Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-30 | Page 39 | Americans Run into Keen Rivalry at Amsterdam Olympic Contests

Americans Run Into Keen Rivalry At Amsterdam Olympic Contests Field Performers Spell Margin of Victory for Uncle Sam as Sprinters Fail j I Uncle Samran une unexpectedly into a hornets hornet's nest of athletic tie Competition tion at Amsterdam The 1923 1921 Ol Olympics m pies furnished conclusive proof that America no longer can run away awny with this tills athletic convention The star-spangled star troupe won wn th-e th major team championships In track and field as well as rowing and swimming swim swim- ming but they met keener rivalry I than ever before in all aU three besides yielding Olympic titles in boxing I wrestling and other sports BARBUTI SOLE DASH WINNER The biggest shocks to the tile Yankee forces came on the track where Ray Barbuti turned in the only Individual triumph In the meters For the first time In Ol Olympic history h not an Ameri American an finished 3 2 In either the tho or as Wykoff Borah Russell Sc Scholz holz P Paddock and MeAl MeAl- lister Uster were trimmed Both hurdle races were lost for the tile first time Lloyd Hahn failed dismally in the I middle distances while while Joie Joie Ray lost d b. gallant marathon bid Ibid Overeating staleness and poor training facilities facilities all all were set forth as ag contributing factors to American defeats but the tile main reason was vas Was opposing class as ances were turned in by such athletes athletes ath ath- letes as Percy Williams of Canada double sprint winner Douglas Lowe and Lord ot of England Atkinson Atkinson At At- kinson of Jf South Africa Ritola Nur- Nur ml mI and a new crop of Finnish stars as well welI as El EI the tile Arabian winner o oX of thra marathon Uncle Sams Sam's stalwarts more than made up for or these reverses by sweeping most mom of the field events as well weB as the rela relays s John Kuck shattered the worlds world's shot elIot put record rec roe ord with the first heave ever over made beyond 52 feet Sabin Carr Cam led a monopoly In the pole role vault Bud Houser Heuser kept the discus crown while Thai Bob King and Ed Ex Hamm topped the jumpers Hamm went through a remarkable re remarkable re- re record-breaking record season at t home and abroad as he ho boosted the worlds world's broad jump mark to 25 feet s IP Inches GERM GERMANYS GERMANY'S N NS S 'S SHOWING FINE Germanys Germany's return r turn to the fields of competition for the first time since 1912 to make a fine tine allaround allaround allaround all- all around showing was an outstanding feature of the colorful athletic pageant cant staged in Hollands Holland's canal canal- striped land Japan won Ih her first track and field title when when Ukio Oda captured the hop step p and Jump for forthe forthe forthe the Oriental contingent Canadas Canada's forces leading a British Empire comeback proved sensations In tn mens men's as well welI as women's competition competition tion winning the team honors in the first feminine track and field contest contest contest con con- test ever included on the tile Olympic program But America furnished a girl star in Betty Robinson of ot Chicago CIa Chi cago cage who succeeded where men sprinters had failed by winning tire the meter dash in record time I j