SPORT IN BRITAIN

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 3967, 23 September 1930, Page 2

SPORT IN BRITAIN

LONDON, July 31. THE TURF. Goodwood makes a great appeal to the regular racegoer, the meeting being more like a garden party after the pomp and show of Ascot and the noise and bustle of the Epsom Meeting m Derby Day. Visitors to England are always enchanted with the lovely scenery of the famous Sussex country, and even the rain could not entirely spoil Goodwood this week. The popular Stewards’ Cup, of six furlongs, brought out a big held, and the result showed the value and importance of a quick start. Although drawing what is considered the most unfavourable side of the straight course, M. Beary rushed Le Phare to a forward position, and responding to a great challenge by Fleeting Memory just got home. The winner carried 1131b and ran the distance in Imin 13 2-osec. It is interesting to compare this with the performance of Stingo when winning the King George Stakes over the same distance. This three-year-old carried 1251b, and the time was Imin 13 4-ssec. This is a far better performance than that by Le Phare, a four-year-old. Stingo has beaten the winners of both the One and Two Thousand Guineas, and Mr D. M. Gant’s colt is evidently a great sprinter. The victory of Le Phare improved the position of the Aga Khan among owners, his winnings at the close of last week’s racing being £33,268. gathered in by the victories secured by nine horses.

Lord Derby has won £24,024, so that it looks as though they will finish the season in that order. R. C. Dawson is well to the fore among train, rs, his charges having won £■11.570. The struggle for leadership among jockeys is proving very close, th' position at the end of last week U’i-'g G. Richards 57 wins, F. Fox 56 and T Weston 54, which is indeed an interesting situation. CRICKET. A comp.ete “ washout.” That may be a fiting term for the fourth test match between England and Australia So far as tbe play went the Australians had the best of matters at Manchester, and with better luck they might have won both tbe third and fourth tests One satisfactory thing about the fifth and final test 'at Kennyigton Oval is that it will be played to a finish. What the Manchester test showed was that the Australians by no means depend on Bradman and Grimmett to win. They were only moderate, yet the splendid form of others, and in particular Wall, turned the scale in favour of the visitors.

The match also showed that Peebles has the big match temperament, and he will now be recognised as one of England’s bowlers. His captain worked him too much, as he sent down fiftyfive overs, almost twice as many as any other bowler.

The deciding test is likely to be very interesting and close, in spite of England’s team not being picked on current form.

The truth of this is clearly shown by the fact that the first eleven bowlers in the country (on current form and averages) were overlooked, Peebles being twelfth in the list and the others further down. That sort of selection is not the way to win tests. SWIMMING.

The long-distance swimming championship, over a course from Kew to Putney in the Thames, was decided last Saturday. E. P. Peter, the holder, did not compete, and a former winner in E. W. Pascoe, of Plastow, succeeded. He swam the five miles, with stream, in 66min 53sec, but this is not so fast as some of the past winners have accomplished. He had an easy win from B. Doherty, of St. Pancras. who was well in the rear. There are plenty ol long-distance swimmers in the country, as shown by twenty of the competitors completing the course inside 77min. ATHLETICS. The progress athletics is making among women was again shown by the high standard of the performances accomplished at the England and Germany contest at Birmingham last Saturday Both nations were strongly repiesented and a very fine struggle ended in the English girls registering a total of 51 points to 49 by the German athletes. The thoroughness of the German nation was well illustrated by what happened. The visitors won all three of the throwing events—that is, the discus, javelin, and shot. It may be recalled that the narrow win ot Germany in the match against the English men’s team last August was entirely due to their marked superiority in field athletics.

Germany has a remarkable woman athlete in E. Brumuller, of Berlin, who won the javelin throw. Fraulem Fleischer, who scored in the shot-put and discus throw is another outstanding performer. The latter’s ivut of 42ft B£in, is a world’s record shot-put for a woman. It may be added that a lighter shot is used than the orthodox 161b shot for men’s competitions. Mrs Cornell, also well-known as Miss M. Cornell, won the long jump with the new British record figures of 19ft 2Jm, and she only lost the hurdles to Franlein Pirch by inches. M. Milne got in a good high jump of sft to win lor England, and the home team scored in the 100, 200. and 800 metres trackraces Miss G. A. Lunn surprised the Germans in the longer distance by defeating Fraulein Badke. the winner of the 800 metres Olympic championship at Amsterdam.

The form of the English girls was decidedly good in the running events, and the prospects for the coming international at Prague appear excellent.

