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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1932.
Americans Sweep Olympic Events to Pile Up Huge Point Margin
TOLAN'S TRIUMPH
ON CINDER PATH
FEATUOF DAY
Little Negro Shows His
Heels to World's Best in
200-Meter Run Field
Program Furnishes Thrills
Uncle Sam's Athletes Have Field Day
By AI.AV OOITl.t)
(AMoclated rress Sports Editor)
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 4. (AP)
They have been waiting a long while.
aa Olympiads go, to wave tne oiu
flag ao briskly hut today theae
Americans can go the patriotic limit,
with the Star Spangled Banner
draped all over the Olympic track
and (leld band wagon.
With the big how only half com
pleted. the United Statea has already
dominated the greateat outbreak of
Olvmolc record - smashing of au
time, romped off with nine of the
IS track and field events for men
and women, finished so far, Includ
ing these hlgbly-cherlshed sprint
titles, and rolled up a ataggerlng
margin on points.
Sween Track and Field.
Talk about nicking their spots I
After politely watching the flags of
Ireland, Poland, Britain and Canada
wave victoriously In the breezes, the
Americans came with a startling rush
yesterday to sweep all four of the
men's track and field finals son
diirtrri In the stadium, while a
crowd estimated at 88.000, the great
est In track history, went wild.
This record turnout, sending the
total attendance for four days beyond
306.000 for the stadium alone, saw
bespectacled little Eddie Tolan, Amer.
lean negro, lead a aweep of the 200
, meters final, to become the first
double Olympto sprint champion the
United States has had In 20 years.
Pole Vault Sensation.
They thrilled as sandy-haired BUI
Miller of San Diego, a product of
Stanford university, outvaulted the
sensational Japanese boy, Shuhel
Nlshlda, In the first 14-foot duel In
Olymplo history, with the American
boy finally winning at 14 feet, 1H
Inches.
They roared again as three Yankee
timber toppers, led to the tape by
George Baling of Iowa, awept the
final of the spectacular 110-meter
high hurdles race.
They volleyed cheers for their fa
vorite feminine star, "Babe" Dldrlk
eon, the Texas star, who broke her
second world record in as many
events by racing over the 80 meter
high hurdles In the stunning time
of 11.8 seconds, to lead three Ameri
can girl qualifiers for today's final.
Discus Throw Record.
' Finally, to saturate this homebred
"field day." the crowd watched two
husky Americans six times excel the
Olymplo discus tossing record before
handsome John Anderson, former
Cornell university star, beat Henri
Laborde of Stanford with a final
heave of la feet, Inches.
Of the total of 12 flags that flut
tered In honor of the Olymplo med
alists In these four events, no less
than 10 were the American emblem
a the hosts of the tenth Olympiad
completed the greatest single day
they have ever had In these Interna
tional games.
Par from the stadium's tumult and
shouting. Oreat Britain's game and
gallant pedestrian, Thomas William
Green hoofed his way to victory In
the 60.000-meter walk, but he had
to wait until today to step up on
the Olymplo pedestal and hear "God
Save the King" played In honor of
his achievement.
lSOO-Mcter Pinal Today.
Today, too, Finland and Japan
may take their turn In the spot
light, with favorites In ths Javelin
and triple Jump, while Americans
have their eyes focused on the
chances of "Pen" Ahllowell. Glenn
Cunningham and Frank Crowley In
the classic 1600-meter final, feature
of this afternoon's program.
Meanwhile, and for the next four
years, the United States can bask
In the outstanding achievement of
Its "Star Spangled Day" the tri
umph of Tolan.
The dramatlo story of the little
negro's rise to the world sprinting
heights, overshadows the record
breaking chapters that have made
these Olymplo games the dlasleet
whirl of sll time.
