Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1928, Page 15

INPROVING N N. L Recent lntersechon Series Show Shift in Power of Major Circuits. August 10, al major league fes, just ended tighten re- the Eastern ational League and rts of the American 1 Invaders in the Pittsburgh The 33 most of the 13 and lost New York VON FORAT ADVANCES AS HEAVY CONTENDER : 3 10 —Norway ric pugilist. Otto Ven Porat, was ad- vanced another step in his quest for as . serious contender for world heavyweight throne. und bout before 11,000 nigi.t at Mills Stadium. n the judges’ decision over n contender, Plerre um { n knocked the Beigian vyweight champion down for a count ine in the second round with a s< to the chin and then, seven close rounds. clinched the by a furious finish a game battle and vegian by his long ‘s to the fac~ Although stunned by setback in the second round, he unished Von Porat considerably in the Iy- the most successful Summer season from ipoint, about $23,000 at the gate By the Associated Press. WEST NEW YORK. N. J derski, Syracuse, N. Y. knocked out Leo Lang, Australia (1). Gus Berger, Brooklyn. defeated Pietro Corri, Al tria (10). “Man M-untain” Erickson, Minneapolis, technically knocked out Red Cap Griffin. Louisville (1) NEW YORK.—Han Ebbets knocked out Johnny Ha Engnampton «2) CHICAGO.—Otto way, defeated Pierre Charles. (10). Heakon Hansen. Norway, won from Floyd Hybert. Cleveland (5). Marty Gallagher, Washington, defeated Art Malay, Chicago (5). Ward Sparks, Detroit, outpointed Bobby Herman, Los Angeles (5). Lew Terry, St. Louis, won from Tony Escalante, Los Angeles (5). Billy Hoon, Davenport, Iowa. and Fred dahen, Los Angeles, drew (5 LANSING. Mich.—Chuck Wiggins Indianapolis. knocked out Carl Augus- tine, St. Paul (51 CLARK, 8. D finot, N. Dak 8. Dak., ¢rew (10) lp. 8. Dak Sioux Palls (10) DAVENPORT. Iowa.—Johnny Cline. Fresno, Calif.. won from Chief Elkhart Pueblo, Colo. (10 ny Sanders, Chi- eago, shaded Battling Clemens. Joplin, Mo. 110). Jack Decker. Moline, 1II technically knocked out Buster Sodd Roc «4). Billy Mason, eated Battling Ponce Herb Sellers. Moline | Carlson, Davenport (4) —Paul Swi- Pree- tack von Porat, Nor- Belgium Herman Ratzlafi and Clyde Hull, Faith, Felix Byrnes, Phil- Tommy McGuire HARTFORD BEATS BRAVES. RTFORD, C August 10 (#).~ defeated the Boston Braves 4 to 0 behind the fine pitching of Russell Van Atta, Yankee rookle. 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Rowing, finals; swimming, water polo, fencing, gymnastics and equestrian sports. | Yesterday's Features. | George Kojac, United States, set new world record in winning | 100-meter backstroke swimming championship. Walter Laufer, sec ond, and Paul Wyatt, third. Time, 1.08 1-5 Americans made clean sweep in women's springboard diving. with Helen Meany, first; Georgia Coleman, second, and Dorothy Poynton, third. American women's 400-meter relay team won championship, with Great Britain second, setting new Olympic record. Albert Zorilla, Argentina, won men’s 400-meter free style, with Charlton, Australia, second. Americans, Clarence Crabhe, Austin Clapp and Ray Ruddy finished fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively. Zor- rilla also set a new Olympic record Fraulein Schrader of Germany won women's 200-meter breast stroke. Gertrude Hoffman, only American finalist, came in fifth. Fourth new Olympic record made by American men’s 800-meter | relay team in qualifying for final Walter Colbath, Pete Des Jardines and Mic hael Galitzen, United States, qualified for high-diving American water polo team lost to Fr: competition. Danish yacht Hihi won 6-meter championship, with Norway, sec- ond, and Esthonia, third. Frieda, American entry, fifth. France won in 8-meter yachting: Holland. second, and Sweden, third Charles McIlvane and Paul Costello. United States, defeated Losert and Flessl of Austria in semi-finals for double sculls, mak- ing fourth American crew to reach finals Swiss four without coxswain entered finals by beating Poland Hungary won team championship in saber fencing, with Itaiy second, and Poland, third. American team did not reach finals. Three American boxers reached semi-finals. John Daly, bantam- weight, defeated Szeles, Hungary: Harry Devine, featherweight, de- feated Vakeva, Finland, and Stephen Holaiko, lightweight, defeated Buonfiglio, Argentina. Harry Henderson, American middleweight, beaten by Hermanek. Czechslovakia, and Alex Kaletchitz, heavyweight. knocked out in first round by Sorsdal of Norway in other quarter-final bouts. | U. S. Olympic Swimmers Share In Shattering World Records bantamweight: Harry De- | Vine, featherweight, and Stephen Ho- | laiko. lightweight, reached the semi- finals, winning their bouts by decisions. | Lieut. Harry Henderson. middleweight of the United States Navy, lost a close | decision to Hermanck of Czechoslovakia and Alex Kalstchitz, heavyweight, who | drew Byes in the preliminaries, got into !action for the first time and got out of it again by the knockout route in the | @rst round. Sorsdal of Norway was the victor. AMERICAN ATHLETES nce, 2 and 1, in third-place | Br John Daley, MSTERDAM. August 10.