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Broad Jump. A tiny Japanese flag was posted 26 ft., 2½-in. from the takeoff. That was to mark the world's record of Chuhei Nambu, but Nambu could not reach his flag last week. Loud "Banzais" came from a crowd of Japanese sailors in the north grandstand when he got near it with 24 ft., 5¼ in. A tall Negro from the University of Iowa, Edward L. Gordon, got closer and won with 25 ft. ¾ in. It was the first major event that did not set a record...
...Step & Jump. Light on their feet and much given to eccentric motions of the body, the Japanese naturally excel in such oddities as hopping and skipping. Mikio Oda was champion in 1928. Little Chuhei Nambu, taped at the ankles and limping from his exertions in the broad jump, won again last week with a new world's record of 51 ft., 7 in. while Sol ("Happy") Furth, U. S. hopper who crossed the U. S. twice to compete in the Olympics, finished sixth. In Tokyo, street bands played the national anthem "Kimigayo...