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Three Olympic 100 Metres finals have been won in faster times than was the one at the current Helsinki Games, but in not one of them were all the finalists within one tenth of a second of each other.
On their pre-Olympic performance the six finalists were hardly in a class with the fields that contested the Fastest Human title at Los Angeles in 1932, Berlin in 1996 or London in 1948.
But they ran on a truck made Fastest Humon on performance
heavy by Intermittent showers and in the circumstances their 10.4 seconds run represented very fast time. The winner was the greatest "unknown" in this event since. the 1928 Games when an unheralded Canadian boy named
Porey Wilms 'mude away with
the title.
for two seasons, deserved but- ter after two
seasons of very
Intense and careful training.
Texus
Others in this famous photo inish were Dean Smith (fourth from the top), the first of a long
of serius
outstanding sprinters to make an Olymple
1inished who
fourth, (third from Anal,
Vladimir Soukharev of Rusela, the top) had no claim to fame as a sprinter of international (lop of the picture), the fastest class until he started competing seasons
Lindy Remigino
for two man in
at Helsinki, He was ICAAAA Europe, who fished fifth, and Champion, running for Manhattom of the picture), who failed John Treloar of Australia (bot- tan College against one of the poorest sprint fields in the to make the Anal in his peak Eastern United States Collegiate your in 1948 and made it "four Championships, then he was fifth years later for no other reason than that the Australian Olympic
In the Olymple semi-final he Was beaten by Herb McKenley of Jamaica (second from the top in this picture).
"Hustling Herb",
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OLYMPIC OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS
FOUR MORE OLYMPIC SWIMMING RECORDS
ARE SHAT
SHATTERED
Tears On The Diving Board
Helsinki, July 29.
Four more Olymp's records were beaten here faday with the new. honours being shared equally between men and women.
The American swimmers battered by 11 seconds the one-day-old record for the 800 Metres men's relay set up by the Japanese yesterday. They clocked 8 mins, 31.1 seconds.
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It turned out to be a titanic struggle between the two nations today with the United States anchor man, Jimmy McLane, just whipping up enough speed to beat - the Japanese on the last leg.
The Japanese, after leading most of the way, dropped back to register 8 mins. 33.5 accs.
France camo third, with Sweden, Hungary, Britain, South
Africa and Argentina following
in that order.
In the Women's 200 Metrea Breast Stroke, Hungary's two famous Evas Eva Novak and Eva Szekely — duelled' all the way for first place with Miss Szekely making the first touch and sciting a new Olympic record,
MARSHALL ELIMINATED
that the diving board was not | Argentina-Heuter. properly set and that whirring cinc-cameras had put her off. In one of the major upsets of She was given a second dive the day Australia's John and yet another whan two Marshall, who holds the world judges did not see the second record for the 400 Metres attempt properly.
Free Stylo, folled to quality in Afterwards several countries his speciality. made proteats which might affees the results.
Provisionally, however, Pat McCormick, American Champion, was placed fat, Mady Moreau (France) second, Mrs Olsen
Charmain Jensen third and Welsh (Briinin) fourth.
The protests were made by Japan, Sweden and France.
The best eight times of Tues-
day's three semi-final leats went Into Wednesday's finale and Marshall was far off the pace with a time
of 4 mins. 0.3 stes. His mark is 4
world mins. 27.9
Japan's Hironoshin Furuhashi, who was Marshall's predecessor 03 the world record holder, barely qualified as the eighth inan on the lipt. Two other
The others to quality provi- sionally for the final Were Nina
(Russia), fifth, Nicole Japaneso falled to quality, but
sixth, And the American stars, Ford scyenth and Wayne Mooro and (Russia) sigtith. McLane, went to the finals.
"Terry Good-
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Her time of 2 mins. 51.7 secs. beat the old record by 6.5 secs. Miss Szekely pulled away in the first 50 metres with her powerful butterfly stroke. At the half-way mark Miss Novak, swimming the ordinary breast Lang stroke, took the lead. But Miss Labā
This is one of the least photographed of the greatest Szekely's butterfly took effect)
athletes of the day-Adhemir Ferreira da Silva of Brazil. and she pulled away again to ing and Eddie Hearn, a London Other Gold Madais on Tuez His winning hop, step and jump of 53 feet 2 inches beat win comfortably.
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the day were won by Humania's Pretty Miss (Britain) was third and won a with two wins in the first series cord with a perfect 400 in win- feat.
Helen Gordon sagging hopes of British boxftig Sossif Sarbu, who set a new re- the old world record by eight inches, a really stupendous Bronze Medal. She swam of bouts today.
ning the small-bors ride prone Ho 18. ne much of a brilliantly to edge out Kinra
Hearn took unanimous position, by Norway's Gohn Lat phenomenon
1 Killerman
and prevent a points decision over Jose Sarter sen in the running deer shooting
places.
this morning, dong, in the middleweight.
PERFECT SCORE
records heats.
