Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-24
Connolly Defeats
Russians With
Hummer Record

in the lOO-meter dash, 400
meter hurdles, hammer throw
and broad Jump today in one of
Americas finest Olympic hours
to take commanding lead over
Russia in the unofficial point
total.
Three Olympic records were
shattered and another was tied
to the delight Of another ca
pacity crowd Of 100000 that
damned the huge stadium on a
hot. windy afternoon.
Passing the Russians, Ger
mans and Swedes in the point
table, the powerful United States
team made q shambles Of the
second full day Of actual COM
petition. In addition, the Amer
leans qualified a full three-man
quota in the 800-meter run and
pole vault and put Isabelle Dam
ielS Of Jakin. Ga. into Mondays
finals in the women's 100-meter
dash.
Russia cracked through the
Yanks' tremendous point offense
when Fedor Bogdanovskii upset
defending ampion Peter
George of Akron. Ohio, to win
the middleweight gold medal in
the weightlifting championships.
The United States fencing
team, however, came through
with q surprising fourth in the
team foils and while 1t didn't
cart on a medal 1t collected 3
points to push Americas total
to 108. Russia was second at
the close Of the days competi.
ton with SO points.
Connolly to Retire
Hal Connolly, the 220-pound
3ostonian who finished third in
the trials at Los Angeles, toppled
the favored Russians and won the
hammer throw with new
Olympic record heave Of 207 feet
3la inches. All six finalists,
including the former record
holder, JOSEF Csermak of Hun
gary, bettered the old mark. Al
Hall Of Hoboken. N. j., placed
fourth with q toss of 203 feet, 3I2
inches. The third American, Cliff
Blair Of bingham, Mass. has
been dropped of the squad for
writing articles for q Boston
newspaper.
Connolly, wearing ballet slip
1ers and generating power with
I left arm that is four inches
horter than his right, later an
bounced his retirement from
competition.
Il plan to compete in the Brit
ih Empire games at Sydney"
The powerfully built Bostonian
aid. "but then I'll hang up the
hammer for good. This is too
great a strain with my weak
arm. and have plans for a bust
ness career"
Connolly took up hammer
throwing to strengthen his de-
formed arm. Now he can call
lit quits while holding not only
the olympic championship but
the world record as well. His
left arm was broken at birth
and fractured four times after
that in football and wrestling
matches.
Davis Leads Sweep
+ Glenn Davis. 21-year-old Ohio
State sophomore from Clinton,
Ohio, who set a world record
of 49.5 seconds in the United
States trials, led a 1928 Ameri-
can sweep in the 400-meter hur-
dies. Davis set a new Olympic
standard Of SOL seconds and
Eddie Southern of Dallas who
finished second tied the old
mark Of sos seconds set by Cor
nell's Charlie Moore In 1852. Josh
Culbreath. q Morgan State Col
lege grad from Norristown, Pa.
completed the United States pa
rade by finishing third in SIS
seconds.
/ Bobby Morrow, the Abilene
Christian flash from San Benito.
Tex, started his hoped-for dou-
BILE by winning the l00-meter
dash in a photo finish with
teammate Thane Baker of Elk
hart. Kans. Running against q
stiff 10-mile AN hour wind, Nor
row was clicked in los seconds
after tying the Olympic record
with a 1913 victory in the semi
finals. The third American, Ira
Murchison Of Chicago. was nosed
out by Australians Hector Hogan
and finished fourth.
I Greg Bell, a muscular Indiana
University student who is the
father Of one child, leaped IS
feet ga inches TO continue the
United States. gold medal parade
in the broad Jump. John Ben
nett Of the Army and Grand
Forks, N. OAK, was second with
rs feet 2as inches and the other
American entry, Rafer johnson
of Kingsburg, Calf, withdrew
because Of a sore knee 10 con-
centrate on his speciality. the
Idecathlon.
Bell suffered severe leg cramps
today after winning the broad
Jump. 1T happened on the
fourth jump" he said. Il got a
J terrible seizure in my left leg
and then my right leg went out
when I hit the board. / ran
through the fourth jump and
passed the NTH"
Bells winning leap came on
his second Jump after a first
jump Of less than "a feet.
Troubled By Runway
Bell said both he and Bennett
were troubled By the short run
way. Both Of Us need $50 feet
and this was only 1881 he said.
The track was soft and the
wind was against us. We tined
TO get the ofilcial 10 let Us Jump
the other way or 10 move 70 the
other side Of the track. but they
refused