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,7 EASTMAN SMASHES WORLD CORD 440 iiHia.ywifc.f, i ONE SIDE, PLEASE QTANFORD STAR STAGES GREAT IRON-MAN STUNT Captures Three Races, Including NEW YORK, April 30. () Leslie Kaczander, Hungarian-American distance walker who has won several heel-and-toe Marathons, In the metropolitan district, plans to start next Saturday from City Hall on a 3500-mile walk to Los Angeles and the Olympic (James. Copyright, 1332, by the Quarter Mile in 47.1s.; Troy Team Wins by 81 U4 to 49 3-4 BY PAUL LOWRY Ben Eastman, the begoggled young man from Stanford, staged SUNDAY MORNING, MAY, 1, 1932. MICKEY RILEY an iron man stunt at the Olympic Stadium yesterday that will go down In history as a track epic. He broke the world's record in the 440 for the second time thU year, approached the 880 standard, and glided through the closing lap of the relay in 46.7s.

Blazing Ben runs as If he had wheels concealed in his legs. He electrified 15,000 fans on a sunny afternoon by running the 440 in 47.1s. and the 880 in lm. 53.8s. The 440 mark is three- tenths second better than the world record held by Ted Meredith for sixten years, but is back of the one Blazing Ben es- tabliihed in a meet at Stanford -earlier in the year 46.3s.

This -will be up for approval by the International Federation this summer. He won the 440 by nine yards from Art Woessner and beat Weh-ner and Foore to the tape fifteen yards In the 880. Woessner jumped into a lead on the last lap of the relay and fought hard, but Eastman just turned the crank on the wheels and eased into the taps without any apparent THE BIG SHOW Eastman's brilliant, amazing performance was the big feature of the annual dual, meet between Southern California and Stanford. Southern California won, as forecast, by a score of 81 1-4 to HOW THEY SCORED TRACK HELENA MADISON, queen of the swimming pools, la so different that it gives one a pain In the neck to think of the temperamental stars. On the morning of the day when she was to defend her 100-yard national championship, she swam a heat.

Then the movie men grabbsd her. They kept her in the water over half, an hour demonstrating strokes. They employed her as If she was on the pay roll. They made the same shots over and ever. In the afternoon she retained her title.

Then the news-paper photographers got her. She had to fake the finish of the 100 with Josephine McKim. She had to pose this way, and that way. Through it all she was gracious, friendly, considerate. And then -she raced up and down the sidelines cheering Buster Crabbe on to victory in the 1500-meter free style.

FIGHT CONCEIT ITS a question which is the more conceited Max Baer or Ace Hudkins. When Baer passed crowd gathered about the dressing-room gate before the SwldersH fight he tossed an airy wave, and said: "Just When Baer went down the 1 chute after the fight, Hudkins made his boast; "Get ma that fellow. I can knock him out easy." THE NEW POOL THE new Olymple pool is a thing of beauty and a joy for-ver. It has all the latest gadgets and dudads and has been engineered lor practicability. Bill Henry, sports technical director of the Olympic Games, blushing ry takes credit for its utilitarian features.

The pool and the stands cost $200,000, and the combination win be a distinct asset to the Crty Playground Department when the Olympic Games end. Thirty-five thousand dollars of Olympio Games money went into the project when the city fathers decided to combine forces. Otherwise, the money for a temporary pool would have been wasted. -A NEW LINE XTLL over this one: Armand Emanuel, who was knocked out by Steve Hamas in his last local fight, and Papa Emanuel are running a Mexican theater on Main street. Receipts from the Hamas bout went to re-decoration of the theater.

Papa Emanuel. Is both proprietor and usher. Son Armand Is also an usher, and his lawyer's offices on the second floor of the building. Papa caters to the stray IS and 30-cent pieces of the Mexican trade, Armand seeks his clients from the same nationality. SHOWMANSHIP THE Zmanuels were once both blessed with a heavy share of this world's foods.

The stock (Continued Page 2. Column I) PART VI-a. TITLE MISS HICKS TO KEEP TRAINING Helen Anxious for Victory in British Tourney American Women Team Out for Win Over Rivals Billy Would Also Like to Face Miss Wethered NEW YORK, April 30. (fV-lf the pleasure-minded golfing circles of England are planning entertain ment on any but the simplest scale for Helen (Billy) Hicks and her American team-mates the matter might just as well be straightened out now. Helen has her eye on the British women's championship and she knows from experience that winning titles means lots of sleep.

