HEATS DECIDED

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 9

HEATS DECIDED

LOVELOCK QUALIFIES

OLYMPIC RIVALRY

THREE TITLES TO OWENS

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The special. representative of the Australian Associated Press agency reports that the qualifying heats of the 1500 metres were run in cold, windy weather. The crowded stadium included the Fuhrer, Herr Hitler, who has so far not missed a day. The New Zealander. Jack Lovelock ran a sensible race and was content to qualify with a minimum of exertion. Backhouse, running with a badly-injured ankle', was among the leaders in the first lap, but was almost crippled towards the finish and finished third last in a field of ten. ASTONISHING ATTENDANCES. The attendances in the main stadium cpntinue to be astonishingly good, the accommodation being almost. filled to capacity each day, despite frequent rainstorms. Propaganda seems to have overreached itself regarding foreign visitors.who had flocked to Berlin, much ■of the accommodation placed at the disposal of the quartering organisation remaining empty. L. Becalli (Italy), "winner of the event,at Los Angeles, was never threatened. Wooderson, who recently beat Lovelock's British record, finished fourth last in the fourth heat. Wooderson's failure to qualify was a great disappointment to the British camp as he was regarded as the chief British hope after his victory in the British championships over Lovelock. Wooderson. repeatedly made an effort to improve his position in the iater stages but was stalled off by the leaders. His elimination removes the chance of the anticipated classic fight with Cunningham, Lovelock, and Venzke, former holder of the indoor record. ■■ The final will be notable for the number of former finalists competing, Becalli having won at Los Angeles, with Gomes second, Edwards third, Cunningham fourth, and Ny fifth. ANNOUNCER'S MISTAKE. It now appears that,Jesse Owens's original world record long jump of 28ft 6iin still stands ( yesterday's jumping being only an Olympic record. The incident is another instance of muddle, as the announcer at the stadium, who declared that 8.06 metres was,a world record, was unaware that Cwens had previously jumped further. He also did not know that the International Federation had ratified it as a record. .. .■..-..;. . Many Olympic representatives regret that Herr Hitler-has not met Owens— a real champion if ever there was one —like the German winners., They feel there is a tendency to make the Games a vast patriotic demonstration. , : , NEGRO SPIRITUALS? For instance, all Germain' victories are greeted not only by the 'singing of "Deutschland Tiber Alles." but-' also the "Horst Wessel" song, thus helping to delay the programme. Other .winning nations have to be content with one anthem, though negro spirituals might justifiably be added to the "Starspangled Banner." V Heavy rain in the middle of the morning sent athletes and 80,000 spectators scampering ;, for shelter. The stadium was deserted and the running track flooded. ... The Australian E. Woodhouse has scratched from the pole vault owing, to an injured side. While the British Olympic; representatives have, so far been most disappointing, being generally outclassed, especially in the field events, in which they have usually, failed to qualify for the final stage, the first British victory has been achieved by a London police constable, Leslie Jeffers, winner of the middleweight wrestling. In the semi-finals of the 200 metres' both Robinson and Owens established early leads and won without trouble each by over a yard. In the final Owens added to his existing glories and again, proved that he is unapproachable. He was clear of his opponents m 50, metres after an electrifying start, and after that even his fellow-negro, Robinson, whose prowess was established by equalling Owens's record in the semi-finals, was unable despite most desperate efforts, to get within two strides of the world champion. The vast crowd shouted themselves hoarse as Owens flew down the straight for his third - Olympic title Owens is the first modern athlete to stand on the top level of the victors' platform three times in one Olympic Games and see the flag of his nation hoisted in honour of his victories. WALK TO WHITLOCK. In the 50,000 metres walk Whitlock meritoriously gained Britain's first title on the track. He led from 30 kilometres, and his time was excellent m view of the fact that the race in matiy, places was over cobbly roads The Olympic track had fully recovered from the morning downpour as Towns's fast time in the hurdles indicated. Finlay, the British team's captain, who ran third in the same event at Los Angeles, won his heat easily Olympic gold medals have been awarded to the Swiss Dr. Dyrenfurth for mountaineering feats in the Himalayas, and also to the Swiss Schreber who first glided over the Alps. 1 THE RESULTS. The day's results/included:— HO METRES HURDLES. Olympic record, 14 2-ssec (heat); holder G. Saling, U.S.A., Los Angeles, 1932. World's record, 14 l-ssec; holder P Beard, U.S.A., Oslo, 1934. Present champion, 14 3-ssec; holder, G. Saling, U.S.A., Los Angeles, 1932. FIRST ROUND. . First Heat—T. Lavery (South Africa), 1; L. O'Connor (Canada), 2. Time 15sec. : Second Heat.—F. Pollard (U.S.A.) 1J. Thornton (Great Britain), 2 Time' 14 7-10 sec. ' Third Heat.—D. Finlay (Great Britain), 1; T. Murakami (Japan), 2. Time 14 7-10 sec. . ' Fourth Heat—R. Staley (U.S.A.) 1L. Lavehan (Argentine), 2 Time' 15sec. ' Fifth Heat.—F. Towns (U.S.A.), 1; W. Wegner (Germany), 2. Time, 14Jsec" Sixth Heat.—Lidman (Sweden), 1Ivanovic (Yugoslavia), 2. Time, 15 1-lOsec. A. Watson (Australia) failed to qualify in this heat. 1500 METRES. Olympic record, 3min 51 l-ssec, L. Beccali, Italy, Los Angeles^ 1932. World's record, 3min 48 4-ssec, W. Bonthron, U.S.A., Milwaukee, 1934. Present champion, 3min 51 l-ssec,L Beccali Italy, Los Angeles, 1932. First Heat.—E. Ny (Sweden) and Glen Cunningham (U.S.A.), dead heat,

