Evening star., 1952-08-10
British Track Games
Dominated by U. 5.
Olympic Performers
BY the Associoied Press

Oy bHe ASSOCtoIeo FfeSS
LONDON, Aug. g. America
Olympic athletes, led by Charlie
Moore and a speed-burning mil
relay team. whirled through
slashing rain today to better tw
world records and capture Is O
10 events in the British track an,
field games in White City Sta
dium.
Moore, 23-year-old former Cor
nell University star, won the 440
yard hurdles in the sparkling tim,
Of SIG seconds. This topped thI
listed world mark of 51.9 seconds
set by Italy's Armando Filiput il
Milan on October 8, 1850.
Despite the abominable weathe,
conditions. the mile relay recort
also fell-a victim of the churn.
ing feet of Gene Cole. j. w
Mashburn, Reggie Pearman anc
Nal Whitfield.
The American quartet sped tht
distance in minutes 8.8 seconds
The University of California hold.
the listed record of 3 minute:
9.4 seconds. set June 27, 1941, al
Los Angeles.
Pressed by Jamaicans.
The Americans were pressed al
the way by Jamaica, which also
topped CALIFORNIA; mark, by turn.
ing in 1902 clocking. This was
the same Jamaica team which
startled the track world by win
ming the 1,600-meter relay "a few
feet less than mile) in the
Olympic Games in the almost un-
believable time of 3:93.9.
Today the result was reversed
Whitfield, 800 meter Olympic
champion, fought off Herb Nc
Kenley's last leg threat and fin
tshed a yard in front. The other
Jamaicans on the team were Art
Wint, Leslie Laing and George
Rhoden.
Individual legs for the Ameri-
cans were announced as All for
Cole, 48.1 for Mashburn, 46.3 for
Pearman and 47.3 for Whitfield.
Moore, Olympic 400 meter
hurdles champion, ran all by HIM
self and on a track made Sodden
by incessant rains. His perform
ance is subject to ratification by
the International Amateur Ath-
letic Federation.
David Oracle of Great Britain
finished second to Moore in 52.7
seconds.
Retiring to Enter Business.
After the race, Moore said that
he was going to retire from active
competition and go into business
with his father in West Chester,
Pa.
For the second time in six days
It was Pearman, New York school,
teacher, who made an American
relay world record possible. On
Monday at the British Empire
games, Perman ran a 1893
half-mile to lead the United
States to record-bettering two
mile relay mark of 1922. Whit
field also was on that two-mile
relay team.
Today Pearman warmed up for
the relay effort by winning an
880-yard race in the fair time of
1888. Whitfield captured an
invitation 440 in 47.2 to defeat
Cole and McKenley, while NASH
burn surprised by edging out
Rhoden and Wint in another 440
In the same time.
Lindy Remigino of Manhattan,
who seems set on proving that his
Olympic l00-meter victory was no
fluke, won the 100 yards today in
9.8 seconds. He did 9.7 in heat.
In the fianl. he finished inches
ahead of Emmanuel Mcdonald
Bailey of Britain. Jim Gathers of
the United States Air Force and
Art Bragg of Morgan State.
Bud Held of Los Angeles, who
failed to place in the Olympic
javelin competition, uncorked one
of the years best heaves, 240 feet
1112 inches, for a British all
comers record. He did it on Slip
perry turf and in the rain.
Campbell Wins 12O Hurdles.
Milton Campbell, 18-year-old
Palinfield IN. j. scheolboy who
was second in the Olympic de-
cathlon. turned in the good time
of 142 to win the 120-yard high
hurdles race. He then placed Sec
ond by inches to Meredith Gour-
dine of Cornell in the 220 lows,
both being timed in 24.2. Harri-
son billiard of Cleveland, the
Olympic 110-meter hurdles cham
pion and record holder, did not
compete because of an injured leg.
Walt Davis of Texas A. & NJ,
Olympic high jump champion, won
his speciality with a leap of 6 feet
ia inches.
Parry O'Brien, from the Los
Angeles A. c., won the shot put
with a heave of 81 feet GA inches.
Kansas Wes Santee won the
mile in 4 minutes IL seconds.
Andy Stanfleld of the Grand
Street Boys New York; won the
220-yard dash in 21.8 second.
Bob Backus of the New York
A. c. scored in the hammer throw
174 feet 3 inches) while George
Mattos of the San Francisco
Olympic Club won the pole vault
Q3 feet 10 inches).