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...down the open water between the bow of his shell and the stern of Pearce's. Miller's bow was coming up even with the waist of Pearce's shell when Pearce's bow reached the finish. Last major event of the Xth Olympiad was the final heat in the 2,000-metre race for eight-oared crews, between England, Canada, Italy and the U. S. It was the race that Californians have been waiting for all year. A University of California crew won the Olympic Championship in 1928. The U. S. crew on the starting...
From the huge Olympic Coliseum, with its three flagpoles, 105,000 seats and Olympic torch, the scene of the Xth Olympiad shifted last week to the 50-metre Olympic swimming pool, where 10,000 spectators with Japanese parasols sat in a small concrete stadium looking down at a narrow block of pale green water...
...first Japanese victory in the Xth Olympiad was won last week in the 100-metre free style swim, when 17-year-old Yasuji Miyazaki of Tokyo, who had set an Olympic record in his semifinal heat, won by an arm's length, with Tatsugo Kawaishi. his teammate, second...
Water Polo. First riot of the Xth Olympiad occurred after the first match in the water polo tournament, when Germany had beaten Brazil, 7 to 3. Angered by the decisions of the referee, huge Bela Komjadi of Hungary, two of the Brazilians crawled out of the pool and attacked him. Their teammates helped them. The Germans helped Referee Komjadi. Dr. Leo Donath of Hungary, secretary of the International Swimming Federation, tried to stop the fight. Police arrived and whacked him as well as the battling contestants. Bruised and bitter, Dr. Donath left the arena. Said Referee Komjadi: "The Brazilians have...
...There is nothing remarkable about the fact that so many Olympic and world records have been beaten at this Olympiad. IT IS ALL DUE TO THE STIMULATING EFFECTS OF CALIFORNIA'S WONDERFUL SUMMER CLIMATE. It is time the world knew that California is the world's most marvelous Summer resort, in addition to having its most super-wonderful Winter climate...