ATHLETICS Halberg, Burleson, Kidd, To Compete

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29856, 23 June 1962, Page 5

ATHLETICS Halberg, Burleson, Kidd, To Compete

(A.Z. Press Association-Copyright)

WALNUT (California). June 22 The world record holder, M. G. Halberg, of New Zea* land, last night predicted ‘‘a most interesting race” when he faces the 19-year-old B. Kidd, of Canada, and D. BurleSon. of Oregon. this week-end. These three and M. Truex, of Los Angeles, will compete in the threemile run for the National Amateur Athletics Union track and field championship. The meeting will begin tonight and conclude tomorrow night in Mt. San Antonio College's memorial stadium. Excellent weather has been forecast. Halberg, who was beaten by Kidd and Truex in a meeting jat Compton. California. on June L made it clear he.w’ould be out to win, but ne indicated he was not aiming at his world mark of 13min Isec, which he set a year ago in Sweden. Halberg admitted he ran for a fast time at Compton and ‘‘l must confess, I underestimated Kidd. This won’t happen Saturday night.” Halberg is also entered in the six-mile run but said that he would scratch from this to concentrate on the three-mile event. He welcomed Burleson into the

race. "The more in a race the better the competition,” he said. Halberg said he raced fofUtimes against Burleson in New Zealand two years ago and lost to him twice in three runs at one mile, and again at 1500 metres. His fellow New Zealander. J. Davies is entered in the mile event to be staged on Saturday night. Twenty titles will be decided in the two-day carni-' val. Results will serve as the basis for selecting the United States team for the dual meetings against Poland at Chicago later this month, and the Soviet Union in Palo Alto. California, on July 21 and July 22. Halberg will run the threemile race at 2.10 p.m. (N.Z. time) tomorrow and Davies’s race is scheduled to start at 3.50 pun. (N.Z. time) tomorrow.

Australians For Djakarta

(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) SYDNEY. June 22. Australia will send a team of 20 for a special international athletics match against Indonesia in Djakarta on August 4 and August 5. The Amateur Athletic Union of Australia last night announced that it had accepted the Indonesian invitation. Indonesia will stage the fourth Asian Games late in August. The Australian team may Ry to Ipoh, Malaya, to contest the Malayan championships after the meeting in Djakarta.