SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 1948 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THUREE U.S.S Track, Swim Aces Sweep Five Olympic Eve nts 6 Harrison Dillard Ties Jesse Owens' 100-Mark; Ris, Cochran,_Harlan, Steele Cop Gold Medals By The Associated Press OLYMPIC STADIUM, Wembley, England, July 31-America's Olympic forces, led by an ebony comet named Harrison Dillard, swept three of the most coveted track and field championships today to grasp the undisputed leadership in that phase of the 1948 World Games. Coming back brilliantly after yesterday's weak start, Uncle Sam's lads gave a capacity throng of 83,000 a thrilling display as they won the 100 meter dash, the 400-meter hurdles and the broad jump, broke one Olympic record and tied another. Dillard, already recognized as the world's greatest hurdler, scored the day's most sensational triumph when he beat his famous team- mate, Barney Ewell, by a whisker in the 100 meters and matched the Olympic mark of 10.3 seconds set by another American Negro, Jesse Owens, at Berlin in 1936. Contesting with him for individual honors was Roy Cochran, a quiet instructor from the University of Southern California, who raced to an easy victory in the 400 meter hurdles. He finished four yards ahead of his closest rival in the new Olympic record time of 51.1 seconds. Willie Steele, Negro star from San Diego State College, capped the American comeback by'' ROY COCHRAN . ..new 400 meter hurdle mark American Mat Team Still Intact After Second Test LONDON, July 31-(/P)-Every American wrestler still was in the running for an Olympic Title to- night after almost two full days of continuous elimination bouts. Twenty-four matmen have been eliminated-but not one of them is an American. In the 11 niatches today involv- ing American wrestlers, the U. S. athletes won eight and lost three. William S. Jernigan of Tulsa, Okla., suffered two of the defeats in the flyweight division but both were by split decision and so he remains in the running. Under the Olympic scoring sys- tem two black marks are charged against a wrestler who loses a split decision, three are charged against him if he is thrown or loses by unanimous decision, one is charged against him if he wins by a de- cision. He escapes a black mark only if he wins by a fall. Five black marks send the athlete to the sidelines. Jernigan lost to both V. L. Vii- tala og Finland and to F. K. Ja- dov of India. Hal Moore of Geary, Okla., the U. S. Featherweight, split his day's efforts. He pinned Abdel Hamed of Egypt after dropping a split de- cision to Hassan Fadian of Iran. Bill Koll, Iowa State Teachers College student, threw A. Chaf- fariari and put the Egyptian out of the running for the lightweight title. Gerald Leeman of Cedar Falls, Ia., won two bouts during the day. He pinned R. Cazaux of Great Britain, and then eliminated L. Biringer of Hungary, by taking a decisions in the bantamweight class. The other U. S. winners today were Richard Hutton of Oakhurst, Okla., the heavyweight, who de- feated A. Sakdhari of Iran, and Leland G. Merrill, Jr., of Mill- town, N.J., who defeated F. West- ergren of Sweden, in a welter- weight tussle and then decisioned Byung Kwan Whang of Korea. Middleweight Glenn Brand of Clarion, Iowa, was the last of the Americans to triumph. winning the broad jump with a mighty leap of 25 feet, 8 inches. Two of his teammates, Herbert Douglas of Pitt and Lorenzo Wright of Wayne University, took third and fourth, respectively, be- hind Tom Bruce, an Australian. Over in the Olympic pool, mean- while, the American aquatic stars were making a clean sweep of the men's springboard diving cham- pionships and placing first, sec- ond and fourth in the finals of the swimming. Ris Captures 100 Wally Ris of the. University of Iowa captured the 100 meter swim in 57.3 seconds to clip two-tenths off the Olympic record as all three Americans finished ahead of the highly favored Frenchman, Alex Jany. Alan Ford, former Yale star, was second, with Geza Kadas of Hungary third, while Keith Carter of Purdue nosed out Jany for the Fourth spot. Bruce Harlan of Ohio State won the springboard diving title, fol- lowed in order by another Buck- eye star, Miller Anderson, and Dr. Sammy Lee of Pasadena, Calif. Harlan tallied 163.64 points, An- derson 145.52, and Lee 141.79. Only the hammer throw, the 50- kilometer hike and the women's javelin throw escaped the hungry maw of the Americans as six track and field championships were de- cided. Imry Nemeth, a husky Hungar- ian, won the hammer with a near- record toss of 183 feet, 111/2 in. Bob Bennett of Apponaug, R.I., took third at 176, 3/2, and Sam Felton Jr., of Harvard fourth with " " , I 7Teke! .......... / . . 