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Dumas, Vinci Gain Yank Gold Medals In Olympics; Russia's Kuts Winner Br LEO H. PETERSEN United Preti Sporii Writer Melbourne ; itl.R) Inipired American athletes swept up two of the first four gold medals in the 1956 Oympic games today when slender Charley Dumas of Loi Angeles soared to a record victory in the high jump and mighty little Chuck Vinci of York, Pa., oiitliftcd the world's best bantamweight strong man. In a reeord-s'nattering day in dicating tle XVI Olympiad may well produce, the greatest "num ber of new maks in history, all four gold medal winners and the second and third-place perform ers in each of those events sur passed Olympic records set in 1932. KuU Wins Medal The other two gold medals fell to Vladimir Kuts, the sturdy Russian sailor, .who bagged the 10,000-meters run in the new Olympic time of 28 minutes, 45.6 seconds, arid to shapely Olga Fikotova of Czechoslovakia, who joined the record-scttins parade with a toss ol 176 leet, l',j Inches in the women's discus. In the weight - lifting hall, Vinci set three new Olympic marks ea.toute to his bantam weight crown. , And as darkness descended ver the vast Melbourne Cricket club stadium Dumas climaxed the day by slithering over the cross bar at six feet, 1 1 1 i inches. It was a full three inches better than the Olympic record set by Walt Ifevis of the United States in the 1952 games at Helsinki. Ecejt for a surprise defeat of Yale's eight-oared crew, an up set that injures but doesn't elim inate America's chances in that evwt, the first Jull day of Olym pic competition was a spectacu lar success Jot the Yanks. Sprinters Tie Record Springers Ira Murchison of Chicago nd Bobby Morrow of jthrlsngen, Tex.,, tied tbe Olym pic, 100-meter flash record for 10.3 seconds as thay qualified for the semi-finals along -with JJhane Baker at Elkhart, Kan. In aoy(ition, all three U.S. 400 meter hurdlers won qualifying neats, an mree ouu-meier run ners qualified for the semi-finals, American c trews won heats in saven iifferent Towing" classes, rid" George Lambert of Sioux lead in the modern pentathlon by winning ttie cross country rjd ing phase." " Dumas, 19-f ear-old student at Compton Junior college, and the only man in the world who has cleared seven feet, had to ak 14 leaps to sweep the hih jump crown from Chilia Porter of Australia." Porter fin ished second at six feet, 10M inches "and Igor Kachk'arov of Suseia'swas third at six feet, 9' Inches also better than the old . eWith tha pressure mounting In the darkness, 'Dumas cleared fix feet.jlHi Inches on his third try a the. fast round. He later made 'one crack at seven feet, hopiag for an even better Olym pic record, but after one failure, h gave it up. iittts gave Russia its first irack victory ever in Olympic compe tition as he came flying-down the red cinder track and bet- MEDFORDllVaTUIBUKK SIPdDnST tered by 31.4 seconds the record chalked up in 1952 by the fabu lous Czech, Emil Zatopek. As the fair -haired Russian thrashed through the last of 25 laps he looked like another Za topek with his face contorted, arms and legs working like a machine. Old Records Broken Josef Kovacs of Hungary was a surprise second in 28:52.4 and Allen Lawrence of Australia was third in 28:53.6. All surpassed Zatopek's mark of 29:17 set at Helsinki. Kovacs and Lawrence closed fast to pass Britain's un predictable Gordon Pirie, who faded badly after making it a two-man race with Kuts for most of the grind. - Tbe first three finishers in the women's discus, led by the comely Czech medical student, all broke the old Olympic mark of 168 feet 8'i inches set four years ago by Russia's Nina Pono mareva who finished third today though she bettered her own record. Irena Begiakova of Russia was second and Earlene Brown, 225 pound Los Angeles housewife and mother, finished fourth just three inches short of the old record. Vinci, a compact five-footer, gave the United States its first gold medal in a