La Grande evening observer., May 18, 1928, Image 2

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Friday, May 18, 1928. ' i
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GREAT FIELD IN
THE OLYMPIC 800
T ,. .
Jiuiii, ljuwe, iVicli L.HL unu
1'cltzer Four of Half
Milers who will Run
fMO-MI'TrK.R 4'IIAMHIONS
NEW YORK (At') Olympic.
800-meter running champions
and their tlmeR: . ;
Year Winner (Ywitry Time
IS'JO Klack, Kngland 2:11
1900 Tysue, Kugland 2:01 1-5
1904 l.lghtbody, II. H. 1:50
1900 Pilgrim. U. a 2:01 l-C
1908 fiheppard. V. H. 1:53 4-6
1912 Meredith, ir. 8. I:S1 9-10
I9!0 lllll. Knglaml 1:53 2-6
1924 I.owe, Kngland ' 1:52 2-5
Olympic record. World's rec.
ord, 1:51 8-5, by Dr. Olio Pell
xer, Oermany.
Hy Alan J. ;nM
(Asnnclated Press Hports Rditor)
NEW YOlUv (AP) Hairing
same unforsecn developmenls he.
Amsterdam.
Picture the prospective Struggle
Of speed. riiliittKe mid resourceful-'
iienn Willi i iikw live siars alone III
the final
Tlouglas U'. long strlillng Hrlt
Ish stylist and present Olyinplc
. champion.
Dr. otto Peltier, lanky German
who hnlils the world's record for l",rt. Meredith's tine for the half
both the half mile ond aim meters, hdle (8o44 meters) was 1:52 I-C."
at 1:513-5. Hheppard was thus balked by a
l.loyd llahn. American ace who narrow margin from accomplish
holds the world's Indoor half-mile '"t what no Olympic champion has
record of 1:51 2-5. lever been ohle to do repeat his
Phil t'dwaids, great negro Mar, victory In a track race after a four
American trained but an Olympic .year Interval. "Peerless Mel" had
representative of Canada. won Ihe "SOO" nt London In 1908.
Heraphin .Mtirtln. Frenrh sensn. """running l.unghl of Italy and
tion, conqueror of Peltier and cr d- Brniin of Oermany. In the then
lied with the fastest mo. meter world's record time of 1 :52 4-5 and
time of the past season, 1:1.! 4-5.
Here are five runner all rap.
able of doing the "too" in 1:53 or
better, mark that has been ben l en
only once In nil Olympic history.
'1 here may be other contenders. In
cluding 1(f Conger tnd Hay Wat
son of tho American brigade, but
the spotlight will be on the Big
MVe.
Certainly (his Is Ihe treatest at.
HILL'S
jneinhly of half.mllers far nny race
slticn the 1912 Olympics, hut the
(competition way be no. more thrill
ing than It was In the epic "800"
final at Rtnrkhotin 10 yeara afro.
That was the ln.it time America
raptured this feature of tho Olym-
pic progrnm, hut the Yankei'H mndn
a field day of It by pulling six out
or eight men .In the final and fin
ishing 1-3-3 as Ted Meredith tho
18-year-old schoolboy, , heal Mel
IShepiiard and. hroke the world's
record.
I ' Kwedlsh athletic sagas are writ
ten around that spectacular alrug
gle which ended with four AinerU
cans nnd the German star, Hraun,
separated by only seven-tenllis of a.
second In a dime-novel finish.
I "A soon n.i the pistol was fired."
runs the official story "Hheppard
at once Ihrew himself forward and
led at an unheard-of pace, with
Meredith and Hraun as his nearest
men. Hheppard'a time for the 4W
meters wns 52 2-6 seconds, he then
still keeping thn lead. When the
bell rnng, Hheppard was still lead
ing, wllh Meredith close hchlllTI
I him. ... On lenvlng the last
j curve. Sheppnrd still lay first, hut
...i.ik I..'.....
now .iierriiiin came wllh his spurt
him nearer and
nearer to the leader. For a moment
Nll.( mn(,n ,iy Hlnparil um
.Meredith. Dnvennnrl ei.ni. nn
In the last five meters, and then
Hraun was run out. lte Ian his
strlile and was within a hair's
breadth of being heuten out by
(ildwell On the very post. Mere
dith from Sheiipard, who was only
band s breadth before naven
was the favorite In 1912.
