
Of Stanford sped past his field in
the last Is yards to win the 100-yard
dash in 0:98 seconds and Roy Coch-
ran of Indiana came within one
tenth second of cracking the worlds
record when he won the 440-yard
hurdles in 0:52.7 seconds.
Jeffrey, slow to get underway,
finished a foot in front of A. w.
Sweeney of Great Britain, who in
turn had inches on his teammate,
c. B. Holmes
Despite a track made heavy by
early morning rains. Cochran drew
steadily ahead of his rivals on the
back stretch and won by three
yards over F. Hoelling of Germany.
He broke the British record by
three-tenths of a second
RideOut Fourth in Mile.
Denis Pell, Sydney Wooderson's
perennial shadow, came into his own
when he whipped strong field in
the mile race.
Pell was clocked in the slow time
of 4:l5.2 as Blaine Rideout, Amer
ica's 1,500meter champion, finished
fourth. Wooderson, whose humping
incident with Rideout in the Prince
ton mile in June stirred the track
world, didn't compete because of an
injured leg.
Rideout, after running well for
three-quarters, was thrown wide
when he tried to pass Pell. This
incident, family reminiscent of
Rideouts recent brush with Wood
erson, brought forth a storm of
booing, but Rideout himself didn't
know why.
Il was just thrown wide when I
tried to pass" the Texan said. II
heard them booing but I can't figure
out why. When I got on the last
lap I frightened up, something that
never happened to me before. How
ever, Pell ran a fine race and I
don't want to take anything from
him"
TaiSto Maxi, newest of Finland's
line of great distance runners, won
the 3-mile run in 13 minutes 59.4
seconds for new British record.
Alexis Csaplar of Hungary was sec
ond and Nilsson of Sweden third.
Ray Schwartzkopf, United States
representative from the University
of Michigan, was last from the out
set and plodded home a good 22O
yards behind the Finn.
Maki's time bettered the British
record of 14:09.2, set by another
Finn, Lauri Lehtinen.
Jeffrey completed the first double
OF the day when he galloped to an
easy victory in the 220-yard dash,
winning in the slow time of 21.8,
slx-tenthS of second off the Brit
ish record. Running around a curve.
the young American took the lead
about 80 yards from the finish and
breezed home two yards ahead of
Britain's Sweeney, who also was
second in the century.
Batiste Loses by Inches.
Despite a fine effort on the fiat
after he had cleared the last hurdle.
Joe Batiste, Tucson, Ariz., colored
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