Tolen couldn't make the Ameri
can team four years ago. Like many
another youth, he was hard pressed
for funds this year and needed the
aid f a friend to get to California
by automobile for the final Ameri
can tryouta. At Palo Alto, Tolan
twice trailed the great Ralph Met
calfe of Marquette to the tape in
the combined race for places on the
American team as well as national
championships.
Csme nark to Win.
The experts thought Metcalfe won
from Tolan Monoay In the 100-meter
Olymplo final and it took the of
ficial motion pictures to convince
them that Tolan was victorious by
the shadowy margin of two Inches
In world record time. They said
Metcalfe would run away from little
Kddle in tn 200, because he was
bigger and stronger, but Tolsn came
bsck to win hands down. He bet.
0orge Simpson, the third American
sprint ace, by a good two yards In
the Olympic record time of 21.2
seconds, while Metcalfe came In
third, handicapped by a poor etarl
and ragged work on the turn.
Two Olymplo championships and
two Olymplo records ought to be
enough to prove the greatness of
Tolan's comeback. He maintains, too,
en of ths most unique trsditlons
of American track history. He Is
the third American sprinter to take
tha Olymplo double crowd, Archie
Hshn In 1904 and Ralph Craig In
11112 being the others, and all three
cam from tha University of Mlchl-
i
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K"EI"L " L- ' j,
tlroup of star performers of the American team cullierrd at the Olvmolc village. Log Anceles. Hill Grnher.
Southern California pole-vault ace, failed yesterday to reach tile height of 14 feet 4 Inches he attained dur
ing the Pulo Alto trials. The event was won hy William .Miller, V. S. .1., with a lean of 14 feet VI Inches.
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Hollywood 72
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San Pranclaco .......... 65
Seattle 60
Sacramento 66
Oakland 64
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COWERS IN CELL
LUDINOTON. Mich., Aug. 4. (AP)
Francis (Rusty) Nash, 91, strange
recluse, cowered in a cell today after
confessing hs strangled pretty 17-year-old
Evelyn Sanford.
Stirred, by the discovery of the
girl's brulaed body in a ahallow grave
In Free soli yesterday, residents voiced
threats to lynoh Nash. He was spir
ited from Freesotl to Traverse City
yesterday and today police waited for
hoattle feeling to subside before ar
raigning him on a murder charge.
The maximum penalty Is life Impris
onment. Telltale scratches on the 31-year-old
recluse's face led to his arrest,
police said. His confession declared
,he waylaid the young farm girl Sat
urday night along a lonely road lead
ing to her home and killed her In
anger when ahe repulsed his advances.
He denied assaulting her.
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BASEBALL
YESTERDAY
Coast.
H.
14
11
San Francisco 10
Oakland 6
Davis and Brenzel; Fleber, Hemen
way, Phebua and Rnlmondl.
R. H. E.
Seattle . 8 11 1
Missions . 4 12 2
Page and Bottarlnl; Lleber and
Hofmann.
Hollywood
Sacramento
Turner and
Woodall.
R.
1
0
Bossier;
H. E.
4 0
6 0
Bryan and
n. H. E.
Portland .. 7 11. 4
Los Angeles IB 20 2
Peterson, Jacobs, Prudhomme, Kou
pal and Palmlsano; Baocht, Ballon
and Cnmpbell. '
Olympic Finals
Of Yesterday
Wednesday's Track and Field Results.
200-Meter It tin.
Won by Eddie Tolan, U. 8. A.: sec
ond. GcorRe Simpson, U. S. A.: third,
Ralph Metcalfe, U. 8. A.; fourth, Ar
thur Jo'nath, Germany; fifth. Carlos
Luttl, Argentina; sixth, William Wal
tors. South Africa. Time: 21.2 sec
onds. Now Olymplo record. Former
record 21.4. set by Jonath and Luttl
In Tuesday's quarter-rinals.
110-Meter Hurdles.
Won by Oeorge Baling. U. 8. A.;
second. Percy Beard, TJ. s. A.: third.