Meredith's mission 1n that raco
was to push Hheppard and give the
veteran as much pace as possible.
Ted not only did this, but had more
"kick" ot thn finish than Mel.
"That," Meredith now. recalls,
"wae the greatest thrill of my c
reer. I was just a. kid then and
over-awed by even making the fin
si with theso strs 1 Just jot go-
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lug well and didn't realize until It
was ull over that 1 waa traveling
dialer than ever linfnri" In my life."
America and Hi-ltaln have mon
opolized the Olympic uhiiii." Kuril
nation hug won the event four
limes. Since the war Knglnnd has
been supreme. In 191!0 A. O. 11(11,
tho 30-year-olil Hrlton, heal Kttrl
Kby, the American ace. by barely
a yard, Karl was coming strong
and might have won but for being
blocked momentarily in the stretch
as Hill swerved over. In 11124
I'otiutas Lowe, a plrturo of smooth
running motion, outlasted a great
field.
SVlTltllAY I'IKKiltAMS
The National HroiideaHting cim
pany program for Saturday night
follows: H, Hi 'A hour; !l. Hrond
ways and Hiiulevards; ID to 12,
dance music.
KQO Oakland
:!S4.4in-7snkr)
7:30, llawall.uiH
8. Nile,
KOMO Heat 1(1'
ciinim-iisoltc) 8
11:15 to 12:30,
NIIC; .in, music
orchestra, tenor.
KKI l.os Angeles ( 4HS. 5m-04O.
kc) 8, NIK'; 9, string program; 10.
concert: 1 1, midnlKht rrollc wilh
orchestra.-
K.IH Seattle (.14S.Cni-SC0kc)
7:80. glee club: !, trio; 10 to 12.
dance music. )
KPO San Kroncisro (422.3m
71(ikc) 8, NIIC; 9, musical pro
gram: la. NHC.
K1U l.os Angeles (399. 8m-75-kc)
8. program: 9. concert: 10 to
12. dunce inulc' 12 to 1. merry
makers.
KI'IIC San Kranclsco (454.3m
fiilokc) 8, vocal solos: 9, dance or
chestra: 12 to 1, organ program.
Kilt Spokane (:t?0.2m-SI0kr)
8, NHC; 10 10 12. dance music.
KYA Han l-'ranclseo (.152.701
85okc) S, old-timers 'hour: 9, ens
uul hour: 10 to 12, dance music.
KG A Spokane (2Ho.7m-i itukr)
7:S0, studio program; 10 to 12,
music.
KOIN Portland (31!m-(l40kc)
7:15, orchestra; 11 to 1, merry
makers. KOW Portland (49lm-C10kc) S
o 12, NIIC, ,. . ;
his bnj lorn fT toi by flfroc
Itn JnVfn. n4 In iti -viti Inn
inc h a vlrurk in Ike hil hy
ihruwn Kail and foTd ic ixbv IhP
m!im Uui tffrr tfcat h lrow in
thr1 runs and rwvel rntlii tor
Holtywoo! 5-S wt" ott , Kan
Krsncisra. Hatiri: 8hellenhrk.
Mnlrahy. Kinney rnnA Bal-r Hit
rhil. Thunrtan and Hnrlnm.
Kd Bryan tumril in hla third
roniM4uiiv violory an Indian
wlu-n h hurt") Saitlt to t-2 trl
umph vr the Oaks. .' rte Itf-ad
hit safvly four 't tinea, alt sirigU-s.
Hutleriti: Hryin nnd Sehmtdl;
Hitpty and Head.
Tn iK-spt-cklcd Normal PUtt had
the Imlian isn on the MlanlonH.
IettirtfC them down with 8ix hltn
while the Angeln hunrhpfl throe
hits and I'illi'tro's wild pitch tn the
nixlh fmtne to wore "thre .tlnlon
and win, 3-. lialtcrlea:' rilleitp,,
Nelson and Whitney; ,1 IMItt nnd
HandberK.
