THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 168, 17 July 1924, Page 5

THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

• ! FIGHT GIVEN AGAINST PURDY. HOSTILE DEMONSTRATION. _ < l< EARTH'S FINEST SWIMMERS. !, l] (By Cable.—rress Association.—Copyright) _ (Received 1 p.m.) 1 PARIS, July 16. The American, Funck, beat Ray Jones . in the middleweight light on points ink the first round. The contest was fought at 12.30 in the morning, though Jones ] was told to attend the fight in the ' _ evening. . l Boxers and wrestlers wero most in- Is dignant at the bad arrangements. Jones j downed Funck in four seconds in* the 1 first round. j I The biggest surprise of the Austra- |' lasian audience was the defeat of Purely, j the New Zealand lightweight, on points, s by H. Tholey, of France. Purdy, who was fancied for the final, outboxed his ' opponent in two rounds, but Tholey 1 rattled him in the third, almost knock- 1 ing him out. |' The American judge said Purdy was I an easy winner. The French judge decided against him. There was a hostile | demonstration against the decision. I The Australian, Sinclair, won on points against Huyzenaar. Sinclair I boxed well and easily outclassed his opponent. "WORLDS GREAT SWIMMERS. THE 400 METRES SWIM. CHARLTON AND WEISMULLER MEET. ' - (Received 2 p.m.) i PARIS, July 10. ' In the second heat of the 400 metres free style swim, the placed men were • Breyer (Americal, Hatfield (Britain), • Christie (Australia). Time, 5m 22 2-ss. ■_ In the third heat Weismuller (America) was first, and Charlton (Aus- '■ tralia) second. Time. 5m 22 l-ss. Neither extended himself. \ In the fourth heat Arne Borg was first, and Beaurepaire second. Time, 5m 31 4-ss. I Only the first two in each heat qualify - for the final. CHARLTONS BIG WITT. BORG'S CORDIAL SHAKE. PARIS, July 16. The sensation of the Olympic swimming events this afternoon was '-Boy" Charlton's brilliant record-breaking victory in the 1500 metres. No previous race at the meeting had attracted such ! interest. Charlton and Arne Borg are generally regarded as the world's best d : stanee swimmers, although no fewer 1 than four of those competing in the, final lowered their records in the heats, j Prior to the start of the race 10,000 ; spectators had swarmed into the baths. ] and thousands of others were unable to j gain admittance. ' As the competitors appeared their positions on the starting board were: Beaurepaire 1, Hatfield 2, Charlton 3. | Takaishi 4, Borg 5. Charlton touched ; the water first, but Borg immediately | went to the front at a terrific pace, and | ' he turned 2ft ahead of Charlton. He had j increased his lead to 3ft at the 100 metres mark. SKILL, SPEED, JUDGMENT. Charlton was watching every stroke and swimming with admirable judgment. He gradually reduced the gap, and he and Borg turned together at the 300 metres mark, to the accompaniment of deafening cheers. Charlton took the J lead over the next lap. Borg made a j determined effort at the 500 metres • mark, but the Australian maintained a terrific pace and forged ahead. Charlton was leading by three yards at the end of 600 metres. Borg appeared to be beaten, but Charlton, although he eased down, never took his eyes off Borg. After that the race became a i procession, Charlton increasing his lead j in every lap. | Hatfield an'i Beaurepaire wero now, fighting for third place, a long way] behind. At the 1200 metres mark Chariton was a lap ahead of all the others, I except Borg, who was 30 metres behind, j Finishing with a marvellous sprint, j Charlton won by a clear 40 metres. His | time was 20m 6 3-ss. a world's record. Borg's time was 20m 41 2-ss. and Beaurepaire, who was third, covered the distance in 21m 40 2-ss. Charlton's intermediate world's records were: 400 metres. 5m S 2-ss; 1000 metres, 13m 19 4-ss. " BOY " AND BORG. Beaurepaire's performance was a fine one, considering that he first swam in Paris 16 \ears ago, when Charlton was a baby. Tin veteran, Hatfield, was fourth, and the 17-year-old Japanese, Takaishi, was fifth. Charlton's victory was greeted with a tremendous ovation and sustained cheering. Borg, in the most cordial fashion, I congratulated Charlton, who seemed ; to be unable to realise that he had j broken three world's records. In the course of an interview Charlton said ho had been determined to make a I record, because Tourells was a standard bath. He had been confident of beating Bom, but was surprised to have won so easily. The --"-merican athletes showered . congratulations on Charlton. America's coaching expert, Mr. Bacbrach, remarked that perhaps there would never be such a great distance swimmer a.- Charlton for half a century. He was surprised at Charlton's stamina. Borg stated: "'Boy' beat mc easily. The best man won." Other critics said that Charlton is as great a wonder in the water as Nurmi on the land. His action is more like ,- that of a sea-lion than of a man. — (A. and N.Z. Cable.) THREE MEN OF MANLY. CHARLTON, EVE, AND WINTER. A QUAINT SUGGESTION. (Received 11.30 a.m.} SYDNEY, this day. Manly is jubilant over the success of its three representatives —Charlton, Eve, and Winter—at the Olympiad. The Municipal Council meeting displayed i enthusiasm concerning the performances, and on the Motion of the Mayor it was , decided to send congratulations. One suggestion was that as the Australian team was mainly a matter of Manly, a request be made to have the! 1928 Olympiad held at Manly.—(A. and N.Z. Cable,.). j

KEEN ON SWIMS. JUBILANT AUSTRALIANS. (Received 2 p.m.) PARIS, July 16. Interest is not waning in the swimming contests, and big crowds were anxious to witness the first meeting of Charlton and Weismuller. The Australian, however, did not intend unduly exerting himself after yesterday's achievement. He i* reserving himself for a big effort in the final. Tlie Australian camp is jubilant at their successes. Beaurepaire did not intend to swim the 400 metres, reserving himself for the team race. But he changed his mind when Christie was disqualified. Arne Borg took the lead early, then lifted his head and smiled at the crowd, playing with the field. Behind were Beaurepaire and Anodo, of Japan, swimming together. Ac 200 metres Beaurepaire then forged ahead, an easy second. Borg breast-stroked the last few yards. There was a hostile demonstration against him. Eve qualified in the final of the springboard fancy diving for to-morrow. Pinkston, the American, was winner of the beat. Eve being second. Eve is suffering from ear trouble, and dived below Ins form, but the difficult dives selected troubled all the competitors. v nrren and Kealoha broke their own 100 metres Olympic record with 73 2-os.