Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-07
American Lassies Top
Danes; McCIane, II,
Takes 1900 Meters
10y the Associated Press

10y the A.seeioted Press
| OLYMPIC POOL, Wembley, Eng
land, Aug. 7.-American men SWIM
mers and divers completed a grand
slam of all eight Olympic titles to-
day when Jimmy McLane, 17-year-
old Andover Academy student from
Akron, Ohio, won the 1,500-meter
free style final.
The American girl swimmers, with
sensational record-breaking VIC
tory by Ann Curtis Of San Fran
cisco in the 400-meter free style,
equaled Denmark's total of two gold
medals in the swim races. Mrs.
Vicki Manalo braves of Pasadena,
Calf, however, had given America
two frsts in the diving competition.
The star-spangled men picked up
two more victories today as McLane
swan home first in the metric mile
after Joe Verdeur of Philadelphia
won the 200-meter breast stroke
final in new Olympic time.
Brenda Helser Fifth.
Miss Curtis set a new Olympic rec
ord of 5:17.8 for the distance, beat
ing the 525.7 by Miss Harup in
yesterdays semifinal. The old mark
was set by Hollands Rita Masten-
brock at 1884 at Berlin in 1886.
Miss Harup, the 100-meter back
stroke champion, was second to the
tall blond from the University OF
California. Britain's Cathy Gibson
from Motherwell, Scotland, almost
nipped the Danish girl but finished
third.
Miss Harup was timed at 5:21.2
in second place and Miss Gibson at
5:225. Thus they all topped the
record in the last Of the five womens
Olympic swim races of the 194e
games.
Fourth-place Fernando Caroen OF
Belgium and Brenda Helser of Los
Angeles, who finished fifth, also beat
the old Olympic mark.
P. S. c. Tavares of Brazil was
sixth, Fritze Nathansen Christensen
of Denmark, seventh, and Nancy
Lees of Portland, Greg, and Ashe-
vile, N. c., eighth.
U. S., 68; Denmark, 81.
Miss Curtis, who suddenly hit
her top form last night on the
anchor leg of the women's 400-meter
relay in winning for the U. S. A..
kicked the American girls home in
tie with the highly favored Danish
girls for two gold medals each in
the races.
The final scores of first place
winners in the womens swimming
showed triumphs for Denmark
Greta Andersen in the 10O-metel
free style and Miss Harup in the
100-meter backstroke. Mel Van Vliet
Of Holland won the 200-meter breast
stroke and the Americans took the
relay and the 400 with Miss Curtis
Unofficial women's team totals
for both swimming and diving gave
the United States 68 points to g.
for runnerup Denmark. Holland
had "a points and Hungary ane
Australia each IL. Other nations
with women's swim and divine
points were Britain, 8; France, 4
Belgium, 3; Sweden, Austria anc
Brazil, each 2.
1913 In Breast Stroke.
Verdeur continued the Americans
men water sweep by taking the
200-meter breast stroke title, the
seventh straight victory for the
! United States men.
Keith Carter of Purdue University
placed second to the 22-year-old
Philadelphia and Bob Sohl of the
University of Michigan was third
for an American sweep of all three
breaststroke medals.
| The United States men previously
had won the 100-meter and 400
meter free style events, the 800
meter relay. 100-meter backstroke
and both springboard and high
diving.
| Verdeur set a new Olympic rec
ord of 1892, beating the mark OF
2:40 he made in the heats of the
water program that ended today
The old Olympic record was 2:42.5
set by TetSuo Hamuro OF Japan at
Berlin in 1886.
Verdeur, holder of the world 200
meter breast stroke mark at 2::30.5,
led race all the way. Carter moved
up fast to take the runnerup medal
in 2:402, also lettering the old rec
ord. Soils third place time was
2:43.9.
John Davies of Australia finished
fourth. T. Cerer of Yugoslavia fifth
and w. Jordan of Brazil sixth.
Ahmed Kandill of Egypt, winner of
his seminal heat yesterday, was
seventh and B. Bonte of Holland last
in the eight-man finals.
Kandill was among the leaders for
the first $50 meters but was over
taken and passed by all but one of
the fina1iStS in the last 50 meters