Evening star., 1960-09-05

performances for johnson com.
pared to his pace when he sci
the world record of 1888 points
other American track ano
field stars were doing as we'll
or better, than expected. Dor
Bragg easily qualified for the
pole vault. Lee Calhoun and
Willie May led 110-meter hur-
dies semif1nalists, and Wilma
Rudolph topped qualifiers fol
the women's 200-meter dash
final.
Best Of all. Otis Davis of Los
Angeles smashed the Olympic
record in the 40O-meter mems
semifinalS with a sizzling ass
seconds.
The former record, matched
Saturday in the second round
by Davis, was 45.9, was set in
1852 by George Rhoden and
Herb McKenley, the swift
Jamaicans.
Won by 4 Yards
Davis today won by 4 yards
over bushy -haired Milka Singh
of India. and Germany's Man.
fred Kinder took the heats
third qualifying spot for to-
morrow'S final.
In the pole vault. Bragg, the
world record holder, easily
qualified today for the final,
but two other Americans, Dave
Clark of Dallas and Ron Nor.
ris of Burbank, Calf, were
eliminated.
Bragg, former Villanova star
who holds the world record OF
Is feet ga inches. cleared IA
5h on his first attempt despite
a stiff breeze that swept
through Olympic Stadium. The
failure of Clark and Morris
made certain a letdown from
the U. S. 1856 showing at Mel
bourne when America finished
1-2-4. The champion was Bob
Richards, since retired. .
In the hurdles semifinals, de-
Tending Champion Calhoun
whipped co-world record holder
Martin Lauer of Germany by
two yards in 1877. The German
n IA seconds fiat.
May Matches Calhoun
Willie May, the Big Ten
champion from Indiana, also
quelif1ed in 1877, winning the
first of two semifinal heats by
four yards over teammate Hayes
Jones of Pontiac. Mich. This
gave America three of the six
qualif1ers. The others were
Keith Gardner of the West
Indies, a University of Nebraska
student who was third behind
May and Hayes. and Russia s
Valentin Christiakov.
Miss Rudolph, the worlds
fastest female, sprinted toward
an Olympic double today by
winning the first of two semi
final heats in the 200-meter
dash. The Gold Medalist in the
100. she timed, in 23.7 seconds
in a 3-yard victory over Ger
many's Jutta Heine.
Lucinda Williams. Miss Ru-
dolph's Tennessee State team
mate, was eliminated in the
second heat. won by Italy's
Giuseppina Leone in 24.5
The Olympic horsemanship
dressage started today, with
Henri st. Cyr of Sweden, win
ner in 1852 and 1856, giving a
performance that experts, said
would place him in the finals.
Freckle-faced Pat Calvin of
Santa Barbara, Calf, was Sec
ond on the program, and called
her performance "only so-so. +"
Others congratulated her on her
showing, however.
U. S. Chances Slim
The Americans have one more
week of Olympic competition to
catch the Russians in unofficial
team point scores. Experts are
saying the Americans have lit
tie chance of heading off the
powerful Russian team.
The Russians have 33112
points, the Yanks 292.
And coming up for the Rus
slams is one of their specialities
gymnastics. They won II
gymnastic gold medals in 1856
The Americans didn't get a sim
gle first place. This time the
Japanese are confident they car
make a dent in the Russian su-
premacy in that sport, but that
doesn't help Uncle Sam.
Mrs. Olga Fikotova Connolly
who won the 1856 title while
competing as a Czech, is the
United States big hope in the
discus. She's now carried to
American Hammer Throwel
Harold Connolly, is a natural
lied American and lives at San
Monica, Calf.
Boxing, one of the most con-
troversial sports of the 1860
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