The Olympics

Dutch detectives lay on their bellies in advantageous spots within the Amsterdam stadium. They were equipped with field glasses with which they surveyed the crowd. In this manner they were able to spot and seize some 2,000 cameras, thereby protecting the Olympic photographic monopoly which had been sold to one firm.

A little Japanese lady, Kinuye Hitomi, amazed beefy Nordics by finishing second in the 800-metre run.

The U. S. continued to win the field events and lose the track events, with few exceptions. "Our boys are overtrained; the Amsterdam track is slow," said U. S. coaches. The London Evening Standard seized upon this situation, an opportunity to run a story attributing the sad plight of U. S. runners to the eating of too much ice cream.

The events of the second week of the IXth Olympiad:

Men

800-Metre Run. Won by Douglas G. Lowe of Great Britain, 1 min., 4/5 sec. Seraphin Martin of France, holder of the world's record, finished second. Lloyd Hahn, U. S. hope, was fifth.

Running Broad Jump. Won by Edward B. Hamm of the U. S., 25 ft., 4 3/4 in.

200-Metre Dash. Won by Percy Williams of Canada, 19-year-old high school boy, 21 4/5 sec. He also won the 100-metre dash (TIME, Aug. 6).

110-Metre High Hurdles. Won by Sidney Atkinson of South Africa, 14 4/5 sec., equalling world's record.

Pole Vault. Won by Sabin W. Carr of the U. S. (Yale '28), 13 ft, 9 6/16 in.

Discus Throw. Won by Dr. L. Clarence ("Bud") Houser of the U. S., 155 ft, 2 101/128 in.

1,500-Metre Run. Won by Harry Larva of Finland, 3 min, 53 1/5sec.

Running Hop, Step and Jump. Won by Mikio Oda of Japan, 49 ft, 10 13/16 in.

Javelin Throw. Won by E. H. Lundquist of Sweden, 218 ft, 6 1/8 in.

400-Metre Run. Won by Ray Barbuti of the U. S. 47 4/5 sec. Before the race he drank a cherry eggnog. At the finish he dived into the tape, sprawled upon the cinder track, was severely cut. But that was the way in which he conquered James Ball of Canada by an eyelash.

5,000-Metre Run. Won by Willie Ritola of Finland, 14 min, 38 sec. Paavo Nurmi of Finland finished second.

3,000-Metre Steeplechase. Won by Toivo Loukola of Finland, 22-year-old chauffeur, 9 min, 21 4/5sec.

Decathlon. Won by Paavo Yrjola of Finland, with total of 8053.29 points, world's record.

400-Metre Relay. Won by the U. S. team, 41 sec. equalling world's record.

1600-Metre Relay. Won by the U. S. team, 3 min, 14 1/5 sec. world's record.

Marathon. Won by El Ouafi of France, 2 hr., 32 min., 57 sec. This, the blue ribbon event of the Olympics is a race of 26 miles, 385 yards. El Ouafi is a spindle-legged, narrow-chested Algerian. He ran despatches for the French Government during the World War, now works in an automobile factory in Paris. He is 29, a vegetarian, drinks only milk and water. When the Marathon was three-fourths finished, he was just an obscure also-ran, jugging along in tenth place, eighth place. Suddenly word reached the stadium that a dark little man was passing the leaders as if they were standing still. He crossed the finish line smiling and almost fresh, 150 metres ahead of Miguel Plaza, news vendor from Chile. Joie Ray of the U. S. finished fifth.

First Places in the men's track and field events were captured by the U. S. 8; Finland, 5; Canada, 2; Great Britain, 2, France, Ireland, Japan, South Africa, Sweden, 1.

100-Metre Dash. Won by Elizabeth Robinson of the U. S. 12 1/5 sec., world's record.

Discus Throw. Won by Halina Konopacka of Poland, 129 ft, 11 113/128 in., world's record.

800-Metre Run. Won by Lina Radke of Germany, 2 min, 16 4/5 sec., world's record.

Running High Jump. Won by Ethel Catherwood of Canada, 5 ft., 3 in., world's record.

400-Metre Relay. Won by the Canadian team, 48 2/5 sec., world's record.

With rowing and swimming for men and women, the IXth Olympiad continued.