With her team-mates, Capt. Mar ion Hollins, Glenna COIlett Vare, Haureen Orcutt. Mrs. Leona Cheney, Virginia Van Wie, Mrs. O.

S. Hill and Mrs. Harley Hlgbie, Helen sails Wednesday for England and the first official team matches against Great Britain at Wentworth May 21. The British championship, which no American girl has ever won, starts at Saunton in Devon shire May 28. The last time the American girls visited abroad they lost an unoffi clal match to the British team, I to 8, in 1930.

"Conditions are changed this time," Helen said. "The last time we arrived one day, practiced once and played the next This time we have two weeks for acclimation." Her game, she said, was at Its peaic. polished for the one great matcn sne wants to win some time, a tusie witn Joyce Wethered. "Mrs. Vare probably will meet her trie singles and IH play Enid wnson, anusn champion, but I'm certainly eager to play Joyce.

don't know why I shouldn't beat her. course. Bobbv Joner savs she's the best golfer In the world, man or woman. He only beat her by one stroke in an even-up match and he shot a 72. But I want to try." She's 11 years of age and not encaged, but the boy is Morrison Waud, captain of the Princeton coif team, who Uvea In Chicago.

Tired from pUylnjr so much golf in the South, she was glad to visit his family In Chicago at Easter, but no golf. Waud had some new sticks and she liked them. So she played with them. And that's all there was to a story that a new set of sticks given her by an admirer, had improved her game wonderfully overnight. "It was Walter Bourne, professional at Princeton, who fixed up my game," she said.

"Bourne discovered I was turning my hand over and not pivoting. "But Morrison always beats me. He shoots in the low 70V BROCKSMITH 8. S.C. 100-yard dash 18 220-yard dash 0 9 440-yard dash 5 4 880-yard run 5 4 Mile run 3 6 Two-mile run 4 5 High hurdles 0 9 Low hurdles 0 9 Relay 5 0 Total 23 $4 FIELD Shot put 9 Dkcus 8 1 Pole vault Si High jump 0 9 Broad jump 0 9 Javelin i 3 6 1, Total tm I7U Final score 49 81 VOL.

LI. 0 1 ni7XTXT T'TiTT SHINE IN MEET Quaker Fliers Shatter Mark for Mile Relay Fleet Quartet Gallops Four Laps in 3m. 15.4s. Brilliant Marks Feature of Annual Carnival FRANKLIN FIELD (Philadel phia) April 30. (IP) As the climax to six record-smashing performances, the University of Pennsylvania's flashy one-mile relay team today blasted loose its own meet record by whirling through the dust in 3m.

15.4s. in the outstanding feature of the Penn Relay Carnival. Before a crowd of 25,000 specta tors who turned out for the final day's events, the Quaker fliers, Steel, Edwards, Healey and Carr, wiped out their own former carnival mark of 3m. 18s. and easily disposed of the only two teams willing to accept the Issue, New York University and Colgate.

It was a race against time all the way for the Bed and Blue-clad runners who, without be-int pushed, turned in a smashing performance. It was the fastest mile relay ever run on eastern tracks and less than three seconds short of the unofficial world mark of 3m. 12.6s., credited to Stanford's great quartet. For their quarter-mile turns. Steel was clocked in 49.6s., Edwards in 49.4s., Healey and Carr each In 48.2s.

WORLD MARK SET Four Canadian schoolboys, run ning for Hamilton Collegiate In stitute, accounted for the only world record of the carnival when they romped off with the interscholastlc two-mile championship in the startling time of 8m. 10.1s. This bettered by more than six seconds the previous record, set in 1930 by the Lakewood (O.) High School, Ohio State galloped off with three major relay championships for the best showing of any college squads and topped it off by breaking the carnival, record in the 480-yard shuttle hurdle relay. In this spectacular event, run back and forth on grass over a 120-yard course, the Buckeye aces, Black and Keller, came from behind to beat Dart mouth and lower the mark to lm. 2.5s.

The Ohio State' Umber toppers, in the trials, equaled the carnival record of lm. 3.5s., set by Tale in 1931 and they were a second faster in the final, despite a poor start. Army was third and last in this feature. Don Bennett of Toledo, former schoolboy sprint champion, added to Ohio State's list of conquests by romping off with the 100-yard dash in 1.9a. Bennett took the measure of a pair of eastern cracks, beating At Kelly of Georgetown by nearly (Continued on Page 4, Column 71 RELAY STAR in the final lap, to reward the Hoo- siers with victory in this event.

