N.Z. OLYMPIANS ARE IN GOOD FORM

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6672, 27 July 1928, Page 7

N.Z. OLYMPIANS ARE IN GOOD FORM

Kalaugher’s Inclusion Strengthens the Team DR. BOBBITT STRAINS TENDON United Press Association —By Electria Telegraph—Copyright. Eeceived Thursday, 7.5 p.m. LONDON, July 25. In preparation for the Olympic games Morgan and Cleverly are going strongly and are much improved, especially Cleverly who had good spars with Joe Bloomfield and Ernie Rice yesterday. ■ > , Competent ■ critics say . they cannot see them beaten. Morgan will fight in the welter class as ho is now 10.4 stripped. This is not a disadvantage as the welter class competitors. are not usually as strong as the lightweights. The swimmers are going along well. Lindsay is greatly, improved. Misses Millar and Stockley are working hard but thus far have had little competition. Moorhouso is also swimming well. Kalaugher has decided to spend his vacation at Amsterdam so he will bo included in the team.'- Ho will compote in the 110 metres hurdles and hop, stop and jump. •' Dr. Porritt strained the tendons of a joint and he will be unable to do himself justice. : . - < FAULTY TRACK CAUSES ALARM. SEATING ACCOMMODATION ' • OVERTAXED. Eeceived'Friday,. 12.40 a.m. AMSTERDAM, July 26. ; Kreigsman, the track construction exP#rt, who was summoned to Holland to advise regarding the Olympic track, confirms the Australian press criticisms. Ho points out that the track was built on a faulty basis. The substrata is sa hard that all elasticity has been knocked out and par 1 - of the top layer is crumbling and uneven. Moreover the bends are too sharp for record times in the two hundred and four hundred metres. i ’ • If the drought continues the track will otherwise be in tiptop condition, but if rain comes it is likely to cut up badly.' : _ _ ' * ' The Olympic authorities are also considerably alarmed as to - whether the stadium will accommodate the spectators anxious to-visit. The stadium will only accommodate 25,000 and the city is .filling up. All nationalities arc demanding tickets far-beyond expectations. , Six hundred newspaper men alone have, applied. • ’t