MATTHEWS AGAIN

Grey River Argus, 11 February 1938, Page 7

MATTHEWS AGAIN

WINS SIX MILE RACE Boot in Mile Final [Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.] (Received February 10, 11.40 p.m.) SYDNEY, February 10. Again records were smashed at today’s session of the Empire Games in the athletics section. The most meritorious performance of the day was that of Matthews (New Zealand) in the Six Miles event. He ran a well-judged race, lying quietly behind the leaders in the early stages, and going to the front when half tiu distance had been covered Showm great stamina, he increased his lead to fifty yards in the last mile, and finished up a magnificent effort with a sprint. As the last lap progressed, the crowds round the fence rose and cheered. He twice lapped Doyle (Australia) who was the last man to finish, but four others of the teen competitors dropped out during the race. , Matthews was quite fresh when he finished, as also was Geddes (New Zealand), who also ran well, though he never looked like winning. Matthews’ time, 30 min. 14.5 secs., was an Empire Games and Australian record. It reduced by 35.1 secs the Games record established by Savidan of New Zealand, in 1930.

MISS NORMAN’S BRILLIANCE. Once again New Zealand women runners did not show to advantage, as compared with the other competitors Miss Decima Norman (Australia) who was victorious in the Women's Hundred Yards and broad jump, again disitnguished herself m the heats in the semi-final of the 220 yards race. Her time in the semifinal 24.5 secs., was only one-fifth or a second outside of the world record. Holmes’ win in the 220 yards event for men was a magnificent performance, and it gave him a double wm in the present series. Leckie (New Zealand), was up against strong opposition in .Sutherland " of Canada, in throwing the hammer, but he secured third posiIn the women’s javelin throw, Miss Mitchell (New Zealand) passed the present Games and Australian records, but the high standard can be seen by the fact that three threw further than she did. (Received February 10, 11.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, February 10. At the Empire Games to-day, the athletic events were continued. Results were as follows: — 220 Yards—Men. (Final). Holmes (England) * Mumford (Australia) Best (Australia) •• / Won by one yard; half a yard between second and third. Time 21.secs. An Empire Games and Australian record. From an even start, Holmes narrowly took the lead, which he held throughout. 80 Metres Hurdles—Women. (First Heat). Miss Burke (South Africa) 1 Miss Tong (New Zealand) - Miss Kennedy (Australia) 4 Won by two yards; third threequarters of a yard away. Time 11.9 secs. Miss Burke established a lead from the outset, and she improved it as she ran. Miss Tong jumped well. She led the remainder of a bunched field. One Mile —Men. (First Heat). Alford (Wales) * Graham (Scotland) ; Pullar (New Zealand) / Won by ten yards; third four yards away. Time 4 min. 17.3 secs. The New Zealanders were lying fourth and fifth, a few yards behind the leader until they moved up to third and fourth approaching the tape. They were content to hold those positions. (Second Heat). Backhouse (Australia) 1 Boot (New Zealand) - Eeles (England) 4 Won by one and a-half yards;, third fifteen yards behind. Time 4 min. 18 secs. The field was well bunched until 200 yards from home, when Boot sprinted from last place to the front. Backhouse challenged him in the straight. Boot made but little effort to respond, he being content with second place. Clarke (Canada) was fourth. Matthews (New Zealand) did not start. Throwing the Hammer—Men. Sutherland (Canada) 159 ft. 9 j in. 1 Pardon (Aust.) 148 ft. Olin - Leckie (N.Z.) 145 ft. 5g in. 3 Sutherland’s throw was an Empire Games record. Six Miles —Men. Matthews (New Zealand) 1 Rankine (Canada) Hayward (South Africa) 4 Matthews won by 180 yards. Hayward was 250 yards away. Time 30 min. 14.5 secs. Matthews’ time is an Empire Games and Australian record. , , Geddes (New Zealand) was fourth. Coleman (South Africa), followed by Weatheril (England) and Matthews (New Zealand) made the running for the first two miles, but then Coleman was disqualified for attempting to prevent Weatherill from passing him, and also for crossing Rankine twice. After three miles, Matthews moved to the front, followed closely by Ward (England) Rankine (Canada) and Hayward (South Africa). Geddes (New Zealand) was then in sixth position, one hundred yards behind Matthews. That order was maintained until the last mile, when Matthews increased his speed, and he established a lead of fifty yards from Rankine and Ward. Matthews spurted in the last lap, and he also finished with a sprint. 440 Yards—Men. (Second Heat). Loaring (Canada) * Tyrie (New Zealand) 2 Jones (Australia) ■ • ■ ■ •. 3 Won by half a yard; third five yards away. Time 40.2 secs. (Third Heat). ' Roberts (England) 1 Fritz (Canada) .2 Sayers (New Zealand) • • ■ 3 Won by six yards; Sayers fifteen yards away. Time 48.1 secs. Sayers does not qualify for the final. In the first heat, won by Shore (South Africa), with Mumford (Aus-

