Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1932, Page 23

SPORTS. Gridders Move Into Olympic Quarters : U. S. Athletes Start Final Tryouts Today STARS AND STRIPES HOITED BY OLDAG Asheville Man Is Chosen Chef to Feed 400 in English- Speaking Section. Md, A Bootk later. work on a he is to ar HE schedule calls for the appear- ance of Fo second contin- nd 9 officials an Greek team, Os- Bv the Associated Press. OS ANGELES, July 15.—Uncle | Sam’s first concerted move | into the village he put up here as a monument to the Olympiad’s athle‘es was to 13 place today when foot ball stars of Yale, Harvard and Prince- ton occupy their quarters with the world’s greatest competitors. It was slender, unassuming | Hans Oldag, a marathon runner, who raised the Stars and Stripes to the masthead yesterday along | with the banners of a dozen other | countries as a forerunner to to- day’s invasion. Oldag, winner of the Salisbury, marathon, was only a step behind the American Olympic Housing Committee, headed by Charles L. Ornstein, which arrived earlier in the day and set up quarters in the administration building. RNSTEIN'S first official act was to engage a chef to feed the army of almost 400, who will move into 8 whole row of cottages in the Eng- lish-speaking scction of the village. Robert James Lyle, formerly of Ashe- yille, N. C., was chosen. Serving with Omstein on the committee are Thomas J. Kanaly and Harry M. Berman. ) the arrival of the Eastern ch meets a Western ag- California, S sity_of Southern demonstration game st 8, it was announced Albie h, Yale backfield star, will arrive 1 the game if in which ar, does not interfere. g Fascist team from Ttal more than 60, and the first group of athletes from Ire- land, are expected to check in. Besides Oldag, three Hungarian mod- | ern pentathlon performers and two offi- | cials, and Hartington Anderson, Dan- §h ‘marathon runner, put in their appearance. GIRLS TRY FOR OLYMPICS A. A. U. Championships to Start| at Northwestern U. Tomorrow. | CHICAGO, Julv 15 (#).—The coun- tri’s woman athletes, crowded out of | the Olympic picture by the activities and arguments of the men's division will do some important running, jump- ing and throwing of their own tomor- v at Dyche Stadium, Northwestern! niversity. The occasion has been labeled the national women's A. A. U. champion- ships, but that angle of the affair will be well subordinated by the fact that! the girls will make their bids for places en_the Olympic team More than 200 cntries from 22 States have been received and the list in-| cludes nearly every American record | holder. | SWIMMING FIELD STRONG | Olympic Hopefuls Among Entrants in Glen Echo Meet. | Leading swimmers of Washington are schgduled to compete next Monday in the second outdoor swim of the season, at the Glen Echo pool A 1 T and Elizabeth Howard, in the Olympic trials in New York Men. A. Meatyard (C. P), England. July 15 (®). | liam Woodward's Praetor, at 7 yester on the Summer Handicap at 2 miles and 24 yards by | a head from Walter Griggs' Blue Don and three others. MRS. VAR}i VS. MISS WALL. EASTERN POINT. Conn, July 15 o Glenna Collett = Vare of | P hia scored a decisive 7 and 6 victory over Mrs. Dorothy Campbell | Hurd of Philadelphia, in a semi-final match of the Griswold Cup tourna- | ment. | Bernice Wall of Oshkoth, Wis., won the other semi-final, 1 up, from Katherine Bragaw of West Orange, N.J i OLSEN TO COACH AT PITT. PITTSBURGH, July 15 (#).—Ap-| pointment of Carl Olsen, former track coach and director of athletics at Frobel High School, Gary, Ind, as| assistant professor of physieal educa- | tion and head track coach at Pitts- burgh has been announced. | WOMEN IN SWIM TESTS. NEW YORK, July 15 ().—Seeking | the right to represent the United States at Los Angeles, the Nation's flnost“ women swimmers begin the two-day | Olympic final trials at Jones Beach | = today. Ceia, ST AE ol WOMEN IN GOLF FINAL. | MILWAUKEE, Wis.,, July 15 (®).—| June Beebe, defending champion, and | Jane Weiler, medalist. both of Chicago, tged off at the Ozaukee Country Club today in _the 3G-hole finals of the ‘Women'’s Western Open Golf Tourna- PLAY GOLF Semi-Public Golf Course || White Flint Golf Club, Inc. || Rockville Pike & Edson Lane | Green Fees Saturdays and | Sundays, 75c DANCES Arransement can be made to rent the jub Ball Room for dances and social functions. Phone management, Kensing- tan 315, or write for reservations, A smooth, high - gloss . 