THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20623, 12 August 1932, Page 11

THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

ROWING CONTESTS.

NEW ZEALAND BEATEN. DOMINION PUGILISTS ELIMINATED. (UKITKB JUSSS iSSOCIATIO F—»V EXZCTIUO TBLEaBAPH— COF'Se IQHT ) (Received August 11th, 5.5 p.m.) LOS ANGELES, August 10. The New Zealand crew was defeated in the second heat of the eight-oar race. They drew lane one, which was a favourable position. Canada, however, took the lead. The United States crew came alongside at 400 metres, at which stago the New Zealanders were contesting the third place with Germany. The Canadians and the famous University of California crew were still together at 1500 metres, Ntw Zealand being third, having forged ahead of the Germans. All the crews spurted desperately over the last 100 metres. The Canadians, who had been stroking 38, and were now extremely tired, gave way to the Americans, who came in a length ahead. The Germans were half a length behind Canada and the New Zealanders three-quarters of a length behind the Canadians.

The first heat of the eight-oar race was strenuous, Italy winning by a length and a half from Great Britain, whose form was a little disappointing and patchy. The Italians were the least distressed of the four eights, and finished strongly after setting the pace all the way. Rowing results were as follows: —

Fours Without Cox. First Heat. Great Britain . . ,1 United States ... 2 Germany .3 Time 7min 13 l-ssec. Second Heat Italy . . 1 Canada 2 Time 7min 6 4-ssec. Double Sculls. First Heat. Canada (Demille and Pratt) 1 Italy '.. -.2 Brazil .. . , 3 Time 7min 25sec. New Zealand did not enter for these events. Second Heat. United States (Myers and Gill more) .. .. 1 Germany (Bootzelcn and Buhtz) 2 Time 7min 14 3-ssec. Eights. First Heat. Italj 1 Great Britain .. ~ 2 Japan ..3 Brazil .. .. 4 Times: Italy 6min 28 l-ssec, Great Britain 6min 34 2-ssec, Japan Cmin 43 2-ssee, Brazil 6min 52 l-ssee. Second Heat. United States .. .. 1 Canada ~ 2 Germany .. .. 3 New Zealand .. .. 4 Times: United States Cmin 29sec, Canada 6min 33 l-ssec, Germany Cmin 36 4-ssec, New Zealand Cmin 3Sscc. BOXING. New Zealanders Defeated. Tho New Zealandor, A. S. Lowe, met the German Bernlohr, in tho middleweight contest, who had a clear advantage in height and reach, and toofcthe offensive in the first round, punishing Lowe with stiff right hooks. Constant pummelling opened a cut under Lowe's mouth and the injury proved troublesome throughout the fight. Lowe, v&io seemed to lack the dash and fire exhibited in training, relied upon short left jabs to penetrate the German's guard during the second round. Bernlohr employed the crouch in the third round from which position he shot swinging blows to Lowe's jaw. The Gorman had the advantage throughout. New Zealand's entire boxing contingent is eliminated with Lowe's defeat. The boxing results were: —

1261b Class. Carlsson (Sweden) gained the decision over Kameoka .(Japan). Hines (U.S.A.) gained the decision over Araico (Mexico). 1601b Class. Michelot (France) gained the decision over Lavoie (Canada). Middle-Weight. Bernlohr (Germany) gained the decision over A. S. Lowe (New Zealand).. 1751b Class. Bossi (Italy) gained the decision over Mastoridis (Greece). Murphy (Ireland) gained the decision over Miller (U.S.A.). Jorgensen (Denmark) gained the decision over Lang (Argentina). Catstens '(South Africa) gained the decision over Berger (Germany). Bantam-Weight. In the bantam-weight contest Gwynne (Canada) secured a decision over Melis (Italy), and Villanueva (Philippine Islands) obtained a decision over Naksio (Japan) in the quarter finals. Light-Weight. In the light-weight competition Bor (U.S.A.) obtained a decision over Mizler (Great Britain). Ahlquist (Sweden) oltained a decision over Mayor (France). Stevens (South Africa) got a decision over Kartz (Germany).

1181b Class. In the quarter final of the 1181b class Ziglarski (Germany) obtained a decision over Nicolas (France). Lang (U.S.A.) won from (Argentina), who defaulted. 1351b Class. In the 1351b class, Bianchini (Italy) obtained a decision over Genovese. (Canada). HcAvy-Weight. In the quarter final of the heavyweight contest, Maughan (Canada) obtained a decision over Kohlhaas (Germany)- . „ , . Lovell (Argentina) obtained a decision over Barlund (Finland) in the heavy-weight boxing contest.

SWIMMING. 400 Metres Free-Style, Final. C. Crabbe (U.S.A.) .. ,1 Jean Taris (France) ~ 2 T. Oyokota (Japan) .. ~ S T. Yokoyama (Japan) ... 4 T. N. Sugimoto (Japan) .. 5 A. Charlton (Australia)' ~ 6 Time, 4iain 48 2-ssec. The 400 metres free-style final was a heart-breaking race, in which every contestant excelled Zorilla's Amsterdam record. Taris led from the start with Charlton second, but one by one other competitors drew ahead of the Australian. Crabbe commenced to overtake Taris in the last 50 metres. The finish was stirring, the American winning in the last five feet by a tenth of a second. Charlton made a desperate effort to catch up on Sugimoto, and despite his finish in last place he swam the distance in the fast time of 4min 58 3-ssec, being 2Jsec behind Sugimoto,

100 Metres Backstroke, Men. (First two in each heat and fastest third to qualify for the semi-finals to-morrow.) First Heat. Kiyokawa (Japan) .. ... 1 Kerber (U.S.A.) .. -.2 Halloran (Crnada) .. ..3 Lundahl (Sweden) .. .. 4 Time, Imin 8 9-10 sec. Second Heat. Zehr (U.S.A.) .. -.1 Kuppers (Germany) .. .. 2 Kawatsu (Japan) .. .. 3 Francis (Great Britain) .. 4 Nunes (Brazil) . . .. 5 Time, lmin 9 9-10 sec. Third Heat. Ire (JapaJu) .. .. 1 Bourne (Canada) .. .. 2 Paula (Brazil) .. -.3 Time, lmin 11 3-10 sec. Fourth Heat. Karlsen (Norway) .. ..1 Cahners (U.S.A.) .. ..2 Walker (Canada) . - .. 3 Time, lmin 13 7-10 sec. Kawatsu qualified as the fastest third. Women's Springboard Diving. The finals resulted: — Miss Coleman (U.S.A.) .. 1 Miss Bawls (U.S..A ).. .. 2 Miss Fauntz (U.S.A.) .. 3 Miss Jordan (Germany) .. 4 Miss Ogilvie (Canada) .. 5 Miss Epply (Austria) .. 6* Miss Kamakura (Japan) .. ■ 7 Miss Larsen (Denmark) .. 8