—Army Cracks. — Some outstanding performances were seen at Aldershot last Saturday when the indiv.dual championships were decided Lieutenant G. L. Ramplin, ot tim R.A., showed tip-top form by first v, inning the half-mile in linin 57 4-ssec and later taking the 440 yds race in 5“ ec I’his form suggests that he would hj a useful man for the Empire team, ■ ■’it hj" tas not been selected. Guardsman E. Turner, of the 3rd icnadier Guards, threw the javelin 182 ft in, which, like Raniplan’s performances. ranks as a new army record Another new army record was created in the mile, which R. R. Sutherland 3rd Carbiniers, won in 4min 26 2-osec. Sutherland also won the three miles, and he will be a useful member of the English team for the Empire Games. The services contain many fine runners, the Air Force in particular being well off for milers. G. Brown is t lie newest “ star ” as after winning a level mile in 4niin 24 2-ssec earlier

1 in the week, he finished a winner of a 1 handicap at Stamford Bridge last Saturdaj in great style. He had 27yds J start and had to run through a big | field, yet he won nicely in 4min IB I 2-ssec." This suggests he is about ' equal to 4min 20sec for the full jouri ne y- . x . u . 1 Another important meeting on Saturday was between the Welsh national team and the Achilles A.C. Neither side was at full strength, the contest ending in favour of the club by nine events to one. R. L. Howland put the shot 44ft 11 iin, a new Welsh record. M. H. G. Gutteridge also registered Imm ofHsec in the half-mile. A feature of the Kssex County chainpicnships at Chelmsford was the manner new men came to the fore. A. J. Gray won both the high and long jumps, otherwise the holders were out

of it. The race for the Atalanta Cup, over three miles, has brought out famous runners in the past ; Alfred Shrubb often scoring. This time it went to an Essex man in H. A. Forrester, of Woodford, in 14min 55sec. H. W. Payne, of marathon fame, being third. The result of the eagerly-awaited match between Nurmi and Virtanen showed that the former is still very much to the fore. Virtanen easily won the English four miles championship, but Nurmi had his measure when they met ovei the two miles at Helsinki,

Nurmi coming away at the finish to win by 20yds in 9min 7 4-ssec, very fine running Nurmi may have lost some clash, but obviously he is still a marvel, whilst Finland is indeed well off for stayers of class. | BOXING. I Phil. Scott greatly disappointed the large crowd at Wimbledon on Mon- ) day, when facing Young Stribling. The I English boxer has never been held up as a likely world beater in these notes, | ins limitations being clear to every close student of boxing. Still, with so many j n tnral advantages—height, weight, i and reach —he really ought to have made something of a show against the American. It must be confessed that Scott was absolutely outclassed and simply a chopping block for a man I superior in every way. Stribling took I command at once, and just set about j the home boxer. He realises that a I good attack is a sound defence, and his powerful blows soon had Scott helpless The Englishman says that the body blow he received early in the opening round winded him, and virtually settled matters.

Had Scott been properly trained and tough he would not have collapsed under one punch and failed to last even two rounds. We must honestly face the situation and recognise that we have no heavy-weight good enough to stand any chance against the best of the Americans ancK some of the European cracks. We have been working on wrong lines for years, and the successor to Bob Fitzsimmons and Charley Mitchell will not be found until a new order of things comes about. The first essential is to discover or attiact the right stamp of boxer. He must have more intelligence than the big majority who follow the profession in Britian; secondly, he must be aggros sive and tough in regard to constitution, so that the country-born man would appear to be the sort. Boxing for points in big contests should be just a name, and a draw announced when both men are on their feet at the end of the stipulated number of rounds. These are some of the requirements. There are others, including the teaching and fostering of a pride of race among school children and reminding them of the great fijiters and adventurers of the past who founded the Empire. The inclination nowadays is to take the opposite course, as illustrated by the opposition to military tournaments, tattoos, pageants of Empire, and anything calculated to stir the blood. CYCLING. Followers of cycling had an opportunity of seeing R. Beautrand, the world’s amateur sprint cycling champion, compete in London this week. He was oppose 1 by ,). Diiikelkainp, of Switzerland, and S. T. Cozens, of England, in a series of races at the Herne Hill tra k, which enabled the French rider to clearly show his superiority in tactics and speed. After three heats a final race over 1,000 metres was decided, and this Beautrand won by half a wheel from Diiikelkainp, the last furlong being ridden in 12 4-osec. Cozens showed 13secin his winning heat, and that just about represents the difference. Continental cracks have cultivated a wonderful finishing “ jump,” and it is this which has resulted in so many world’s titles being won bv them in modern times.

Another notable cycling event this week was the successful attack on the standing start mile record with human pacing. The figures were linin 48 4-osec by F. G. Crowley, which has stood for thirty-one years F. \V. Southall managed to beat this by just a second a better performance than may appear in comparison with the hour record with motor pacing. That it is possible to ride over seventy-five miles inside the hour with motor pacing shows how artificial this is when half the distance without pacing would be impossible.