Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-08-03 | Page 12 | Finland Takes Early Lead in Olympic Track

Finland Takes Early Lead in Oly Track I 1 B By STUART CAMERON United Press Sports Sport Editor OLl OLYMPIC PIC STADIUM Berlin Be rUn Aug 3 FInland 3 Finland dominated competition competition com corn petition Sunday In the eleventh Olympic games moving into the unofficial lead in the mens men's team point standings The Tho men from the north scored a clean sweep in the meter event and picked up additional points point in Iii the and high jump Ilmari a year old blond won the race in with Avro Askola second and Vol Vol- mari marl Iso Iso-hollo third This clean sweep gave Finland 27 27 points in the unofficial team standings Second was the United States with 25 points scored points scored mostly by a similar swee pin the high jump Cornelius Johnson the black grasshopper f fro from r o m Compton junior college Los Angeles won the high jump with a n leap of 6 feet 7 16 15 inches which shat shat- the Olympic mark of oC 6 f feet et 6 inches set by Harold Osborn Osborn Osborn Os- Os born of th the United States in the 1924 24 games Dave Albritton Ohio State another negro finished second second sec sec- ond with Delos Thurber of ot Los Angeles third Albritton and Thurber Thurber Thur Thur- ber gained those places after a n way four-way jump off oce Johnsons Johnson's triumph was marked by what many liked to term an incident Adolf AdoU Hitler in hl his loge Jog re received received received re- re all of oC yesterdays yesterday's winners but the Americans As soon as ashe ashe ashe he greeted the Finns who scored in the meter event vent Hitler left the stadium and immediately a buzz of excitement ran through the crowd of ot because Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son already had won the high jump and it was obvious the other two Americans W were re going to take second and third Hitler had been in the stadium four hours The high hig-h jump was last it was officially explained and the fuehrer departed early 4 because his entourage wanted to get him away before the crowd started to leave In yesterdays yesterday's other final events women's javeline and mens men's German German stars scored victories victories vic vie tories the first triumphs in Olympic Olympic pic plc track and field competition for the reich which were saluted by the Germans in the stand by bya a thundering burst of ot hells The first German victory was scored by Tilly Fleischer a buxom lass who works in her fathers father's I Continued on age ace Finland in Lead LeadIn In Olympic Track Continued from Preceding Page shop who won the javelin to become the first champion champion champlon cham cham- pion plon of the eleventh Olympic games Fraulein Fleischer hurled the spear feet 2 32 25 inches to exceed th the former Olympic record rec i-cc- ord of feet 4 inches set in 1932 by Mildred Babe DIdrickson of the United States Uncle Sams Sam's girls were never in the tho running for the other five places Hans a Berlin policeman policeman police policeman man scored the other triumph for Germany in the tho mens men's He exceeded the Olympic record in jn tossing the pound 16 ball 53 feet 1 13 16 inches The former mark was 52 feet 6 3 inches set by Leo Sexton of the United States in the 1932 games The best Americas America's trio which trIo which included the world record holder could could take was fourth fifth and sixth Second was captured by a Finn Sulo Sub while Gerhard Gerhard Gerhard Ger Ger- hard of Germany took third Sam Francis the left hander from Lincoln Neb won fourth with a distance of 50 feet 8 9 32 inches Torrance the Louisiana policeman who has been sufferIng suffering suffering suffer suffer- ing pains in his back took fifth Dimitri the bespectacled Boston star was sixth In yesterdays yesterday's only other event all nIl three of ot Uncle Sams Sam's stars qualified for the quarterfinals of the meter run Charles Chuck Hornbostel of Indiana led the American qualifiers but trailed Phil Edwards of ot Canada over the finish line in the first heat Edwards and Hornbostel were so clase that they both were timed in best best time of the day Harry Williamson of the United States won tho the second heat while Johnny Woodruff of Pittsburgh I finished third In the fourth