5 finish, in two or more colors THE EVEN NG_STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., Believed Nurmi Ban Will Stand | By the Associated Press. ‘ EW YORK, July 15.—One of the biggest fights of the Olympic games may be fought not on the field, but in the Convention Hall. The games themselves may produce no excitement to rival the battle of words over the question of Paavo Nurmi's status. J. Sigfrid Edstrom of Sweden, president of International Amateur Athletic Federation and chairman of the Council of Seven that suspended Nurmi, refused to discuss any action the committee might take upon his arrival here yesterday. Other officials, however, were of the opinion that Nurmi would not be reinstated when the committee meets at Los Angeles July 28. What- ever the committee’s decision then, Edstrom pointed out, Finland would be able to appeal to the full Con- gress of the I. A. A. F. at its meet- ing the following day. Finnish officials, shipmates of Edstrom’s on the Drotningholm, said Nurmi, in the event he is not rein- stated, will be an unofficial starter in the Olympic Marathon. Some of the more indignant thought it even pos- sible the Finns would withdraw from the games in a body should the I. A, A. F. decline to lift Paavo’s suspen= sion. Nurmi is charged with receiving | excessive expense money in connec- | tion with several European perform- | ances | FAST HARNESS RACE | TO MAY E. GRATTAN Takes Two of Three Swiftest Heats Run in Succession in Grand Circuit Meet. By the Associated Press | OLEDO, Ohio, July 15.—The fastest three consecutive heats of the grand circuit season were stepped last night in the free-for-all pace at Fort Mizmi track. May E. Grattan, driven by C. Earl Pittman, took the opening round in 2:00 14, after a fast dash in the stretch. then repeated in the second heat, lead- ing all the way, to finish in 2:00 1 Calumet Adams, driven by Childs, won the final trip in 2:00 34. | Other stirters in the closely con- tested frce-for-all were Braden Heir, Winnipeg, Cold Cash, Toll Gate and Kinney Direct The 16 trot was won by Frisco in straight heats. Pat, jr., was a straight-heat victor in the "15 trot Bonnie Axworthy took two out of three heats in the 17 class trot His Majesty won both heats of the 2-year-old pace and Brown Berry was victor in two out of three in the 2-year- old trot. [ Morley Nurmi Regrets Never Having Met Ladoumegue, French Star; Believes He Would Have Won ‘The greatest miler—Nurmi or Ladoumegue? One of the Finn's biggest regrets is that the question can never be answered. Nurmi never mei the “Flying Frenchman,” who holds the unofficial world's record of 4:09 2-5 for the distance, and now is barred from the amateur ranks on charges of professionalism. This is the tenth of a series of arti- cles by Paato Nurmi. in which the great Finnish runner in his own way tells the story of his life. BY PAAVO NURML Written for the Assoclated Press. ROM the time when I left the mile to be run by younger men, new talents have appeared on that distance, the overwhelming and outstanding one among whom is the Frenchman Ladoumegue. I have never had the opportunity of running against hum, but I have often seen him at it. I admit that Ladougiegue has of all | the milers T know the most sweeping | stvle. Shadows of the Past BY L C. BRI | ' NCE a world’s champion feather- weight and junior lightweight fighter and owner of a racing stable, Johnny Dundee. now retired, continues to follow his hobbies de- spite the fact that he is neither a horse owner now nor does he par- ticipate in boxing matches as of old. Yet Johnny may be seen al- most daily at the race tracks around New York when the racing season is on, and on days when the “big shots” of the roped square are in training _either at the Ploneer or Stillman’s gymnasiums in New York, Johnny is sure to be among the spectators. You can't take from JOHNNY DUNDEE. him his love for the ring and the track, Few fighters who have reached the top show the marks of their former profession so distinctly as Dundee. Both of his ears are caulifiower his nose is flattened and he speaks almost in a whisper. Johnny was a clever boy in his day. He met the stars in