Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-05
United States Beaten
By Cuba in Baseball
AT Buenos Aires
By the Associated Press

tavo Martinez, tiny southpaw
pitcher. set the United States
team on its ears to give Cuba an
81 victory today in one of the
most important games of the Pan
American baseball tournament
The Wake Forest College team,
representing the United States
went down to its second defeat in
the games before the pitching
mastery of Martinez, who had per-
feet control and famed nine.
Cuba now leads the tournament
with six victories and one defeat.
The United States. with a AZ rec
ord, fell to third below Mexico,
which has Al.
AS the Games moved into their
seventh day of competition today.
Jim Kelly. coach Of the United
States track team. says that big
athletic carnival marks Latin
Americas coming Of age in sports.
So far the opposition has been
much too good for the United
States 128-man team and Argen-
tina led at the start Of today's
events. Argentina had amassed
657 points and the United States
was second with $40.
For a real boost to sports all
through Latin America, the games
couldn't have turned out better"
said Kelly, veteran University OF
Minnesota coach.
Track Draws $4,000 Crowd.
The interest in athletics here
was shown yesterday by $4,000
persons in River Plate Stadium for
track and field while side sports
arenas were damned. including
10000 for swimming.
After Argentina and the United
States in the point totals came
Mexico with 1853; Brazil, 1853;
Chile, 100; Cuba, rs; Peru, 81;
Trinidad, Is; Colombia, IA:
Guatemala, 10; Jamaica, IL,
Venezuela. IL; Panama, IL; Ecua-
dor. 8; Haiti, Z; Paraguay, 3; Ell
Salvador, Q.
A serious rhubarb or "lio," as
Argentines call it, was narrowly
averted yesterday when jealous
track officials wanted to disqualify
either Curtis Stone or Browning
Ross or both of the United States
runners in the 3,000-meter
steeplechase on grounds they
failed to give their utmost.
AS it was, the North Americans
beat their nearest competition
Pedro Caffa of Argentine-by a
humping ITO yards. But Stone,
one time Penn State ace, and
Ross. former Villanova star, OBJ
viously slowed down to have an
Alfonso and CASTOR act approach
ing the tape.
Stone said afterward he wanted
Ross to win because Stone already
had won the 10.000-meter title.
Ross said he didn't deserve to win
and tried to argue Stone into a
tie. At the last moment, Ross
held back little and Stone went
over the finish first.
can Old College Custom"
The Argentines wanted a strict
Interpretation of the rules while
the United States explained it's an
old college custom up in North
America for teammates to make
sporting gestures like this. Finally
about two hours after the race
Stone was confirmed winner with
Ross second.
Another one-two blow was de-
livered by the United States when
Nal Whitfield of Columbus, Ohio,
took the 400-meter dash with
Hugo Maiocco Of New York at his
heels and world record holder
Herb McKenley of Jamaica a bad
third.
Twenty-one champions were
crowned yesterday. Argentina won
all seven classes in rowing. three
without opposition, and three 9TH
erS With only the Scantest. Other
champions:
g. 100 amgsstssrs-Mal Whitfield. United
5000 meter steeplechase-Curtis Stone,
United States, $3.50
Mems 400-meIer free-style swim
Tetsuo Okamoto Brazil. 1924.
Womers 1OO-meter free-style swim
Sharon Geary, Long Beach. Calf. 1854.
~ Mems 100-meter backstroke - Allen
Stack. bingham, Mass, los.
Tennis. mems singles-Enrique Morea.
Argentina.
Tennis, women's singles-Mary Teran
Weiss, Argentina.
Tennis mixed doubles-Gustave Palafox
and Nellie Remirez Mexico.
Cycling, road raee-Oscar Muleiro, Ar
gentina.
Fencing. Epee NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. VIII
lamil, Argentina.
Gymnastics, lndividual-William Roetz.
helm, Florida State College.
Gymnastics, team-Argentina.
weightlifting. light heavyweisht-s. A.
Stanczyk. Miami.
weightliftins. heayyweight--John H.
Davis. Brooklyn, N. Y.
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