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A. F. surprised them all by the datance beating the world record on thres
Hungarian hat trick of the Arst (Argentina) in the heavy- and two Gold Medris by Sweden running marvel of the Games, of his nine jumps at Helsinki.
weight class.
in the equestrian events team Emil Zatopek. Scores of great His secret lies in his phenomenal
Japanese other
and Australian hop step, while his hop and jump are records were
medal the Dressage and the
for the nished early
also got unanimous Individuni
to H. St. Cyr. and steppers have teled to, pass moderate compared with that of Geertje Wielema
over Moustafa
£2 feet without success over his rivals. (Holland) set points decision
were Egypt. Gooding set up in the a new mark with 1 min. 13.8 Fahim of
the past two decades. The old Jean
In Brazil he is known as record stood for 15 years until secs. in heat of the Women's came out of it with
bloody Boiteux did & mins, 38.1 seca. 10 A. F: came along to equal it, and A. Flere are too many other 100 Metres Back Stroke and nose, but had slightly
the the men's 400 Meires Free Style swim and C. Wielma of Holland
then improve Jean Boiteux (France) brake better of the exchanges.
on it by three-athictes called da Silva and eighths of an inch.
many of them aro also great the old record with a time of á Italy, Silver Medalists in the did I min. 13.8 secs. in the mina. 33.1 secs, in a semi-final 1048 Oumes, rode away with the women's 100-Metre Back Stroke.
For many months A. F. was hoppers. H. C. da Silvo, for instance, has cleared 62 feet 44 Gold Medal in today's final of the of the Men's 400 Metres Free 4,000 Metres Cycling Pursuit in the small-bore rifle campets were in the running for a Gold him Adhemir, but that is a The judges had a hard time] not heard from and the Japanese,ches. They might have called
Russians and Turks, all of whom
Style.
MADE A MESS. OF IT There were almost tears at the diving board when Zo Olsen-Jenson,
1018 American Silver Medallist, made a mess of one of her compulsory springboard dives,
Race, with South Africa second and Britain third.
of
Presa Photo.
Rumania's Sossif Barbu and Medal in this event, thought that, household name in Brazil and The Italians won the e in Russia's Boris Andreev, both like many a great jumper before raters to the country's football 4 mins. 46.1 secs.
shot a perfect 400 in the prone him he had reached his limit idpl. So he's just AF-Central For the first time in the
Sarbu. took thegid was on the downgrade. position but Fencing Championships, Britain Gold Medal one greater num won a place in the team sabre ber of bullseyes. semi-finals. The team passed The judges then announced Nearly weeping, she protested through with a 9-7 victory over that the United States Ar
Just A "Token Appearance”
Four Planeloads
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thur Jackson Wag second, Criada's 6. 8. Eon third and Andrecy fourth. After a long re-check, Andreey was given second place, Jackson, third and Boa fourth
Jackson's score was 300 as was Bon's and: nil four betiered the old world record of i 308 by H. de Lisle, of France.
Larsen shot 198 in Tuesday's running deer double-shot to add
Monday, 216 [shot,
Communists' Olympic Team 5
Arrive At Helsinki
Helsinki, July 29.
The mystery of China's “missing man” neared a climax today. Four planes from Muscow brought in the 41-member Olympic delegation of the Chinese People's Republic.
U.S. Baseball Standings
in the National Collegiate Cham Committee found itself with plonships and a surprise second enough
funds. Ho hnd
In the group was a slender, groying Oriental who identified himself as Tung in the final American Olympic
priority on the Australian team tryouts.
Shou-yi, long-time member of the International Olymple Committee." list
and would have stayed at home had the Australian team's Nationalist China's militant have asked for a conference with
not been over- little
representative, expenses
Gunson the man so I can confirm his Hob. Immediately demanded of identity." subscribed.
the IOC that he be permitted a more famous as the world record This sprint final may well go | face-to-face talk with the holder in the 440 Yards, won his down into history as the "Ojd veteran Chinese official. second and third Olympic silver Men's Final." Smith, the "baby" medals at Helsinki and finally among the analisis, is in his "I am sure the Reds have in won a Gold Medal as the hero of second season of big time com- serted a ringer (an undisclosed the
record. world
setting petition by American standards, subsitute)," Gunson Hoh sald Jamaican 1,000 Metres Relay Hemigino in his third, Souk "I have known Tung Shou-y teams. As the sprinters' competi- hare in his fourth, Treloar in for years. He was a good friend tive span goes, "Hulling Herb," his sixth, Balley in his eighth of mine. et 31, was rather an old man to and McKenley in his 10th run in this event,
("Hustling Herb" ran his first
"I am convinced this is not Tung Shou-yl. Ho is either dead big race in Jamaica in 1991 when he trailed Hubert Kerns, then one or in a concentration camp.
Third (Afth from the top in this picture) was another 31- of the world's fastest at the dis year-old, Emmanuel MacDonald | tance, in the 440 Yours, and
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Balley of Trinidad, running for missed two seasons during the Marciano Knocks
Oreat Britain. Mac Bailey, the war years).