four classes and shined as a topnotcher for many years. His record shows that he has participated in more than 400 fights, and if he had his way he would still be throwing gloves at opopnents, despite the fact that he had reached the peak four years ago. Johnny is one of the few former fighters who continues in training even in retircment. He also is one of the few who has salted away enough dough for a rainy day. (Congright, 1932) WHY PAY MORE? Autos Painted Bodies and Fenders Straightened Super Aute Laundry Inc. 2312-20 Georgia Ave. Opposite Corbs’s Bakery s | the case for me. The power of his ankles is sim- ply enormous. He does not throw his iegs as others do, but simply skips on them in a most supple and foft man- ner. Although a comparatively small man, he stands without doubt far above the others. 1 Pick Myself. What & match it would have been: Nurmi of 1924, Peltzer of 1926 and Ladoumegue of last year, on tie mile! The Lord alone knows who would have won such a run. I have so much van- ity, however, that I should have bet on Nurmi of 1924. My form was par- ticularly fine at that time, and my nerves would most certainly have won Ladoumegue has lost m the greatest duels, among others | miler above all Larva has beaten him both the times the two have run together. Ladoumegue’s results raise him as a of us others. Hard lines for the world that the French Athletic Association have declared him a professional. “The Finnish Wolf.” On medium _distances the greatest opposition has been shown me by “The Finnish Wolf,” Ville Ritola. He is the most energetic and merciless living thing I have ever met in my long run- ning life. Hardly one of the gold diggers of the West or of the self-tor- mentors of the Middle Ages has tor- tured himself in the manner this man did when he prepared himself for the Olympic games in Paris and Amster- dam. I can well remember what some farm laborers said of him when they | saw him training in 1 Before the Summer that devil will have killed himselt.” Well, Ville Ritola is stil alive. If Ritola only had been more loose and supple, I should have had no chance whatever in our duel. His best distance is from the 3 mile up to 6. ‘The 3-mile indoor record which stands for Ritola is frankly extraordinary. There are a couple of excellent run- ners on 5000 and 10,000 meters here in Finland, of whom in another ar- ticle, as they deserve it. (Copyright. 1932. by the Associated Press. AL rionts réserved tn all countries. inelud- ino Finland. Norway and Sweden. Repro- cuction in whole or part forbidden.) OLYMPICS MECCA OFTINCAN GYPSIES Get-There-Somehow-Spirit of | Covered Wagon Days | . Again Rampant. N cided impulse, what with the | arrival this week cf various Eu- | ropean athletic contingents en route | to Los Angeles. Daily reports of the training exploits of American athletes now on the coast and a growing feeling among the youth of the land that the great thing to do just now is to get 1o _Los Angeles, somehow, some way. In this section one notes a very de- cided revival of the old American pio- neering spirit as car after car Jaden with _enterprising youth sets forth on the high adventure of a journey to the Golden West. Los Angeles is golng to be surprised and gratived at an unprecedented influx of Olympic enthusiasts from Maine to Florida and inland, and perhaps amazed, too, at the variety and condi- tion of vehicles that will bear them. Lost generations of motor cars have | been rTesurrected, refurbished and put into_rolling condition—albeit who can say how lopg and how far they will roll. | | ATIONAL reactions to the Olym- | pic games have received a de- | O doubt the various transconti- | nental highways will be marked by derelicts as melancholy, as sugges- tive of brave futility as the skeletons of | horse and ox that used to mark the covered wagon trials when the lure of gold and of productive acres drew the adventurous American westward. But most of the fleet will arrive and | Los Angeles will know how to makef the end of the trail worth while, Among the delcgations of foreign ' PADLOCKED! @ The photo-electric sharpness tester—a secret new Gillette device kept under lock and key—proves conclusively that the Gillette BLUE SUPER-BLADE is the keenest blade we have | | Girl Films Ace Made by Escort EMPHIS, Tenn., July 15 () — A