Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-30
Campbell Wins
.Decath|on, But
Russians Gain
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old schoolboy finished second to
California's Matthias in the 1852
decathlon at Helsinki, left no
doubt about his superiority this
time. Picking up where he left
of yesterday after winning three
of the first five events, he won
the 110-meter hurdles in IA Sec
onds fiat and fired the discus
lat feet 634 inches to all but
clinch the gold medal with the
pole vault, javelin and 1900
meter run still to come.
His javelin (187-3H) and $500
a minutes sos secondsl show
Iings were among the best Of his
career and spectacular for a
non-specialiSt. But he tripped
over the pole vault. His best was
III feet 2 inches and, although
his lead wasn't in jeopardy. that
cost him a chance to surpass the
world mark.
johnson, a UCLA student
from Kingsburg. Calf, surpassed
Campbell only in the pole vault,
where he did 1894, and in the
Ijavelin. where his toss was
197-8B.
The third American decathlon
entry, pole vault champion Bob
Richards of La Verne, Calf.
dropped out after the ninth
event and finished 18th with
5,78l.
| zinaida Doinikova finished
fourth to help give Russia its
big point boost in the women's
shot put. Both Miss Tychke-
witch and Miss Zybina traded
record throws during the semi
finals and finals until the bulky
iTamara won with a man-Size
54 feet 5 inches to 54-2 for Miss
lZybina.
Well shattered was the old
Olympic mark of 50-11a set by
Miss Zubina at the Helsinki
games, as we'll as her listed
world mark of 1854. She has
up for approval a toss of close
to SIS feet.
The best United States per-
Torrance in the event was a
sixth place for Mrs. Earlene
Brown, the hefty Los Angeles
housewife who earlier was fourth
in the women's discus. She got
off the best throw of her ca
reer-49-7M.
! The only other track final
today was the women'S 200
meter sprint. Betty Cuthbert,
the Australian streak, won it to
become the third double win
ner of the 1856 games. Betty,
who won the 100 Monday, tied
the Olympic and world record
of :24.l, set by her fellow Aus
sic. Marjorie jackson. There
were no United States entries.
But our units qualified easily
for Saturdays finals in the 400
meter and 1,600-meter relays.
Bobby Morrow, Leamon King, Ira
lMurchison and Thane Baker
won their 400 trial in :40.5 Sec
onds and the 4x400 group of
Tom Courtney, Lou Jones, Char
lie jenkins and Jesse Mashburn
advanced with a mediocre-but
good enough-3:10.5.
Meanwhile, full-scale SWIM
ming competition. in which the
United States hopes to balance
Russian points in gymnastics
during the last week of COM
petition. got underway at the
modern, glass-enclosed pool and
records fell with nearly every
splash.
Bill Yorzyk of Northampton,
Mass. and Springfield College
broke his own world record as
eight qualified for tomorrow's
200-meter butterfly final. Yorzyk
was timed in 2:18.6-four-
tenths of a second under the
record he set in the United
States Olympic trials in Detroit
in August. Jack Nelson of Fort
Lauderdale, Fla. also qualified.
Three past or present Ohio
State stars. led by Bob Clot-
worthy of Mountainside, N. j..
placed high in early events of
the mems springboard diving.
In boxing, the American team
qualified Light Middleweight
Jose Torres, Light Heavyweight
Jim Boyd and Heavyweight Pete
Rademacher for tomorrow's f.
nails. Russia led with four final
lists while Great Britain anc Ro-
mania equalled the United States
advance with three apiece.
Four American wrestlers pro-
gressed through the third round
lied by Featherweight Myron
Roderick of saltwater, Okla,
who won his third straight bout.
Middleweight Dan Hodge of
Norman. Okla; Light Heavy
weight Pete Blair of Waukegan,
I'LL, and j. I. Evans of Los An
Igeles also won, but Bill Fischer
lof Baltimore, a welterweight,
and Heavyweight Bill Kerslake
lof Cleveland were eliminated.
Scattered features we're a
fourth-place finish in the wom-
lens individual fencing foils for
lJanice-Lee Romary Of Tarzana,
Calf. bronze medal for offutt
Pinion Of Egg Harbor, N. j.. and
. surprise 1lth-place win6up for
Defending Champion Joe Ben
lner Of West Point. N. Y, in the
pistol shoot and Hungary's
FIRST gold medal Of the games, by
its kayak pairs team in the ca
noe competition.