Jack Keller, U. a. A.; fourth, Don
ald Pllllay, Great Britain; fifth,
Lord David Burghley, Great Britain;
sixth, Willi Welscher, Germany. Time:
14.6 seconds.
Pole Vault.
Won by William Mlllor, 0. 8. A.,
14 feet 1H Inch. (New Olympic rec
ord and betters recognized world's
record. Former Olympic record 13
feet OS Inches, by S.ibln Csrr, U. 8.
A., 1928. world record 14 feet 1',
Inch, by Lee Barnes. U. 8. A., 1928 )
Second, Shuhel Nishlda. Japan, 14
feet; third, Georoe Jefferson, U. 8.
A.. IS feet 0 Inches; fourth, William
Qraber, U. 8. A., 13 feet 7'i Inches;
fifth, Shlr.no Mochlr.ukl. Japan. 13
feet Mi inch: sixth. Luclo De Castro,
Brsr.lt, 12 feet 9!, Inches.
Discus Throw.
Won by John Anderson. U. S. A ,
162 feet 474 Inches, (new Olympic
record. Former record 153 feet 3
Inches, by Clarence Houser, U. s. A.,
1928): second, Henri Laaborde, U. 8.
A., 159 feet Ij Inch; third, Paul Win
ter, Prance, 136 feet 11H Inches;
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fourth. Jules Noel, Frsnce, 158 feet
7 Inches; fifth, Stephen Donogan.
Hungary, 154 feet'B1,, Inches; sixth.
Andrew Msdarasz, Hungary, 132 feet
7H Inches.
.10,000-Meter Walk (31 Miles "l23
Yards.)
Won by Thomas W. Green, Great
Britain, 4 hours 60 minutes 10 sec
onds); second, Jsmcs Dalnlsh, Latvia,
4;57.20; third, Ugo Frlgerlo, Italy,
4:59.6; fourth, Karl Hochnel, Germany,
6:6.6; fifth. Etters Rlvolts, Italy,
6:7.39; sixth, Paul Slevert, Germany.
5:16.41.
TED LYONS FINDS
10 CHALK UP WIN
By i;OH fl. FUIXERTON. Jr.
(Associated Press Sports Writer)
Ted Lyons, who In hit tenth year
of serving up right hand pitching
for the Chicago White Box, might
be Justified If he loosed a complaint
against the fate that has condemned
him to a second division club through
the greater part of his major league
career jind has left him with few
hopes of escape.
Going directly from Baylor univer
sity in 1923, Lyons has pitched good
ball most of the time. In only two
of his nine seasons has he fallen
below the .500 mark In games won
and lost and his earned run average
has always been well up the list.
Ted had to take things Into his
own hands Wednesday to pull out
a 3-2 decision over the New York
Yankees In a 10-lnnlng duel with
Charley Ruffing. Going. Into the
eighth he was trailing 1-2, although
he had given only six hits. Lyons
squared the count by cracking out
a double and coming, home on a
sacrifice by Punk and Hayes' long
fly. He pitched no-hit ball for the
next two frames and Lu Blue came
to his rescue In the tenth with
another double that led to the win
ning run.
" The only other game on the major
league schedule yesterday saw an
other six-hit mound performance as
Vic Sorrell got the better of a bat
tle with Al Thomas and Fred Mar
berry to give Detroit a 2 to 1 de
cision over the Washington Senators.
Steelhead Running
In Deschutes Now
THE DALLES, Ore.. Aug. 4.. (&)
Reports of havy runs of steelhead In
the lower Deschutes river have sent
scores of mid-Columbia vacationists
and sportsmen to the stream. Mrs.
Guy Gam today landed an eight
pound fish and Is the first woman to
score a steelhead thin season.
Twenty Wins His Goal
CH1CAOO (fly-The Skeptic have
been dlflnltely silenced in the case
of Lon Warneke vs. All Comers.
