RIVAL NATIONS

Northern Advocate, 4 August 1932, Page 6

RIVAL NATIONS

{ OLYMPIC ASPIRANTS PENTATHLON STEEPLECHASE , ~ SERIES OP ACCIDENTS. SAVIDAN RACES GAMELY. I, (United Press Association—By Electric - Telegraph—Copyright.) -- (Received 9 n.m.) LOS ANGELES, August 2. V At the Olympic Games to-day a series " v 6f accidents befell the contestants of ’•.ithe 3000 metres equestrian stcepleTdhase, the first eyent in the modern -Pentathlon. Riding on a trichy course -in the Fox Hills, Anguianos dc la

-;“Fuente, a veteran Mexican horseman,

his skull when he pitched on 'fills face as his mount stumbled at the seventh hurdle.

• j n the 5000 metres J. W. Savidan ’TX'Now Zealand) was fifth and Hill-

ifhousi) (Australia) sixth in the trials, both qualified for another run.

In the first heat Ralph Hill (U.S.) /yyent into the lead with Savidan second, Dean third, Yirtanen fourth, ,-Lindgren fifth and Hillhouse sixth. "~The race was held practically the same ' for six laps, when Savidan went into - the lead, with Hillhouse dropping into place. Hillhouse worked back

into fifth place in the eighth lap, when LSavidan fell back into second. '"■■ r The, race took a new complexion in the tenth lap, when, with Hill leading, the Finns began to move up, Virtanen to second place, Lehtinen. to third and Lindgrcn to fourth, Savidan dropping back to fifth and Hillhousc to sixth . 150 vards behind.

Twenty-five yards separated the first five. The last lap was a spurt, Vertanen for a moment trying to contest for the first place with Hill, but failing, The men ' finished as indicated. Seven qualified for the final. . .The 200 metres final was a splendid race, with Tolau winning by a yard and a half. He would have done better than 21.2 s (new Olympic record) if some one had been truly on his hpels. Metcalfe and Simpson fought the second, with the negro taking the ' place by a foot. \ Expectations have i been fulfilled by both negroes sharing the honours.

In the 1500 metres Lovelock' (New Zealand) Avon his heat, qualifying for the final.

Miller (U.S.) won the pole A*ault, with 14ft. 1-Jin., exceeding the world record by three-eighths of an inch.

■ The Australian cyclist, E. L. Gray, • gained another victory last evening in ■the third heat of the 1000 metros scratch race. He was pitted against Gervin (Denmark). His time for the last 200 metres i was 12 9-10 s. Ho showed an improvement on Alonday ■ eA'ening. Italy won the first Olympic cycling championship for a four-man team, by defeating France-in the final of the .4000 metres pursuit race. Results of to-day’s events are as follows:

200 METRES QUARTER-FINALS. (Three to Qualify.) First heat.—Metcalfe 1, AValtors 2, ‘ Brockmcyer 3, Nakajima 4, Berger 5. a Time, 21.5s —a neAv Olympic record. • Second heat. —Tolan 3, Pearson 2, Jenta 3, Fuller 4, Hendrix 5. Time, 21.55.-

Third heat. —Luti 1, Simpson 2, .Toubort 2, Yoshioka 4, Black 5. Time, 23.4s — a uoav Olympic record. Fourth heat— Jonath 1, Wright 2, Elliot 3, Englehart 4, Nishi 5, Time, 21;45. ■ Elliot therefore qualified for the semi-finals, but Black Avas eliminated.

Tolan Wins Pinal. First heat;—Ralph Metcalfe (U.S.) 3, George Simpson (U.S.) 2, Carlos Luti (Argentine) 3. Also started: Daniel Joubcrt (South Africa), Erich Brockmcyer (Germany) and Brichall Pearson (Canada). Time, 21.55. Second heat.—Arthur Jonath (Germany) 3, Walter Williams (South

