Champion Oarsmen

Evening Star, Issue 22879, 10 February 1938, Page 4

Champion Oarsmen

England Wins the Eights Australia the Fours and Sculls Two Titles to New Zealand Bowlers . Pres* Association—By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, February 9. The rowing events at the Empire Games were decided on the Nepean Eiver to-day. The weather was warm and sultry, with no wind, when the crews went to the start of the eight-oar event. The riverbanks and the finishing reserve were well lined with people. Just before the start light rain fell. The Australians arrived at the starting point first, followed by England afid New Zealand. All the crews looked in perfect condition. Australia and England did a few practice starts. New Zealand approached the line quietly. Jack M‘Gregor got the crews away to a perfect start. New Zealand, rating 34, showed out first, but Australia, starting at 40, quickly came away, from England, rating 40, and led-by a quarter of a length at 150 yards, which was increased'to a length and a-quarter at the quarter-mile. New Zealand was then a quarter of a length behind England. Approaching the half-mile Australia was still a length and a-quarter ahead of England, with New Zealand three-quarters of a length in the rear. The ratings were Australia 38, England 36, and New Zealand 36. All the crews were rowing well. Just before the three-quarter mile post England’s stroke made a determined effort, and, still rating 36, gradually .wore down Australia and forged ahead at the mile post.' New Zealand . was then a length and a-half behind Australia, who came at England again while approaching the bridge. New Zealand put in a finishing sprint, but England finished with too much in hand, to win by three-quarters of a length, with two lengths between Australia and New Zealand. Time. ,6min 29sec. . ' It was a fine race, England’s crew rowing throughout with apparent ease. v The New Zealand bowlers \Von the pairs and rinks titles, the.tormer with four out of five wins.

THE SWIMMERS MISS RIX FAILS The swimming events at the Empire Games were continued ,at thp ’Olympic {Tool this afternoon, when the diving events took a most prominent part in the programme. The performances generally were patchy, but some of the dives were outstanding. The New Zealand girl, Gwen Rix, was meeting better competition than ever before, but her performances compared very favourably with the others. Hannan appeared to tire in the last few yards of the Men’s 110 Yards Freestyle event, but his time was quite creditable. In the 880 Yards Men’s Relay, Pirie (Canada) did 220 yards in 2min 13sec, an Australian record. Wainwright, who will tour New Zealand in April, took 2min IS.lsec. Following are the results:— MEN’S 110 YARDS FREE STYLE. Final Pirie (Canada) .. .. 1 Collard (South Africa) 2 Fleming (Australia) .. 3 Won by two yards, with a foot between second and third. Time, 59.65ec, an Australian record. Hannan (New Zealand) was fifth. His time was 61.3 sec. He was well placed 20 yards from home, but then fell back. 110 YARDS WOMEN’S FREE STYLE. Miss de Lacy (Australia) 1 Miss Green (Australia) 2 Miss Lyon (Canada) .. 3 Won by a yard, with two yards between second and third. Time, 70.1 sec. Miss Dewar made the pace early, but Miss de Lacy, leading at the turn, maintained the lead, though strongly challenged by Miss Green. WOMEN’S SPRINGBOARD DIVING, Miss Donnett (Australia), 91.18 points 1 Miss Adams (Canada), 88.27 points .. .. . . 2 Miss Sharkey (Canada), 81.66 ' points 3 Miss Donnett gave a very consistent display. Miss Rix was sixth with 65.86 points. She was unlucky to miss in her first dfve. The general opinion is that she is diving much better than when she arrived, showing more finish. MEN’S 880 YARDS RELAY. England .. ... .. .. 1 Canada 2 Australia .. 3 Won by two yards, with five yards between second and third. Time, 9min 19sec. England established a lead from the start, and Wainwright maintained it in the last furlong in good style from Lirie and Biddulph. MEN’S SPRINGBOARD DIVE. Masters (Australia), 126.36 points 1 Tomalin (England), 124.78 points .. 2 Athans (Canada), 117.90 points 3 All the competitors were inconsistent, but some brilliant dives were seen. WOMEN’S HIGH TOWER DIVING. Miss Hook (Australia), 36.47 points 1 Miss Adams (Canada), 36.39 points 2 Miss Donnett (Australia), 34.57 ■ points .. .. 3 The performances were inconsistent, but the winner performed well.