motion picture camera re- corded it when Emmett Spicer, Jr., former Southern golt champlon, | made & hole in 1 on a Memphis | course, &nd there was no trick | about it : | Spicer and Elizabeth Dunscomb | were playing a two-some. They ap- ‘ proached the twelfth hole. Miss Dunscomb made her shot and told | Spicer she would make a motion | picture record of his. | The ball sailed high and true, | struck in front of the pin and drop- | ped in for an ace. The camera fol- lowed it all the way. | athletes the chief note the writer catches is onc of deep interest in the | opportunities of seemng the United | States which have been opened to them. | 'HE sporting factor seems to be in| abeyance. It is as though these im- pressive young exponents of vari- ous sports had come here for the ride, as the saying is, as much as anything. It might pay the Olympic Committee to put on a redskin raid as the trains | bearing our foreign visitors climb the | Rockies or fare over the Sierras. Con- versation with the French particularly leads to the impression they will be disappointed if nothing wild and woolly nappens. So much for the influence | upon the European mind of our cinema exportations which. deal with what is | technically known in Hollywood as| “Westerns. HEADQUARTERS FOR AUTO TRUNKS All Types—$17.50 Up LS. JULLIEN, Inc 1443 P St. North 8076 . ever produced. FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1932, DOPE OVERBOARD AS GREATS CLASH Uncle Sam Will Pick Three From Each of 18 Events for Olympic Team. === BY ALAN GOULD, Assoclated Press Sports Editor, ALO ALTO, Calif.,, July 15.— Out here in the beautiful Santa Clara Valley, where athletic speed and brawn are listed among the prime prod- ucts, America called the roll today of her greatest battalion of track and field warriors for the purpose of picking the Olympic team. Upon the outcome of these try- outs, including preliminaries to- day and finals tomorrow, will de- pend the makeup of shock troops which will carry the Nation's shield into action in the tenth| Olympiad’s classic events at Los Angeles two weeks hence. Barring the distance events m which the United States admittedly is out- classed, the final tests here, combined with the 1932 national championships. figure to produce an aggregation well equipped to meet the challenge of the rest of the track and field world. The American forces will be based on the first three men in each of the 18 events on the program. The meet brings to & climax the series of sec- tional tryouts and puts on display a Eost of champions and record-holders, vouthful sensations and seasoned cam- paigners, plus a sprinkling of ‘“dark norses.” OST of the main arguments, in- cluding the Bill Carr-Ben East- man duel, in the 400 meters, and the fight of at least a dozen sprint aces for the six coveted places in the dash line-up, will not be settled unti! Saturday. The preliminaries, neverthe- less, packed the prospect of enough ! thrills to attract, it was expected, from 10,000 to 15,000 spectators into Stanford Stadium. | Tickets were only 55 cents, including ! SPORTS. the new Federal tax, gor today's pre- view, and $1.65 for the big show tomor- TOW. Stanford authorities announced there would be no broadcast either day from the stadium. Meanwhile, the coaches and experts who have been figuring themselves dizzy trying to name the place-winners in advance, prepared to toss most of their dope into the waste basket end let the athletes speak for themselves with actual performances. HE extraordinary class of the field in almost every event has had critics all tangled up in arguments for days, centering around such “naturals” as the Eastman-Carr affair, the sprint rivalry among Toppino, Wykoff, Metcalfe and Tolan, the chal- lenge of 1,500-meter runners to Gene Venzke, the shotput duel between Brix and Sexton, and the high hurdles test | among Saling, Beard and Keller, all world_record smashers. Looking for possible upsets, dope- sters picked Leo Lermond as the run- | ner to watch in the 1,500, if anybody | is to upset Venzke. The pair are clubmates as well as keen rivals and Lermond is just as anxious to gain revenge for the lic ings he took at Venz as Eastman is to turn the tables on | Carr, the Pennsylvania express. ALPH METCALFE, the flashy Ne- gro sprinter from Marquette