—Water A is known ns & somewhat un- the Associated Press. stable element and the records Iade in it by swimmers seem to partake of that instability. Pew of them stand very long. The oldest world mark found in the record book was made in 1921, and a new record in that event is listed as applied for. while the only Olympic records made prior to 1924 that still stand are for distances no longer on the Olvmpic_program The present Olvmpic swimming events bid fair to equal the record-breaking orgy at Paris. In five races yesterday, two world marks and three Olympic records. fell IN LONDON FOR MEET For the second time in three days George Kojac of New York yesterday clioped Jimmy House's world mark of | e e 1:101-5 for the 100-meter backstroke, | LONDON. Augu o dndrid o i Tt v two full seconds in |Overnight from Amsterdam. 56 Ameri- winning the champlonship. In a pre- |can olympic track and field athletes | liminary heat on Tuesday, Kojac had arrived in London today for a meet to- | e 0945 " Walter | morrow with British athletes at Stam- | sweep for the United States in the [0 BUABC, 0 0o the | FinslmWon by Albert Zorlla Arsentina. | event by finishing second and third. parey said He was fully satisfied with | secona. 8iodis ATne Bore, Sweden. third. | German Girl Scores. the r;sum of the Olympics. | g United 'States. | o | “The American team showing.” he | b far u > | Praulein Schrader, German breast | i "0 M fictying There s | (Both Zorlila and Charlton lowered existing nothing to complain about and every. Olympic record.) thing to be happy about MEN'S 100-METER FREE-STYLE SWIM. record performance in winning the women’s 200-meter breaststroke in 3:12 3-5. nearly six seconds better than the listed mark. Gertrude Hoffman, the only American finalist, was badly beat- en, finishing fifth. Albert Zorilla, Argentine swimm who received his training in New York new Olympic record merely as a side issue in his surprising feat of snatching the 400-meter free | style crown from under th: noses of | Andrew Charlton of Australia and Arne Borg of Sweden. who were expected to fight it out for the championship. Th-| three American entries, Clarenc MEN'S 100-METER BACK-STROKE SWIM. “The Olympics were conducted bet- | Won oy George Koiac. United ter than any previous ones and the | 3t auter, United & | standards were very high with the re- | 3,.‘2\.."‘”‘ wyau. Ghitca States. third sults proportional to the standards. | Beresford. Gr. M Thie American teagn was in 800d con- | 1-060 (new worid re-ord.) * | dition and fine spirfls throughout.” | WI‘IMIN‘I 400- M| RELAY. Questioned about British reports of | Final-Won by Uniied Staies (Misses overeating aboard the American’s ship. fieuide Lambert, Eleanor Garattl, Martha the President Roosevelt, Maj. Walsh | second. South CAfics Cthird < Germann: said: “There was no overtraining or | fourth; France ffthi Hollund sixth fin: = 5 | % was disaualified ‘for_faulty nll&:;:;ll;‘lnuxkP;:O::Z:\‘Lni:n"l he con. | i8Y Sarting and” placed last). " Time | tinued 3 5438, oW Biympic Tecora) he men are in fine condition And | "peeer wor oy rr i REAST-STROKY. won't_require more practice unless they [ manv.. Miss Marie Baron. Hoiland. second Crabbe, Austin Clapp and Ray Ruddy. | feel themselves in need of it In that | MIss Muehe, Germany. third: Miss ‘Jacon: finished fourth, fifth and sixth event Battersea Park has been placed | jan, DHImMALE glourth uge Hoft- | The other two Olympie records went | at our disposal by the Amateur Ath. | Bmien ™ iain S4eae Mt Hazeliu to the American women's 400-meter re- | letic Assoclation. Stamford Bridge | w, g 'ING iy team, which had an easy time win- | ground where the meeting will be held | * piacr. Won 1o i e G BOARD. ning the event, and the men's 800- | tomorrow is not being used today be- s.:m"u?'r,'é"u"‘ e Bt Povrten | meter relay aggregation. which set the | cause the assoctation wishes to keep it | United 8ia ond. 73,68 poynts. MIss new mark in qualifying for the final. |in first class condition Georsla Coleman: Uniica States. (hird, 1938 Although there are no records to break in the diving events, the Ameri- can entries kept pace with their swim- | ming teammates. The American women made a clean sweep in th: springboard | diving. Helen Meany took first place with Georgia Coleman, second. and Dorothy Poynton, third, while Walter | Colbaath, Pete ~Des Jardines and | Michael Galitzen of the United States | all qualified for the final of the men's high diving With the water polo championship al- ready decided. the ‘American team fell | by th> wayside in the third place com- tition, losing to France, 2 to 1 Four United States Crews in Final. A dull rowing day produced only tw Charles Mclivane and Paul Cos- tello of Philadelphia crossed the finish line two lengths ahead of Losert and Flessl of Austria in the semi-final of the double sculls, giving the United States four crews in the finals out of seven events. The Swiss four oared crew, without coxswain, entered the final of that event by beating Poland The American boxil team had a 600 average for the day, winning threc quarter final bouts and losing two. sixth. " Time United States Tires Are Lower in Price—Easier You get United States Tires without a minute's delay. Get them without wading through irritating red tape, and answering embarrassing questions, One dollar down puts a new set on your car. Spe- cial reductions on United States Tires this week. You get them NOW at the year's lowest prices. R. C. A. UX-201-A Tubes Hydrometers Standard oil, 1 gal. Standard oil, 5 gal Standard oil, gal., bulk Rogae. Standard cup grease, 15N, .19¢ Mobiloil A or Archc, gal. can .. 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