EIGHT OAR RACE. England 1 Australia .. .. •• 2 New Zealand .. .. .. 3 Won by three-quarters of a length with two lengths second and third. Time, 6min 29sec. The crews were:— England (No. 1 position)—J. Burrough 12.1 (bow), B. Beazley 11.6 (two), R. Hambridge 13.5 (three), J. Sturrock 14.1 (four), P. Jackson 13.4 (five), J. Turnbull 13.3 (six), D. Kingsford 12.8 (seven), T. Turner 10.12 (stroke), W. Reeve (cox). Australia (No. 2 position)—W. Thomas 10.12 (bow), F. Le Souef 12.4 (two), G. Yewers 12.9 (three), R. Paramour 12.13 (four), E. Bromley 12.6 (five), W. Dixon 13.8 (six), A. Gould 13.0 (seven), A. Gregory 11.13 (stroke), D. Bowden (cox). New-Zealand (No. 3 position)—L. Pithie 11.0 (bow), O. Denison 12.0 (two), J. Charters 12.5 (three), H. Benge 12.0 (four), A. Jackson 14.7 (five), C. Stiles (six), F. Thompson 12.7 (seven), R. Gould 13.8 (stroke), W. Stoddart (cox). FOUR OAR RACE* Australia 1 New Zealand 2 Canada .. .. .... 3 Won by a length and a-quarter, with three-quarters of a length between second and third. Time, 7min 16sec. The crews were as follows: New Zealand—J. Rigby 11.0 (bow), K. Boswell 11.0 (two), A. Hope 11.10 (three), O. Clayton 12.0 (stroke), G. Bums (cox). Australia—G. Freeth 12.0 (bow), J. Fisher 12.11 (two), S. Elder 12.9 (three), D. Fraser 11.12 (stroke), H. Kerr (cox). Canada—J. Temple 11.7 (bow), M. Winkler 12.10 (two), D. Davis 14.3 (three), J. McDonald 12.9 (stroke), K. Jaggard (cox). SINGLE SCULLS. H. J. Turner 11.11 (Australia) .. 1 P. H. Jackson 13.4 (England) .. 3 R. B. Smith 11.4 (New Zealand) 3 Won by five lengths, with four lengths between second and third. Time, Bmin 24sec. INVITATION DOUBLE SCULLS. Australia .. .. .. 1 England 2 New Zealand .. .. 3 Won by nine . lengths, with _lO lengths between second and third. Time, 7min 29 2-ssec. THE WRESTLERS DHYDEH'S GOOD SHOWING LIGHT HEAVY-WEIGHT. Scarf (Australia) beat Ward (Scotland) on points. Greenspan (South Africa) beat Anderson by a fall. Greenspan went to the mat with Anderson on top. The referee ruled a fall, but the judges disagreed. The next minute Anderson went down again and a fall was awarded. Scarf beat Anderson by a fall. scarf attacked strongly and took a fall after four minutes. Greenspan beat Ward on points. HEAVY-WEIGHT. Knight (Australia) beat Whelan (Canada) by a fall. Dryden (New Zealand) beat Dudgeon (Scotland) on points. Dryden worked hard and continually took Dudgeon to the mat and gained a popular win. Dryden beat Whelan on points. Knight beat Dudgeon by a fall.

