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-
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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
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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.
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Janice Lemley had fast time
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Bobby Bruce to take the trophy
dash. Miss Lemley and Steve
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