Olympic Cavalcade

206 OLYMPIC CAVALCADE 3rd in the Welter-weight. France took the Middle-weight; for the rest, Finland, Sweden, Hungary, Estonia, Turkey, Germany and Czecho– slovakia divided the honours between them. In the Art competition a number of awards had been delt:ted from the programme. Ih Architecture, however, the- Ist place in Town Planning - went to Herr W. March, the architect for the Xth Olympiad, _who was 2nd also to K. Kutschera, Austria, for architectural designs. A. W. Digglemann, Switzerland, was ISt -in Current Graphic Art. In Sculpture F. Vignoli, _Italy, was Ist, and in Reliefs E. Sutor, Germany. In Literature Dhoenen– Sondinger, Germany, was awarded the prize for Lyrics, and Karhumaeki, Finland, the Ist prize for Epic Works, while in Music P. Hoeffer, Germany, was awarde_d the 1st medal for songs, and thatfor Orchestral Music went to W. Eck, also of Germany. - _ - - -The Athletic section ·o f the programme, which is always reckoned the most important part of the Games,. started well f9r Germany when Hans ,Woelke, Germ11ny, with a Sltot Put of 53 ft. I ! in., defeated the big Finn, s. Barlund, who had led _up- to that momel)t at 52 ft. IO~ in. To further emphasize the auspicious opening; G. Stoeck, 5I ft. -4! -in., was 3rd. Great Britain :was not represented in this event-a_pity, because Britishers will . n~e_r p_roduce fi~ld events :vorld-beat~r~- until ~they are given proper -coaching, encouragement and opportunities of gaining e.{{perience in ~ first-class _competition. j ack: Torrance, U.S.A., ~ho held the ·world's recordp f 57 ff. I in., should have·w9n this event,-but had let himself get out of-condid_on at1d obviously t~en little trouble in training. He was -placed 5t~, dividing his fellow ftmericans, Francis and Zaitz·. -- Then came the~inal. of the IO,ooo njetres·Run, which was a complete triumph for Fip-land (I. Salmj nen, Ist, A. Askola,-2nd, and V. Iso:-Hollo, · 3rd), despite the dogged pluck and the strenuous ~ndeavours 9f Murakoso ~m~~~ - - Meanwhile, America's N ~gto athletes we-re .getting into action. Jesse Owens, of Ohio State University, had in the semi-final of the -IOo m~_tres - reduced -the World's r~cord to I0"2 secs., which record he_was denied because it was said it hacf been·made with a followinKwind. Ra-lph Metcalfe, " mucli darker in hue than_Owens, had also come through the IOO 111etres ~ trial,_and Johnny WoQ4ruff, a Negro_freshman from the University of Pittsburgh, had qu~ified in the 8oo_me~res trials, as li_ad tlfe white Americans Hornbostel and Willianis-on. ln addition U:S.A. cleaned up complett;!ly in ,the-High Jump, -the winner and 2nd :Oe_ing Cornelius Johnson and Dave ~ -;Albritton, both Negroes ·who held the world' s record of 6ft. 9! in. jointly ·in the High Jump, while -DelQ's Thurber, a white American frain Seuthern California, cleared 6 ft~ 6!- in. _and had the advantage of Kalevi Kotkas, of ~ Finland,. in the jump off. TKat was too much for Hitler, who left the Stadi~m ~ because 'it looked like rain', whi-le Corny Jonnson~was being crowned With . the Olympic_chaplet ofolives. _ - · ~ - .