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...barely won the championships over Finland. So narrow was the margin that weak women in the tournament might well destroy one of the proudest of U. S. records...
...shot put we can compare very favorably with Europe's entrants. Houser from California, winner in the 1924 Olympics, Swartz from Wisconsin, and Kuck from Kansas have all done 50 feet. The scores we have from Europe were the records established a year ago. Vahstedt from Finland ranks highest with 48.3 feet; he is followed by Brechenmacher and Janssons, both men being able to put the shot 47.3 feet. All these men have greatly improved, and can throw nine feet further, although no such results have been officially recorded...
...Penttila, representing Finland, has launched the javelin 213 feet. Sund, the Norwegian, has done 204 feet and Molles of Germany and Lindstrom from Sweden have also achieved something like 200 odd feet. America cannot equal these European marks. However, we have improved a great deal in the last few years and America has at least six men approaching the 200 foot mark...
...metre distance, Ritola of Finland appears as a likely champion, the veteran coach stated. With his compatriot, Nurmi, and Eklof of Sweden, Ritola should finish at the head of the field. Pederson of Norway, Kohn of Germany, and Norland of France also have good racing records...
Lining up possible starters for the 10,000 metre distance, Nurmi and Ritola of Finland and Wide and Ohm of Sweden appear to Coach Farrell to outrank anything America can offer. With Petri of Germany, who has done 32 minutes flat for the 10,000 metres, Beddarl of France, rated at 32.18 for the same distance, and Matilainen of Finland, the European contenders seem to have clinched most of the places in this event. Against this array of consistent performers America will probably send Osif, the former Haskell Indian School runner, Henigan of the Boston Athletic Association, and Richardson...