OLYMPIC GAMES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 193, 30 July 1932, Page 4 (Supplement)

OLYMPIC GAMES

OPENING TO-DAY. THE TIMES OF STARTING.

The eyes of the sporting world will be focussed on Los Angeles to-day, when the Tenth Olympiad will officially commence with the opening ceremony at 2.30 p.m., followed at 6 p.m. by the weightlifting. New Zealand interest in the Ganjes will commence tho following daw,, when, at 3 p.m., the first round of tj®, jOO metres will be held, and in which Alan Elliott, the New Zealand »pr®. champion, will be a competitor. At® p.m. the trial round of the 800 metfm is due, and, if permitted to start, Dim Evans will be carrying New colours. At 4.30 the second round of the Wf! metres will be decided, and at 5.30 10,000 metres final will be contest®, in which J. IV. Savidan, the New ZTM» land distance star, should toe t|m mark. <, Other events on Sunday will be first and second rounds of the 4® metres hurdles, the high jump, >ijSt putt, ladies’ javelin, weight -lift?® and fencing. On Monday, August 1, the seml.JLal of the 100 metres will be held st p.m. and the final at 3. At 3.45, Miss Thelma Kench wilVJp called on to carry New ZealaqM odours in the first round of the J® metres ladies’ championship, and A semi-finals of this event will be held®. 5 p.m. The semi-final of the left metres will be held at 4.30.

Other athletic events, f wrestling and track cycling will held the same day. On Tuesday, August 2, the final the 800 metres will be held at 8.45, aS the final of the 100 metres ladies 'Ja 4. The heats of the 5000 metres/-® which J. W. Savidan may a starter, will be decided at 4.45. ‘2ft 3 p.m. the trials of the 200 metres w be run and the second round at MB p.m. The semi-finals of the 200 metijl will be held at 2.30 on Wednesjiß, August 3, and the final at 5. The fl® round of the 150# metres, in which New Zealand Rhodes scholar, J. /J, Lovelock, will make a bold bid fj honours, will start at 5.15, and ■ ® Thursday, August 4, 8. A. Black,’?® New Plymouth, will be seen in tim first round of the 400 metres, whan commences at 2.30, the second ror® being held at 4. R. Foubister, t& Auckland cyclist, will be a competitor in the road cycling race, which com--mences at 8 a.m. On Friday, August 5, the seml.fidA of the 400 metres will be run at 2iS, and the final at 4.30. The final of tM 5000 metres takes place at 3.15. QJI Sunday, August 7, the marathon® timed to commence at 3.30, and J.' J, Savidan is a possible starter in tflif event. New Zealand is not the swimming, but Australia will*® well to the fore, and the natatorup contests commence on Saturday, Am'< ust 6, and continue until Saturday, August 13. The rowing in which tin New Zealand eight will be seen in ae« tion, begins on Tuesday, August 9,'at 8 a.m., and the last of these contests takes*place at 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 13. The boxing, in which New Zealand Ju sepresented by Bert Lowe, H. Thomae and R. Purdie, begins on August 9, at 2 p.m., and the last of the bouts are listed for 8 p.m. on Saturday, August 13. The closing ceremony of the Games will be held at the Olympic Stadium rtt 5 p.m. on'■Sunday, August 14.