| Show Tolan Metcalfe Me Elated Foreign Athletes Congratulate Sprinters s Favored in Meters By PAUL PAULA Il ZIMMERMAN IAN Associated d Press Tress Sports Writer rI r LOS ANGELES Aug 2 They 2 They ar arthe are the thc two fastest short dash men i ithe in inthe inthe the world Eddie Tolan and Ralph Me Metcalfe Met Met- calfe yet it took them a half haJ hour to traverse 2 0 0 yards of or Olympic Village streets after after aft aft- er cr finishing one two in fri the me ter tel finals C Congratulations o 0 In several dozen languages including ing sign greeted them Autograph seekers from the 4 foreign legion of ot athletes a ass assailed 5 S a ailed fled them F I I spoke a member of I. I w v the A Argentina r g e n tin a Tolan team It was evident neither recognized the language Metcalfe did a an uncertain job of saying Thank you you in German Simultaneously Tolan took a stab sub n at nt it in French with indifferent indifferent in in- different results The Argentine roared his pleasure sure Alex Sterling Argentinas Argentina's track coach asked for Tolan's autograph A penciled scrawl wasn't enough Ink pencil he insisted and Eddie obliged The two negro stars could add no weight to one side or the other o othe of the argument that went the rounds o othe of the village as to which runner crossed the finish first We were clear across the track from Croni each other Metcalfe said but I Iguess Iguess Iguess guess Eddie won all right It will be your turn in the meters came back TolanI Tolan I had to look at your back almost all of the way returned Metcalfe It looked as though you ou were the only man in the race for a while Boy how you came up countered Eddie and so it went until they returned returned returned re re- re- re turned to their cottage Metcalfe e turned on a radio and could scarcely keep his feet still as loud orchestra music made talking difficult Obviously Obviously he was pleased with his selection select tion ion of stations but Tolan suggested a i change and his roommate complied They They- are UC agreed on where the ippo- ippo opposition lies in the meters To Tolan his chief opponents in the order named arc are Metcalfe George Simpson and Arthur Jonath To Metcalfe it itis itis itis is the same except that Tolan holds the first position Metcalfe thought he was a little slower than usual in getting away in the hundred Tolan was satisfied the way he ran his race race There was no fear tear the meter races races would handicap them in the longer race The other sprinters have been through the same mill Metcalfe said Both thought they worked harder in the final trials at Palo Alto than thanin thanin thanin in the thc Olympics I figure I missed out in the 1928 Olympic team trials said Tolan b because because be cause of or stage fright Of course 1 iwas iwasa wa waa a little tense today but not so muc much muchas as I expected SEEKS MASTERS MASTER'S DEGREE Eddie is 23 and a graduate of Mich Michi Michigan Michi- Michi gan university He is seeking his masters masters master's masters master's mas mas- ter's degree in physical education a at West Virginia university university- and the then will vill work until he earns cams enough m money ney to take lake up medicine or den den- Metcalfe is 22 and is a student student stu stu- dent at Marquette Tolan was bornat born bornat at Denver Colo Cob and attended school in Salt SaIl Lake City Metcalfe was born in Atlanta Ga As soon as as he got to his cottage Eddie had nad to take another look at hi his newly earned gold medal bigger tha than an Argentine peso How does it feel to bean be-an Olympic champion Swell |