competition so close that four men broke the old Olympic record. The 123 pounder from the weight-lifting capital of the United States York, Pa. lifted a total of 754.45 pounds, bettering the mark of 694 pounds set in 1952 by Russia's Ivan Udodov. In addition to the show put on by America's 100-meter sprint .ers, the three Yanks entered in the 400-meter hurdles and 800 meter run all looked impressive. Josh Culbreath, , Norristown, Pa., won the fastest 400-meter hurdler heat in 50.9 seconds, only one-tenth off the Olympic, record. Glenn Davis, Clinton. Ohio, who has a world record of 49.5 seconds pending, won his heat in 51.3, and Eddie South ern, Dallas, won in the same thr.eV Tom Courtney, Livingston, N.J., won .his 800-meter heat eased up in 1:52.7. Arnie Sowell, Pittsburgh, ran second, also eas ing, when he allowed Australia's Jim Bailey to pass him at the finish. Don Suprier, Delano, Calif., ran second in no particu lar hurry because three men in each heat qualified for Satur day's semifinals. Stunning Rawing Defeat In rowing, the defeat of Yale's eight-oared crew was a stunning blow. One more defeat and the Yank title is lost.. The snappy Australian eight elided Dowerfullv over the fin ish" line in six minutes, 5.8 sec onds to nose out .Canada by a nnarW leneth. The Aussies and Canadians thus qualified imme diately for the semifinals out tne gfj CAP YOUR TIRES or exchange your smooth tires for oar fteclpped Tires. Only perfect tires recapped. All work done' in your own Medford plant. First grade rubber. Full treads, fully guaranteed. ONE LOW PRICE TO ALL 40-15 670-15 710-15 600-16 5 995 SfciS A .Vtll IU 95 10 Down 6 Months To Pay Exchange wi Recoppoble Tire, ocfd $3 otherwise. TRAILMAKER RECAPS 1095 - 1195: ADD to "Your Account No Money Down JOHNSTON STORES 112 South Riverside Yanks will have to defeat the Britons, France and one other non finalist not yet determined to gain a berth in the semifinals. Other American oarsmen fared well, however, with Jack Kelly of Philadelphia winning his heat in the single sculls and a pair of former Stanford stars bagging a beat by four lengths. As a result of the day's activ ity, Russia took over first place in the unofficial team standings with a total of 43 points. The Soviets' harvest of 37 points was the largest for Friday's compe tition. Including the points awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, last Feb ruary, Germany was in second place with 42 Vi points, while the United States was tied with Sweden for third place with 35 each. Green Bay Spills Lions Detroit (U.R) The Green Bay Packers, unable to beat the Chi cago Bears in two games this year, gave their arch-rivals a big boost Thursday when quarter back Tobin Rote pitched the Packers into a 24-20 upset vic tory over the Detroit Lions. Down 13-3 going into the fourth quarter, Rote tossed two scoring aerials and slid off tackle for another in a game played in 30-degree temperature and an on-again blizzard. The loss gave the Bears sole possession of first place in the NFL's Western Division pending the outcome of Sunday's battle with the Eastern Division lead ing New York Giants. But Detroit Coach Buddy Parker, a picture of gloom in the quiet Lion dressing room after the Packer battle, saw lit tle hope of the Giants upsetting the rampaging Bears. Quarter-Midget Races on Sunday Quarter -midget auto racing is slated again on Sunday at Jackson Hot Springs. The pro gram will get underway at 2 p.m. Eddie McCoy, son of hardtop driver Jack McCoy, waltzed off with both the main and semi- Friday. Kerember 23, I95S MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE KIKE main last Sunday. He did some hard driving on the inside, mak ing up on the corners what his car lacked in speed. Janice Lemley had fast time in the time trials, but Mike Buy ers outraced both Janice and Bobby Bruce to take the trophy dash. Miss Lemley and Steve and Bobby Bruce won the heat races. 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