•<MI tralia) second, the time was 47.9 secs., which is an Empire Games and Australian record. 220 Yards—Women. First Semi-final). Miss Norman (Australia) 1 Miss Burke (South Africa) 2 Miss Talbot (Australia) 3 Won by six yards; third two and ahalf. yards away. Time 24.5 secs. This is an Empire Games and an Australian record. (Second Semi-final). Miss Meagher (Canada) 1 Miss Coleman (Australia) ’ 2 Miss Wearne (Australia) 3 Won by half a yard; inches between second and third. Time 25.1 secs. In the heats of this event, Miss Strachan (New Zealand), ran fourth in the first heat. Miss Lumley (New Zealand), ran third in the third heat; but she was disqualified for running in the wrong track. Broad Jump—Men. H. Brown (Canada) 24 ft. 43 ins. . 1 J. Panton (Canada) 23 ft. 91 ins. . 2 Eickensen (Aust.) 23 ft. sgins. .. 3 The winner set a new Empire Games record. Throwing the Javelin—Women. Miss Higgins 125 ft. 7 J ins 1 Miss Robertson (South Africa) 121 ft. 4 ins 2 Miss Lunn (England) 119 ft. 5i ins. 3 Miss Mitchell (New Zealand) 118 ft. Og ins 4 All four figures bettered the Empire Games and Australian record. 440 Yards Relay—Men. . Canada 1 England 2 Australia 3 Won by two yards; third one yard away. Time 41.6 secs. This is an Empire Games and Australian record. SWIMMING FINALS DECIDED. SYDNEY, February 9. All the races to-night were finals, and the results were as follows:— 440 Yards Free-style, Men. Piri (Canada) 1 Leivers (England) 2 Biddulph (Australia) 3 Won by two yards; a touch. Time 4.54.6, a Games record. The race was an exciting contest between Pirie, Wainwright, Biddulph and Leivers (England), but Pirie forged ahead in the last lap, and had a good margin at the finish. 100 Yards Backstroke, Women. Norton (Australia) 1 Grenland (Wales) 2 Hamilton (Scotland) 3 Won by four yards; a yard.’* Time I. an Australian record. It was a close race throughout, Norton forging to the front in the last lap. 440 Yards Freestyle, Women. Green (Australia) 1 Jeffrey (England) 2 Leydon (New Zealand) 3 Won by two feet; two yards. Time 5.39.7, a Games and Australian record. Jeffrey’s time was 5.40.2. The only New Zealand competitor left was Mona Leydon. She swam an excellently judged race. She lay fourth in the early stages, but turned second at the last lap. She was only a yard behind Green at the final turn, and appeared then to have -i good chance of winning. However, Green spurted, and the English girl, Jeffrey, came up very fast to beat Miss Leydon for second place. Miss Leydon’s time was 5.42, which is 3 3-5 secs below the Empire Games record.

