Evening star., 1952-07-21
Moore Beats Russian
In 400 Hurdles 10 Top
40 Thrilling Minutes
By the Associated Press

By the Associoted Press
HELSINKI, July 21.-T h e
United States marked up three
Olympic victories and two records
within a space Of 40 thrilling min
utes today.
Despite a couple of scares in
the semifinals. Shotputter Parry
O'Brien of Southern California,
Sprinter Indy Remigino of Man
haitian and Hurdler Charlie Moore
of Cornell all earned the right to
ascend to the top of the daiS for
the Olympic victory ceremonies.
OBrien set a new Olympic shot
put record of 81 feet 1.43 inches to
lead the way in an American
sweep of the first three places
Moore, son of a member of the
1924 United States Olympic team
equaled the record he set in his
trial heat yesterday, when he won
the 400-meter hurdles in 50.8 Sec
onds.
Four BIanketed at Finish.
Remigino moved back to second
place in his semif1nals heat after
the judges and spectators thought
he was first. won the 100-meter
dash final in a finish so close that
all the first four finishers were
given the same time. 10.4 seconds.
Herb McKenley of Jamaica was
second, Emmanuel Mcdonald Bal
ley of Great Britain third and
Dean Smith of Texas fourth. The
first four men finished within
inches of each other.
Vladimir Soukharev of Russia
was fifth and John Treloar of
Australia was sixth. The last two
were both clocked in 10.5 seconds.
Moore held off a desperate chal-
lenge by Jurii Lituev of Russia
in the final yards to win the 400
meter hurdles championship.
John Holland of New Zealand
was third.
Americans Lead Broad Jump.
A fourth American first place
appeared to be in the making in
the broad jump. Jerome Biff1e of
the United States Army went into
the lead with leap of "a feet
1908 inches as the third round of
jumps ended. Close behind him
was Meredith Gourdine of Cornell
with "a feet 8.46 inches. None of
the other competitors had done
anything within striking distance
of the leaders.
Gunnar Nielsen Of Denmark
won the first semif1na1s heat of
the 800 meters. with Nal Whit
field of Columbus, Ohio, second
and Albert Webster Of Great
Britain third. They did it with
apparent ease but the time, even
in the rain, was 1900.
Whitfield Takes 1t Easy.
The first three men in each
semifinals advanced to the finals,
in which Whitfield will defend
his Olympic title tomorrow.
Whitfield was timed in 1901,
and all down the stretch he was
glancing over his shoulder to as
sure his position. Webster was
given the same sparkling time as
Whitfield.
Arthur Wint Of Jamaica won
the second heat, with Guenther
Steines of Germany second and
Hans Ring of Sweden third. John
Barnes of Los Angeles finished
fourth, a step behind Ring. and
was shut out of the finals. Wint's
time was 1923.
O'Brien's performance wiped out
the old record of 56 feet 2.03
inches, set by Wilbur Thompson
Of the United States in London
in 1948. Darrow Hooper also bet
tered the old Olympic mark with
a throw of 81 feet 0.65 inches.
The shot put ended in the rain
but a crowd of 10000 stuck to
the end.
Jim Fuchs, holder of the worlds
record at So feet, 1919 inches,
limped badly from a game leg. He
fouled on his last throw and then
ran quickly over to congratulate
the young Southern Californian
who beat him out of the prize he
had worked so hard to get.
Fuchs best throw was IS feet
|11.66 inches.
Otto Grigalka of Russia was
fourth with IS feet, 0.63 inches
Art Bragg Out of 193.
United States sprint hopes suf-
fered for a time when Art Bragg OF
Morgan State College, who won
the American tryouts at 100 me-
tiers, finished last in his semiflnal
heat, limping badly.
Although Remigino and Smith
both appeared to have won their
hemifinal heats in the 100-meter
dash, the judges called two others
as the winners.
Smith was announced as the
winner of the first semifinal. with
Mcdonald Bailey second. Some 20
minutes later, when the judges
took a look at the finish pictures,
they reversed the order, placing
Mcdonald Bailey first and Smith
second.
Remigino appeared to have won
the second heat by two feet, but