RAISED FOUR TIMES

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 31, 5 August 1936, Page 11

RAISED FOUR TIMES

THE OLYMPIC GAMES

OWENS'S LONG JUMP

LOVELOCK RACES TODAY

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graph— CopyriEbt. (Received August 5, noon.) BERLIN, August 4. The special representative of the Australian Associated Press agency reports that a crowd of 70,000, including the Fuhrer, Herr Hitler, was present at the Olympic Stadium in the afternoon.

Owens, the American negro, was again unapproachably magnificent in the 200 metres. He ran away from 5 the field, finishing yards ahead. 3 Hardin was almost equally impressive in the hurdles, although his time j was a second slower than the record. Fifty„ thousand people were present 1 at the Olympic Stadium in the morn- ' ing. The weather was cloudy,. with a r ! strong, cold breeze. ! Owens built up a big lead and easily won his heat of the 200 metres, break-' ing the Olympic record. He then trotted across to compete in the long jump, which he is expected ,to win. Packard equalled Tolan's old Olympic record in the 200 metres. REGULARITY OF ACTION. The "Sun-Herald" news agency's.correspondent says that a feature of the succession of triumphs by negroes is their perfect- regularity of action as compared with the action of the whites. Owens's winning long jump was so stupendous that 8.06 metres was not provided for in the printed,table of metres in the official programme. The stadium today rang with the United States National Anthem when the Stars and Stripes was raised to the masthead four times. Previously the spectators had sung only the German National Anthem. ' LOVELOCK'S OPPOSITION. In the 1500 metres tomorrow J. E. Lovelock (New Zealarid) will compete in the second heat. He will meet Scholz (South Africa), Comes (Great Britain), Goscek (Yugoslavia), Huebscher (Austria), Leichtnam (France), Liddle (Canada), Matalainem (Finland), Nikimura (Japan), Velcopoulos (G,reece), and Venzke (U.S.A.). The fourth heat will include1 V. P. Boot ,(New Zealand) and S. C. Wooderson (Great Britain). BRITAIN'S HOPES DASHED. The Australian Associated Press agency reports that in the 800 metres Edwards dashed ahead from Woodruff and Backhouse. The order at 400 metres, "which was run in 57 ,2-ssec, was Woodruff, Edwards, Anderson, and Backhouse, but Edwards, exploiting a long stride, again took the lead from Woodruff, while Backhouse was rapidly dropping back. Woodruff, however, won comfortably, although Lanzi made a splendid challenge in the straight, beating Edwards. Backhouse finished second last. A strong wind may help to' account for the exceptionally ;slow time, although it was obvious that Woodruff, the long-striding American 21-year-old negro student, always had the race in hand and could, if necessary, have made it faster. • The event was a sad blow to British athletic prestige. Though Hill, Lowe, and Hampson have held the title since 1920, McCabe, the sole Briton to survive in the semi-finals, was never prominent, and finished among the last. WORLD'S FASTEST WOMAN. Miss Stephens; who won the women's--100 metres event, is not a lip-sticked Atalanta, as are the majority of the Americans and Canadians, who turn out with their hair exquisitely curled and their, cheeks artistically tinted. However, she proved again to be the speediest woman athlete in the world. The race was practically over thirty paces from the start. Miss Stephens was last from the holes, but soon overhauled the leader, and was two metres ahead at half-way. She won by four metres. The' Australians, B. Dickinson and J. Metcalfe did not compete in the eliminating trials for the long jump, in which the competitors were required to jump 7.15 metres or 23ft sJin. They arc reserving themselves for the hop, step, and jump tomorrow. Jesse Owens, Clark, and Brooks (U.S.A.), Richardson -(Canada), Long (Germany), and Tajami (Japan) were included in the sixteen who qualified. Competing in putting the shot in the modern pentathlon Lieutenant Charles Leonard, of the United States Army, scored the maximum of 200 points, which is unprecedented in Olympic contests. WRESTLING JUDGING. O'Hara (Australia) gained a unanimous decision in the wrestling. He showed special skill in extricating himself from Samec's head lock. O'Hara adhered to Australian methods rather than risk defeat attempting to meet Continental methods with similar tactics. Scarf's defeat was another mystery. The Australian was almost continuously on top during the first thirteen minutes. Then Prokop's nose bled and the bout was "held up for five minutes while he received medical attention. Prokop continued, but after another three minutes, in which Scarf seemed to be completely ahead, the Czechoslovakian again received medical attention. Prokop lay resting on the mat for 30 seconds. He then rose and ultimately, after 20min 40sec, of which the Czech spent smin 4sec resting, the judges acclaimed him the victor. Prokop was so exhausted that he could barely have his arm raised as the winner. . 1

Scarf had the mortification of having to assist from the ring an opponent who had been given the verdict against him. Scarf took the decision philosophically. He had seen enough of conditions here to realise that no decision was impossible.

