Show Backseat Driving Stars Fade Facie Out rJ Frisch's Ambition By FRANK K BAKER Telegram Sports Editor Athletic Prestige Hard to Keepin Keep in Face of New Rivals Less than a year ago the world was acclaiming Jim Bausch of Kansas as one of the great greatest athletes the world has ever known Now it is forgetting Bausch the athlete It thinks of the Kansan as the thc former Olympic star W who 0 went to crooning for a living A new star st-ar threatens to rise In the place pace reserved for Bausch He HeIs HeIs Heis Is Hans Heinrich Sievert of Hamberg Germany Not much attention was raid paid to Sievert out around the Olympic stadium in Los Angeles last summer His name and performances In Inthe Inthe the decathlon championship were duly noted He finished fifth but what of it Wasn't our agile Mister Bausch doing all manner of sensational stunts In this premier all around test whipping the famous amous Finns at their own 11 sport of tossing spear-tossing pole vaulting 13 feet with a n mighty hoist of his pounds and md setting a anew anew anew new time all decathlon record e 4 c James Jamec Aloysius was doln doing just that When they added up his total points points we we all credited him with a performance that In some respects made a 11 piker out of even the great eat Jim Thorpe and forecast that this was one record likely to remain on the books for forS or S a Iona time How lIow long Ions Less than a 3 year ear car It would seem cm from Irom the detailed account of a a. tiny press Item crediting Hans lIans Sievert of 01 Hamburg Hamburg- with a new world record total of points and with all aU the performance duly checked and verified aWed 0 Sievert Has Edge Question Is Could He Do It in iii Major Competition Its It's no not much of a margin by which to knock a world record out of the books but Its It's enough Of course the German may never be beable beable beable able to beat Mister Bausch s performance In the Olympics It is one thing to do one thing In a minor event where the strain and tenseness is not so great and quite a different problem to do It In a n. classic as great as the Olympic games game The comparison of of performances two great athletes Is In Interesting Interesting int in- in t Indeed It would be a highly spiced bit of oC entertainment to see them match one anol another er at their peak which probably Is out of oC the question now that Sievert Is Just coming to the front while Bausch Is on the decline The German has superior marks in six out of ten events making up the decathlon and ties Bausch In a seventh The Americans American's biggest edge Is In the pole vault but he also is best in the and Javelin throw Hans however howe apparently can run a bit fast faster r and Jump higher or farther than the Kansan Her Here are the rival details EVENT SIEVERT BAUS BAUSCH meters run meters run 54 1500 meters run run meter nO-meter hurdles Broad jump 23 23 ft It 3 4 1 in 22 ft 9 8 5 in High jump 5 5 ft ft 11 6 5 in 5 ft 7 in Pole vault 11 ft 2 in 13 ft 2 in 47 ft 9 in SO 0 ft It 3 8 1 in Discus throw ft ft 2 1 in ft 3 4 1 in Javelin throw v ft ft It 1 2 1 in Odds and aud Ends Here and There From World of Sports Frankie Frankle Frisch new manager of the St. St Louis Cardinals has had a apet apet apet pet ambition to lead a major league team ever since he broke into big bl league ball after winning lame at Fordham university v. v He has always been ceen a great money player as was proven pro by his tine lino play in seven world series and his batting average of for his 14 years of service with the Giants and the Cardinals This years year's national tournament at Vandalia Ohio will cater to more than 1000 competitors ln in sharp contrast to the first annual grand American handicap championship at cIa clay tat targets In 1900 when only 7 74 shooters competed There will be six days of shooting shooting shoot shoot- ing this year starling with the doubles championship and the amateur ama ama- thur clay target championships on Monday August 21 a guarantee guarantee guar guar- antee of In cash casa to the winners In the grand American handicap and in cash purses to the winners In the preliminary handicap |