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SwimmersInFirstympic Tests•mmMl4MMMMROME (/T*—Two California teen-age girls and a pairof powerful college men upheld U.S. swimming prestigeChampion Loseswith successful qualifying performances as the first fullIn Women’s Golfday of Olympic competition opened in the Eternal City.mmmPatty Kempner, 17, and Anne Warner, 15, gained thefinals of the women’s 200-meter breaststroke, and LanceLarson of the Universityof Southern California and Calif., was third to the GermanBruce Hunter of Harvard R^Mn 2:55.5., . , ... I Miss Warner, 15. of Menlo Park,mehed the men lt;100-met- ^ ^ ta ,h, fiM|er free-style semifinals. (heat to veteran Dutch competitorHost Italy won the first gold Ada Dio Haas. Min Warner’imedal r*f the games. The hard-rid- time was 2:56.3 against the win*TULSA. Okla. (U PI)- BlondeJoanne Gunderson of Kirkland, Wash., held the favoqfe’a role as the U$GA National Women'* golf tournament headed into the semifinal round today at Tulsa Country Clubing Italian cyclists captured the ning clocking of 2:54.1,000 . kilometer (62-mile) road Over-all, Miss Kempner’s timetime trial with Germany second was sixth best and Miss Warner'sand Russia a surprising third. The eighth and last in the field that United States finished far back in (will go in Saturday night’s finalthe 33 team field.Larson, a 20-year-old from HRussia defeated Mexico 11*49 In 1 Mont, Calif., lad ffca mta’t 100-basketball and France and Ro- meter qualifiers in 55.7 secondsHemama won water polo matches Other (nomine events included * heat.won the seventh and finalfrom Cam-Miss Gunderson, 1957 USGA champion, moved into the semifinal session with a hefty 7 and 6 victory over Natasha Matson ofWiehita* Kan., but it waa anotherKansan, Jean Ashley, of Chanute, who boosted her into the forefront.Hunter, 21,morningcanoeing, modern pentathlon and bridge, Mass, won the sixth heatfield hockey.in : 56.6 and ranked aixth amongMiss Ashley, a willowy 21-vear-;.y w T. 7. ’ : ;• *• ■■ mold schoolteacher, ousted defending champion Barbara Mclntire of Lake Park, Fla , from the tournament Thursday, with a clutch eight-foot putt on the 18th,Miss Gunderson was to meetThe first Olympic record to fall the 24 qualifiers who race tonightcame in the women’s swimming * in the semifinals.The Australian of de-when powerful Wiitrud Urselmann j of Germany won the third of four j fending Olympic champion Jon heats in 2:52. The old standard Henricks and world record holderwas 2 53.1, by Ursula Happe of John Devitt also qualified with Germany at Melbourne in 1956. j heat victories. Devitt did 56 Hat Miss Kempner, of Beverly Hills, and Henricks :56.9.Judy Eller of Old Hickory, Ttftfl., tbdav, while Miss Ashley was paired with Ann Casey Johnstone of Mason City, Iowa.Mrs. Johnstone eliminated Curtis Cup team member Anne Quastof Marysville, Wasn., 2 and I. Miss Eller, 1957-58 junior cham-Dion. advanced to the semi-finals
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Fri, Aug 26, 1960
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