Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-07

lOLner RUSSIAN, LluDeV JlgaOVa
placed sixth with 76.40.
All three American girls die
one and a half running forward
somersaults with a twist for theil
last dives and Mrs. Mccormick
a favorite Of the crowd, com.
manded a tremendous cheer II
her last Olympic Games per-
Torrance as she earned a score
of 1917 with a near-perfect dive
Rose, a 17-year-old Australian
who had won the 400-metel
Ifree-style event and had taker
another gold medal as a mem.
Der of the winning relay team
scored a decisive triumph in the
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Icheered.
Breen WeII-Beaten Third
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, II.
year-old Japanese boy. put or
Ia great squirt in the final 10C
meters to cut down Roses leac
but could not catch the leader
Breen, who broke the worlds
record with a 1883 timing ir
the trials, was a well-beater
third. The three men finished
in the same order in the 40C
meters.
Rose was timed in 1889
the second best ever in the event
surpassed only by Breen's time
in the trials. Yamanaka was
timed in 1908 and a weary
obviously disappointed Breen in
1902.
Miss Crapp broke the Olympic
record in the 400-meter free
style race in 4 minutes, 54.6 Sec
ons to finish well in front of hel
teammate Dawn Fraser, an 49,
year-old brunette. 1t was Miss
Craps second gold medal as she
also swan on the winning relay
team.
Miss Ruuska, 14-year-old from
Berkeley. Calf, and Miss Shriver
of Glendale. Calf. trailed the
two Aussle swimmers. Miss Shri-
yer was one of five who had
broken the old Olympic mark in
the trials
America had only two finalists
in the women's 400 and only
Breen in the mems 1900 meters
Australia's total was increased
to eight gold medals in the II
swimming events. five by the
men and three by the women.
Except for the swimming
events and the water polo final,
today's activities were concluded
at a comparatively early hour.
AS result of revised complete
results of yesterdays Greco
Roman wrestling competition
the United States picked up 212
points.
Russia's women gymnasts
added 1872 points to their bulg-
ing total by collecting a gold
medal for high team score in the
nine combined exercises and a
tie for third in another event.
Hungary took the days only
gymnaStic event, a team drill
with portable apparatus, but
Russia's women tied for third
with Poland.
Protests in Cycling
There were bitter protests at
the start and finish of the road
race, final cycling event over a
distance of more than 116 miles
Italy'S creole Baldini was a
runaway winner, finishing al
most two minutes ahead of run
nerup Arnaul Geyre of France
in the time Of S hours, 81 min
'utes, II seconds. Joe Becker OF
st. Louis finished 43d in 5:38:16
France and Great Britain
lodged official protests, charg-
ing Baldini profited by riding
close to an Olympic film unit
van in the closing stages, but
both withdrew their protests
later in the day.
Before the team cycling award
for the road race was given Off
cially to France, the judges de-
bated about the method of de-
cision. According to the Olym-
pic rules, team positions should
be determined by adding the
times Of the first three men but
the International Cycling Fed
Grafton rules say team standings
are decided on the placings of
the first three men. They finally
decided to apply the interna-
tional rules.
France took the gold medal,
Great Britain the silver and
Germany the bronze in cycling
on the final decision.