Evening star., 1952-08-03
American Athletes
Stage Closing Spurt
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climax. Previously in the round
robin tournament the United
States had romped away from the
Soviets, 86-58, and this time the
Russians came up with battling
ball control plan.
The towering Americans were
tense and off balance. but after
trailing near the start of the
second half. 1921. the United
States went ahead to stay when
Bob Kenney sank two free throws.
The victory kept the American
record SpotlesS. The United States
has won every basketball cham
pionship since the sport was intro
duced into the Games in 1886 and
has never lost an Olympic game.
The Americans and the Russians
shook hands all around when the
game ended. The United States
team took it's victory calmly. In
fact. the boys acted almost a
little relieved.
Valerie Gyuenge of Hungary,
won the other women's swimming
final Of the day. the 400-meter
freeStyle. Her time of 5:12.1 set
another Olympic record, erasing
the mark Of 5:16.6 made by
Evelyn Kawamoto Of Honolulu
in the preliminaries. Miss Kawa-
moto finished third in the finals
back Of Eva Novak, also of Hun
gary.
Carolyn Green from Fort Laud-
erdale, Fla. was fourth.
John Davies of Australia and
Michigan University won the 200
meter mems breaststroke, also in
Olympic record time. His mark
of 2:34.4 erased the record of
1858 made by Jerry Holan OF
the United States and tied by
Davies in the preliminaries.
Bowen Stassforth, a University
Of Iowa product who lives in
Pacific Palisades, Calf, was Sec
ond. and the big surprise came
when Herbert Klien of Germany
who holds the world record, wound
up third. Three japanese took the
next three places-Nobuyasa Hi
rayama, Takayoshi Kajikawa, and
Jiro Nagasawa.
Davies victory over Stassforth
was by three-tenths of a second
a matter of a few scant feet. 1t
was battle all the way but the
Australian, who was developed by
Matt Mann, U. S. Olympic SWIM
ming coach, touched home the
winner.
The women's diving wound up
eight Gays of swimming in the
beautiful pool lined with stands
that hold 1000. There was a
capacity crowd on hand. During
the session every Olympic record
was broken at least once.
H. Won. Blixen- -Finecke of
Sweden won the three-day mill
tary equestrian event individually
and Sweden won the three-day
team title. Germany was second
and the United States a surprising
third in the team standing.
Belgium Dominates Cycling.
A. Noyelle of Belgium, a mere
20 years old. won the individual
Olympic cycling road race, with
r. Rondelaes of Belgium second
and E. Ziegler of Germany third
Belgium was an easy team winner,
and Italy was second.
Tomorrow the present Games
come to an end with a glittering
equestrian competition in the
main stadium-the Prix de Ma
tions. in which both team and
individual prizes are awarded
Mexico, as usual, is favored.
In all $3.50 athletes from 70
nations, counting Red China, have
competed here formally since
July 10. Actually the entry list was
so cumbersome competition had
to start a week earlier to trim
down the field in basketball. Soc
Ger, and field hockey.
For the first time an American
has been elected head of the
worldwide amateur organization
He is Avery Brundage of Chicago
long a leader in the Olympic
movement.
For the first time Soviet Russia
competed in the Games, and it's
showing astounded even the
experts.
In addition to gymnastics, the
Russians scored heavily in free
style and Greco Roman wrestling
crew, and men and women's track
and field.