Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1928, Page 33

RUNNERS HAVE YET T0 SCORE A FIRST Big Lead Gained by America Has Been Due to Wins in Field Events. BY ALAN 1. GOULD Associated Fress Sports E AMSTERDAN. Hollar there's a sta America an t of fi g worse than ever be- the Oly track and field faces tr nt b nd skill in the d has been piling point lead the team, the nd hurd] uffered of reversal thought they had v ebb at Px 1. Vears the relays and the haven't been better than the present nished that well s events Prospects Arc Bright. of the ED HAMM SCORE FOR UNCLE SAM IN OLYMPICS P. Photc Olympic Victors e Joie Ray lead G has ever had First Day 16-Pound Yankees en- States. wew world | Running high G G| States nan-Smith South Africa to and the German flier. Helmut who equalled the Olympic rec- shot-put—Kuck, jump—King. 10,000-Meter run—Nurmi, Second Day. Finland. United United in the trials. as a 200-meter obsta- Jackson V. Scholz, Charley Pad- d H v Cumming 400-meter runners, especially, asant a prospect when them includes such Lowe, Briton. who Sera Martin, the d holder, and six others in battle in the 800 meters yes- 100-meter dash—Williams, Canada. | 400-meter hurdles—Lord Burghley. Great Britain. 16-Pound hammer ghan, Ireland. Yesterday. 100-Meter dash (women)—Miss Rob- inson, United States. | 800-Meter run—Lowe, Great Britain. | Running broad jump—Hamm, United | throw—0'Calla- | AT A ELIZABETH ROBINSON, —P. & A. Photo. | longer- - -Larger- - - More MecAleer’s 78 Ties for Second In Muny Title Qualifying Test score as the second half of the | 36-hole qualifying test got undi way today, Earl McAleer, st southpaw golfer of East Potomac Park, was in a favorable spot as the 134 starters in the national public links | golf championship moved out over the difficult course at Cobb's Creek today fo determine the 32 survivors who will qualify for the title. McAleer is tied for second place at 78 Charles W. Cole of East Potomac Park, captain of the Washington Hard- ing Cup team, has a good chance to| qualify, for he stood at 84 as he started | the second qualifying round. The ex- perts have doped it out that a 36-hole score of 168 will qualify. The other Washingtonians are not in such good shape. John R. Miller of Rock Creck Park, with 86, stands on the ragged edge, while Bradley H. Burrows, with an 89 over the first round, needs a scintillating score today to get in under the wire. A. T. Wannan Is in much the same fix, for his card of 90 yesterday left him a good deal to do today. The local Harding Cup_team, con- | isting of Cole, McAleer, Burrows and | Miller, scored 338 for the first half of | the qualifying round, only six shots| back of the leading Pittsburgh team, | defending the title. Washington, how- ever, was In fifth place. behind St Louis, Cleveland and Baltimore. McAleer, who won the qualifying round of the championship at Dayton in 1924, was out in steady golf ta the eighteenth, where h took a 5 for a 78. Cole was out in 43 and back in 41. Miller added a 44 HILADELPHIA, Pa., August 1.—. P Three shots behind the leading | over the second nine to his out nine | Jof of 42 for his 86. and Burrows got out in 46 and back in 43 for his card of 89 Wannan scored 44--46 for a 90, By the Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, August 1.—Frank Brok! of St. Paul led the pack today | as contenders for the National Public | Links Golf Championship entered the | 40 and played | E | second stage of the qualifying round. In his first 18 yesterday, Brokl spun a 5, three strokes below Samuel Gra- ham, Pittsburgh; Earl McAleer, Wash- ington. and Elliott Martin, Jacksonville, who tied for second best. C. J. Lunden, | Pittsburgh, was the only other player to break 80. His score was 79. A score of 106 was the highest Thirty-two competitors will be eligible for match play rounds, with indications that 165 for 36 holes will qualify. | When late finishers were turning in their scores, the gallery showed keen interest in proceedings concerning the participation in the tournament of two negroes—Robert Ball of Chicago and Elmer Stout of Newark I 1L was the first time in the public| links championship that the color line has been involved, and for hours