Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 181, Decatur, Adams County, 1 August 1932 — Page 6

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GREAT RACE HELD TODAY Olympic Spectators Will See Worlds Fastest Human In Action Ixm Angeles, Aug. I—(U.R)1 —(U.R) California will see one of the grandest footraces of all time late tfllhiy. This will be the final of the Olympic games 100 meter event,! and will establish the name of the j current world's fastest human This competition, whether it is' won by one of America's big three, by Percy Williams, of Can-i ada, by Japan's head-bandaged Yoshloka, or l v one of the seven other surviving contestants, will constitute the one large and abiding thrill of today’s sports show. Each of the t'nited States' sfars survived the dangers of the first day's competition. liig Ralph Metcalfe nf Marquette, a negro so large Miat lie should be able to tike (Sue stride, fall down, and cross the finish line a winner, lasted out the preliminary tests' along with Eddie Tolan, also a negro, and running pride of Detroit. as well as George Simpson, Ohio's brilliant speedster. Percy Williams, maple-leaf wearer of the woiid's record for the event, as well as Olympic defending champion and Olympic titlle holder, is one of the four chief threats for the title. Little Yoshioka of Japan, who won his preliminary heat, and was second in his next test, will he a

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DAY before yesterday, in the mammoth Olympic Stadium at Los Angeles, a great gathering witnessed the official opening ceremony of the 1932 Olympic games. Beginning today, however, the big doings really get tinder way. and for one whole week the greatest athletes from all over the world will be competing for international track and field, supremacy. That this Tenth Olympiad is the greatest sports spectacle of the year, goes without saying; and the biggest feature of the Games is always the track and field competition. The question, therefore, that is uppermost in the minds of all American sport followers at present is this: Will Uncle Sam’s highly touted athletic stars come through this time? Rating the American athletes off their Olympic try-out marks, there are a. number of undeniable standouts. In the sprints, Ralph Metcalfe’* sensational double victory in the trials has made him a pronounced Olympic favorite, especially in Che 200-meters, where he will b« vary hard to beat. * AM

dangerous contestant. Front the United States' viewpoint the games were sent off to' a thoroughly successful stall, with four of the five new Olympic or I world's records made or shared | by an American. It fell to a feminine contestant, Mildred "Babe" Didrlkson of j Texas, to put on the really spectacular show of the first day. Here's the picture: Olympic stadium, a large concrete thing' shaped like a bowl. There’s ui 1 1 large greensward down below. A lot of girls come out for the Javelin throw. The Olympic brass hats stick out a flag which the an- ! nouncer tells you is the best a ■ j woman ever did in this contest, j Then the Babe grabs hold of the! | javelin and lets loose. Bang! ■ j Tlte Javelin hikes into the grass' | at something like 10 yards past the neat little flag and you cheer 1 for you know something really real j has happened. The girls including ; Babe herself tried all afternoon to do better. Hut nobody even came close. So they put on the cere ] monial that comes after each ■ Olympic championship, and it wasj Babe for whom the show was staged. This ceremonial. Incidentally. J s something to behold. A man with; a booming voice steps up to a microphone and says: • “Ceremonie Olympic protoelaire, —Olympic victory ceremony." i Then he goes on to specify the event, the name of the winner, and the time or distance. The national anthem (it's best, when it’s Canada's, America's or | the French) is played, and thei flag of ttie nation is run up the: peristyle. Sunday's opening track and field | competition brought out four new: Olympic records in addition to; that of Miss Didrikson. The Habe'sj

i Long-striding Ben Eastman and 1 i Chunky Bill Carr, two bitter rivals, < . are America’s leading hopes in the < I 400-meter event, and both have re- ] 1 peatedly beaten the world’s record 1 , for that distance. In the other middle distance | ; events our best bet would seem to . • be “Pen” Hallowell in the 1500 me- • ters. This brilliant young Harvard ■ star is capable of world’s record , time if he runs his race; but his lack s of experience may tell when he faces ■ such veterans as Purje, Lehtinen 1 ’ and the defending champion. Larva, ] • of Finland. Eddie Genung, America’s 800- < ■ meter hope, is an experienced and < I game speedster, but he may lack • the stamina to come through in the* ’ gruelling Olympic competition. i America has no distance runners , who class with the durable foreign , stars in the 6,000 and 10,000-meters . and the marathon. The only U. S. distance man who has a good chance 1 to win his event is “Shuffling Joe” McCluskey, that great Fordham gamster, who broke the world's rec- 1 ord of Harry Larva of Finland in

