LOVELOCK VICTOR

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 186, 8 August 1934, Page 7

LOVELOCK VICTOR

MILE AT WHITE CITY. One of Best Performances in English Athletics. RYAN AGAIN, CRUMP THIRD. (United P.A -Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, August 7. The marathon race opened on the final day of the Empire Games at White City, the field including Wright, vvinnei in Canada in 1930. The competitors departed for the 26 miles jaunt in the country, a band playing, "There's a Long, Long Trail." A cold, windy afternoon, and a slow track after heavy rain, did not prevent J. E. Lovelock producing one of the best performances hi the history of English athletics. In tha mile event, the first quarter was run in 00 l-10s, and the half-mile 2.7, when the four Englishmen were leading the New Zealander, who, however, was obviously striding with such consummate ease that he always had the field at his mercy. Wooderson and Cornes led vp to the last lap, the time at the end of the third quarter being 3.12 2-:"). Lovelock challenged in the last 220 yards and passed his opponents almost as if. they were standing. He won easing up, looking round, by six yards.

The leading question is: What could Lovelock do if pressed in favourable conditions? His 4.12 4-5 was the second fastest mile rfin in England, the fastest being George's professional record of 4.12J in 1880. Lovelock has agreed to meet W. Bonthron (Princeton, U.S.A.) in a mile race at Paris on August 19. The British amateur champion, Rampling, ran one of the best races of his career in the quarter-mile, getting within measurable distance of the world's record. He never appeared to be unduly extended, and won by 4J yards. Sweeney created a precedent at

Empire Games by taking the sprint double, and is one of the finest athletes England has ever had. He is a soldier like Sampling. The 220 yards was a terrific race, Sweeney holding off Theunissen's desperate challenge by half a' yard, with Hangeley another half-yard away, and Murdoch (British chmpion) fourth. Winning the quarter-mile swimming final in great style, Noel Ryan clipped two seconds from the English record. Ryan was not headed after taking the lead in the first lap. Wainright, employing a quicker stroke, clung to the Australian, who won by three lengths. Wainright also beat the British record. Noel Crump was in third place up to 50 yards in the hundred free-style final, but a beautiful turn brought him into second position behind Burleigh, until Larsen's burst deprived the New Zealander of* second place by three-fifths of a second. The' South African woman athlete, Clark, broke the British record high jump, winning with sft' 3in. Results: — ATHLETICS. „ One Mile.—Final. Lovelock (New Zealand) 1 Wooderson (England) 2 Comes (England) .-. 3 Time, 4.12 4-5. -m 440 Yards.—Final. Rampling (England) 1 Roberts (England) 2 Stoneley (England) 3 Time, 48s, a British record. 220 Yards.—Final. Sweeney (England) 1 Theunissen (South Africa) 2 Rangeley (England) 3 Time, 21 9-10s. Marathon — 26 Miles. H. Webster (Canada), 2h 40m 36s .. 1 Robertson (Scotland), 2h 45m 8s ... 2 Wright (Scotland), 2h 5Gm 20s 3 Two Miles Steeplechase. Scarsbrook (England) 1 Evenson (England) 2 Bailey (England) .' 3 Time, 10.23 2-5. I Quarter-Mile Relay.—Four 110 Yards. - England (Davies, Saunders, Rangeley, Sweeney) i.. 1 Canada 2 Scotland 3 Australia (Dempsey, Woodhouse, Horsfall, Yates) ..:.... 4 Time, 42 1-Ss, equalling the British record. Mile Relay.—-Four Quarter-Milers. England (Eathbone, Blake, Stoneley, Rampling) 1 Canada 2 Scotland 3 The Australians did not compete. Time, 3.16 4-5. Long Jump. Richardson (Canada), 23ft 6£in'.... 1 Luckhoff, 23ft 3Jin ... 2 Metcalfe (Australia), 22ft 9in 3 Javelin Throw. Dixon (Canada), 190 ft llin 1 Hart (South Africa), 191 ft 2in 2 Luckhoff, 185 ft 4in .........,.,.,... 3