the | committee in charge considered the sit- | uation. Some recommended exclusion | of the two coniestants, but after long discussion they were permitted to com- pete. Both finished the low 80s and | seemed reasonably certain of qualifying. Jim Reidy of Worcester, Mass., 49, is the oldest player among the 136 in- | dividual entries. His three sons are | also competing. The youngest player is | Don O'Brien, 15, of Baltimore, Of the 23 four-man teams competing | for the Harding Trophy, the Pittsburgh | team, including Carl Kauffmann, de- | fending_public links champion, was in the lead with a total of 332 points. St Louis was second with 335 and Cleve- land third with 336. The leaders St. Paul Minn sonville. Fia shington. D, C. Pittsburgh Bittshurgh Valoita, Cleveland. Ohio. . wnifl. Newark. N. 4. I3 Brideport BURLINGTON, Vi, August 1 (#).— William L. (Larry) Gardner, former Red Sox and Cleveland base ball player, has been chosen head coach of the University of Vermont base ball team for next season. He was graduated from Vermont 20 years ago. Conn OLYMPICS IN NUTSHELL By the Associated Press, TODAY'S PROGRAM. 200-meter dash—Semi-finals and final. 110-meter hurdles—Final. Pole vault—Trials and final. 3,000-meter steeplechase—Trials. 1.500-meter run—Trials. 800-meter run (women)—Trials. YESTERDAY'S FEATURES. Douglas Lowe. Great Britain, broke Olympic record to win 800-meter final; Lloyd Hahn finished fifth Ed Hamm, United States, broad-jumped 25 feet 43 inches, to break Olympic mark and win championship; Alf Bates, Penn State, finished third Chicago girl, Elizabeth Robinson, captured 100-meter title for women in world record time of 12 1-5 seconds. Lillian Copeland, Californian, was second in discus throw for women, won by Halina Konopacka, Poland, with new world mark of 129 feet 11 113-128 inches. Leighton Dye and Steve Anderson, Americans, qualified for 110-meter hurdles final, but individual honors went to G. C. Weightman-Smith, South Africa, who broke world record by stepping distance in 14 3-5 seconds. Charley Borah was eliminated in 200-meter trials, but Pad- dock, Scholz and Cumming qualified; Koernig, German ace, equaled world record of 21 3-5 in one heat. :Je(: Lermond and Mac Smith survived 5,000-meter qualify- ing test. Allie Morrison, University of Illinois, won only American ~ictory in catch-as-catch-can wrestling final. Foils fencing championship went to Italy. Leading point scores—United States, 71; Great Britain, 29: Sweden, 21; Germany, 18; Finland, 17. MACDONALD. COURT STAR.[ U. S. CHESSMEN THIRD, MARRIED AT ROCKVILLE| WITH HUNGARY AT TOP Alfred H. (Mickey) Macdonald. for- | THE HAGUE, August 1 (®.—Eun- mer Central High School basket ball | zarv. with 36!, still is in the lead in star and more recently a luminary with | the Olympic tournament of the Inter- various local independent court teams, ”flnflllCh!‘fi Federation. 4 e don il 2 Pi ‘The other standings follow: and Miss Helen Kelly of 1012 Fifth | Ch® Oes Siam ,: United_ States, streei mortheast cloped to Rockville, | 231 Austria, Poland, Sweden. Md.. last night. where they were mar- | Switzerland and France, 24!; each; ried. Rev. H. K. Pasma of the Rock- | Denmark, 24: Argentina and Belgium, ville Presbyterian Church performed the | 221, each: Holland, 21;: Germany and ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. J. Earle Moser | Rumania. 20'; each; Latvia, 17%2; Italy, attended the couple. 1 d Spain. 9 States. Competition Is Keener. Discus throw (women)—Miss Kono- | Naturally we are sorely disappointed Packa, Poland. | showing so far,” declared Head o | Lawson Robertson. “Any ex- FIGHT PILOT SUSPENDED. will sound like alibis so I hate but two things accoun!| GHICAGO, August 1 (P.—Jack Hur- ets. The first is lack of 1oy manager of Billy Petroile, the Fargo. foning facilities after our N pak, lightweight, was suspended and The boys used half a dozen | his Jicense revoked by the Illinois State Athletic Commission for using oint- ment on the body and face of Petrolle in his fight here last week with Jack | Berg of Engiand Lluxurious - ut after landing. You see t the edge is gone and they lack her explanation is the faster n. 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