ATHLETIC ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 130, 4 June 1931, Page 17

ATHLETIC ITEMS

AMERICANS IN JAPAN

■JTotliiug lias been1 ibeard: officially, in New Zealand of the performances in Japan. bl; the two American" : athletes, George Simpson and Ilariow llotliert, who left for tlio Orient, via Australia, in March at the" end o£ their (our of the Dominion. A cable metisago published in the "New ■ York Times" of 27th April, however, recorded their appearance at ,a meeting in Tokio tho previous day in the second day's events oi' the Eastern Japan semi-final Olympic Games try-outs. The visitors were reported ,to have broken two. Japanese records. The message stated: ."George,Simpson, oi: Ohio State, won tha 200 metres dash in 21 seconds flat, beating Takamori Yoshioka, oi: Bunrika 'University, Tokio. Yesterday Yoshioka defeated Simpson in the 100 metres. Harlow Hothert, of Stanford University, was an easy winner in the shot-put,-cast-ins the weight 14.31 metres (46 feet 11% inches), ■ ■: ''"!'' '■" TOLAN BEATEN BY YOUNGSTER. One of the sensations at a big meeting in lowa (U.S.A.) a few weeks ago waa the defeat of Eddie Tolan, University, of "Michigan, negro, and holder p£ the world's record oi!.9%sec. for the 100 yards, by a 19-ypar-old youngster, Peyton: .Glass, ot Oklahoma. Glass, who is described as being six fer.t tall with only, two' years, of competition behind him, won by a very; narrow margin in 0 7-lOeee, two-tepths of a second outside Tolan's world mark. One writer in describing the race said that Tolan and Glass raced shoulder to shoulder until tho last stride, when Glass, in a final desperate lunge, drove his chest into the tape to win. ■ •• .. - FAMOUS AMERICAN COACH. Impressive tribute was paid at the lowa meeting to the late Kuute liockne, famous throughout America as the football; coach of Notre Dame University, whose death as a result of an aeroplane crash'was reported in the cable nefrs of "The Post." Just before the 440 yds reky foe university football players took place the crowd of 10,000 spectators stood with bared heads for a minute in silent tribute to the late coach, while the massed bands stood at one end of the' stadium and- played Notre Dame's "Victory March." While in America in search of boxing talent for New Zealand, Mr. Earl Stewart met the famous coach, under whose guidance Notre Dame established- a wonderful record.of success.