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Show Pan-American Olympics Voted Successful Meet By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Sports Writer DALLAS, Texas, July 19 (UP) The first Pan-American Olym- f)ic games, the most ambitious sports event ever undertaken for ath-etaa ath-etaa from North, Central and South America, were over today, voted by all who saw them as a grand success. Already plana were being made to hold the gamea aa en annual Institution, Insti-tution, with ths likelihood that next year's Olympics would be held In South America, possibly Br axil. Arthur de Sousa Costa, minister of finance of Brasil, who flew here from Washington to see part of the four-night program which closed last night, aald he would like to aee the gamea held next year in Rie de Janeiro. Oswsldo Arsnha. Brazman'1 minister min-ister to the United Statea, indorsed the suggestion, prating the plan aa "the best way to develop the good neighbor policy." Approximately 50.000 persona aaw the games held during the weekend in the Cotton Bowl at the Pan-American Pan-American exposition here. The games closed last night when Pat Dengis, a Welshman from Baltimore. Bal-timore. Md., led a group of marathon mara-thon runnera Into the Cotton Bowl at the end of a grueling M-mile grind over a courss that wound around the exposition grounds. In spits of ae-degree weather. Dengle covered the distance In 1 hours 42 minutes 43 seconde. Dengis, who celebrated his thirty-seventh thirty-seventh birthday by winning ths event, was followed across the finish fin-ish line by Jose Rlbas, St-year-old newspaper carrier from Buenos Aires. Argentina. Rlbas' tims waa 4-ao-ful Mel Porter of New York was third In 1:M:4. Juan Acocta of Chile fin-ishsd fin-ishsd fourth In J:54:M, followed by Jim Bartlett of Canada, whose time was J:ST:s. In ths ether event on the last night's program a picked eoccer team from Buenoa Aires defestsd ths Irish club of Winnipeg. Canada, g to 1. The victory gave the Pan-American Pan-American gamea championship to ths Argentinisns, who previously detested tbs Highlanders of Trenton, Tren-ton, N. J, United Statea amateur champions. te 1. The highlight of the four-day carnival car-nival .waa lanky John WoodrufXa rcoordbreaking victory over Eh Robinson of San Francisco la the aoo-enetcr race during the track and field meet Saturday night. |