One by one, seven teams of the
National league have been beaten by
this 23-year-old sensation of the Chi
cago Cubs' pitching staff.
Now he's headed for the goal of
all top-flight pitchers 20 victories
or more In a single season.
With the season Just past the half
way mark, he had rung up 14 wins
against three losses this lanky hill
billy from Mt. Ida, Ark., who has
risen from class D baseball to major
'.eague stardom In three years.
Even that record has abolished all
claims that Warneke was "Just lucky"
to gain the spotlight early this year
by running up five victories in a row
before he was stopped.
With the same determination thM
he evidenced by pedaling a blcycie
more than 20 miles to report for his
first tryout In organized baseball,
Lon has steadied down to Justify
Manager Rogers Horns by ' contention
that he Is a great pitcher.
Last year, when Warneke was Just
a second -stringer with the Cubs, he
wore put three pairs of pants on the
bench. This year he has been wear
ing out the dispositions of opposing
managers.
For his success Lon has to thank
not only Hornsby, who gave him his
chance, but Zach Taylor, Cub catch
er, who corrected his biggest weak
ness. "Look over this kid carefully,"
Hornsby told Taylor in spring train
ing this year, "and see If you can't
Improve his control."
In one day Taylor had spotted
Warneke's trouble. .
"Every time you pitch, you drop
your head," Zach told him. "Cut
out that habit and follow the bail
through."
Warneke's control has been Im
proving ever since.
Police Chief's Wife
Charges Desertion
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 4.
(AP) Mrs. Cora C. Giassford of
Aiamo Heights, a suburb, won a dl
orce here yesterday from Pelhftm D.
Giassford, Washington superintendent
of police. She chsrged he left her
January 1, 1927. They were married
In 1907.
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LON WARNEKt
Crater Rainbow
Trout Take Lure
CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK.
(Spl.J Limit catches of gamey rain
bow trout are continuing to be caught
with regularity In Crater lake, with
the largest rainbow of the week re
ported to weigh five and one-half
pounds, with none under one pound.
The catches are made principally In
the vicinity of Wizard island.
While some success has been re
ported as the result of fly casting, the
majority of the trout are hooked by
trolling. . Some catches have also
been made from the shore by anglers
who refrained from the use of rental
boats available.
on WINS NOD
BY FINAL FLURRY
Leo Lomskl, the "Aberdeen Assas
sin," was awarded a hair-line deci
sion over Jack McCarthy of San
Francisco last night at the close of
six rounds of torrid milling. In which
each scored knockdowns. The battle
was even until the sixth, when Lom
skl pounded out a slight edge. The
decision was unpopular with half the
record crowd in attendance.
Lomskl had his foe In bad shape
on the ropes in the fourth, but the
Irishman staged a rally to even the
score In the final minutes of the
stanza.
In the semi-final Herb White of
Butte Falls won over Spider Fields
of Jacksonville. The battle was fair
ly even for two rounds, but In the
third White's superior reach and bet
ter condition begun to tell. Fields
was knocked down fivt times in the
last two rounds,
Jimmy Hall of Ashland knocked
out Tex Porter of Medford in the
third, and neither showed any great
amount ol class. Hall was wide open
but Porter was too Inexperienced to
take advantage of the chance to land
haymakers.
The curtain raiser was a rugged
affair between Roy Harris of Phoenix
and Del Campbell of Medford. Har
ris possessed a powerful punch and
flattened his foe alter two rounds of
hectic battling.
The bill from top to bottom gave
the crowd a good run for Us money
and was a good show.
Surgeon Repairs
Petrolle's Elbow
NEW YORK, Aug. 4. (fP) Billy
Petrolle, veteran Duluth warrior, un
derwent an operation today for the
removal of an obstruction in t the left
elbow Joint, following an Injury sus
tained In training for a lightweight
title match with Tony Canzonerl,
August 8.
Dr. Nicholas Ransonhoff said Pet
rolle would be able to box in six
weeks.
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