U.S. HAS NO MONOPOLY ON OLYMPIC HONOURS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 471, 28 September 1928, Page 6

U.S. HAS NO MONOPOLY ON OLYMPIC HONOURS

ATHLETES of the United States captured three major championships at the -Ninth Olympiad at Amsterdam, The Netherlands. These were track and field, rowing and swimming. In the lacrosse demonstration, America tied with two others— Great Britain and Canada. A resume of the athletic events, that began with the cold-weather sports such as ice skating and ski-ing last winter, and closed in the Amsterdam Stadium on August 12, shows that despite the large point score margin enjoyed by Uncle Sam, other nations made fine showings, and honours were pretty well distributed. Championships were won as follow: Track and Field —The United States. Swimming —The United States. Rowing —The United States. (University of California eight-oared crew.) Women’s Track and Field— Canada. Graeco-Roman Wrestling Germany. Weight-lifting —Germany. Boxing —Argentina-Italy. (Tie.) Winter Sports —Norway. Catch-as-catch-can Wrestling Finland. Fencing —ltaly. Gymnastics —Switzerland. Yachting —Norway. Cycling —Holland.' Modern Pentathlon —Sweden. Equestrian Sports HollandPoland (tie). Soccer —Uruguay. Field Hockey —British India. Lacrosse (Demonstration) United States, Canada, Great Britain (triple tie).