Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-01

tonight.
Three fine West Indies run-
ners, headed by George Kerr,
a Big Ten champion from the
University Of Illinois. are a
threat in the 400-meter event.
The other two are Nal Spence
and Basil Ince.
Joined by Mel Spence. Malls
twin brother, the West Indies |
quartet also could be a menace
to the United States in the
l ,600-meter relay. !
Finals Tonight
In other finals tonight, the |
USA's tremendous pair of
Parry O'Brien and Dallas Long
could be a Notwithstanding |
pair in the shotput, while Phil
Coleman, National AAU cham
pion from Champaign, Ill, is
a 3,000-meter steeplechase ia
vorite.
Women's finals are scheduled |
in the broad jump, high Jump,
200-meter run and 00-meter
hurdles in which Cuba's Berta
Diaz looks the class of the field.
OF the IL gold medals won
by United States track athletes.
two each have been captured
by Splinter Ray Norton, who
last night matched the world
record Of 20.6 for the 200 meter
around one turn, and Mrs.
Earlene Brown, powerful Los
Angeles housewife, who now
owns the discus and shotput
titles. Norton Saturday won
the l00-meter dash.
Discus Record Broken
One of the finest discus per-
formanceS on any field was
turned in last night by Olympic
Champion AL Oerter. whose
meet record shattering toss of
1870 feet 8l2 inches has been
surpassed by only three other
men.
Oerter, on all six Of his
losses, broke the former PAN
Am record of TIA feet "a
inches set by the United States
Fortune Gordien, the man who
holds the listed world record
Of 1874 feet 8 inches.
In tonight's 1,600-meter re-
lay, the United States perhaps
got a lift when its favored
Eddie Southern failed to quail
ify in the 400-meter run. He
will run, completely fresh. with
Josh Culbreath, Jack Yerman
and Dave Mills in the relay
event which is only an hour
after the 400-meter finals.
u. s. Medals
In all, Uncle Sans forces
captured eight medals in yester.
days competition which found
the swimming program opening
with SO United States splasherS
grinding records to bits in four
preliminaries.
Alan SomerS of Indianapolis
lowered the .500-meter mark
to 1859; Chris Won Saltza of
Saratoga, Calf. set a record of
1908 in the 200-meter wom-
ems freestyle; JEFF Farrell of
Wichita, Kans., knocked off the
100 meters freestyle in O:56.5,
and Manuel Sanguily Of Chile
set a new mark of 2:44.9 in
the mems 200smeter breast
stroke.
| In all 10 swimmers broke rec
ords in the fou. events. In the
first half Of the mems spring.
board diving. Sam Hall, the
American champion from Ket-
tering. Ohio, and Gary Tobian
of Glendale. Calf, set the pace.
Hall led with 1880 points
while Tobian was next with
304.25.
Cagers Score ia
The United States basketball
team scored a record-breaking
ll4-46 victory over Cuba last
night. The Americans were led
by Oscar Robertson and Dan
Swartz with 16 and 10 points,
respectively. Today's basketball
program sends World Cham
pion Brazil Old against Can
ada (l-D. Mexico, the only
other unbeaten team in the
tourney with 20. takes on
Cuba (0-3).
In boxing, the United States
won three bouts. but had 1872
FOUNDER Harry Campbell elm
mated by Argentina's Abel Lau-
donia and l47-pounder Dean
Harrison stopped by Vene-
zuela's Enrique Tovar. Argen-
tina won four of five bouts.
Only one Latin American
grabbed gold medal yesterday,
Maria del Pillar Roldan of Mex
leo, who won the women's indi-
vidual foil title.
In weightlifting. Tommy Kono
Of Honolulu broke three Pan
American records as he won
the middleweight title and gave
the United States its 10Th gold
medal. Kono pressed 28l pounds,
jerked 1924 and snatched
264l2 for a total lift of 1884,
The press, jerk and total marks
surpassed records set by Pete
George of the United States in
1855.