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Entries Close
Out Matthews
In Second Round
New York, July 28, Rocky Marciand to-day earned the right to challenge Jersey Joe Walcott in September for the heavy-weight crown when he knocked out Harry Kid Matthews
It was largely on Tung Shoy- yi's signature that the Chinesa Communists were admitted to the Olymple Games this year.
The 10C, after first declaring both the Chinese teams out of the event,
reversed its ruling and decided both could
com- pete,
New York, July 20. The following are Baseball League standings to dates
men
in the single
RUSSIA BEATS BRAZIL
basketball Russia came from behind to beat Brazil 54-49, the United States swamped Chile 103-35 and Uruguay boat Bul- garia 62-54.
In water polo Russia beat Germany 6-2 and the United | Stales beat Austria 4-1.
doxing in the heavier classes started on Tuesday and in e feature match the defending
pidleweight Champion, Laszla
of Hungary, won on a knockout from the United States
· Ellsworth Webb In the second found after Webb. bád floored Papp for a count of six in the first round.--Unitod ́ Press,
BREAST STROKE FINAL Helsinki, July 29. Placings in the Women's 200 Metres Breast Stroko final Szekely (Hungary)
were:
1st E.
American Leagna
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cord) 33 500
41 454
Now. York This was not satisfactory la
Boston the Nationalist Chinese from Watamgton Formosa, and Gunson Hah, Cleveland
Chicago Insisting only his group. was Philadelphia qualified, proclaimed a boycott Loulo of the Games.
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Pittsburg never signed that way."
BESACERAT
Pacino Coast League
The Nationalist China represaldand sentative was not permitted an Hollywood immediate look at the mysterious, San Diego delegate,
Portland
Borgmento
The Communist Chinese were Los Angeles
in the scoond round of a schemat at the airport by Russian Sun Wranciero duled 10-round bout.
representatives and whisked to When the knock-out came, the the Communists' camp *1st Race Mesting.......Thurs., 28th Aug. bout appeared to be anybody's Otaniemi,
fight because Matthews had
nt
In
However, Tung. Shou-yi, given the favoured Marciono a answer to questions, suld be s 2nd Race Meeting...Thurs., 11th Sept. thorough boxing lesson in the the IOC member. Ho sald he is first round. Near the end of the now serving of coach of the first round, however, Marciano Communist Chinese team.
Sat., 8th Nov.
-(Uj Nase Meeting... Thurs., 9th dot.
Mon, 10th Nov.
Sat, 22nd Nov.
Sat.,
6th Dec. Sat 13th Dec
3rd Race Meeting... Thurs., 20th Sept. staged a mild surge by landing
revoral good blows to Matthews sisting of basketball and foot.
The Communist Chinese, con body.
ball teams and two girl swim Marelano, 27, landed a hard mers, left Peking five days ago, left hook on Matthews law early making only a token appearance napokesman said. They are Bage Meeting...Thuru, 25fd Qc., in the second round," but here since
arrived too Matthewa fought back gamely inte for the competition. until the three left hooks that!] One apokesman said they may Anished him....
still try to enter the swim- ming competition, which is stijl Marelano and an advantage of in progress. But Olymple, swim- eläht and, a hell" "pound..." He ming chiefs said it is Impossible welched 1071⁄2 and Dalthows as entries' closed on July 10.--- 170. -United Press.
l'Arpelated Press,
tih Noce Meeting. Thun, 0th Nov.
SUBJKOT TO ALTERATION" Heng Kang 21st July, 1952,
-Mercletest
RAC9BER
2 min. 51.7 secs (Olymple ̧ Re-]
2nd E. Novak (Hungary) 2. 54.4 8.
3rd M. Gordon (Britain) 2m 57.63.
4th K. Killerman (Hungary) 2m.57.6s.
6th J. Hansen (Denmark)
M. Gavrish (USSR)
2:58.15
7th U. Eklund (Sweden) 3m. 1.8s.
8th F. Garritsen (Holland) 3m.3.1p.
The winner of the Shot Put at Helsinki was not Jim Fuchs, Heino Lipp, Olis Chandler or Otto Grigalka. He was the man in this pleture, & University of Southern Californis product riamed Parry O'Brien who reached the moderate distance, by the standards of today, of 57 feet 1 Inches.
HKFA MEETING -Reuter.
ARGENTINA UNBEATEN
A meeting of the HKFA Helsinki, July 29. · Argentina remained unbeaten League Management Committee in play today. by defeating a will be held on Tuesday at the battling but outclassed French Association's office at 620 pm.. quintet 61-32 in Olymple basket- Included on the agenda is the Bali competition. Associated | discussion of a "Hong's League, Press.
and league entrice,
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He might have pushed the 10-lb. shot further, but you may note the official in the kaincoat, There wasn't much, push- off the ground. Terra Arina treacherous and the iron was slippery with mud... It was a great performance even though Fuchs was putting with an in- jured hand. — Centrali Press Photo.
Barry