Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01

famous teammate, Barney Ewell
and matched the Olympic mark
American Negro, Eddie Tolan, at
Contesting with him for ind
a quiet instructor from the Unive
raced to an easy victory in the 40
Yards ahead of his closest rival in
the new Olympic record time OF SILL
seconds.
Willie Steele, Negro star from San
Diego State College, capped the
American comeback by winning the
broad jump with mighty leap OF
Is feet, 8 inches. Two Of his team
mates, Herbert Douglas of Pitt and
Lorenzo Wright of Wayne, took
third and fourth, respectively, be-
hind Tom Bruce, an Australian.
U. S. Mops Up in Tank.
Over in the Olympic pool, mean
while, the American aquatic stars
were making a clean sweep of the
mems springboard diving cham
pionships and placing first, second
and fourth in the finals of the mems
1O0-meter freestyle swimming.
Wally Ris of the University of
Iowa captured the 100-meter swim
in 57.3 seconds to clip two-tenths
off the. Olympic record as all three
Americans finished ahead of the
highly favored Freedman, Alex
Jany.
Alan Ford, former Yale star, was
second, with Geza Kadas of Hun
gary third, while Keith Carter Of
Purdue nosed out Jany for the
fourth spot.
Bruce Harlem of Ohio State won
the springboard diving title, fol-
lowed in order by another buckeye
star, Miller Anderson, and DR.. Sam
nv Lee of Pasadena. Calf. Har-
Ian tailed 1884 points, Anderson
1879 and Lee 1852.
Only the hammer throw, the So
kilometer hike and the womens
javelin throw escaped the hungry
NAV of the Americans as six track
and field championships were de-
cided.
Imry Nemeth, husky Hungarian.
won the hammer with near-record
toss of 1873 feet, liz inches. Bob
Bennett of Apponaug, R. l.. took
third at 176, 81, and Sam FELTON,,
IT., of Harvard fourth with 176 feet,
u inch. Mrs. Dorothy Dodson OF
Mudelein, ILL.,, grabbed fourth in the
iaveli1l behind some long-throwing
European girls. The 50-kilometer
walk was total loss.
Billiards Triumph Is PAGER.
billiards. victory in the classic 100
was the days high point, The
Baldwin Wallace star, rated only
third on the American squad, jumped
from his blocks like a kangaroo at
the gun and never was caught,
though Ewell was closing on him in
the final yards. 1t took a photo TO
cut them apart.
LLOYD La Beach, the Panamanian
who has done most of his running
for American Colleges, finished
third. with Alan McCorquodale OF
Britain fourth, Mel Patton Of South
ern California fifth, and Macdonald
Bailey, a Jamaican running for
Britain, sixth and last. The race
was between billiard and Ewell all
the way, with the others steadily los
ing ground.
Patton was the big disappointment.
Never a very fast starter, the Coast
youth virtually was left today and
he never had hope of catching the
two brown jackrabbits out in front
billiards. victory was reward OF
burning determination as much as
anything else. Failing to qualify for
his specially, the high hurdles, be-
cause he got tangled up in the
American trials, he came over VOW
ing to win the century. He worked
ceaselessly to perfect a lighting
start, and today it paid of.
There was no reason to suppose
that his 1913 clocking would not be
recognized as tying the Olympic
mark, as the final was run directly
into a west breeze of sufficient force
to keep the white Olympic flag flap
ping gently.
Cochran's Record Bona Eide.
Cochran, running what he said
would be his last hurdles race.
never was pushed seriously in the
400, though Duncan White OF Cey-
lon, who finished second, also bet
tered the existing Olympic record
of So seconds fiat set by Glenn
Hardin of the United States OF
America at Los Angeles in 1882
White was timed in 51.8. There is
every expectation, too, that Coch-
rams mark will be ratified.
Rune LARSON Of Sweden, who
had been touted to give Cochran
hard race, finished third in 52.2,
barely nosing out the second Amer1-
can finalist, Dick Ault Of the Uni
yersity Of Missouri, who was fourth.