MEN’S HIGH TOWER DIVING. Tomalin (England), 109.74 points 1 Masters (Australia), 102.87 points 2 Athans (Canada), 98.93 points .. 3 THE BOWLERS NEW ZEALAND WINS PAIRS AND RINKS South Africa won the singles Empire Games title in the bowling section, H. Harvey (South Africa) defeating J. Low (Australia) in the fifth round, 25—15. Harvey went through the competition undefeated. F. Livingstone (New Zealand) was second with four wins and J. Low (Australia) third with three wins. The rinks match between Australia and Canada produced a sensational finish. Australia had a commanding lead at the tenth end of 16—2, but Canada drew to 18—20 with one end to go. On the last end Australia was lying one when the Canadian skipper carried the jack into the ditch to lie three. The Australian skipper. Kinder, just failed to score, resulting in Canada eliminating Australia from the rinks by 21 to 20.

In the fifth round of the pairs Macey and Denison beat Button and Mildren (Australia) 25—21. Benjamin and Taylor (Fiji) beat Templeton and McAlpine (Scotland) 22 —l3. In the rinks Bremner’s New Zealand rink beat Shuttle, Cuthbert, Tappenden and Hiscock (England) 22—12. Dobell’s Fiji rink lost to Donaldson’s South African rink 12 —3O.

New Zealand won the pairs and rinks titles, the former with four out of five wins. Actually a playoff was necessary to determine the rinks title between Bremner’s rink and Donaldson’s South African rink, Bremner winning 19—6. A play-off was also entailed for third and fourth places, resulting in Kinder’s Australian rink defeating Gray’s Canadian rink 30—10. A play-off to decide second and third in the pairs resulted in Hutton and Mildren (Australia) defeating D. Adamson and J. Appleford (South Africa) 13—12.

The New Zealanders, Macey and Denison, had a thrilling finish in the pairs match with the Australians, Hutton and Mildren, The latter were down 14—7 at the fourteenth end, but when they learned that the title might be involved they recovered to 15-all on the eighteenth end. The Australians led on the .next end 21—19, but the New Zealanders rallied, and evened the scores to 21-all and lay four on the last end. Mildren, with his last bowl, drove for a dead end, but just missed and the New Zealanders won 25—21.

LATER SWIMMING RESULTS

MISS LEYDOH BEATEN SYDNEY, February 9: ; (Received February'lo, at 8.30 a.m.) All the swimming races to-night were finals. MEN’S 440 YARDS FREE STYLE. Pirie (Canada) 1 Leiver (England) 2 Biddulph (Australia) ... 3 Won by two yards* a touch between second and third. Time, 4min 54.65ec, a Games record. The race was an exciting contest between Pirie, Wainwright, Biddulph, and Leiver, but Pirie forged ahead in the last lap, and had a good margin at the finish. WOMEN’S 110 YARDS BACK STROKE. Miss Norton (Australia) ... 1 Miss Greenland (Wales) ... 2 Miss Hamilton (Scotland) 3 Won by four yards; a yard between second and third. Time, Imin 19.5 sec, an Australian record. It was a close race throughout, Miss Norton forging to the front in the last lap, WOMEN’S 440 YARDS FREE STYLE. Miss Green (Australia) ... 1 Miss Jeffrey (England) ... 2 Miss Ley don (New Zealand) 3 Won by two feet; two yards between second and third. Time, smin 39.75ec, a Games and Australian record. Miss Leydon swam an excellently judged race. She Jay fourth in the early stages, but turned second at the last lap. She was only a yard behind Miss Green at the final turn, and appeared then to have a good chance of winning. However, Miss Green spurted, and the English girl, Miss Jeffery, came up very fast to beat Miss Leydon for second place. Miss Leydon’s time' was smm 42sec, which is 3 3-sseo below the Empire Games record. ' MEN’S 220 YARDS BREAST STROKE. Davies (England) 1 Spence (British Guiana) ... 2 Prentice (Canada) 3 Won by 10 yards; two yards between second and third. Time, 2min 51.9 sec, an Australian record. Davies went to the front at once and increased his lead throughout.