176 feet, %/2 inch. Mrs. Dorothy Dodson of Mundelein, Ill., grabbed fourth in the javelin behind some long-throwing European girls. The 50-kilometer walk was a total loss. Photo-Finish in Century Dillard's victory in the classic 100 was the day's high point. The Baldwin-Wallace star, rated only third on the American squad, jumped from his blocks like a kangaroo at the gun and was never caught, though Ewell was closing on him in the final yards. It took a photo to cut them apart. Lloyd La Beach, the Panaman- ian who has done most of his running for American colleges, finished third, with Alan McCor- quodale of Britain fourth, Mel Patton of Southern California, fifth and MacDonald Bailey, a Jamaican running for Britain, sixth and last. The race was be- tween Dillard and Ewell all the way, with the others steadily losing ground. Patton was the big disappoint- ment. Never a very fast starter, the coast youth virtually was left today and he never had a hope of catching the two brown jack- rabbits out in front. Dillard's victory was a reward of burning determination as much as anything else. Failing to qual- ify for his specialty, the high hurdles, because he got tangled up in the American trials, he came over vowing to win the century. He worked ceaselessly to perfect a lightning start, and today it paid off. 100 Mark Should Be Recognized There was no reason to suppose that his 10.3 clocking would not ~iu> r ~ DEODORANT d A cream deodorant,. fo keep you sweet as rain! skin. Protects, controls, fabrics free from harm, e Grass . it's such r_._i be recognized as tying the Olympic mark, as the final was run directly into .a west breeze of sufficient force to keep the white Olympic flag flapping gently. Cohran, running what he said would be his last hurdles race, never was seriously pushed in the 400, though Duncan White of Ceylon, who finished second, also bettered the existing Olympic rec- ord of 52 seconds flat set by Glenn Hardin of U.S.A. at Los Angeles in 1932. White was timed in 51.8. There is every expectation, too, that Cochran's mark will be rati- fied. Rune Larsson of Sweden, who had been touted to give Cochran a hard race, finished third in 52.2, barely nosing out the second American finalist, Dick Ault of the University of Missouri, who was fourth. Cochran's space-eat- ing stride and flawless jumping shot him into the lead within the first few yards, and he was out all alone in the final run to the wire. The former gob was, incidently, the first of the three Americans to stand front and center and re- ceive his Olympic medal while the bandplayed the Star Spangled Banner. Steele Injured Steele made his winning leap in the broad jump despite a pulled tendon in his right foot which forced him to pass up his last four jumps. He hurt the foot during the morning preliminaries, but' luckily, got his best distance on his first try in the afternoon. He tried one more, didn't like what he felt, and then sat by while his rivals tried unsuccessfully to match him. It didn't matter, ex- cept that, with nothing to lose on his last four jumps, he could have gone all out in an attempt to equal or better Jesse Owens' Olympic record of 26 feet, 5 3/8 inches. Bruce, the Australian, surprised by taking second place with a jump of 24 feet, 9/ inches. Doug- las was third at 24-9 and the other American, Wright, fouxth with 24-5z. Races which created almost as much interest as today's finals were the semi-final heats of the 800 and 5,000 meters. Whitfield Second in Trials Mal Whitfield, America's chief Olymipic To tals LONDON, July 3-P-f ter two days of competition in the 1948 Olympic Games, the United States is far out in front in the unofficial point table with 101 tallies. Ninety-four of those points were recorded to- day in an American scoring spree. France is a remote second with 28 points. In all, 21 na- tions have scored. Officially, no points are awarded and no Olympic team championships are determined. United States . .61 3 37 101 France ........10 14 4 28 Sweden ........23 2 25 Australia ......15 15 Hungary .......4 10 14 Great Britain ..12 12 Austria.......... 