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OB? Til* QtntU't SpOttt Ml ter)Loa Angeles, July FUgs of Stnations are flying over Olympic village today and behind them athletes from as many countries are busy tapering off for the tenth Olympiad. Most of the track and field contestants finished Intensive training Wednesday on Bovard field, at the University of southern California, and 'will confine their remaining workouts to the quiet and protected “mushroom” tract in southwest Los Angeles,With the United State# represented by Its greatest team in history, critics have been predicting anAmerican victory out loud. But a 2-day visit at the practice field convinced members of our party that the foreigners are keeping pace in this year of record smashing. Individual!^ the invaders are on par with the Americans, but collectively, with the exception of possibly Finland, it doubtful if enough stars are banded together under one flag to constitute a serious threat to our supremacy. *The American team has used Bo-varfl field exclusively -for its workouts. We crashed the gate there Monday and again Tuesday fwe meaning Bill Harglss, Ira Stocks-brand, of Independence, and myself). Our interest first, of course, were centered in the four Kansas boys on the team. Three of them Jim Bausch, Buster *Charle» and Clyde Ooffman, are representing the U. B. in the decathlon while the fourth, Glenn Cunningham, is a contestant- in the 1,500 meters. A fifth Kansan, Pete Mehrlnger, the K, U. football star, is a standard bearer in heavyweight wrestling.Cunningham a Favorite.Of the lot, Cunningham is given the best chance to place in his event. He had a lot of tough breaks in the trials at Palo Alto where he was beaten by Hollowell, of Harvard, and Crowley, of the New York^ A. C., but his coach, Brutus-Hamilton, believes his powerful protege from Elkhart has a great chance to beat out these boys next week. Remember, Cunningham beat the touted Gena Venzke to qualify. And by the way, this Venzke boy took his beating like a man. He is still here and has been running every day at Bovard field, where he is extremely popular with those lucky enough to gain admittance.Of course, Cunningham will have stern competition from the foreigners. Chief among his adversaries will be Purje and Larva, of Finland: .Lovelock, Australia, and Conf and 'Hampton, of Great Britain.The all-Kansas delegation in' the decathlon fa given little chance in the 10-event program where the great Finns, Achilles Jarvinen and Yjorla rule the roost. YJovla won the event in the 192B Olympics but Jarvinen has since established a new world's record. Other accepted leaders in the decathlon are Sievert, Germany, whom we watched work out yesterday at the village; Hart, of South Africa; Dzuja of Latvia, and Callahan, of Ireland.In our visits to the practice fields, we have seen many of the outstanding candidates in action. Our mouths -opened as Dcuda, the Czeck weight tosscr/heaved the shot 53 feet, 5 inches, with seemingly little effort. He has tossed the iron ball 54 feet, 4 inches, considerably beyond the accepted world record of 52 feet. 3-4 inch, held by our own Jqhn Kuck. Kuck, by the way, failed to qualify out here after winning the event in 1928. Hlrschfleld, of Germany, is another invader who can toss the ball away and Kale Jarvinen, of Finland, has an accepted toss of 53:3 to his credit.A Family of Athletes.And right here, we may as well tell you about this Jarvenin family of athletes. Three Jarvenin brothers are representing Finland this year, Matti, Achilles and Kale. All are holdera of world’s records. Mattl has tossed the javelin 248 feet, Achilles, rs we said before, holds the decathlon record, and Kale’s mark in the shotput is the recognized world’s record. Their rather, Ver-ncr Jarvinen, won the discus event at the 1906 Olympic* with a performance of 138 feet.And while we are on Finland, let's talk about Nurmi and Lehtinen, the great distance stars. Nurmi's eligibility comes up for consideration Friday. He has been cleared of professional charges by his own Olympic committee and the matternow liet in the hand* of th* Olympic oongTrs. 