220 Yards Breaststroke, Men.

Daviels (England) 1 Spence (British Guinana) ... 2 Prentice (Canada) 3 Won by ten yards; two yards. Time 2.51.9, an Australian record Davies went to the front at once, and increased his lead throughout. N.Z. BOWLERS WIN. SYDNEY, February 10. New Zealand won the pairs and fours titles, the former with four out of five wins. Actually, a play-off was necessary, to determine the fours title, between Bremner’s and Donaldson’s South African rink, Bremner winning 19/6; also a play-off was entailed for the third and fourth places, resulting in Kinder’s Australian rink defeating Gray’s Canadian rink 30/10. A play-off, to decide the 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 their pairs match, with the Australians, Hutton and Mildren. The latter were down at the fourteenth end, but when it was 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 at 21 alb and lay four on the last, end Mildren with his last bowl, drove for a dead end, but just missed. The New Zealanders won, 25/21. DIVING JUDGES CRITICISED. SYDNEY, February 10. A charge, that the diving judges were incompetent, was made by the manager of the Canadian team, (Mr Robinson). In the women’s high-tower event, Hook (Australia) beat Adams (Canada) by 36.47 points to 36.39. . “Our girl was robbed, and I do not care if the whole world knows it. The judges do not seem to know the rules of diving, and certainly do not know what the different dives are. The variation in points for some of the dives made it obvious that much of the judging was guesswork,” declared Mr Robinson. Rifle Shooting . N.Z. COMPETITORS' PRIZES. SYDNEY, February 10. For the rifle-shooting, the conditions were good. The Englishman, Corporal L. Hoddle, aged 26, established a record for the first stage of the King’s Prize, by gaining a treble possible on the bull’s eye, which had been reduced in size. He leads with 105 in seven shots at 300, 500, and 600 yards, from 1400 competitors. Butterworth, 103, won £3; Feist 101, £2; Soler JOl, 30s; Symonds and Parkinson 100, Croxton, Nicholls. Wrigley, Falrey, Smith 88. Hickinbotham, Harris. Nix. Donald 98, all won £l, Tyros, Oliver, Clark and Purvis. 97, won £l. In the Holmes Match, eight shots

at 500 yards, Hunt, Soler, Bowes and Spry, all 32, won £l. In the Woolcott Forbes aggregate (possible 300), West 286, won £4; Parkinson and James 284, £3; Bowes and Soler 282, Feist, Croxton, McKenzie, Smith 279, Farley 278, Masefield and Cromie 276, Jeune 275, Wrigley 274, Nix 273, all won £l. Tyros, Purvis 281, won £3; Clark 266 won 30s. ROWING. SYDNEY, February 10. The “Herald” says: The eights' race was a triumph for Turner, who only went into the stroke seat of the English boat twelve days ago. It was, a drastic change to make, and that the English crew won so brilliantly, was not only a tribute to the but proof that in a short period, the crew had blended into Turner’s style, and made up a mach-ine-like combination, which gave th® boat an incessant run and smoothness. Australia won the fours in brilliant style, although strong combinations from New Zealand and Canada fought desperately to hold the Australian four. Fisher, setting his crew a long stroke, never let up. Turner,’ sculling right up to the top of his form, gave a great display to win the sculls. Smith was placed at a disadvantage by the head wind. The showing of Smith and Jackson in the double sculls could easily be understood, as both had had hard races earlier in the afternoon. ANOTHER TITLE TO NEW ZEALAND. And another record accurately timed by OMEGA watches, the only official Timers of the Empire Games, OMEGA skilled craftsmanship is readily available to you in models for everyday use. m ONE OF THE THREE GREAT WATCHES OF THE WORLD.-’ VICTORY-FOR BOOT'S. And OMEGA watches officially corded his time. Time is no less important in’ every day life, than it is in sport. OMEGA watches may be bought for as little as £2/17/6. I ONE OF THE THREE GREAT WATCHES OF THE