EMPIRE GAMES CONCLUDED

Evening Star, Issue 20571, 25 August 1930, Page 5

EMPIRE GAMES CONCLUDED

LAY ESTABLISHES RECORD

ENGLAND'S LIST OF SUCCESSES Press Anocittion —Bt Telegraph—Copyright. MONTREAL, August 22. Lord Burghley, of England, won. the final of the 120yds high hurdles, Davies (South Africa) being second, and Gaby (England) third. Williams (Canada) won the 100yds, with Page (England) second, andlfitzpatrick (Canada) third. Time, 9 9-10scc. . . ~ Wilson (Canada) was first m the 440yds, Walters (South Africa) second, and Golding (Australia) third. In the running broad jump Hutton (Canada) was first, R.. Evans (England) second, and Viljoen (South Africa) third. 23ft 7)in. In tne 440yds relay Canada was first, England second, and South Africa th JA the ono-milo relay England, was first, Canada second, and South Africa third. „„ In the one mile run i nomas (England) was first, Whyte (Australia) second, and Comes (England) third. Time, 4miu 14sec —a Canadian record. Lord Burghley, in tho 120yds high hurdles, established a Canadian rocoxd. Time, 14 15-16 soc. . .... In winning the 100yds sprint Williams injured his hip ,and he is likely to bo out of the competition for some Australia captured second place in the milo when Whyte, in a wonderful sprint from tho last turn, beat Comes. The pace was sot by Thomas, and Whyte forced the other competitors to fall back. Comes weakened coming into tho stretch, and Whyte, from far behind, with a remarkable sprint, passed the others to follow Thomas to th ln polo vault, Pickard (Canada) was first with 12ft 3in. , , In the week’s competition England lias won 25 championships, Canada 17, South Africa C, Australia, New Zealand, and Scotland 3 each. Of the total track and field events England won 9, Canada G, South. Africa 5, Now Zealand 2, Scotland 1. , It is believed that'the injury to Williams’s leg will prevent him from running at Chicago. NEW ZEALANDER’S VICTORY. MONTREAL, August 23. In the two-mile steeplechase, Bailey (England) was first, Hillhouse (Australia) . second, and. Morgan (England) In the javelin throw, Lay (New Zealand) was first with 207 ft Uin—a Canadian record; Pilling (Canada) was second, and Hart (South .Africa) third In winning the mile run Thomas was forced by' Whyte to break tho Canadian record. ■ , In the two-mile steeplechase, for the last three of the eight laps and.aquarter it was a battle between Bailey and Hillhouse. Morgan was the early contender, but dropped steadily behmo after Hillhouse had moved into second place. Hillhouse was injured on the sixth lap, and from then on limped perceptibly,. taking the hurdles and the water jump cautiously. Bailey re mained in front, and led the struggling Hillhouse to tho finish by 40yds, and Hillhouse led Morgan, by 65yds. The three Canadian competitors faded awav. Savidan (New Zealand) was scratched. BOXING AND WRESTLING. MONTREAL, August 22. The boxing finals on Friday resulted Bantam-weight.—Thomas Holt (Scotland) gained a decision over A. L. Pitcher (Canada). Feather-weight.—F. R. Meacham (England) was given the decisioji over Lawrence Stevens (Australia) m the closest bout of tho evening. A section of tho crowd disagreed with tho decision. ' , ‘ Middle-weight.—F. Malhn (England) got the verdict against D. C. Gallagher (Australia). Mallin scored with cleaner punches and was tho better boxer. The crowd again showed disapproval. Welter-weight.—Leonard Hall (South Africa) beat Howard Williams (Canada). The wrestling finals resulted as follows : Middle-weight.—M. Chipwick (Canada) defeated Stanley Bissell (Eng land) with two straight falls. • Heavy - weight. Earl M'Cready (Canada) defeated A. ,E. H. Sanguine (England) in two straight falls. PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE MONTREAL, August 23. With the games finished, the process of packing for home has begun. The New Zealanders will, however, go next week to Toronto, where the oarsmen are entered for rowing events at the Canadian National Exhibition. It is lelt here that the team was handicapped by tho loss of Calder and Johnson, who were unable to be at their best in the Empire Games. The team will sail by the Aorangi on September 22. The Australian selections for the Chicago games are expected to include Hillhouse , and Whyte, and, after the American events, the team will leave next Saturday for Los Angeles, where they will spend three days prior to aailirm by tho Ventura on September 11. “Bob” Pearce, having accepted a challenge from William Miller, ol Philaeldphia. will defend the Gold Challenge Cnp, which is emblematic of the sculling supremacy of tho world, in a race over Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, some time during the next fortnight. Fred Bradley has ,also accepted an invitation to participate.