Uni- | versity, making his first Olympic bid, will be watched closely in his at- tempt to win a place in both the 100 and 200 meter dashes. He is credited with shattering world records in each. He faced a stiff assignment, however, trying to outfoot Wykoff, Toppino and Tolan in_the 100, besides tackling Hec Dyer, Bob Kiesel and George Simpson, as well as Tolan and Wykoff again, in the 200. Coaches named James John- son, dusky flyer from Illinois State Normal, as the outside threat to sprint favorites. Eastman’s first competitive reaction to his only defeat of 1932 was awaited with eager interest, especially by West Coast observers who had considered the Stanford star unbeatable. Big Ben passed up an almost certain Olympic 800-meter triumph in order to gain a return duel with Carr and concentrate on the 400. Eastern critics figured Eastman again might be upset by the free-for-all method of running the 400 in the tryouts, as contrasted with the use of lanes for this event in the actual Olympic games. 'HE cream of American college milers was included in the 1500-meter field, among them Joe Mangan of Cornell, Pen Hallowell of ard, Glen Cunningham of Kansa: Crowley of Manhattan, Henry ith of Fra Brocks e’s heels indoors | Shielded by BY PAUL ZIMMERMAN, Assaciated Press Sports Writer. OS ANGELES, July 15.— The Paavo Nurmi problem, not to be confused with one of similar name confronting the Interna- tional Amateur Athletic Federation, has descended upon the local organizing committee of the Olympic games. All of which accounts for the guard posted today in front of the Phantom Pinn's cottage door in the Olympic village. Amateur status troubles to the right of him, injury troubles to the left of him, while to the front gathered an ever increasing crowd of well wishers | and the curious, was too much for the taut nerves of the greatest distance runner of all time. 'O put it mildly, Nurmi objected. It was his plan to find hiding in the crowds of the Pueblo De Nuestra Senora La Reina De Los Angeles, far from the prying eyes of those who werc wont to search out the greatest in the city of champions. Finally Peavo was prevailed upon to accept the hospitality of the athletes’ sanctuary, with benefit of added guard. Which to'the thousands who have tried to crash the gate of the International Settlement, without so much as setting foot inside the 200-acre fenced and pa- trolled premises, will be hard to under- stand. The Organizing _Committee. having Indiana and Frank Nordell of New York University. They faced none to bright an outlook, however, with Venzke and Lermond in the lists and only three places on the team available altogether. Ralph Hill, the Oregon collegian, who set an American outdoor mile record of 4.1225 in 1930, was an outstanding can- didate in the 5.000-meter run. | Almost obscured by the spotlight on Olympic aspirations was the A. A. U. national championship feature of the two-day program. The New York Athletic Club’s brilliant squad was a top-heavy choice to take the team title away from the Los Angeles A. C. in this phase of the contest. Lowest Prices Ever Offered on Goodyears Goodyear tires are better this year than Week End Specials Auto ClockMirror Non-glare mirror and pendable 30-hour guaran- ever before. An history. worn tires when came from the w factories cost so de- delay. Drive in. teed clock—fits all cars indispensable convenience for daily driving. 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F. does about it, Nurmi | helped himself to a quiet workout yes- terday morning on the village streets | before the international traffic was astir. | The few who saw him said there was | no evidence of the limp displayed at his initial workout here Local track followers point out further that athletes bothered with Achilles tendon injuries have been able to_compete without serious handicap. Meanwhile, John Roman, Polish at- tache, complains that Nurmi's past | reputation has made it so that Jannusc | Kusocinski, long-distance runner for | that nation, “doesn’t get a break in the newspapers.” | “Kusocinski (who arrived two days ago) beat Nurmi in Posen in a regular | 4-mile run last June 29.” said Roman “Kusocinski is the fastest and best en- durance runner that will be entered in the Olympic games. 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