Africa) 2, Ed, Tolan (U.S.) 3. Also ;'■■■ started: Harold Wright (Canada), Allan Elliot (Ncaa 7 Zealand) and Roberto v Genta (Argentina), Time, 21.55, ■ Tolan Avon the final. Final. Tolan (U.S.) 1 Metcalfe (U.S.) 2 Simpson (U.S.) 3 Also started: Jonath (Germany) 4, Luti (Argentina) 5, and Walters (South Africa) 6. Time, 21.2 s—a ixcav Olympic record. 5000 METRES. (Seven to Qualify.)

first heat.—Ralph Hill (IJ.S.) 1, L. L, Lchtincn (Finland) 2, .1. Lindgren (Sweden) 3, L. Virtanen (Finland) 4, Savidan (New Zealand) 6, Hillhouse (Australia) 0, Dan Dean (U.S.) 7, George Bailey (Britain) 8, Jaun Rodeiguez (Mexico) 9, Masamichi Kitamoto (Japan) .10, Time, Minin. fiO.fis. Second heat.—James Burns (Britain) 3, Paul Reiters (U.S.) 2, Erik Pettc.rsson (Sweden) 3, Roger Rochard (France) 4, RobeH Rankinc (Canada) 5, Max Syring (Germany) 6, S. Takenaka (Japan) 7, Valentin Avila (Mexico) 8. Time, lornin. 2:"».8s. BROAD JUMP’, (Final.) Edward Cordon (U.S.), 2‘d'l. o»in., 1. Lambert Redd (U.S,) 2. Chuhei Nambn (Japan) 3. Erick SvirmiMon (Sedan; 4. JRichard Barber (U.S.) 5. Naoto Tajima (Japan) 0.

FIFTH DAY. CROWD OF 80,000. lIAMPSON’S FINE FEAT, (Received 2 p.m.) LOS ANGELES, August 3. There was a record crowd of more than 80,000 at the Olympic Stadium for the fifth day of the Games. The electro-photographic camera used semi-officially on Tuesday showed that T. JTanipson (Britain) made linin'. 49.75 cc. in winning the 800 metres in world record time, a tenth of a second faster than timers’ watches showed. *

Pinning Robert Hess (United States)’ down for 2min. 10sec., Ivar Johansson (Sweden) won the middleweight wrestling championship. Luukko (Finland) was awarded second place and Tnnyogi (Hungary) third place, because of victory over Hess on Monday.

In the first heat of the 200 metres semi-finals the pace was fairly slow. Metcalfe, Simpson and Lnti, the natural qualifiers, wore running .iust fast enough to take places. The real race was coming late in the afternoon and they wore conserving their strength. The New Zealand eight was the only one missing from the rowing course at Long Beach. The ’crew rested and witnessed the field and track events at the stadium.

100 METRES HURDLES. (Final).

George Sailing (U.S.) 1, Percy Beard (U.S.) 2, Jack Keller (U.S.) 3. Also started:. Donald Finlay (Britain) 4, Lord David Burgh ley (Britain) 5 and Willi Welscher (Germany), who was disqualified. Time, 14.6s — an Olympic record. S. J. Atkinson (South Africa) won this event at Amsterdam in 192 S in 14.85.

WOMEN’S EVENTS DISCUS THROW FINAL. LILLIAN COPELAND. Lillian Copeland (U.S.), 333 ft. 2in., breaking the Avorld and Olympic records, I. Ruth Osborn (U.S.) 2, .ladwiga Wa.jsoAvna (Poland) 1. Tilly. Fleischer (Germany) 4. Greta TTeublein (Germany) 5. Stella Walsh (Poland) 6. Several eliminating rounds in the wrestling and fencing events w r ere completed.

SO METRES HURDLES. (Three to Qualify.) First heat.—Mildred Didrikson (U.S.) 1, Simone Sehaller (U.S.) 2, Marjorie Clark (South Africa) 3. Time, 11.8 s—a new world record. . Betify Taylor (Canada) and Alichi Nakanishi (Japan) failed to finish. 'Second heat.—Evelyn Hall (U.S.) 1, Violet Webb (Britain) 2, Ada Wilson (Canada) 3. Time, 12s. Folicja Schabinska (Poland) was fourth. Alie Murajoka (Japan) with-i dreAv. The final Avill bo run on ThursdaA’.