I Incidentally, was 14" ft., 4 In., I shattering the old world record of |E. Rraumuller, of Germany. Miss I! iUdllksou’s mark was the first Olympic record, for the women's I Javelin has not been un event of ; the games until this year. The other marks were those I made by the following: Leo Sexton. 11. S., fib ft., fi 3-16 in., in the sliotput. Eddie Tolan. U. S., 10.4, hi the | 100-meter. Tisilall. of Ireland, and Ilardlo, !of U. S., 62.8, in the 400-meter I hurdles. J. Kusocin -ki, of Poland, 30:11.4 ' in the 10,000 meters. WILL NOT SEND STATE TROOPS CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE i would be picked up In the State Lo.rles at Greenfitld In order to eacaipe any possible demonstration 1 t tiie State Capitol In Indianapolis. STOLEN HILL IS RETURNED | contiwed From page one likewise will consider the teachi ers' minimum wage bill introduced 1 by Alonzo H. Lindley. Hep., Kingman. and the budget bill, calling for heavy reductions in statig exi penditures, which was passed bv the house in its final session last i week. indications of stronge opposition |to tiie bill which would require farmers and merchants operating trucks, to become public utilities, subject to special taxes, and all 111 erulings of the public sePvice i onunlssion. developed over the week-end. It will he up in. the house during tiie week. Opponents of the bill are contending that instead of the innocent measure to impose a "reasonable" tax on trucks, as they originally supposed, it is a bill backed liy the railroads, to stifle competition.

the 3000-meter steeplechase tryouts. The Finns have held a monop oly on steeplechase victories in the past, but “Shuffling Joe” looks to I be the best this time. The American stars also seem to have the edge over the invaders in j the hurdle races, especially the 110 meter hurdles. Keller, Saling and Beard are three of the greatest hurdlers in history. In the field competition the Yankee athletes outclass the rest in the pole-vault and the high-jump, and should take all three places in these events. The greatest performance of the U. S. Olympic try-outs was Bill Graber’s astounding vault of 14 feet, 4% inches- -an almost unbelievable feat. George Spitz should take care of the field in the high jump. The shot-put will see colorful Leo Sexton engaging in a duel of strength with Hirschfeld of Germany and Douda of Czechoslovakia. Big Leo should cop this one if he doesn’t go to pieces Uimei the strain of his first Olympic competition. CecnrrlsXt, list, Kins VutuiM BrndaaW, 1m

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CLOSE PLAY : DEFEATS YANKS Decision Renderd By Of* 1 filial Permits France To Retain Cup Paris. Aug. 1— <U.R) —A lines- . man’s decision on a close play prevented a fighting Yankee team J from wresting tiie Davis Cup from ] its French defenders, so the hisI torlc tenuis trophy will remain in France for the sixth consecutive year. i This decision occurred at Match Point and took victory from Wllmer Allison of Texas in his singles match yesterday with the basque veteran, Jean Borotra. giving France the necessary three out of five matches to win the series. Borotra was credited with beating Allison 1-6. 3-6, 6-4. 6-2. 7-5 Had Allison been credited with the match, the United States would have taken the series because Ellsworth Vines of Pasadena scored an upset victory over the French ace. Henri Cocliet, In the concluding singles encounter, 4-6, (i-ii, 7-5, 8 6, 6-2. The Americans hail won the doubles match Saturday, and; France had swept the opening two singles contests on Friday. Allison, the rednecked Texan,] was leading in the fifth set, 5 to; 4. at match point, when Borotrai served what appeared to he a double fault. Allison deliberately outed the hall and ran to the net to shake hands with Borotra. thinking he had won the match. But the linesman called the hall good. Allison was dumfounded. So were most of the spectators. Most newspapermen in the press section considered the decision wrong. The same linesman had made three questionable rulings on Allison’s service previously. They were obviously so incorrect that Borotra deliberately outed his next hall after one of them. After the match point decision, the hounding basque resumed his net attack and ran out the match, to the thunderous accelaim of the 12.000 spectators jammed in Roland Garros stadium. "I feel terribly about the whole ' affair," Borotra told the United Press. “I thought the hall was good, although there had been several had decisions previously." "The less 1 say about the decision. tiie better," Allison said. Mayor Is Dentist Binghamton, N. Y. —(UP) —The | fact that Mayor Miles M. Smith also iis a dentist nmkes Miss Neva I Smith's j h a- secretary exasper | ating at times. Such queries as | "Could I get my to.th pulled?” have i been received by telephone on several occasions. Miss Smith said. Sweetly, she informs her inquirers that the Mayor does not pull teeth in City Hall. NOTICE TO BIDDERS Notice is hereby given that the Decatur school board will receive bids f r painting the steel window sas i in the high school building on Friday, August 5, up until 8:30 o’clock. Bids will he for labor only the school board furnishing paint. Two coats will be neces-ary. Bids will he received for washing the windows, including scaffold work. For further information apply M. F. Worttiman su.pt., or Dr. Buri Mangold, ipies. of school board.

Lest He Forget -•$- jatf fill ! wmr AM**? As a mark of gratitude for the preservation of his life, Henry i Wacker, veteran Akron, 0., aviator, takes out this scorched and aging parachute and airs it once a year. On July 11, 1919, Wacker and five 1 others were in the blimp “Wingfoot Express” when it burst into flames over Chicago. Three of the blimp’s passengers were killed, b u * the fchute saved Wacker. Ten others kvere killed when the wreckage crashed into Chicago’s Loop.

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