The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-30
u. Wonlen's
Swim Team
Skaters Mark

HELSINKI Up 49, Continuing the
record day Tor better pace of
the 1852 Olympic swimming COM
petition, the United States women
40O-meter relay team shattered the
Olympic record in winning its trial
heat today.
The American quartet of Evelyn
Kawamoto of Hawaii and Jacque-
line Lavine, Marilee Stepan and
Joan Anderson, all of Chicago, was
timed in 4:2S.1 in beating Holland
in its heat. This broke the Olympic
mark of 4:29.2 set, by another
American team in the 1913 Olym-
pics at London.
Three United States men swim
mers had little trouble qualifying
for the second round of the mems
100.meter backstroke and, in rath-
er unexpected performances, the
American water polo team won its
first game of the semifinal round
competition. American fencers
marked up a decisive victory in a
semifinal competition in the team
sabre event.
Argentina's basketball team, re.
garded as the most serious threat
to the U. S., suffered its first
defeat of the tournament.
Yoshinoba Oyakawa of Honolulu
and Ohio State University turned
In the best time in the mems back
stroke swim, one minute and six
seconds. Jack Taylor, Akron. o.,
another Ohio State swimmer, also
won his heat but Allen Stack of
bingham, Mass, and Yale finished
second. Stack had to swim with
bandaged hand, the result of fall
from a motor scooter in the olym-
pic Village Tuesday night.
Americas hopes in the women s
springboard diving competition re-
ceived a setback when an inter.
national jury oyerruled the judges
who granted Mrs. Zoe Ann Olsen
Jensen a second chance TO per.
form one dive after she had com
planned the mechanism controlling
the board had NOT functioned prop
erly.
Sweden, Japan and France all
had protested and the governing
jury ruled that Mrs. Jensen's score
on the first attempt would have
to stand. That reduced her total
by nine points and put her in eighth
place among the qualifiers for this
afternoons free diving competition,
Mrs. Patricia Mccormick. Long
Beach, Calf, leads the divesrs.
Uruguay. the team that almost
knocked itself out Of the tourna.
ment two days ago when some of
It's players attacked Referee Vim,
cent Farrell, Newark, n j. turned
in the biggest upset of the basket.
ball tournament by beating Argen-
tina .666s. in an overtime game
Bulgaria also produced an upset
by whipping France. 67.ss.
The American water polo team
from FL Segundo. Calf. which
reached the scmifinaI 8 team
Belgium. 4 to 2. The sabre fencers
handed Poland 10 To & setback.
The big dolngs for the Americans
come this afternoon when the
basketball team MEETS Brazil In
It's last game II the semifInal
round robin The szaer fenecrs
handed Poland 10 To & setback.
The hlg doingS for the Americans
basketball team MEETS Brazil in
is last game al the seFniflnal
rusindruhan the boxers set back
into aetiou in the secoad roeysd
and three star swimmers go after
the gold medal and q possible uev
record in the final ot the 900
meter freestyls.
The Russians added liz points 70
their overall team total Tuesday
against Is for America leaving
tAem Tsss peansS ahead a. the sec.
ord place United states. T1se oser
ell totals are slsaa % 80.