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BY HENRY McLEMORE (United Pvt** S*«ff Correspondent)BERLIN, Aug. 7.—The Reich* Sport field dessing room, with the flag of “Neusseland” on its door was a madhouse. That is. as near amadhouse as a half hundred wildly excited subjects of Edward VIII could make it.In the center of the little cement -walled room, which reeked with liniment, was Jack Lovelock, looking for'all the world like the last man In the world you would name as the worlds greatest miler. But as he stood there, his blond curls dis-heaveled and with a shy grin on his face, that's Just what he was. For, a few minutes before with one of the greatest sports crowds in history looking on. he had outraced the pick of the world to win the Olympic 1500 meters championship.rfing w on sixa playi Bail*by Splt;threefannedTheBOROALL-fiBailOriffitisfIV% rIIIdi-ariccsm»nosedmid |ch■rew. ,aslids,bees,ened.*rehebyedndrksheBehind hfm when he broke the tape in world record time, vainly trying to match the power in his slim, girlish legs, were such barrel-chested powerhouse runners as Glenn Cunningham of the United State*, Lug! Beccali of Italy, Archie San Romani of the United States. Phil Edwards of Canada, and seven others.“You were pretty hot today, weren’t you?” said the American reporter.liovelock grinned.“I was a bit wound up, wasn’t I.” he answered, “and perhaps it’swell that 1 was for that was a pretty brisk bit of business out there, wasn't it?”Do you think you could have run faster. Jack?” someone asked.“No, I don’t think so,” the little New Zealander answered.“Then, why did you look over your shoulder in the stretch? That must have slowed you up a hit when you saw you were in safely.” “No.” Lovelock answered with a grin. “I always have to peek, you know. It’s very satisfying when you’re* ahead.”“Listen. Jack,” said the American reporter, “quit stalling and tell us what we want to know. Could you have run a faster race than you did?”Lovelock smiled and, turning to the British reporters, said: “TheseAmerican reporters! They will pin you down. They’ve had me at Princeton and now they have me at Berlin. Well, i’ll say this much.I knew I could run to a world record today. I didn’t know If It would j be good enough to win. but I knew someone would have* to do nug^tv well to beat me. Theres no telling what, would have happened in the stretch had we been all together.” j There wasn't an American coach who saw the race who didn't saythat Lovelock, in winning, was theI “hottest” thing he ever saw on the i track and that he finished withlots of run in his legs, j Frank Welch, who coaches San Romani, said it was the greatest j performance he had seen in all his I years of Coaching and that he was proud his boy could finish as well as fourth in such a field,‘Good God.” Welch said. “I clocked him at 56 for his last quarter. You can’t beat that in an automobile!”Wee and r M. Wf Highwea.stplace. Mrs. Boy, lt;for th did ta ing a lunch 30 mi to th about Aboui we atiredeverymadeSidJoecouldwithmavttime.Me didn trip, we geverthisdiffeBehis i pull* whei W itor hike havt prot FI old. first nevi T new The Ra libut E wit! but L a c fail is i lievC mo Ow Ct hi tai Yo /lin 141neiledtes,jysprendde.natmdBillthe%sicmee«-theofLovelock, who must have been kidding when he allowed Sidney Wooderson to beat him three times in England prior to the games, was never worse than fourth at anv time in the race. He took complete charge 3(H) meters from home when he turned on the heat to sail by ( unningham and move to the top of the pack, lie never Has headed. After breaking the tape he swept along half wav around the track, still in beautiful stride.Because of incorrect placing of the starting line lovelock, who was on the far outside, had to run three yards farther than Keicali on the pole. I asked him if he knew the line was in error before the start and he said yea, he did. Asked why he didn’t complain, he said:“I didn’t think it was worth bothering about. I felt very fit and didn’t think three yards would make much difference.”sorIpuinmeonhothlt;th'wefoiMihi!rcicotoarsuWJhisW(illisa-eet,arkllchent: piclord}e ”theLedI/ivelock s great time was a severedisappointment to Cunningham butthe Kan-as bor was sporting about it.‘There s no use saving that I am no* disappointed, for you know this is the second time I have broken the world record for the l 500 and still finished second. he Maid. • hilly Bonthron did It to me in Milwaukee two ear» ago and now IxmlockerJi()\ntc►redhaddoes ii today. But I don't guess a m*n has m jch right to complainwhen he runs » 3 48 4 rare”
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Amarillo, Texas, US
Fri, Aug 07, 1936
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