The judges were a Hungarian, a I Japanese, and a Turk. The last-named did not award points but gave his verdict in favour of Prokop. The Japanese did not award. points but favoured Scarf. The Hungarian gave 44 points to Prokop and, none to Scarf. The Australian manager, Mr. Alderson, will allow the wrestlers themselves to decide whether they will continue in the contests. Meanwhile he is protesting to the organising committee of the Olympic Games regarding m-smanagement of the wrestling.. His protest against the decision against I Scarf will be considered tonight. Scarf! and O'Hara have decided to continue I wrestling. * | THE. RESULTS. 1 Results of the " day's' events included:—■ 200 METRES. Olympic record, 21 l-ssec (E.. Tolan; . U.S.A., Los Angeles, 1932). World record: 20 3-sscc (R. Locke, U.S.A.,

Lincoln, 1926; R. Metcalfe, U.S.A., Budapest, 1933). Present champion: 21 l-ssec (E. Tolan, U.S.A., Los

Angeles, 1932)

Jesse Owens (U.S.A.), in winning his heat in the first round in 21 l-10sec, broke the Olympic record.

Other heat-winners were: —W. Van Beveren (Holland), 21 2-ssec; M. Osendarp (Holland), 21 7-10 sec; A. B. Humber (Canada), 22 l-10sec; P. Haenni (Switzerland), 22 l-ssec; M. Theunissen (South Africa), 21 7-10 sec; R. R. Packard (U.S.A.), 21 l-ssec; M. Robinson (U..5.A.), 21 3-10 sec. Those who qualifie J for the second round included A. W. Pennington (Great Britoin), H. McPhee (Canada), and J. Sir (Hungary). Second Round Heat-winners. —L. Orr (Canada), time 21 l-ssec; W. Van Beveren (Holland), 21 7-10 sec; Jesse Owens (U.S.A.), 21 l-10sec (equalling his morning's record); M. Robinson (U.S.A.), 21 l-ssec. 5000 METRES. Olympic record: 14min 30sec (L. Lehtinen, Finland, Los Angeles, 1932). World's record: 14min 17sec (L. .Lehtinen, Finland, Helsinki, 1932). Present champion: 14min 30sec (L. Lehtinen, Finland, Los Angeles, 1932). First Heat.—U. Cerati (Italy), 1; H. Siefert (Denmark), 2; D. Lash (U.S.A.), 3. Time, 15min lsec. Second Heat.—G. Hockert (Finland), 1; F,. Close (Great Britain), 2; J. Noji (Poland), 3. Time, 15min lOsec, Third Heat.—J. Jonsson (Sweden), 1; K. Murakoso (Japan), 2; P. Ward (Great Britain); 3. Time, 14min 54sec. J. E. Lovelock (New Zealand) did not compete. • 800 METRES. Olympic record: lmin 49 4-ssec (T. Hampson, ' Great Britain, Los Angeles, 1932). World record: lmin 49 4-ssec (T. Hampson, Great Britain, Los Angeles, 1932; B. Eastman, U.S.A., Princeton, 1934.) Present champion: lmin 49 4-ssec (T. Hampson, Great Britain, l&os Angeles, 1932). FINAL. Woodruff (U.S.A.) 1 Lanzi (Italy) '2 P. Edwards (Canada) ' 3 Time, lmin 52 9-10 sec. 400 METRES HURDLES. Semi-finals. First Heat.—G. Hardin (U.S.A.), 1; M. White (Philippines), 2; G. Mantikas (Greece), 3. Time, 53 l-ssec. Second Heat.—J. Patterson (U.S.A.), 1; J. Loaring (Canada), 2; Maghalhaes, 3. Time, 52 4-ssec. Final. Hardin (U.S.A.) , 1 ! Loaring (Canada) 2 White (Philippines) 3 ' Patterson (U.S.A.) 4 [ Time, 52 2-ssec. . LONG JUMP. Jesse Owens (U.S.A.), 8.06 metres — a world record 1 L. Long. (Germany), 7.87 metres —a German native record 2 Tajima (Japan), 7.74 metres 3 It was announced that Owens's jump of 8.06 metres, approximately 26ft 6Jin, , will be recognised as a world record, j because it was established under ! Olympic conditions. During the course | of the contest Owens broke the record three times. His first jump registered j 7.74 metres and his second 7.78 metres. l WOMEN'S DISCUS THROW. 1 Miss Gisela Mauermeyer (Germany), 47.63 metres—approximately 156 ft 3Jin —a world record 1 ! Miss Jadwiga Wejsowna (Poland), 46.22 metres—approximately 151 J . ft Sin : 2 WOMEN'S 100 METRES i Final. i Miss H. Stephens (U.S.A.) 1 I Miss Walaciewicz (Miss Stella • Walsh) (Poland) ...• 2 Miss IKraus (Germany) 3 i Miss Dollinger (Germany) 4 . Miss Rogers (U.S.A.) 5 • Miss Albus (Germany) .....* 6 ; Time, 11 5-10 sec. WRESTLING. WELTERWEIGHT. Second Heat.—J. O'Hara (Australia) > outpointed Samec (Czechoslovakia). I . Third Heat.—Anderson (Sweden) i beat J. O'Hara (Australia) by a rolli ing fall after 2§ minutes. | LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT. > Second Heat.—Prokop (Czechoslo- . vakia) outpointed E. Scarf (Australia). r Third Heat.—Siebert (Germany) beat s Scarf (Australia) on points. Both Australians have now been 5 eliminated. r POLO, v Hungary and Germany drew, 8-all, • after an extra chukka. The match will c be replayed tomorrow. I