The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-06-12
Motor CITY Giants Split Two Tits With Brown BOmbers
RUSS J. COWANS'
SPORT CHATTER

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Jesse Owens Olympic Spin; and
broad jump Champion, HAD three
biz events in hs brilliant athic-c
career - the fnal asy Of Compel
ton N in,e. Scholas..c circles. 1888.
the memorable day a, Ann Arhor
May IS, 1888, and ., tie i!ih
Olymp,sd N BERN in asa.
In his hnsl lntcrscho.asuc compc-
tuon. Owens, who IS noV employed
al the Ford Motor plan a, RtG
Rouge. established three ncS No..d
interScholaStic marks. lie ian the
100 IN ga seconds raced The 20 .H
207 10 Sc; a new mtciScho.asut
record. and completed the Gay .
effort by setting new broad J4nl
mark OF ~ feet, l!24 inches.
Then came that remarkable per.
Torrance 4; Ann Aroor where
Jesse, competing as q member ~oi
the Oh.o Ss;e team IN the snnua.
Biz Ten outdoor championship
broke three world records ana neo
another v. ;h.n pcroo @. 80 MIN
uteS. one OF the finest performances
ever turned n oy an athlete,
Jesse ran the 100 yards IN "a sec
cnds 10 tie The world mark set by
Frank Wycoff. the University o.!
California flyer, He then ran the
&c IN 203 10 set new wotd marx,
and followed this with 226 for ,ne
220-ysrd low hurdles for new
m.rk. He c!lmaxed his achieve
menH with leap Of 20 feet. g..
incnes for the hnal record,
While his performance at Ann
Arpor Was dazzling, there VAS more
drama attached 10 MS achievements
in Berlin the following year than
when he set the three new word
records and tied another. Jesse Won
three champ onshlps al the O!ymp'
lad the 100 and 200-meter sprlnts
and the running broad Jump. Bat
IN between winning the l0O-mcteg
title and The 200. Jesse almost LOST
tn broad jump
Figuring thai his st.ffest oompe,-
ton would come from a teanmate
- Matthew Robinson - IN the ZOO
meter race. Owens Was conccntIdt- |
ine on that event instead OF the !
broad jump.
In the first trial heats Owens had
won the third heat IN 2ll while
Robinson had won the eighth heat
in 2l6 Owens won the third heat
OF the second trials in all. and |
Robinson won the fourth heat Of
the same trials in 2l.l. Robinson,
who is now in the Armed Forces,
captured the first heat Of the SEMI
Anal in all, and Owens won the
second heat in 2l.3. an indication |
OF the fight TO be wssed in the
anal
1t was between the finals Of the
los-mater race and the 200 that
Owens almost failed TO qualify for
the broad jump. The former Ohio
State flash was devoting more time
10 the sprint than 10 the event inn
me lately confronting him.. Thus
Jesse had more difficulty reaching
Z gratifying standard OF % fee.
5H inches than he did in winning
IN, final
Unaware that competition had
started, Jesse ran through the pr
TO warm up, but the officials ruled
thi, one OF his trials On his second
effort he fouled, although he jumped
better than Is feet However on his
third and last trial Jesse leaped
q feet. S 9-l6 inches He came back
in the finals 10 defeat Luz Long,
Germany. with Jump OF rs feet,
5 5-l6 inches, a new Olympiad rec
ord. Long, best effort was IS feet,
Q SD inches.
The following day Owens estab-
1ished another Olympiad mark
when he broke the tape in front OF
Robinson in 207 TO win the 200.
meter championship, his third
OF. mpic title: this time exceeded
the mark of 2l6 made by Eddie
Tolsn at Los Angeles in 1882.
Competing in the Olympics was
q tough ordeal for me-" said Owens
in recalling those brilliant achieve
ments From Monday through Fri
day I lost II pounds. so trying was
tie situation"
Owens made II appearances in
the Olympic. and on nine OF these
occasions bettered or eoualed the
eyislng Olympic record. and on
FIVE times he betiered or equaled /
the existing world record A most
remarkable performance.
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D.. J. B. Martin. president OF the
Negro American league. and Tom
wilson. president Of the Negro Ma.