1; W. Boettcher (Germany)^ 3. Time, 3min 54 4-ssec. Second Heat.—G. Venzke (U.S.A.), 1; time, 4min 4sec. J. Comes (Great Britain) and J. E. Lovelock (New Zealand) were next, their time being 4min 6sec. Third Heat.—L. Becalli (Italy), 1; M. Szabo (Hungary), 2; P. Edwards (Canada), 3. Time, 3min 55 3-ssec. Fourth Heat.—Goix (France), 1; Sanromani. (U.S.A.), 2; Schaumburg (Germany), 3. Time, 3min 54sec. G. Backhouse Australia) failed to qualify in the third heat, and S. C. Wooderson (Great Britain) failed to qualify in the fourth heat, from which V. P. Boot (New Zealand) scratched. WOMEN'S 80 METRES HURDLES. SEMI-FINALS. First Heat.—Miss Valla (Italy), 11 3-ssec, an Olympic record, and equalling the world record, 1; Miss Taylor (Canada), 2; Miss Steuer (Germany), 3, both 11 7-lOsec. Second Heat.—Miss Braaketer (Holland), 1; Miss Eckert (Germany), 2; Miss Schaller (U.S.A.), all 11 4-ssec, practically deadrheating. '• 200' METRES. ■'■""• Olympic record, 21 l-ssec, E. Tolan, U.S.A., Los Angeles, 1932. World's record, 20 3-10 sec, R. Locke, U.S.A., Lincoln, 1926, and R. Metcalfe, U.S.A., Budapest, 1933.- Present champion, 21----l-ssec, E. Tolan. U.S.A., Los Angeles, 1932. SEMI-FINALS. First ' Heat.—Matthew Robinson (U.S.A.), 1; L. Orr (Canada), 2; W. Van Beveren (Holland), 3. Time, 21 1-lOsec, equalling Owen's Olympic record. . . Second Heat.—J. Owens (U.S.AI), 1; Osendarp (Holland), 2; P. Haenni (Switzerland), 3. Time, 21 3-lOsec. ••■■■- ■ . FINAL. '. : Owens (U.S.A.), 20 "MOsec, an Olympic record 1 Hobinson (U.S.A.), 21 1-lOsec, equalling the old Olympic record ..2 Osendarp (Holland), 21 3-10 sec .;.. 3 Haenni (Switzerland) 4 Orr (Canada) ..................... 5 Van Beveren (Holland) 6 Owens thus won his third Olympic title. : . ".. . ' 50,000 METRES WALK. Olympic record, 4hr 50min lOsec, T. W. Green, Great Britain, Los Angeles, 1932. No official world's record. Present champion, 4hr 50min lOsec, T. W» Green, Great Britain, Los Angeles, 1932. H. Whitlock (Great Britain). 4hr 30min 41sec, an Olympic record 1 A. Schwab (Switzerland), 4hr 32min. 9 l-ssec .........;.. 2 A. Bubenko (Latvia), 4hr 32min 42 l-ssec ....;■: .....:... 3 THROWING THE DISCUS. FINAL. K. Carpenter (U.S.A.), 50.48 metres (approximately 165 ft 7.4 in), an Olympic record -... ...'.... 1 G. Dunn (U.S.A.), 49.36 metres .. 2 G. Oberweger (Italy), 49.23 metres 3 HOCKEY. Japan defeated the United States, 5-0; India defeated Hungary, 4-0. ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. FIRST ROUND. Austria defeated Egypt, 3-1; Poland defeated Hungary, 3-0. POLO. Argentina defeated Mexico by .15 to 5. POLE VAULT. Rain delayed the completion of the pole vault. WRESTLING. • Wrestling results are:— Heavyweight.—Palusalu (Estonia), 1; Klapuch (Czechoslovakia), 2; Nystroem (Finland), 3. . .. . | Light-heavy weight.—Fridell (Swe-' den), 1; Neo (Estonia),. 2; Siebert, (Germany), 3. • Middleweight.-^-Jeffers (Britain), 1; I Kirecci (Turkey), 2; Poipve (France), 3. Welterweight.—Lewis (U.S.A.), .1; Anderson (Sweden), 2; Schleiner (Canada), 3. Lightweight.— Karpati (Hungary),. 1; Erhl (Germany), 2; Pihlajamaeki (Finland), 3. Featherweight—Pihlajamaeki (Finland), 1; Millard (United States), 2; Pettigrew (Canada), 3.