TIES HURDLE RECORD Metcalfe, 21-year-old Chicago Negro, tied the accepted world's record in the 100-yard dash by coasting to the tape two yards ahead of Red Oliver, Texas Christian University, in 9.5s. Competing fqr Marquette University, Milwaukee, Metcalfe was off like a shot and at the half-way mark was two yards in the lead. George Baling, the University of Iowa, clipped the Drake relay record In the 120-yard high hurdles by skimming the barriers in 14.4s. and running aa anchor man on the 480-yard shuttle-hurdles team, brought victory to the Hawkeyes in this event. The time of lm.

1.6s. In the latter race waa a new record for the Drake relays. Wilson, the ether hero ef the classic, ww chiefly responsible (Continued an Page 4, Column I) DETAILS OF Times Mirror Company DIVING NIPPON RUNNERS WRECKREC0RD Two Japanese Shatter Mark for Olympic Marathon TOKIO, April 30. WV-Two Japanese distance runners competing in the Olympic tryouts today smashed the Olympio record for the Marathon, each running the distance under the time of 2h. 32m.

57s. set by El Ouafl. of France, in 1S28. Tanjl Yahagl, who won. completed the twenty-six miles.

38S yards, in 2h. 31m. 31s, and Setji Taka- (Continued en Page Column 4) DASH MARK Athlrllo Club, brat the Olympic record in the 200-metrr daah when he stepjvd it in 21.4s. The Olympic record, 31.B.. was made in 1924, by J.

V. Scholx, Unltd Slatos oi America. Dyer alo was flrat in (ConUqurd a Tage Column I) LOSES I i Blazing Ben in His Record 440 Finish -L. Hand of Fame Hasn't Left Mark on Ben BY EDWARD LAWRENCE If President Hoover had been introduced to Ben Eastman out at the Olympic Stadium yesterday afternoon, Stanford's man of the hour would probably have flicked a couple of rebellious strands of blond hair off his forehead in a characteristic manner, and mumbled, "How are you," or something to that effect, followed by a wide grin. And it wouldn't have mattered to whom (Continued on Page 4, Column I) and Caltcch Collrce, tied for fourth with I point each.

Other wares wrrc: Long Brneh Junior Collfgr, Santa Barbara Slate College and Taft Junior College, each; Pomona and Whlttler colleges, 2 esth, unattchfsi, 4. Hector Dyer of the le Angclw FAVORITE HURT IN LONG JUMP Johnny Riley Noses Out Samaika for Crown Helene. Madison Captures Second Sprint Race Seattle Mermaid Annexes, 220-Yard Free Style BY RALPH HUSTON Helene Madison sped to her second straight women's national indoor swimming championship at the new Olympic pool yesterday afternoon, but Mickey Riley, tthe other defending cham- 'day's program, lost his S.P.A. 1A.TJ. hieb.

and 1 fannn Httrinn fXCSAAAvJ jA V4A crown to his brother, Johnny. Miss Madison 'helene w'AAAOISON captured the 220-yard freestyle champion ship for the third straight year, and added another medal to the one she won Thursday afternoon in the 100-yard free-style sprint, dive Mc-Kean, Miss Madison's team-mate in the Washington A.C. of Seattle, was second, with Josephine McKim of the LA.A.C. third. The time was 2m.

39.4s with Miss Madison coasting to an easy victory. LENGTHY FALL Riley, who holds almost as many championships as Georgia Coleman, followed his team-mate into defeat when he fell from the thirty-three-foot tower trying to do a hand-etand-cut-through-half -gainer. Miss Coleman lost her low-board championship to Dorothy Poynton Friday afternoon. Johnny Riley, performing consistently in all eight dives, piled up 117.40 points to nose out Farid Samaika, who tallied 114.04. Frank Kurtz, of the S.C.

frosh, was third, with 1125. After seven dives, Mickey was twe points behind Johnny for Brat place, with Samaika third. Ia attempting the difficult final dive, Mickey turned too far over a hit handstand, and couldn't get back in time. He landed with his back on the water with a terrific splash, slightly injuring his back. He received only point and a fraction for this effort, and was out of the running for the title.

