Evening star., 1948-08-03
Americans Top Mark
In Shot Put; 1erps'
Cook Rifle Winner
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spective made it appear that Ewel
built up a lead around the curv'
but when the field hit the straight
away it was apparent that Patton
6 feet Of graceful running machine
weighing a scant las pounds, wa
driving along out in front.
Every muscle straining, he KEEP
pouring it on. Half way through
the race, which is roughly equivalen
to the 22o-yard dash, he had !
margin OF several yards on Ewell.
Then the dusky veteran closed in
as he always does. He almost caugh
Patton, but the black-haired bo!
from Southern California broke th'
tape q clear victor, coasting of
around the curve to absorb hi
terrific speed.
Only a few minutes earlier, three
American shot putters had given thu
Olympic shut put record the worst
kicking around to which any mari
in these games has been subjected
Their feat of placing 1913 provided
the United States with its first
track and field sweep.
Germans Record Beaten.
The sweep, achieved without
Michigan's Charley Fonville, who
failed to make the team although
he pushed the world record to So
feet u inch earlier this year, gave
the American team its sixth title
with u of the "a track and field
events completed.
Thompson's mighty toss, made on
his second attempt, wiped out the
previous record of SO feet 81 inches
set by Hans Woellke OF Germany
at Berlin in 1886. Francis Delaney
of the San Francisco Olympic Club,
formerly of Notre Dames was sec
ond with 81 feet sh inches and
Jim Fuchs of Yale finished third
with 50 feet l0h inches.
All three Americans broke the old
Olympic record on their first at
tempts.
Record Pulverized.
1t was the first time in the current
track and field competition that one
nation won three top places in the
same event. The Americans bettered
the Olympic record on almost every
throw.
Never has an Olympic record been
more thoroughly pulverized. On the
six final throws, Thompson broke the
record five times and fouled on the
sixth. Fuchs broke it three times
and Deianey once.
The record was the second of the
day to fall in the mems division of
the track and field games and the
sixth of the carnival.
Sweden Wins Second Victory.
The third and last final of the
day was in the hop, step and jump
where Sweden won its second vic
tory of the games when A. Amman
hit so feet 6A inches on his first
try.
The United States was shut out
in that event. Bill Albans of Gram
ford N. j.. was the only American
finalist and he wound up outside
the first seven.
Browning Ross of Villanova was
the only one of three American
contestants who qualified for Thurs
days finals in the 5000 meter
steeplechase. Ross kicked up into
fourth place in the second heat,
won by Rafael Pujazon Of France
in 9:20.8.
With four men each of three
heats entering the finals, William
Overto nof Auburn finished seventh
in the third heat and Bob McMil-
Ian of Los Angeles was eighth in his
trial.
10000 Meter Walk Mark Set.
The Olympic mark for the TO-
000- meter walk took beating de-
spite the rain. Five men bettered
the old record in two qualifying
heats for the Saturday final. ]. F.
Mikaelsson of Sweden turned In the
best of the new records, winning the
first heat of the Smile -376-yard
grind In As minutes and 3 seconds
as compared to the previous mark
of 46:26.4 set by G. H. Goulding OF
Canada at Stockholm in 1912.
Fred Sharaga, 38-year- New
York ciyfl engineer; Ernest Weber,
40, New York provision dealer, and
Henry Laskau, 81, New York trafhc
manager in an export concern, were
disqualified.
Cook Wins Rifle Event.
Arthur Edwin Cook, 20-year-old
University of Maryland student,
scored 500 points out Of possible
800 today to win the 50-meter (55
YARDS small-bore rife Olympic
championship.
Another American. Walter Tom
sen of Flushing, N. Y, was second,
also with 500 points. Cook gained
the title because he put more shots
in the center of the target.
Jonas Jonsson, 46-year-old Swed-
ish marksman, was third with 597
points, followed by two Norwegians,
Halvor Kongsjorden and T. Skrede-
gard, both also with 597.
Their positions also were deter
mined by a count of bulls-eye hits.
Two United States fencers-Silvio
Giolito of Woodside, N. Y, and Dean
Cetrulo of Hollywood, Calif.-quali-
fed for the second round of the
individual foils tournament.
Cetrulo had six victories to lead
one pool of qualiflers while Giolito
had four to head another.
Eliminated was Nathan Lubell of
New York, who had three wins.
Betters Pentathlon Lead.
Sweden's w. o. G. Grut virtually
assured himself of the modern
pentathlon title by capturing the
fourth event on the program
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