Payne And Salo
Leading Pyle's
Bunion Racers
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HIIAIM-OltO. Pa.. May 18 (AP)
ii o .M.,,.ui,B, iiutu i
ri.l-iillln trip to AVeelHvllle. N, V.,
today with equanimity born of the
fact that the trek brings them that
imicli "closer to the final tf6al. New
yoi-K. 'i ne race win .end ju niani
Hon iitiarn garden Haturday May t
20. '
Jlcil.liiiK n lend of 2ft houm. c lirht I
niintite.s ond 29. NecondH over lilal,
nearest opponent, Andrew Payne, ffurnlshed by nn U gnmo winning
of flnremoro, Okln., was conceded mreak' the- Chicago Cubs serenely
better thnn n even cha'nce'to win sot , op the' top of tho National
first pr ize money 'of $20,000. Sjnguc ladder to'dny. , .
'T,m not kolug to dog .It either."
Hitld Payne. "I hyve run nil ong
.nnd win rignt tnroiign to'tno im-
iHh. If I nm beaten 1 wjll bn tho
first Jto co;urnitiiki!f; the .5vJhner.;'
John Hnlo, rMlcent, Powhic N.
.1... entry, who Is second,-commented
on his own chances:
f'Kirst place was my fondest
hope, I have a wife and two child
ren. My wife has worked to keep
things going while I have been run
nlng so that we will have a better jut Malnno. Americnn nssocla
fiitiuv than the hard sledding of tton recruit, pitched thn Cubs to
the post.. 1 may hftvn to bo content their shut out triumph over the
with second place but evn then I
won't growl." v t
Hum Itichmun, who led through
the 44.2 miles from Jamestown,
N. Y.. yesterday, said ho would
conserve his strength for a final
idush Into New York, his homo ctly.;year and Gehrig's sixth allied the
I Ailun Currier, Hogue Klver. Ore. i New 1 York Yankees to increase
finished yesterday's lap in 9:33:29,
elapsed time 027:47:02.
Frenchwoman Is
Golf Winner In
British Tourney
111'NSTON. Kllg.. May 18 (AP)
Mnnette l.e Hlan of Krnnce won
the women's golf chnmpionship of.
Great Hrltaln today, defeating Miss
Sylvia Marshall. 3 up and .2 to
play. In the final 36-holc match. .
Another Bill
x j .: S x
I ' Wi'ui .' . L , , MJt" ' v. '. -:
i ii i a" i mm ii " i i i ' '"
If name carries anything In lennla. this younn man should become a
great player..- He Is William Ttlden Jrtl of Philadelphia, a nephew
of Big- BUI Ttlden. former world's champion, and he i being tutor
by his famous uncle. -The younger THUen Is now a member ot th
Oermantown Academy lennla Lam where Bit Bill started years tfo.
1 f s - v .
, . v ' '. NKA ?few .York Jlureau
Alt f Jnek Pelaney'n hopes nf bMMmjirK A heavyweight mntender,
vanished )n leM than u HlnKle round of punlHhment administered
hy J ark Sharkey. Here Is pictured the firflt knockdown of the;
brief fij:ht, which wu wltnetuied hy(-th Bremen flyers In Mndfsnn
Hqiinre (iarden; The referee 1h urging the Ronton mauler to hi
corner nn Delaney rlneft -from th " mat. v
Chicago Cubs
Take The Lead
'From Cincinnati
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let roit
. By tllo Assoclatea Prow
rarrlcd along by the momentum
Klrst place fell from, the grnsp of
t, Cincinnati Ueds yesterday when
'.they .bowedv to Brooklyn 4- to 2,
.'vvMle the'.C'ibs were chawlngsup
;thiS .Howwn .-if ray es,.. SI. to . 0. - ., , , .
Tho Cubs started their sensatlon-
al Tipiirt on. May 5. after 'they had
lost. 12 of their first 21 gumes. Dur
ing the 1 1 game splurge they have
scored fil runs: collected 10ft hits:
committed but eight errors -nnd
limit. mI the onnoslthm to 2 tallies.
Hraves. Tho Ilrnves found him
for only five hits.
Other National " league teams
were' Idle heenuse of rain.
- Yank liicfeac Ical
huth's 12th home run of the
their lend in the American league
race with a 4 to 3 Victory over the
St. T.ouls Flrowns.
. Tho'Hoston Ited Sox climbed into
fourth place a lofty height for
them by heating tho Detroit
Tigers 6-3.
The Athletles lost ground to the
Yankeea when they dropped a 0 to
5 verdict to the Chicago White Sox
'at Philadelphia.
