RECORDS BROKEN

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 27, 1 August 1932, Page 8

RECORDS BROKEN

FIRST DAY OF ATHLETICS

ELLIOT QUALIFIES

(Received Ist August, 2 p.m.)

LOS ANGELES, 31st July. The Olympic battle began to-day on the main front, twenty thousand people being present when proceedings commenced under a blazing sun. However, the crowd had increased to fifty thousand with the programme of athletics well under way.. The cinder path was lightning fast. : The French flag was hoisted at the commencement to commemorate France's " two victories in weight-lifting yesterday. The first Olympic Tecord to tumble came unexpectedly in the 400 metres hurdles, when Joe Healey (United States) won a heat in 52.2 seconds. A. J.' Elliot (New Zealand) qualified in a heat of the 100 metres, in which the Olympic record was equalled.

The following.are the results:— 400 METRES HURDLES.

(Three from each heat qualify.)-

First heat.—Morgan Taylor (U.S.A.), 1; S. Pettersson.(Sweden), 2; Manakis (Greece), 3; S. Cho (Japan), 4. Time, 55.8sec. Second heat.—B. Tisdall (Ireland), 1; F. Nottbrock (Germany), 2: Glenn Hardin (U.S.A.), 3; T. Coulter (Canada), 4. Time, 54.8sec.

Third heat.—Joseph Healey (U.S.A.), 1; A. Adelheim (France), 2; J. Areskoug (Sweden), 3. Time, 52.25ec.

Fourth heat—L. Facelli (Italy), 1; Lord Burghley (Great Britain), 2; G. Golding (Australia), 3; C. Keis (Brazil), 4. Time, 55sec.

Taylor's victory was unimpressive. Tisdall ran a better race in the second heat. His form was good, and he appear-' ed to be very speedy. The third heat was closely contested, Healey running a fast Tace.

-In the fourth heat. Lord Burghley iflrew first lane, GoldLng second, Eeis (Brazil) third, and Facelli fourth. Sporting writers favoured Golding as the runners took their places. Golding was in his stride so quickly that it seemed likely that he would not only win the heat, but possibly make fast-est-time of the day,-even superseding Healey's new Olympic record, made in tSe third heat. The Australian maintained a good lead for 100 metres, when, it was seen that Lord Burghley was catching up with him. Then, at a third of the distance, the Englishman and the Australian were abreast, and Tacelli was speeding up. Half-way round, the Australian fell back; he had spurted too hard. He now seemed quite content to allow Lord Burghley- ko forge

ahead of him, while Facelli lengthened his stride and was clearly winning. The Italian took the last two hurdles in an easy, beautiful stride that ate distance. Lord Burghley was two yards ahead of the Australian over the last hurdle and on the home stretch the Englishman looked back to see Golding almost directly behind him. The two Britishers ambled in. Golding was quite content not to compete for second place. There was a yard between them. Facelli was ten yards in the lead at the finish. The time _of 55see for the heat was slow, but it was easily discernible that it was a tactical race. The Australian was feeling his man out, and he and Lord Burghley allowed Facelli to run as he pleased. The real contest will come in the semi-final. SEMI-FINALS. (Three in each Race Qualify.) First.—Hardin 1/ Taylor 2, Lord Burghley 3, Pettersson i, Golding 5, Nottbrock 6. Time, 52.8sec. Golding was eliminated. The first heat of the semi-finals'of the 400 metres hurdles saw seemingly all the natural finalists being run together. It was too drastic an elimination. Golding was in ■ the third lane, and, against five opponents, held fourth place. All around the track, Taylor, Hardin, and Lord Burghley were runnisg in that order.1 Hardin came forward to lead at tho last two hurdles. These men were running a foot apart at the finish.

Second.—Tisdall, 1; Areskoug, 2; Facelli, 3; Hcalcy, 4; Adelheim, 5: Mandikas, 0. -

100 METEES,

(Three in each heat qualify.)

First Heat.—Eddie Tolaii (U.S.A.), 1; J. X. Dealmcida (Brazil), 2; Fernando Ortix (Mexico), 3; F. Keid (Great Britain) did not finish. Time, 10.9sec. Second Heat.—G. Simpson (U.S.A.), 1; E. Page (Great Britain), 2; 4. J. Engl (Czechoslovaka), 3; M. Sutton (India), 4. Time, 10.9sec. Third Heat.—A. Jonath (Germany), 1; A. J. Elliot (New Zealand), 2: I. Anno (Japan), 3; B. Vernieux (India), 4. Time, 10.6sec, equalling the Olympic record.

