BEATEN BY A YARD

Evening Post, Issue 11, 13 July 1936, Page 3

BEATEN BY A YARD

LOVELOCK IN MILE

BRITISH ATHLETIC TITLES

RAIN AFFECTS TRACK

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LONDON, July 11.

The British athletic championship f.nals at White City were attended by 40,000 people, despite heavy rain early in the afternoon.'

! At 12ft 6in'the pole vault became a duel between tlie Australian Woodhouse and F. R. Webster. ' Each failed j at his' first two attempts at 12ft 9in. Webster succeeded at the third attempt, but Woodhouse, after clearing the bar, just dislodged it as he came down. Webster therefore won, breaking his. own English native record of 12ft 6Jin, which he created last year. Metcalfe carried off the high jump, his second title, without serious oppo- ] sition. : '. ' The day's best performance was that of Britain's Olympic hope, Findlay, in holding his 120 yds hurdles title and breaking the record impressed in heavy rain. , ..-'..' '. ... EAGERLY-AWAITED MILE. The prospect of'a new mile record in a most eagerly-anticipated race vanished when heavy rain fell' throughout. Lovelock (New Zealand) had difficulty in gaining a good position. J. F. Comes made an imposing bid in the last 300 yards, but could not long sustain his I effort, and Wooderson, Lovelock, and I Graham soon regained the lead. Wooderson led into the straight, where Lovelock made his challenge, which the sturdy bespectacled Englishman resisted in determined fashion,' showing remarkable sprinting powers. The first quarter was run. in 62.2 seconds, the half-mile in 129 seconds, and the three-quarter-mile in 3min 13sec, the heavy downpour accounting for the comparatively, slow times. The Australian, Watson, ran his usual stylish race and. hurdled well in the 440 yards hurdles. He was nicely placed until the straight, where he still appeared to have a' chance of winning, but could not summon up a reserve for the final dash, in which Sheffield easily went ahead.. The Australians and New Zealanders were deeply impressed by the consistency of the English runners. They did not think Lovelock ran his charac-teristically-brainy mile, as he allowed himself too often to be forced into outside positions, ; but his medical studies have limited his training. Lovelock told the Australians that he does not'expect to reach top form for several weeks. - Results are:— • • . 100 YARDS.' M. -.Osendarp (Holland), 1; A. W. Sweeney (title-holder), 2; C. B. Holmes, 3. ' Won by inches, half a'sard between second and third. Tinie, 9.Bsec. . 220 YARDS. A. W. Sweeney,-1; C...8..H01me5,' 2; W. van Beveren (Holland),. 3. Time, 21.9 sec. ■ • . ; 440 YARDS. „ A. G. K. Brown, 1; G. L. Rampling, 2; W. Roberts '(title-holder) ,- 3. "Won by five yards, with inches between second and third. Time, 48.6 sec. ■ HALF-mLE. J. V. Powell, 1; E. R. Handley, 2; K. Kucharski, 3..' Time, lmin 54.75ec. ONEMELE. \ S. C. Wooderson (title-holder), 1; J.E. Lovelock, 2; Graham, 3.- Won by a yard, '• ten ■'yards 'between < second and third. ■ Time; 4mih l§sec. ■ . • THREE MILES; P. D. Ward, 1;' F. Close, 2; A. V. Reese (title-holder),' 3. Time, 14min 15.8 sec, a new English native record. Lovelock scratched and Matthews (New Zealand) retired after a mile. 130 YARDS, HURDLES. D. ■O. Findlay. (title-holder), 1; Thornton, 2; A..G.'.Pilbrow, 3. Won by three yards,, one yard between second j and third. • Time, 14.6 sec, a, British record. ■ : • ; ' ' 440 YARDS HURDLES. Final.—Sheffield;' 1; Watson, \2; Brown, 3. Won."by-2J yards,, half a yard between second and' third. Time, 55.65ec. - ; ■ LONG JUMP. G. Y. Traynor, 23ft 2Jin, 1; W, E. N. Breach, 22ft Biin, 2; K. S. Duncan, 22ft 7in, 3. Dickinson (Australia) was fourth with 22ft 3iin. HIGH JUMP. J.'Metcalfe; (Australia), 6ft lin, 1; R. J. Brasser (Holland), .6ft, 2; S.R. West (title-holder), sft:loin, 3. • POLE VAULT. F. R. Webster, 12ft 9in, 1; E. Wood-1 house (Australia), '12ft 6in,;2. • In the marathon, ■D. •'M. Robertson, 2hr 35min 2.4 sec, beat -E. 'Harper by I.2sec. Both' eijtered the. stadium together and fought" out'the'"'final'lap at the speed "of" three-milers. -