Miss Madison had 'no difficulty (Continued on Page t. Column In Maryland, New York and Kentucky, twenty or more horses are expected to face the barrier at Churchill Downs next Saturday. More than twenty-two would set a record for number of starters. MAY JiOT GO Whether Top Flight would come west for the rich, mlle-and-a-quar-ter race was shrouded In mystery. From unofficial sources, however, it was learn.

that Trainer Tom Hea-ley would give the filly a day's rest before making a definite decision. Top Flight's pdor race practic ally shoved her out of the Derby picture while Burning Blase was said to be definitely out of the race. Rumors from the three D's stable also placed Liberty Lim- (Continued en Page Column 1) RATIONAL LEAGl'I Te. .74 Chlcno I Do. Ion 10 rinrlnn.tl Phll.dflphle Pittebumh New York Brooklyn St.

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tnull, 3. Only iuih plyo. O.iaM Ponton tt Breoklrm. PhlUd.lphl York. Pliuburitl ClnclnnulU Bt, Loula Chlnm.o.

AMERICAN LIAGCa W. N.w York .....10 W.hinton It Detroit .513 .633 7 A 10 .400 ,3 3 4 A 10 11 10 II .7.11 n.v.i.nd t. LoiiK a C'hlmvn A Phil.rln.prii 4 Bonlon 37S .313 .314 ftrifrliy'l Inalli ym Ynrk. i Hmln. J.

IM.v.l.nd. 10: 1. hlntnn. Ji Phlirlrlphl, Detroit, 4, St. Loum, 3.

(mix TMtf Thlrmo Cl(lnd. (Continued on Pace Clnmn 4) DERBY WIDE OPEN AS TOP FLIGHT BEATEN, BURNING BLAZE HURT University of Indiana Athlete Proves Hero of Drake meet; Six Marks Go by Boards DRAKE STADIUM (Des Moines, Iowa) April 30. (4-Three outstanding performers stole the spotlight at the Drake relays today. 49 3-4. But this was a secondary matter.

The big noise was East- man. All eyes were on him when he started the 440 the second lane with Woessner on the pole. Off to a staggered start East-' man bad caught everybody at the half-way mark. From thera he continued te pile up th yards en Woessner. In the 880 he coasted back In the ruck and let Bill McOsagh set a hot pace.

Eastman tried to pass at the 550 nark. McOeagh stepped on the gas, and Eastman dropped back. This seemed to annoy Ben, and when they hit the 660 pest Eastman dipped his shoulders, the blond, telltale locks on the back of his head agitated violently, and he glided by like a ghost. ANOTHER PHANTOM The Vltle of "Phantom" bestowed on Paav9 Nurml could Just as easily be pinned on Eastman. Both these great stars run as easily as the average guy eats a dish of ice cream on a warm day.

Dick Wchner of 8.C. said he never ran so fast in his life as he did ia the 880 yesterday, and he wasn't in it fifteen yards back. Eastman stole the ahow, but another worlds champion ran true te form when Frank Wy- koff walked off with both the 100 and 220, getting competition only from his team-mates Ball In the 100 and Dclby In the 220. Wykoff nosed out Ball by two feet in the shorter dash In 9.7s. and won from Deiby by five feet in the fur.

long. Lcs Hablcs. sick Stanford sprinter, was unable to place, and Olberson of Stanford took the third place in the 100. But In the 220 the Trojans grabbed all the places. Ball nipping Giberson In the last ten yards.

SIX BLANKS Competition was very one-sided ia several events, there being six clean sweeps. The Trojans engineered five of thesehigh hurdles, 220. low hurdles, high Jump and broad Jump while Stanford snagged all the points In the shot put. One of the surprises of the da? waa the failure of Qua Mclrr of (Continued en Page Column 51 TROJAN WIN ShotWon ky Cray BOfU Lyman (S) second, irL Ma; LaBorde (S,) third, 48ft 7 l-4in. Javelin Won by Wllllamaou (S.C,) 194ft.

1 Ray (S,) see-end. Hurt Hln.1 McKenala (S.C,) third, 117ft 9lu. High Jump Tie for flrat between Stewart (S.C,) Brannaa (S.C,) ft 2in.J Van Oadcl (S.O third, ert Broad Jump Barber (S.C) 24ft 21n. McFaddiu (S.C,) aeeoad. KtU Johnson (S.C,) tbui, 13ft DlaraaWon (S,) ll't LaBore'lS,) eeond.

Litre 1 Hall (S.C,) third. 133ft 3-lOlu. Pole vault TU for Ant brtwrett CMendM (S.C, John (S, Milter DX.rmil (9.) llrliht lift Sin. Relajwtyen by Stanford. Tim.

3 in. 17.t. Final trfrt; Soother Cat! torn la, II 1-4; Stanford, 41 14, The great Stanford star is seen hitting the tape in the quarter-mile just as easily as he started the race. Eastman wound up in 47.1i which is the second time this year he has broken the official world's standard. Woeesner of Southern California Is seen in the dim distance.