Fourth Heat.—C. Luti (Argentina), 1; H. Koernig (Germany), 2; P. Williaros (Canada), 3. Time, 10.8sec. Fifth Heat.—E. Metcalfe (U.S.A.), 1; B. Pearson (Canada), 2; A. Lambrou (Greece), 3. Time, llscc. Sixth Heat.—D. Joubert • (South Africa), 1; H. Wright (Canada), 2; E. Geerling (Germany); 3. Time, llsec. Seventh Heat.—T. Yoshioka (Japan), 1; C. Berger (Holland), 2; H. Berra (Argentina), 3; S. Fuller (Groat Britain), 4. Time, 10.9scc. Tolan and Simpson each won their respective heats of the 100 metres in fast, workmanlike manner. . Simpson was plainly back into form, after hav: ing been in a rather stale condition since his return to America from the Orient and Australia. Tolan's time, 10 9-10 see, is only a tenth of a second behind Williams's victorious time at Amsterdam at the 1928 Games.

The third heat, with Elliot (New Zealand) placed, in the sixth lane, broke to a false start. Elliot did not move. The German starter, Tiller, was so placed that it was a temptation for the runners to beat the gun. The six runners got away together at the second start. Jonatti suddenly lunged a yard ahead, but Anno (Japan) and Elliot from then on seemed to have a private race, with the Argentine and Indian runners plainly in the ruck. Jonath was running like a demon, drawing slowly but surely away to win by three yards. Elliot slowly drew ahead over the second fifty yards to put Anno a yard behind him at the finish. Jonath's time was so fast that Elliot's performance was praiseworthy. The fourth heat furnished a surprise in that the Canadian, "Williams, made a poor showing, filling third place. Metcalf e, the American negro, and the sensational Canadian youth, Pearson, divided the honours. After the fifth heat Lambrou (Greece) was taken off I the field hurt. He stumbled and fell at the" finish. ... . Joubert (South Africa)'fulfilled his early promise by winning the sixth heat, and remains a threat .for* the finals. Yoshioka won a well-deserved victory in the seventh heat, being hard pressed by the Hollander, Berger. QUABTEE FINALS. (Three in each heat qualify.) First Heat.—Williams (Canada) was among those to qualify. Second Heat.—Simpson (U.S.A.) was among those to qualify. . ' Third Heat.—Metcalfe (U.S.A.), 1; Yoshioka (Japan), 2; Elliott (New Zealand), 3; Page. (Great Britain), 4: Time, 10.7sec. Fourth' Heat.—Jonath (Germany), 1; Joubert (South Africa), 2; Pearson (Canada), 3; Dealmeida (Brazil), 4; Anno (Japan), 5. Time, lO.osec, surpassing the Olympic record. ' In the first heat of the quarter finals, of the 100 metres, Williams (Canada) showed'that he had held himself in reserve in the first trials. He was very fast'in the quarter final.. '■ Simpson was three yards ahead of the field, the others being in the second heat. Elliott showed his calibre in the third heat. Yoshioka pressed Metcalfe hard. The negro had got away first, but the Japanese was six inches ahead at the half-way mark. The negro then drew ahead, winning "by a yard. The New Zealander gave Yoshioka a hard race, being barely a foot behind at the finish. Jonath, in setting a new Olympic record in the fourth heat, beat Joubert by a yard. Pearson was a weak third. 800 METRES. (Three in each heat" qualify.) First heat: Eddie Genung (U.S.A.), 1; P. Edwards (Canada), 2; J. V. Powell' (Great Britain), 3. Second heat: Hornbestel (U.S.A.), 1; A. Wilson (Cana,da), 2; 0. Peltzer (Germany), -3. Third heat: T. Hampson (Great Britain), 1; Sera Martin (France), 2; Ned Turner (U.S;A.), 3. Time, lmin 53see. J. E. Lovelock (New Zealand) withdrew. In the first heat of the 800 metres Evans (N.Z.) dropped behind after .the first ten feet, and remained behind until 100 yards from the finish, when two runners dropped out, leaving the New Zealander to finish a bad fifth. The. Canadian negro, Edwards, took the-lead from the start and ran in that position for 500 metres. Genung then went ahead, and the Englishman, Powell, followed close behind.

In the second heat, the -negro Hornbestel (U.S.A.) maintained third place until the last 200 metres. He then shot out like an arrow. The German, Pelzer, ran last for 500 metres, and then moved up to take an easy third place. HIGH JUMP. Duncan McNaughton (Canada) won the high .-jump final, clearing 6ft 6_in after a long-drawn battle with Robert yon Osdel (U.S.A.). WOMEN'S JAVELIN THROWING. Mildred Didrikson (United • States) threw tho javelin 143 ft 4in— a new woman's world record.-SHOT-PUT. - Final. Leo. Sexton (U.S.A.), 52ft 6 3-16 in . 1 Harlow Eothert (U.S.A.) 2 Frentisek Douda (Czechoslovakia).' 3 Emil Hirschfeld (Germany) 4 Nelson Gray (U.S.A.), 5; Sievert (Germany), <5.'