12 12 Norway.......10 10 Czechoslovakia .10 10) Finland........ 2 5 7 Italy...........1 5 6 Yugoslavia .... 5 5 Switzerland .... 5 5 Ceylon.........5 5 Holland ... 4 4 Denmark: : 4 4 Panama........ 4 4 Poland........ 3 3 Mexico ........ 3 3 I I hope in the 800, qualified easily for Monday's final by loping in a short head behind Marcel Han- senne of France in the good time of 1:50.5 in the first of three heats. Herb Barten of Michigan won his trial in 1:51.7, and Bob Chambers got into the final field of nine by finishing third in his trial. It looks as though the final will see Whitfield fighting it out with Hansenne, Ingvar Bengtsson of Sweden and Arthur Wint of Ja- maica. Wint is a long-legged Ne- gro who reminds very much of Johnny Woodruff, who won the 800 for America in 1936. He has the same tremendous stride, and he hasn't really let himself go yet. Only one of three American en- tries survived the heats of the 5,000. Curtis Stone of State Col- lege, Pa., got in by finishing third in his run, but he will be a boy among men when the European distance giants start battling Monday. Clerance Robinson of Brigham Young and Jerald Thompson of the University of Texas dropped out of it today. Czech Star Outsprinted The final should be something to gawk at. Emil Zatopek, the hardy Czech who won the 10,000 meters yesterday, was beaten by about a foot in his heat today by Erik Ahlden of Sweden after they had raced like a pair of sprinters around the last turn and down the stretch. America's three entries in the pole vault qualified for Monday's final without working up a sweat, finding today's ceiling of 13 feet, 112 inches almost beneath their dignity. Of the trio-Bob Rich- ards of the Illinois Athletics Club, Boo Morcom of Duham, N.H., and Guinn Smith of the San Fran- cisco Olympic Club--not one ever failed to get over on first try, and none removed his floppy jacket until right at the last. Nine others are in the final. The American girl sprinters were washed out completely in the opening trials of the 100 meters, none managing to finish better than third in her heat, whirh wasn't good enough. The best time set in any of the nine heats was 12 seconds flat,by a Dutch girl. Helen Stephens of Fulton, Mo., won it in 11.5 at Berlin in 1936. Maybe the girls aren't what they used to be. Tigers 'Seck Alabama Hi h School Star DETROIT, July 31-(/P)-Gen- eral Manager Billy Evans said to- day the Detroit Tigers had made a very attractive bonus offer to 18-year-old Frank (Pic) House, star Bessemer, Ala., high school catcher. "But we have no assurance we'll get him," Evans said. "Every big league club in the business is after him and we have no idea how our offer compares with others." House was in Detroit for two days this week working out under many watchful eyes. Evans said he was hitting brilliantly and that there is no doubt that he is a good major league prospect. YOUR HAIR STYLE is blended and shaped to your facial features--a "Crew" or "Personality" cut is convincing. 7 Barbers - No waiting!! The DASCOLA BARBERS Between State and Michigan Theatres iI LONDON, July 31-(A)-Amer- ica's favored skyscrapers of the court sat on the sidelines today and watched the rest of the world battle for places in the Olympic Basketball Tournament. The United States team, first round conqueror of Switzerland, had the day off. Its next test in the preliminary round-robin is Monday when it plays Czechoslo- vakia, the European champion. 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