EMPIRE GAMES

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 115, 9 February 1938, Page 6

EMPIRE GAMES

Cycling Time Trial WIN FOR AUSTRALIA (Received February 9, 12.5 a.m.) Sydney, February 8. The Empire cycling time trial, 1000 metres, resulted: K. Porter (Australia), Ihr. lomin. 2sec., 1; T. Johnson (Australia), Ihr. 15min. 7sec„ 2; E. V. Mills (England), Ihr. lamin. 9sec., 3. Elmer, Ihr. lGmin. Osee., was sixth; Taylor, Ihr. IGmin. 7sec„ seventh; and Giles, Ihr.. 17min. 3sec., ninth. These three are New Zealanders. WRESTLING EVENTS New Zealanders Beaten (Received February. 8, 8.45 p.m.) Sydney, February 8. At tbe Empire Games, wrestling matches in the morning resulted: — WELTERWEIGHT. J. Podjursky (New Zealand) lost to T. Trevaskis (Australia). Both boys were even after six minutes, but then the Australian took the offensive and pinned the New Zealander. • F. Standee (South Africa) beat Podjurs'ky, who attacked, but the South African went to the top and won by a fall. MIDDLEWEIGHT. P. Shearsby (South Africa) outpointed L. Jeffers (England) after a hard encounter. T. Evans (Canada) defeated T. Hardwick (Australia) on points. Jeffers (England) beat H. Godfrey (New Zealand). Jeffers applied a crossbuttocks and took a flash fall. Shearsby defeated Hardwich, securing a fall with a body-prese. Evans beat Jeffers on points after an .even contest. . . ' , •Shearsby'beat Godfrey. Godfrey forced the pace and was ahead after six minutes. He continued to make a good fight, but with a minute to go Shearsby rolled and Godfrey got under and lost by a flash fall. • Yesterday’s results were: — Bantamweight. — Semi-final: Blake (Canada) beat Nolan (New Zealand) by one fall; Purcell (Australia) beat Cazaux • (England) on points. The final result of the contest was: Purcell (Australia), 1; Blake (Canada), 2; Cazaux . (England), 3. ’ . ... A contest for second place in the featherweight division between Genet (New Zealand) and Clarke (Canada) resulted in a win for Clarke, on points. Purchase (Australia) won the division. In the lightweight division a contest for second place between Thomas (New Zealand) and Harding (South Africa) was a willing mill, and had the crowd on its toes. Thomas was on top throughout, but could not secure a fall. He won on points. . The result of the division.was:—Garrard (Australia), 1;-Thomas (New Zealand), 2; Harding (South Africa), 3.

BOWLING RESULTS

(Received February 8,11.55 p.m.) Sydney, February 8. , Additional bowling results at the Empire Games:— PAIRS. Fourth round: Macey and Denison' beat Templeton and McAlpine (Scotland), 25-21; Benjamin and Taylor (Fiji), lost to Adamson and . Appleford (South Africa), 17-21. RINKS. Fourth round: Bremner’s rink lost to Walker, Stevenson, Sampson, and Donaldson (Canada), 16-17; Dobell’s Fiji rink lost to Kinder’s Australian rink, 17-28. WRESTLER INJURED ■ (Received February 8, 9.55 p.m.) Sydney, February 8. ’ In the Empire Games wrestling the ' New Zealander, POdjursky, received an . t injury to his,knee and was admitted t to St. Vincent’s Hospital for observa- < ” tion. An X-ray examination showed that the cartilage of the right knee ; . was fractured, |-■ CONGRATULATIONS FROM ' 5 MR. SAVAGE U : — The Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. M. J. i Savage, has cabled congratulations to ) C. H. Matthews and V. P. Boot, the '■ / New Zealand athletes, on their splendid \ . record-breaking victories at the Emi ; pire Games in Sydney.