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"Olympic Lowdown from a Guy in the Know" -- Mullin. A cartoonist by the name of Mullin created caricatures of the athletes he predicted would either do or not do something at the Olympic game events to be held in Berlin, Germany.

The Olympic characters depicted were Frank Wykoff, Jesse Owens, Archie San Romani, Donald Lash, pole vault-- Graber, Sefton, and Meadows, John Woodruff -- and coach Dean Cromwell.
 

"Olympic Lowdown
from a Guy in the Know -- Mullin"

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Mullin Predicts 1936 Olympic Medalists

 

FRANK WYKOFF

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Caricature of Coach Dean Cromwell of USC and Frank WykoffWords of Coach Dean Cromwell:
"I Was Not Surprised When Frank Wykoff came through to make his THIRD OLYMPIC TEAM - he was the best 100 yard man of all time -- at 26 he Has Never Been Far Out of Shape"

Frank Wykoff placed 4th in the 100 Meter Race but won a Gold in the 400 Meter Relay race as an anchor - others on that relay team were: Jesse Owens; Ralph Metcalfe, and Foy Draper.
 

JESSE OWENS

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1936 - Caricature of Jesse Owens as three of himself

Prediction:  
Jesse Owens will win a Gold Medal in the Broad Jump - the 100 & 200 Meter Race Mullin said that "Owens is 'THREE' of the greatest athletes ever to represent America"

Results of Prediction:
Right on -- three 1st places -- one in the Broad Jump (8,6 Meter), Sprinting: 100 meter (10.3s.), and 200 meter race (20.7s.) -- PLUS, Jesse Owens won another Gold medal participating in the 400 Meter Relay (39.8s.)
 

DONALD LASH

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1936 - Caricature of Donald Lash

 

Prediction:
Mullin Predicted that Donald Lash could win America's first Olympic Distance Race if Lash Sticks to one race.

Results of Prediction: 
5,000 Meter Race Donald Lash -- U.S.A. did not place in 1936
 

 

ARCHIE SAN ROMANI

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1936 - Caricature of Archie San Romani

Prediction:
"The Man Who Beats San Romani Will win the 1500 (Meter)"

Results of Prediction: 1,500 METER RUN -- Archie San Romani U.S.A. 4th place

GRABER, SEFTON, & MEADOWS

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Caricature of Sefton, Graber, and Meadows.

Prediction:
"My boys should be one, two, and three on the pole vault..."

Results of the prediction: "It was a rainy day --Wednesday (August 5, 1936) -- when Earl Meadows USA created a new Olympic Record when he vaulted a fraction under 14 feet 3" on a rain-soaked ground and brought home the Gold Medal" However, Graber and Sefton did not place 2nd or third.
 

Results of the prediction: "It was a rainy day --Wednesday (August 5, 1936) -- when Earl Meadows USA created a new Olympic Record when he vaulted a fraction under 14 feet 3" on a rain-soaked ground and brought home the Gold Medal" However, Graber and Sefton did not place 2nd or third.

RESULTS in the POLE VAULT EVENT WAS: Information below from page 49 - "Olympia 1936" -- Band 2 publisher CIGARETTEN-BILDERDIENST ALTONA-BAHRENFELD:

1st:  Meadows, Earle - USA ........4,35 Meter
4th: Sefton, William -  USA .........4,25 Meter
5th: Graber, William - USA..........4,15 Meter

JOHN WOODRUFF

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1936 - Caricature of John Woodruff

Prediction:
"Woodruff  doesn't know how fast he can run -- 1:48 would be as easy as 1:50 for him..."

Information below from page 250 "The Story of the Olympic Games - 776 B.C. - 1936 A.D." - John Kieran - publisher J. B. Lippincott Company - Philadelphia & New York U.S.A.
 
Results of the Prediction: 
800 METRE RACE- "The 800 Meter final race was a thriller on Tuesday, August 4, 1936 John Woodruff - USA won the race in a nick of time -- at a slow 1:52.9 seconds crushing the dreams of Mario Lanzi of Italy who was closing in rapidly on the lagging Woodruff -- but Lanzi was not fast enough."
 

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