I Hammer Throw. Nokes (England), 158 ft 24in 1 ! Sutherland (Canada), 151 ft Biin .. 2 Mackenzie (Scotland), 139 ft sin .... 3 Women's 220 Yards.—Final. E. Hiscock (England) 1 E. Meagher (Canada) 2 N. Halstead (England) :. 3 Time, 255, a British record. Women's 80 Yards Hurdles.—Final. M.Clark (South Africa) 1 Taylor (Canada) 2 Green (England) 3 Time, 11 4-ss, a British record. Women's Long Jump. Bartholomew (England), 17ft lljin . 1 Goshawk (Canada), 17ft 9Jin 2 Webb (England), 17ft 2in 3 SWIMMING. Men's 100 Yards Free-style.—Final. Burleigh (Canada), 55s 1 Larsen (Canada), 55 3-5s 2 Crump (New Zealand), 5G l-5s 3 Dove and Sutton (England), 57 4-ss, tied for fourth place. Men's Springboard Diving. J. Bay (England), 117.12 points 1 Tomalin (England), 110.50 points .. 2 Class (Canada), 100.57 joints 3 Men's 440 Yards Free-style.—Final. Ryan (Australia) 1 Wainright (England) 2 Pirie (Canada) 3 Larsen (Canada) was fourth. Time, 5.3, an English record. Men's 300 Yards Medley Relay. First Heat.—Canada (3.15 1-5) 1, Scotland (3.17) 2, Australia (3.22 1-5) 3. Second Heat.—New Zealand (3.20 3-5) 1, England (3.28 3-5) 2, Bermuda (3.50) 3. Wales finished first but was disqualified because the backstroke swimmer turned on to his breast before touching. Final.—Canada (3.11 2-s)' 1, Scotland (3.15 1-5) 2, England (3.10) 3. Australia (3.10 4-5) was fourth. The New Zealand team was: Whareaiatu (backstroke), L. Smith (breaststroke), Crump (free-style). The Australian trio comprised Clark, Higginson, Ryan. • When Ryan began in the final he was faced with a hopeless task to overtake the Canadian, Scot and Englishman. Although the Australian gained, the leeway was too great,. while Crump was even worse situated in the New Zealand lane. Women's 440 Yards Free-style.—Final. Dewar (Canada) ' 1 | Maakal (South Africa) 2 Pirie (Canada) 3 Time, 5.45 3-5. Women's 300 Yards Medley Relay. Canada 1 England 2 Scotland 3 South Africa as fourth. Time, 3.42. Final Flacings. Canada.—Eight firsts, four seconds, six thirds. ' England.—4—6—6; Australia, 3—2— 0; Scotland, 2—2—3; South Africa, o—. 2 —o; Jamaica, 0 —1—0; Wales, 0 —0 — 1; New Zealand o—o—l. International records approved by the Amateur Athletic Federation: — 200 Yards.—R. Metcalfe (U.S.A.), 20 2-sa. 440 Yards.—G. Hardin (U.S.A.), 47 l-10s. One Mile.—J. E. Lovelock (N.Z.), 4.7 3-5. This time was established at Princeton (U.S.A.) on July 15, 1933, when he defeated W. Bonthron. On the same track on June 16 of this year, Glenn Cunningham, of Kansas, beat Bonthron, in the new world record time of 4.6 7-10, but this has not yet been passed by the International Amateur Athletic Federation. Cunningham's figures were 9-lOths of a second better than Lovelock's. Sweeney won the 100 yds on Saturday in 9 9-10s. Although a British record, it was 2-sths of second slower than the world record of 9 2-5s of the negro E. Tolan (U.S.A.), who won the sprint double at the 10321 Olympic Gaines at Los Angeles. SUMMARY OF RESULTS. English Athletes Take Sixteen Firsts. CANADA IN SECOND PLACE. (Received 2 p.m.)' LONDON, August 7. When the Empire Games terminated this afternoon at White City Stadium, before a big crowd, the summary of the three days' results in the athletic division was: — Men's Events. lsts. 2nds. 3rds. England 10 6 9 Canada 4 8 — South Africa 3 5 1 Australia 1 1 2 Scotland 117 New Zealand 1 — 1 British Guiana ... 1 — — Jamaica — — 1 Women's Events. lsts. 2nds. 3rds. England 6 3 6 South Africa 2 — — Canada 1 6 1 Scotland — — 1 Rhodesia — , — 1 N.Z. BOWLERS. PLAYERS AT EMPIRE GAMES. (Received 2 p.m.) LONDON, August 7. Competing in the bowling singles at the Empire Games, L. J. Keys (New Zealand) lost to Canada I—2l, and lost to Ireland, 13—21. The New Zealand rink (Grocott, Dillicar, Pollard and Carter) lost to Canada, 13—19. The New Zealanders did not have a team in the pairs competition. RECORDS IN NORWAY. BEN EASTMAN GOES PAST. OSLO, August 7. Ben Eastman yesterday ran 500 metres in 625, beating Tavernari's record. Percy Beard, of Olympiad fame, ran 110 metres in 14 l-ss, beating his own record. An American relay team (Peacock, Ka'ne, Harding and Eastman) won the 1000 metres event in 1.53 3-10, beating! the world's record of 1.50 4-5. Peacock, j running in the first leg, covered 100 metres in 10.35, equalling the record of I Percy Williams and Eddie Tolan. - '