NOTES ON THE COMPETITORS

LAY'S GREAT RECORD [By Pistol.] The second Empire Games have heen brought to a successful conclusion, arid from what can bo gathered from the meagre details supplied by a most inadequate cable service it has been demonstrated in no uncertain fashion tiiat the fixture is one that can exorcise a power for great good among the countries of the British Empire. The next gathering has been allotted to South Africa, and New Zealand has put in an application for the 1933 Games.

Although the eableman has seen fit to send very Jittlo information concerning the activities and performances of the New Zealanders at Hamilton, it is fair to declare that the dominion’s representatives have acquitted them-

selves more than creditably. J. W. Savidnn’s record-breaking performance is: winning the six-mile event was one of the outstanding efforts of tho track and field side of tbo meeting, and, in addition to finishing second in tho 'Empire eights, New Zealand won tho Empire fours (without coxwains). Tho Audi land swimmer, Gordon Bridson, showed very fine. form, in taking two second places in the 400yds and 1.500 yards events respectively, and in view of the fact that Calder was handicapped by an injured back, lie put up a very good performance to bo fourth'in tho Empire springboard diving championship. R. 0. Johnson should not have competed in the hop, step, and jump owing to injury, but gamely decided to do his best and finished sixth, a similar position being occupied by Miss Gladys Pigeon m the ladies’ breaststroke event, won in world’s’ record time. And on the last day of tho meeting Stanley Lay, probably the greatest javelin thrower yot developed by the British Empire, annexed the javelin throwing championship against strong competition. Ho heaved the long spear 207 ft l£in, which established a new Canadian record, and also surpassed Lay’s New Zealand and Australian and New Zealand record of 205 ft lljin in 192(5. Lay has done over 214 ft in tho dominion, although that performance was not recognised as a record. When he left with tho New Zealand Olympic team in 1928 Stain. Lay won tho English A.A.A. javelin throwing championship with a wonderful effort of 222 ft 9iu which was better than tho winning effort at the Olympic Games and better than the thou world’s record, although the present world’s record is 202 ft llin, held by Lindquist, of Sweden. Pilling, who was second to Lay on Saturday, is an old opponent of the New Zealander, and at tho British Empire v. United States match in London on 1928 Pilling beat Lay lor tho best individual throw with an effort of 203 ft Din. G. W. Bailey, who beat Australia’s hope, Hillhouse, in the two-mile steeplechase, is a member of tho Salford harriers. England, amd won the, English two-milo steeplechase championship at tho A.A.A. meeting on July 5 last in 10m in 55 2-sscc. The win of Percy Williams in the

100yds championship was expected, and tho' Olympic 100 and 200 metres champion appeal's to bo running just about as well as ever. He is still a youngster, for he was in his teens when' ho carried off his world’s titles in 1928. His timo for tho 100yds was 9 9-10 sec. and a man who consistently betters even timo as he does gives one no grounds for complaint. It. will ho a great pity if ho is unable to compete in tho match against the United States at Chicago on Wednesday next. IV. M. Whyte, who toured New 7 Zealand in 1925 with tho Australian track team, and also competed in • tho Australasian cross-country championship, at Wellington the same year, ran a great raco to finish second to 11. H. Thomas in the mile, tho winner establishing a Canadian record of 4min 14sec. Thomas is a member of the Royal Air Force and one of tho coming distance runners of England. Ho beat J. F. Comes (who was third on Saturday) in tho last English A.A.A. mile championship in tho lino time of 4min 15 l-ssec. Thomas’s timo on Saturday was only 2-ssec outside R. A. Rose’s British Empire record of 4min 13 3-sscc, established at Mastorton in 1926. This probably represented ono of the best races of Whyte’s career, for so far as 1 remember ho has not previously beaten 40miu 20scc. Alex. Wilson, who won the 440yds championship, has been one of tho season’s sensations in Canada. He was a member of tho last Canadian Olympic team, and showed much promise. _ In tho American interscholastic championships not very long ago ho ran third in tho 440yds in tho great time of 43 2-ssec, which indicates his class. J, W. Walters showed line form at the Soutli African championships recently, and did well to beat tho Sydney flyer, G. A. Golding, who had to be content with third place. Lord Burghloy collected tho hurdling double by annexing tho 120yds hurdles in 14 15-lCsec—a performance wind] bettered tho existing Canadian record, held by E. Spence at 15 l-sscc. Victor Pickard, who won tho polo vault title, was placed in this event at tho Olympiads in Paris and Amsterdam in 1924 and 1928 respectively, and he is tho present Canadian champion. His Canadian record, however, stands at 13ft 3|in.

PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES

INVITATION ufi'LAY. MONTREAL, /August 22. At Toronto, in a thirty-mile invitation relay race at tho Canadian National Exhibition, Joie Ray, of Chicago, and August Eager defeated by a halfmile Simpson and N. B. M'Namara, of Burlington, United States, and Brisbane, Australia, respectively.