1 have heard nd read a lot about Nurmi but here are aotne figures, compiled by Brutus Hamilton, who lives with m, which the great Finn’s record more understandable. The marsthoo. Is run over a 28-mlle course and Nurmi runs the event at the rate of a mile in 5 minutes, 25 seconds. Try running a mile sometime in 5:38 and then stack 25 more of them on topof it! Lehtinen runs the 5,000 meters (3 miles, ISO yard*) at the rate of 4:37 for each mile. We saw the Finnish delegation lounging around Tuesday at the village, where their quarters are the focal objective or mtny eyes. The Finns ate wall , at the edge of the camp and keep much to .themselves.Watching the Sprinters*Of course, we got a big Mek watching the workouts of such Utah as Metcalfe, Tolan and Simpson, thg American sprint representatives. Meecalfe, who won both, the 100 and 2lt;w meter trials at Palto Alto is a giant colored boy, who start»%ather slowly but who' ,can stride .Uke an ostrich, after once gettingj *away. Tolan, also colored, is mudh smaller, and bounce* down the trck like a rubber ball. Simpson, who burned up the tracks whila at Ohio State, is Just coming into his own again and may surprise his dusky teammates in the Games.' - Williams, of Canada,- the dash winner in „th* 1928 games. Is the big question mark of the training, camp. They say fie is not in the best condition but no one really knows. His workouts have been more or less in secret. Germany with Kunuth and Koeroig, is the greatest threat to the Americans and Williams.Ben Eastman, thedStanford flash, Joined his teammates. here Monday and Is seen daily tuning 'tip for the 400 meters. He practices with hii 2-time conqueror, Carr,, of Pennsylvania. Many think Eastman’s best, race is the 800 meters but h* chose the .400 at Falto Alto, undoubtedly to get another chance at Carr. But Carr, who is .a midget, repeated his victory of the National Intercollegiate. Keller,. the Ohio State timber topper, is another, boy we have watched cloeely. George SaJing, of Iowa, is another 100-meter hurdle candidate who is kept busy signing autograph books. Some think he should be in the 400 meter hurdles, where the old U, 8. is admittedly weak. The favorite in this event is Lord Burgh!ey, the Eng-' lish nobleman, who is creating a big stir here. We saw him at a distance Tuesday in his street clothes.The American 400 meter relay team, composed of such darh stars aa Kiesel, Topplno, Dyer and Wykoff broke the accepted world record In practice Tuesday while we looked on.Another outstanding foreigner wesaw practicing is a Philippine whose name everyone has trouble spelling. We won’t even attempt it. Anyway, he tied for fourth at the last games anti then leaped 8 feet, « 5*8 inches, in the Jump-off, exceeding the winning performance. There are no ties in the Olympics. The American trio this year is oomposed of Van Osdol, Spitz and Johnson, the latter a colored Los Angeles high school boy. They all cleared 6 feet,8 5-8 inches at Palo Alto. The three work out each afternoon under the guidance of Dean Cromwell, assistant to Head Coach Lawson Robertson.I was lucky enough to have a short talk Tuesday with T. W. Leslie, of New Zealand, one of the three starters In the meet. He is starting the boys at Bovard field'in their practice sessions. Leslie has served as an Olympic starter for 58 years.Two Kansas boys, Frank and Charlie Cramer, of Gardner, dealers In athletic first-aid equipment, art in charge of the Olympic rubbing rooms here. Other Kansans we have seen are Vic Hurt, former Emporian who now is coaching at Oklahoma Baptist unlviraity; Junior Thomas, of Dunlap, coach at El Dorado Junior college; Clem Tuggle, Teachers College grad and now coaches at Atchison, and Dick Godlove, former Eureka coach and now located at Leavenworth.—a. K.iIf1if(t(iSI]1lt;Masonic Lodge Win*.The Emporia Masonic lodge No. 12 wiped up the Teachers College ball diamond with the Knights Templar drill team nine, 20 to 8, In a klttenball game Friday evening. The drill team, captained by Dale
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