THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20620, 9 August 1932, Page 9

THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

MARATHON RACE. * ARGENTINIAN WINS. EIGHTEEN NATIONS REPRESENTED. (CITITZD PRESS ASSOCIATION—»T EUCTAIC TJSLEOBAPB—CC?TaiGBT.) (Received August Stii, 7 p.m.) LOS ANGELES, August 7. Threatened, but not disturbed by the much-vaunted Finnish opposition, the Argentinian Zabala won the marathon manfully against 28 runners, representing 18 nations, in a race run under ideal conditions. # Yirtanen and Toivanen, who took the third place, went into the lead at 14J miles, but Zabala, who was running easily and looked fresh, appeared to be the strongest of the field. Yirtanen was a minute ahead at 19i miles, but within . the next two miles he found the pace too exacting, and at the seventh control he was compelled to drop out. The Englishman, Wright, went into the lead at 22 miles, but was only able to finish fourth. The Argentinian was running vigorously when he entered the stadium track for the finish of the race. Ferris (Great Britain) ran second. The correct time was 2hr 31min 55 sec. Michelsen (U.S.A.) was seventh, Panell! (Italy) thirteenth, Milts (Canada) fourteenth, and Cudworth (Canada) eighteenth. The entire jmarathon course was packed. It is estimated that 250,000 saw Zabala do the pace-setting nearly all the way. At nearly 20 miles Wright and Ferris moved into contending positions, but Zabala shook them off with a great exhibition of stamina and speed. Ferris also bettered his former Olympic record, his time being announced as 2hr 31min 35sec. (This makes his time better than the winner's.) [A marathon race is a test of endurance and speed over a course on the open road, 26 miles 385 yards in length, or around a track on which the same distance must bo covered, in imitation of the race run originally dnring the new Olympic Games at Athens, in April, 1896. The name is derived from the legendary run of Pheidippides, who is supposed to have run 26 miles 385 yards from Marathon to Athens, after the battle of Marathon, announced the victory, and then dropped dead. in the agora.]

Yachting. The Angelita (U.S.A.) won the eight metre yacht race over three miles, the Santa Maria (Canada) being eeeond. Toreholm (Sweden) won the sixmetre yacht race over eight miles. Juniper (U.S.A.) won the star class sloops' raee, increasing its point total to 19, giving it a lead in the class. Holland took the lead with 40 points in the monotype yachts series, following the third and fourth races to-day, in which Jan and Maas finished second and third respectively. The United States, through the disqualification of its boat in the fourth race,' dropped from its position as a serious contender. Ratjjey (Britain) won the third race, and Reginald Dixon (Canada) won the fourth. Britain is second with 34 points, and Germany third with 31. Demonstration Lacrosse. The United States, defeated Canada by 5 goals to 3 in ihe first series of demonstration games of lacrosse. Water Polo. The United States defeated Japan at water poio by 10 to 0. Epee Fencing. Defeating Italy in nine bouts out of sixteen, France won the team • epee championship for fencing. . Both Italy and trance in preliminary bouts defeated the United States find Belgium. SWIMMING. Women's 100 Metres^. Tree Style. : (Semi-flnals, three qualifying for final to-morrow.) First Heat. W. Denoud6n (Holland) .. 1 Eleanor Saville (U.S.A.) .. 2 Josephine McKim (U.S.A.) .. 3 Margaret Cooper (Great Britain) 4 Yvonne Godard (France) .. 5 Time—lmin 7 3-ssec—a new Olympic record, bettering the recognised world record. Second Semi-final. Helen© Madison (U.S.A.) .. 1 Frances Bult (Australia) .. 2 Jennie Ma&kal (S. Africa) . .< 3 Cornelia Ladde (Holland) • • 4 Time —lmin 9 6-10 sec. Miss Denouden was clearly the fastest swimmer, but she lost time badly at the turn, whereas MisS McKim best at the turn, going momentarily into the lead, Miss Saville also making the turn to advantage. Miss Madison, in the second heat, leapod immediately into the lead, and at 35 metres was a length and a half ahead of the field. Miss Bult was second, with the others a head behind each other. Miss Bult made a splendid turn, reducing the distance between herself and Miss Madison to half a length. Miss Madison ?oor,-ed up at 75 metres, and Biss Brit seemed momentarily tiring, with Miss Maalcal almost abreast of her. The Australian, however, spurted 10 metres • 'from the. finish to take a comfortable second place. Mjss Maakal was only inches behind her, while Miss Ladde was a bad fourth. Miss Bult's time was lxnin 10 l-ssec. It is officially announced that Hie women's 200 metres breastetroke semifinals have been postponed until Tuesday afternoon. Men's 100 Metres Free Style. Final Y. Miyazaki (Japan) .. 1 A. C. Schwartz (U.SA.) >. - M. Kalili (U.SA.) .. 3 Z. Takakashi (Japan) >• 4 E. Thompson (U,S.A.) .. 5 Time—sß l-ssee. The fittal of the Men's 100 metres free-style was a sensationally h&rdfought race. The men swam almost the entire length of the pool, when Miyazaki (Japan) had forged a thtod oi a length ahead of the who were swimfoing abreast. Schwartz (United States) gained at the turn, but Miyazaki again went into the lead. The first three place-getters were close together at the finish.