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meter hurdles. in which all three
United States men won their
heats-Jack Davis of Glendale.
Calf: Lee Calhoun of Gary. Ind,
and Joel Shankle of Durham.
N. C. Parry O'Brien, who sets a
world record almost every time
he appears, is considered a cinch
to repeat his 1852 winning per-
Torrance in the shotput.
Morrow Goes for Three
Morrow established himself at
the top Of the list of the worlds
best sprinters by taking the 200
meters. He will have chance
to make it three gold medals
in the 400-meter relay event
Saturday. Andy Stanfield Of
Jersey City, winner of the 200
and a member of the winning
relay team in 1852. tied owens
record of 20.7 while finishing a
stride behind Morrow. Thane
Baker of Elkhart, Kans., who will
run with Morrow, Stanfleld and
Leamon King of Delano, Calf. :,
in the relay, was third in the 200.
Oerter. a student at the Uni
verSity of Kansas. shattered the
Olympic discus record with a
throw of 1874 feet IL inches, fol-
lowed by Fortune Gordien of
Brightwood, Greg. who was
fourth in SO and third in the
'48 Olympics. Desmond Koch,
an Air Force man from Shelton,
Wash. took third to complete
the sweep. Oerter was second to
the 34-year-old Gordien in the
Olympic trials.
The Brazilian had to go all
out to retain his hop, step and
jump championship to beat a
comparative darkhorse, Vilhjal-
muir Einarsson of Iceland, who
also beat the old Olympic mark.
Perhaps the biggest surprise
OF the day were the performances
of Sharpe. with his fourth-place
finish in the hop. step and jump,
and the second place by Willie
White, a l7-year-old girl from
Tennessee State University.
AShenfelter Eliminated
DULY one American survived
two trial heats in the 5000
meter steeplechase in which Hor-
ace Ashenfelter, the surprise
winner in 1852. was eliminated
by q sixth-place finish. Charles
(Deacon) Jones of Boystown,
Nebr., made the finals by finish
ing fourth in enc heat. Phil
Coleman of Urbana, ILL.,, was
ninth and only the first five sur
Vived.
Uncle Sans girls drew a blank
| in the women's 80-meter hurdles
where Constance Darnowski of
Brooklyn, Barbara Mueller of
Chicago and Irene Robertson of
West Los Angeles quickly were
eliminated. Two Australian girls,
Shirley Strickland and Norma
Thrower. broke the Olympic rec
ord and tied the accepted world
mark with 10.S-second perform
ances in the heats.
+ The United States basketball
team opened its second round
of competition with an 85-44
romp over Bulgaria and the
American pentathlon team still
was first after the completion of
the swimming, fourth of the five
events. The 4.000-meter cross
country run will end the pentath-
Ion tomorrow.
Other Rowing Winners
In addition to the stirring
triumph of the Yale crew, strok-
ed by Robert Morey of Short
Hills, N. j., the combination OF
IDuval Hecht of Beverly Hills,
Calf. and Jim Fifer of Tacoma
took the pairs without coxswain
The Stanford Crew Association
team of Art Ayrault of Tacoma,
Conn Findlay of Belmont. Calf,
and Kurt Seiffert Of Rochester
Mich, were the champs in pairs
with coXSwain.
Kelly was third, beaten by
both 19-year-old Viktor Ivanhov
of Russia and Stuart MacKen-
zie of Australia in the single