Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-25
Shot Put Discus Marks Set
AtWomen's Olympic Trials
SteIIu Walsh Is
Third in Sprint
At American u.
BY BILL FUCHS

Record performances in the
shot put and discus and q last,
futile attempt at athletic glory
by 45-year-old Stella Walsh at
tracted most of the attention this
morning in preliminary events
Eof the women's Olympic track
and field trials at American Uni
versity's Reeves Field.
Lois Testa, a senior at Rhode
Island College of Education,
broke the United States record
for the 4-kilo shot e pounds
Is ounces) with a mighty heave
of As feet 6s4 inches. This shat
tered by ga inches the record
toss which Mrs. Earlene Brown,
California housewife, made at
the National AAU meet in Phila-
delphia last week. Young Miss
Tesla, who represents the Red
Diamond A. c. in Providence,
was q poor third in the Phila-
delphia meet.
Mrs. Brown Sets Mark
Shortly after she lost her
American record in the shot put,
Mrs. Brown picked up another
one in the discus with toss of
las feet Az inches. This bet
tered by more than 4 feet the
throw of 140 feet II inches made
last week by pretty Pamela Kur-
rell of San Francisco.
Today, Mrs. Brown was third
with a throw of Al feet, ga
inches, three inches behind
Paula Deubel of Providence.
However, the finals in the shot
put, as well as all other events,
were coming up this afternoon
and the three top finishers in
the shot put, as well as three
others-Wanda Wejrowic of the
Polish Falcons, Sharon Shepherd
of Protland, Greg, and Marjorie
Larney of New York-still had
to compete for the Olympic
berthS.
Miss Walsh. trying for the first
time to become a representative
of this Nation in the Olympics,
was a poor third in her heat
in the 200-meter dash. Only
two in each heat qualified. Thus,
the curtain comes down on one
of the worlds great athletes, five
times a representative of Poland
in international games of prime
Importance.
Unexpected Drama
The 200 also produced some
drama when Galye
Dierks of Englewood, Calf,
tripped over hole just before
winning her heat and was at
first disqualified. Officials made
her eligible for the semif1nals
anyway. ruling that the field,
and not the runner, was at fault.
Without pushing, Mae Faggs,
diminutive Negro star of Ten
nessee State. qualified in both
the 100 and 200 events she won
at Philadelphia. Willie White,
also of Tennessee State, led the
broad-jumpers with a qualifying
leap of 10 feet 334 inches, about
a half a foot above the minimum
required for an Olympic berth.
Nine qualified for the 80-meter
hurdles finals. all in slow time.
This was the day of decision
for more than 100 girls hopeful
of making Uncle Sans select
group that will compete in the
Olympic Games in Autralia late
this year.
All the girls were given addi-
tional incentive with the an
nouncement yesterday that the
Olympic Committee had agreed
to send more women to Mel
bourne than originally planned.
AS many as II may be picked
tonight.
IOO-Meter Dash
FIRST heat; Mae FagEs, .121 sec
onds; Lemon, 1915 Baker, 134.
co asss i2i D s Dsnie Green M ias
, Heat 3; layers I'll; Ellis. 1875;
H Htc,e 4; I-HsT 4. Lee Mp iS0'
Heat 5. l--B. Jones, 1913; IS Mil
Ter, 1915; 3--V, Golden. 1870.
co asss O. i9 q wiHliap pSvi i24i IN
8O-Meter Hurdles
ends; gaSBaskerviile, iS.s; S-McDsf-
! Hsa. s IL Robertson, I2.1; q
Heat 3: 1-B. Mueller. 49,; p
Lesser 100 $6C-M as. G bssS 40
ends; 2@Hsasi Watkins $50; Sic.
dif Heat grimm 1n1Mii 2nio- Rudolph, s4s;
Ahares, ESQ; 3-DOlOrss
DT Hea; ao'f 1.-rls,ns Eu,s. oeo. al
. frances So dLiman' 1856 S-Mary McooV-
Heat 4: l-Meredith Ellis, ESQ; D.
Marcia &C Sossrove @o.1; a--sandra Lind
VIE ;@S s ss NeDoansii aS.s: Tss-ss'iis
"S'S" DO Four-Kilo shat
l; Lois Tesla, as 81; 2. Paula
AZ ga. 4, Wanda Waszgrowlc, 4Q'
~; 5, Sharon Shepherd, 49, IN; g.
Larney 81 5" (aualihed for
nnais). New American record,
Broad Jump
l.. Willie White. 19' 3A''i p; Mars
NJ r. Phyllis f5f' L 3 Sc'n is %s w
5, vernell Golden. 10 sh"; 8, Kay
Bunting, 10 go"
Pamela Kurrell ia; ioo%%; }, Mary
Larney. l3O' 31s"i 4, Lois Tests, l2g'
80; s, Bernice Holland, 100 M:
.. Amy L. Brown. l16' 2h~.