OLYMPIC GAMES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 15 July 1924, Page 5

OLYMPIC GAMES

FINNISH SUCCESSES (By Electrio lt.egraph.-Oopyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) PARIS, July 13. A trumpet announced the approach of Stenroos in the Marathon amid excitement. At the finish lie was apparently not tired. After being photographed he raced across the ground to his dressing room. Finland thus won every distance event of the meeting. There were impressive closing scenes, the various nations singing their National Anthems. Final points: America 255; Finland 166; Britain 85£; Sweden 31i; France 26£; Italy 19; Switzerland 15; South Africa 11; Hungary 101-; Australia 10 ; Canada 8; Not way 6; Argentina 5; New Zealand 4. LONDON, July 13. Tho heat- was still oppressive when the Marathon started. After running 1£ lap 3 in the stadium the competitors commenced a weary grind of 26 miles 375 yards. Stenros took he lead at the half way mark. r i lie Frenchman Verger made a plucky challenge but dropped from sheer exhaustion. Thereafter Stenroos was untroubled and won with six minutes to' spare. MISS SHANP IN A FINAL PARIS, July 13. Miss Shand (New Zealand) won the fourth heat in the ladies’ four hundred metres, free style and qualified for tlio final. PARIS, July 14 In high plain diving Eve (Australia) won iiis heat. At tennis in the second round Williard (Australia) beat Halot- (Belgium) B—6, 6—2, 6—2. , In the second round of the doubles Williard and Bay by (Australia) beat Kohrling and Kelaman 6—B. 11—9, 3—6, 6—2. In the swimming first semi-final, 1500 metres, Charlton was first, Borg second and Hatfield third ;tinie 21.28 2-4. The second semi final was won by Beaurepaire in 21 41 3-5.

SWIMMING EVENTS

PARIS, July 13.

The swimming commenced in sweltering heat with the 1500 metres freestyle event. The heat suited the Australians, and in the first heat Christie early obtained a lead, but was unable to shake off the Englishman, Annison, and the American, Smith. The former led in tho last three yards and won by ten yards. Christie was beaten by two feet for ■ second place. In the second heat A. K. Borg, brother of Arne Borg, easily defeated Taylor (Britain). , In the third heat-, Charlton’s chief opposition came from Hatfield, the English champion, and Howell, the American. Charlton immediately established a lead, which he increased to five yards at the two hundred metres. His time was 2 min 36 l-ssec., and at the hundred metres, where he was leading from Howell by twenty yards, his time was smin 29 2-ssec. Swimnfing with consummate ease, he continued to widen the gap, Hatfield meanwhile displacing Howell. Finishing with a terrific sprint, Charlton won by eighty metres amid tremendous enthusiasm. Tho race was contested in lino-marked courses, to which the Australians objected, hut which actuallv helped Charlton, as he usually has a tendency to veer from his course. Charlton stated that ho swam easily, and Was not aware of making such time. He won absolutely undistressed. Weismuller described Che race as a “dandy performance,’’ and Arne Borg laughingly remarked, “The hoy has not seen me swim yet.’’ Beaurepaire (Australia) won the fifth heat in 22min 17sec. Charlton was not allowed to hold the record for long, for in the fourth heat, in tlio afternoon, Arne Borg commenced in a sensational fashion. His pace was so great that friends instructed him to steady down, and he eventually won by a hundred metres from the Japanese Takaishi. Borg ! s sectional times were- - 200 metres, 2min 30sec; 400 metres, 5 min 22sec; 800 metres, llmin 19sec; 1000 metres, 14min 9sec.

Beaurepaire was not extended, and quickly took the lead in the fifth heat from the French-Canadian Vcrnot. Beaurepaire finished an easy winner. Miss . Gwitha Shand (New Zealand) won her heat in the women’s 400 metres race in 6min 23 3-ssec.

At the Olympic Games, in the four hundred metres v elay race, the American team, during their'second round heat, established another world’s record of 41sec.'-

400 metres relay race (final): America, 1; Britain, 2; Holland, 3. Time, 41sec., equalling the world’s record, 10,000 metres walk: Frigerio (Italy), 1; Goodwin (Britain), 2; MaAlaster (South Africa) 3 Time, 47min 49sec. At the Olympic Games, the Marathon resulted as follows:—Stenroos (Finland), 1; Bertini (Italy) 2; Demar (America), 3. Time, 2hr. 41min 22 sec. In : the Olympic wrestling catch-as-catch-can (featherweight), Chilcott (Canada) beat Angelo (Australia). A. E. Porritt (New Zealand) had a narrow escape on Saturday night. In company with five fellow members of liis university he was entering a taxi when a high-powered car charged into their midst, knocking down and pinning to the ground an American and an Englishman. Both fell beneath the car, seriously injured. The crowd was on the tiptoe of expectation in the semi-final fifteen hundred metres swim, but the race was by no means a test. Chorlton took the lead early and maintained it throughout, Borg not attempting to do better than swim second. Both men studied the other’s position in each lap. Charlton is generally favoured to win fifteen hundred) metres final swim tomorrow. Americans think lie has more stamina than Borg. The event is creating intense interest. The whole of the seats are hooked up. Tlie first semi-final of the Women’s four hundred metres was most thrilling, the American Wainwriglit beating the Britisher Molesworth by • indites. Miss Shand, who is suffering from a cold', was a close third, and she qualified for the final. Other qualifiers are the American’s Ederle and Norelius.

In sculling hi the first heat Hull gained tho narrowest victory from the Frenchman Ditton.

At tennis singles Baslev beat Baelie (Denmark) 6—2, 6-1, 6-^2. In the first semi-final 1500 metres, Charlton and Borg were together at the first turn. (Charlton then took the lead and slowed down, both taking is easy. Charlton had eighty yards’ lead, and at five hundred metres it was already obvious he was not taking the racing seriously and that it was only a practice awim. Charlton’s twenty yards win was very popular, all nations giving calls. It was noticed that. Borg when shaking Charlton’s hand winked significantly. Bcaurepaire heat Takiski and the, younger Borg iir the second semi-final. The Japanese led at- six hundred metres, but Bcaurepaire soon drew up and the trio swam stroke for stroke to the thousand metres, when Bcaurepaire and Taikishi took the lead. The former was ahead at the last lap and won by five yards amidst great enthusiasm; time 21mins. 41 3-ssccs.