George Uhl wos the wholo show
nt Wnslilngton as the Cleveland
Indians downed the -Senators, 8 to
8. Uhl kept Washington's nine hits
scattered and iItova in four Indian
runs, one of the pitcher's two hits
Tilden on Way
a homer with one on In the
sixth
TO SPKAK IV SOVTH
SAf.RM, Ore., May 1 8 .(AP)
TwoOreson educatorn will be on
.speaking plat forma In Ioa Angeles
Juno 16 and H called by tho United
was
States commiBsloner of education ;Rfllgh Counti Heplevin, Typhoon,
are J. S. Iindera, prealdont S)m n mrtngo, Heigh Olga,
i ?f nor1muI- ,1,ool i Mla8tep, Toro, Petee Wrack. Martio
and William Hmlth. aaslatnnt Rtnte,)... ' ' ... ' ...
superintendent of sehools. Quoa
tlons relating to - the proresslonnt
training of rural school teachers In
the western states will he tho mnln
consideration of the conference.
CANADIAN PARLIAIF:T
' OTTAWA Seventy lawyers, . GO
furmers, 30 iloctora, 23 merchants,
12l journalists and nlue-nianiifae-turem
sit In Canada's Iioubo .of
commonK. . Kour cabinet ministers
aro furmers from western Canada.
and the
Something.
MORAL:
We nske OLft GOLDS better
. . . uinf the knrl-havts ol
the loh.coo plen.t. That',
why you eea pick them
, . , blindfolded
. P. Larilun Cs.. R. lit
ruy. . -
The only rooms t avallublp In
llartfer hotels were thoae for which
renorvatlons hnd been made months
ak'o. As morn tlian 70,000 vIhIioi'M
wero expected for thft cIubhIo to
morrow, it wna believed that every
Hpare bed would be occupied, I
italna which hnd fallen filnce -Tuesday
Afternoon let up last nltrht
track . had been convorted Into a-
rivec of mud and thn profenalonal
tlnHtera thrown Into a nanlc on ac-
count of thn changed oddn that j
might make In the lineup. I
Owners and t miners ; Indicated I
that prohahly 21 thorouKhhreda J
would start although the exact I
number depended upon the condl-
tion -of the track.
J
' K.lirli Omint. lvitml -
nolBh count, Mr. John 1). Hertu,'
thoroushhred, continued to bo an
ioverwhelmlnir favorite, even Knln-
i ..i.n.i.M.t . ...u..n
nounPt,d that tne oolt waa ng K00ll
In tho mud aa on a Hint. raat
course. ' Toro, K. M. Mtl.ean's con-
dldate, and Martin Klynn. the Stuy-
. ..... ..w.i.i.r ri,.w.
t , c ' (th ,40Utovnie pI(lv.
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l , Vltft ; Hhllaun0 innk,' Hiin..
''lynn, Don Q, Htrolling Player,
Hortle, I-awley, nistracllon,, (Dort ar
son , Monlvan, Bluckwoqd.
: '
; LONDON Department store'
managers of Kurope are' forming
nn orguntitatlon to exchange, In-
formntlon useful to their husl-
nesscs. t
: : ; : j
It takes a hen three weeks to
hatch nn egg but some folks can
hatch an excuse In three seconds,
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SATURDAY EVE
NRW YORK.' May '18 - (AP)
Tex Jtlckard announced today that
'Hninmy MantloH" -will defend hte
!Hnminv
IlKhtwelirht chnmplunahip againat
Jimmy Mcl.tl.rnln tomorrow nlKht,
weather permitting;. 1 he promoter
..-b .mi Imrlvu.l 1w Ilio hnxlnr com.
,i.s!lon to asaln defer the bout on
account oi rain. uriKinuiiy acinu-
uled for laat night. It was post',
poned until VinlBht when clouds
i...ih.r.il In Ihe nflnrnnnn. Thn
cl0UdB wefe followed by a lmca '
; tn(iMtf ft
1 Tho neconft halt In Tox Rickard's
' pluiv waa for the Mcharnin aiid
Monrtell fljrht. The added delay
forecasts troublo for the champion
,r. i-
in muking the limit 6f I'M pounds.
. Mandell was forced to drop half, a
! pound in fifteen minutes Thurs-
day when he first weighed In at
13fi. . . - ,
.Mcl-arntri, who scnled 134 t alnb
may have trouble getting buck to
the weight. His normal poundage
Is about 135. ..
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