OLYMPIC GAMES

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 9 August 1928, Page 7

OLYMPIC GAMES

RESULTS FROM AMSTERDAM.

SCULLING SEMI-FINAL. PEARCE WINS EASILY. (United tress Association—Byi Electric Telegraph Copyright,.) (Australian Press Association ) Received 10. Jo a.m. to-day. AiMiSITIRIDAiM, Aug. 8. With sunshine and a strong breeze blowing almost directly down the course assuring fast time, Pearce started at a tremendous pace in the sculling semifinal. He led by hah a length at the 250 metre mark, and by one and a half lengths at the five hundred mark, though Collett was hanging on gamely. Pearce sprinted and finished very fresh. Pearce had his hardest race so tar, but never w;as in the slightest danger. His boat was dipping at the start as the result of the terrific stroking, forty-four for the first minute. Collett was doing the same, but without the power behind them that the Australian had. After 250 metres Pearce took slower, longer and stronger strokes, gradually going ahead. At 750 metres Collett was slowly breaking up under the strain, realising that Pearce, once ahead, was unlikely to see him again. Pearce was a couple of lengths ahead at the. 1001 b metres, wherefrom victory was assured! Rowing well within himself, the Australian gained a further half length at 1250 metres arid finished four lengths'ahead. It was claimed that Pearce’s time was a world’s record and his opponent’s time was also the best recorded at the Olympic Games apart from Pearce’s. Collett put up a splendid fight,against a stronger opponent, but his physique was unequal to the demands. The Australian appears to be faster off the mark every time he rows.

Myers, by defeating Gunther by one on a half lengths, meets Pearce in the finals on Friday. The American was harder pushed, but was 12 2-ssec slower than Pearce. Pearce’s times were : 250 metres, 42sec ; 500 metres, Imin 35see; 750 metres, 2m,in 27sec; 1000 metres, 3min 20sec; 1250 metres, 4min. 16sec; 1500 metres, omin. 14seq; 1750 metres, Gmin 9,sec.

Johannson, the boxing champion of Sweden, is a two-handed fighter, contrasting with the New' Zealander’s right-handed style. The Swede’s best punches were straight rights and lefts to the fare, but Morgan is the more finished and stronger boxer. Received 10.05 a.m. to-dav. AMSTERDAM, Aug. 8. Results at Olympic Games were: — •SCULLING. Two thousand metres semi-finals.— Pearce (Australia) heat, Collett (Britain). His time, 7.1 4-5 was a world’s record. Collett’s ’time w'as 7.8 3-5. Mj-ers (America) boat Gunther (Germany) by a length and a half, the time being 7.14 1-5.

ROWING. Eights (semi-finals). —United States beat Canada bv half a length, time 6.2, and meets Britain in the final. 1 SWIMMING. In the women’s two hundred metres breaststroke, semi-finals, Miss Schrader (Germany); time, 3.111-5, a world’s record. In the men’s breaststroke, two hundred metres, final resulted:— Tsufnta (Japan) 1 Radem'aeher (Germany) 2 Time, 2.48 4-5, an Olympic record. Miss Thompson (Australia) was fifth in Miss Schrader’s semi-final and she did not qualify.

CLEVERLEY OUTPOINTED

MORGAN!-HAS A WIN. AMSTERDAM, Aug. 7. In tho first 'heat of the light-heavy-weight .boxing at Olympia, Jackson (Britain) outpointed Cleverley (New Zealand) in three three-minute rounds. Clever,ley was thus eliminated. It was a slow, featureless fight in which the Englishman was doing most of the attacking and clearly earned the verdict. Neither sent a good punch home in the first round, which was mostly clinches. Thereafter Jackson, utilising his longer reach, frequently broke through the New Zealander’s defence, especially with straight rights. Cleverley early received a severe blow on the nose, after which his breathing became difficult. Jackson’s superiority was clearly demonstrated in the third round, when the New Zealander .was almost wholly on the defence. He made little impression, though occasionally scoring with right hooks. Jackson was faster footed and prevented Cleverleygetting to close quarters: He once floored the New Zealander with a heavy right above the ear. in th second round of the welterweight boxing, the New Zealander, Ted Morgan knocked out the Swede, vSelfrid Johansson. |

SWIMMING

SEMI-FINAL OF 400 METRES

CHARLTON QUALIFIES FOR FINAL

AMSTERDAM, Aug. S. The semi-final of the 400 metres swim resulted: Zoriila, omin.. 11 2-osecy 1; Charlton, omin. 13 3-ssec, 2; Ruddy, omin. 20 3-osec, 3. These qualified for the final.

Charlton used a leisurely pare throughout, always having a good deal of reserve, though Zoriila s win was not .surprising after lijs good form yesterday. Hatfield did not compete. Ault- led for the first, 200 metres, when Zoriila came up ami was loading Charlton and Ruddy by a few feet with the remainder already .beaten. The Argentinian turned for the last 130 yards ahead of Charlton, who was steadily increasing his lead on Ruddy. Zoriila beat Charlton by two yards and. Ruddy was three yards further back. An. amusing incident occurred* in the third lap Borg, who had been on the stand, was •running at. the water's edge encouraging Charlton. The Swede was indignant when the attendants ordered hinr back to the competitor’s quarters. Borg was first in his semi-final, with Crabbe. second and Clapp third. Borg immediately went ahead, load- 1 ing by two yards for 100 metres, but i therea.ftef did not maintain the big lead characteristic of bis. recent races. Taknishi, Olapo and Gralbbe swam in line just behind until Takaishi tailed off while the two Americans hung on splen- 1 dally, Crabbe almost drawing level with

Borg. Swimming easily, however, the Swede won by two feet from Crabbe, with C’lapp a, yard further back. The semi-final of the* 100 metres hackstroke was won by T.aufer (America) in 72 3-osec. AVyatt (America) and. K uppers (Germany) tied for second place in 74 l-orsec. Boast was beaten by five yards and did not qualify for the final.