He finished nine yards be LOUISVILLE (Ky.) April 30. The Kentucky Derby, heretofore considered a three or four-horse race, today be came a wide open anair when V. Whitney's Fliffht. the fa vorite, was bad ly beaten at Jamaica, and the Shandon farm's Burning Blase, chief hope of the Middle West, was seriously Injured In winning his 3-year- old debut at Churchill Downs. As the result of the "Derby" trials PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W.

Pet San Francisco 11 HOLLYWOOD 15 Portland IS LOS ANGELES 12 Sacramento It Oakland 11 Seattle 19 Union 7 7 It 11 It 11 11 18 19 .720 .577 .577 500 .40 .418 Mi 469 Yesterday's Results Oakland-LOS ANGELES, night game. HOLLYWOOD, It; Portland, I. Seattle, Mixtion. 7. Sacramento-San Francisco, flight game.

How the Series Stand Oakland, LOS ANGELES, Portland. HOLLYWOOD, lac Ion, Seattle, 2. Sacramento, San Franclaro, Game Today (All double-brader) Oakland at OS ANGELES. HOLLYWOOD at TnrlUnd. Sacramento Ren Franrleco, Mission at Seattle.

1 w- i 8 1,1 VI They were Henry Brocksmltb, Unlversity of Indiana, a super-dls tance star; Ralph Metcalfe, flying Negro of Marquette and George Baling, hurdling' marvel from the University of Iowa. With this trio was Alex Wilson, Notre Dame middle-distance star, member of Canada's 1928 Olympic team, to share in the individual honors of the twenty-third annual Drake relays. Brocksmlth, who holds the Western Conference indoor mile and two-mile championships, waa the hero of the final dty of the relays, winning the two-mile run. He smashed the Drake record for the event and shattered the twenty-year-old American Intercollegiate record. He ran the event in 9m.

13.6a. The American Intercollegiate record ef 9m. 17.8s. was made by Ber-na, Cornell University, In 1912. The Hooaler flnixhed 100 yards ahead of Myron Pllbrow, Grin-nell, with Glenn Cunningham, University of Kansas, third.

As a climax Brocksmlth, as anchor man on Indiana's four-mile relay team, ran away from his field Everton Wins Soccer Title I LONDON, April 30. (A-Th Everton Football Club today won the championship of the English Soccer League. While the season Is not ye; completed, having another week to run, Everton has compiled enough points to give them victory. Arsenal, run-ncrs-up in the cup final last Saturday, is abo in the same position In the championship rare in the flrst division ef tne English! league. hind.

YANKS SWEEP CANADA SERIES Shields, Vines Win Matches in Davis Cup Play WASHINGTON, April 30. (replaying brilliant tennis in a drlz-tling rajn, Frank Shields and Ellsworth Vines turned back' the Canadians in the last two battles of the Davis Cup aeries today to give the United States a clean sweep of all five matches. A gallery of 1209 watched (Continotd Page 2, Column 4) Mile run Won by Halstead (S.C.) Ferrle (8.) second; Hammatt (S.C.) third. Tune 4m. 27.3s.

100-yard dash Won by Wykoff (S.C.;) BaQ (S.C) second; Gulber-son (S.) third. Time, 9.7a. 220-yard daub Won by Wykoff BaU (SO.) second; Delby (8.C) third. Time, SUs. 440-yard dah W'a by Eaitman WoeaMier (S.CJ second; Ak-lorkh (S.CJ third.

Tune, 47.1a. 180-yard ran Won by Eaatmaa Wchner (S.C.,) second; roore (S.C,) third. Time lm. ftSJta. Twe-mlle Won by Callahan (S.C.;) Amdahl (S) tecond; Ate-vedo (S-) third.

Time. 9m. 41.8a, (New Trojan tchou! rerord.) High by Wl.h (ft.Cs) (S.C,) second; Bllla (SC.) third. Time 14.1s. Low hurrllra Won by Paul (S.C.ii rayne (S.C) iKvond; (S.C.,) third.

Time, IJ.S. HEC DYER BEATS OLYMPIC SANTA BARHARA. April 30. Los Anm-lrs Athlrtlc Club won the Santa Barbara oprn Invitational tracU-and-ndd mrrt her today with 117 prints. ranafVna Junior aecond with, 13, Bak-erafield Junior CollrBe.thlrd.

with the. Marathon Club, Los 1 li i 4.

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