U.S. Relay Team Defeated By Empire Runners

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 August 1948, Page 6

U.S. Relay Team Defeated By Empire Runners

(Rec. 10.50 a.m.) LONDON, August 12. The British Empire team this afternoon sensationally defeated the American Olympic relay winners— Ewell, Wright, Dillard and Patton. Two Australians, Treloar and Bartram and two Britishers, McCorquodale and Archer, comprised the Empire quartet. The Australians’ brilliant running was mainly responsible for the American’s defeat. McCorquodale had a two yards lead on the Negro sprinter, Ewell, at the first baton change. Bartram then passed the baton to Treloar three yards ahead of the American Wright. Treloar held his own with the I Olympic champion, Dillard, and the Britisher, Archer, took the baton from ' Treloar and won in an exciting finish by three yards. Americans Win Match The Americans outclassed the Empire athletes in the 120 yards hurdles. Australian athletes were mainly responsible for the Empire’s 3| wins—■ the high jump, 400 metres relay and long jump. The United States, with 11| wins, defeated the Empire, 31. The Empire won two women’s events which did not count in’the match. This Empire-American encounter is always held after the Olympaid. America has had an unbroken succession of victories, apart from the first meeting in 1920 which ended in a draw. Detailed Results Results:— 440yds Relay.—Empire (McCorquodale, Bartram, Treloar, Archer) beat the United States (Ewell, Wright, Dillard, Patton) by three yards. Time, 41.8 sec. One Mile Relay.—United States beat Empire by three yards. Time, 3min 13.4 sec. Two Miles Relay.—United States beat Empire by two yards. Time, Bmin o.6sec. Four Miles Relay.—Empire beat United States by 20 ’ yards. Time, 17min 30.4 sec. 120yds Hurdles, Team Race.—W. Porter, 1; C. Schmitt, 2; C. Dixon, 3 (all United States), Gardner (Empire), 4. Time, Msec (a new British record). Eight Laps Steeplechase Relay (four men, each two laps).—United States beat Empire by 50 yards in Bmin 45.25ec. High Jump.—United States and Empire tied with 19ft (aggregate of three competitors). The best jumps were: J. Winter (Australia), 6ft Gin; Standish and T. Edleman (United States), 6ft sin. Pole Vault.—United States (aggregate of three competitors), 41ft, beat Empire, 33ft 6in. Best, jump: G. Smith (United States), 14 ft. Javelin.—United States (aggregate of three competitors), 652 ft Ilin, beat Empire, 512 ft 4|in. Best throw: Seymour (United States), 222 ft 7|in. Putting the Weight.—United States (aggregate of three competitors), 161 ft 7|in, beat Empire, 138 ft lin. Best throw: W. Thompson (United States), 54ft 3£in. Hammer Throw.—United States (aggregate of three competitors), 520 ft 4-jin, beat Empire. Discus Throw.—United States (aggregate of three competitors), 463 ft sin, beat Empire, 402 ft Olin.

Three mile team race: United States beat Empire. Time, 14 min 22.8 sec. Long Jump: Empire (aggregate of three competitors) 68 ft Sin, beat United States, 68ft 4-j in. Women’s 80 Metres Hurdles: S.

Strickland (Australia) 1, M. Gardner (Britain) 2, D. Upton (America) 3,1 B. Robinson (America) 4. Time. 11.3 j sec. I Women’s 440 Yards Relay: Empire beat United States. Time, 49.4 sec. ; ONLY 20'BOXING OFFICIALS LEFT IN OLYMPIC PANEL (Recd. 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, July 12. i Only 20 officials remain on the Olympic boxing panel—l2 judges and pight referees. The original panel i totalled 82. ' The quarter-finals and semi-finals ’ in the boxing divisions were dis- ! posed of today. The chief Polish i official left the ringside _ this after- ( inoon when the Argentine’s representative, Cia, was given the decision; over Poland’s lightweight, Szymura. The French delegation withdrew in protest against the verdict to Ireland s 1 McKeon over France’s Escudie, the European middleweight champion. The South African, D. Sheppherd, caused an upset in the featherweight I quarter-finals by outpointing the American, Eddie Johnson, who in an eliminating round defeated the New Zealander, Goslin. , . H. Herring, of America, and E. Herrera, of Argentina, seemed.to have a handsome respect for each other in the welterweight semi-final. The ..spectators whistled “Dear Old Pals’’j and booed the contestants. j The final yachting races were sail-' ed today in severe weather in which several yachts were dismasted or capsized. j Results:— : BOXING Flyweight:—Semi-finals: P. Perez (Argentine) beat F. Majdloch (Czechoslovakia) on points; S. Bandinelli (Italy) beat Soo Ann Han (Korea) on points. Bantamweight:— Semi-finals: T., Csik (Hungary) beat J. Venegas (Puerto Rico) on points; G. Zuddas (Italy) beat Dominech (Spain) on points. Featherweight:— Semi-finals: D. Sheppherd (South Africa) beat A. Nunez (Argentine) on points; P. Formenti (Italy) beat P Antkiewicz on points. Lightweight:—Semi-finals: P. Drey>or (South Africa) beat S. Wad (Denmark-) on points; J. Vissers (Belgium) .beat W. Smith (America) on points. ’ Welterweight:— Semi-finals: H. Herring (America) beat D. Dupreez (South Africa) on points; J. Torma (Czechoslovakia) beat A. Dottavio (Italy) on points. Middleweight:— Semi-finals: I. Papp (Hungary) beat I. Fontana (Italy) on points; J. Wright (Britain) 1 beat M. McKeon (Eire) on_ points, j Light-heavyweight:—Semi-final: G., Hunter (South Africa) beat M. Cia; (Argentina) on points. • D. Scott (Britain) beat A, Holmes j (Australia) on points. ; Heavyweight:— Semi-finals: N. Nilsson (Sweden) beat H. Muller (Switzerland) on points; R. Inglesaid (Argentina) beat J. Arthur (South' Africa) on points. I HOCKEY 1 Final:—lndia beat Britain 4-0. j YACHTING Final platings for the champion-; ship in each class:—Firefly: Denmark 5543 points, United States 5408, Holland 5204. I Star: United States 5828 points, (Cuba 4849, Holland 4731. Dragon: Norway 4746 points, Sweden 4621, Denmark 4223. I Swallow: Britain 5625 points, Portugal 5579, United States 4352. I Six-metre class: United States 5472 'points, Argentine 5120, Sweden 4033. j