Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01
American WresiIers
Win 8 Of II Bouts;
None Eliminated
BY The Assoei1tsd Press

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LONDON, July 31.-Every Amer
lean wrestler still was in the run
ming for an Olympic title tonight
after almost two full days of con-
tinuous elimination bouts.
Twenty-four matmen have been
eliminated-butn not one of them is
an American. r.....
In the II matches today involving
American 1wrestlers, the United
States athletes won eight and lost
three.
william s. Jernigan of Tulsa,
Okla, suffered two Of the defeats
in the f1yweight division but both
were by split decision and so he
remains In the running.
Under the Olympic scoring sys-
tenn two black marks are charged
against q wrestler who loses a
split decision, three are charged
against him If he is thrown or
loses by unanimous decision, one
is charged against him If he wins
by a decision. He escapes a black
mark only If he wins by a fall.
Five black marks send the athlete
to the sidelines.
Loses to Finn and Indian.
Jernigan lost to both v. L. Wit
ala of Finland to r. X. Jadov of
India.
Hal Moore of Geary, Okla, the
U. s. featherweight, split his days
efforts. He pinned Abdel Hamed
of Egypt after dropping split
decision to Hassan Fabian Of Iran.
Bill Kohl, Iowa State Teachers
College student, threW A. Chaffar-
iari and put the Egyptian out of
the running for the lightweight
title.
Gerald Leeman of Cedar Falls,
Iowa, won two bouts during the
day. He pinned r. Cazaux of Great
Britain, and then eliminated L.
Biringer of Hungary, by taking a
decision in the bantamweight class.
The other U. S. winners today
were Richard Hutton of Oakhurst,
Okla, the heavyweight, who de-
feated A. Sakdhari of Iran, and
Leland G. Merrill, jr, Of Midtown,
N. j., who defeated F. Westergren
of Sweden in a welterweight tussle
and then decisioned Byung Kwan
Whang of Korea.
Brand Pins Australian.
Middleweight Glenn Brand OF
Clarion, Iowa, was the last OF the
Americans to triumph. He pinned
R. B. Arthur of Australia in 4
minutes and II seconds.
India, defeated W. S. Jernigan; U; 8: A.
decision. v l. Viitala Finland, defeated
W. s Jerigsn u SKI s A. nd dsGision. PERI
kon nan sweden. defeated Han San Young,
Korea. decision Gerald Leeman, q. 9; a.,
defeated ra1D ca asested SOTO Mayer
Cuba, fall G. c. Leeman, u s. A. de-
feated L Biringer; Hungary, decision n
FsssherTsisht d assd po II Moose
Belgium. defeated E. P. 3: Pgrtell: Eng
ds}s.ts sse! g 4 india ta
Aware j. M. Lopez, Cuba, defeated Kux
Fan Kim. Korea DECISION ri.veii hf ftais,
Finland, Qe1edtcu MdiSo 1os oe'
Bermal contreras.. Mexico. fall. A. Jous-
yille. France, defeated M n; j. s : sre A.
defeated Abdei Hamed, Egypt, fall.
turkey, defeated B.. Singh, India, fall.
s. A. Lewpanen. Finland. defeated A. 4.
Coolse, Belgium, decision: Baumann,
ada, decision L. P. Brazil. Hungary Hungary de-
Fraendfors. sweden, defeated Anthony Ries,
south Africa. fall. W. H. Kohl. U. 8. A..
defeated Hassan M Ahmad. Egypt de;
cision. William Kohl. ", s. A. defeated
wEaE@T rsR d60R pounds.oaAa: 3.
Bhargava, India, defeated F. Estrada Ojeda
Mexico, 81 decision: Abdel Mopstfa
k f.sfes T. fse cao Besum a fnef
sweden, decision; H. r: Peace, Canada, de.
fsated Irvine S.t Britain ny 1al; kwsn
MID5DLEWEiGHT d74 pounds)-.carl e
Rsiz South AfTeaA rs ds1sats Sast A v0s &c.
teated K Roy India fall hon s s. can nan.as
81 decision P. sepponen: Finland, de-
feated E. Assam Rabaz, Mexico fa,!; a.
Drumaud, France, defeated E. Bowey'
England, decision; P. Daetwyler. SwltZer-
land, defeated J. B. Benoy, Belsium, fail;
Erik Linden, Sweden. defeated Ahmed Ao-
feated r. B. Arthur, Australia, fall. ui..s
Heavyweight-Richard Hutton. united
states of America, defeated A. SaKoaharl'
Iran split decision.