OLYMPIC GAMES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21254, 6 August 1932, Page 9

OLYMPIC GAMES

MORE FAST TIMES RUNNERS AND CYCLISTS NEW ZEALAND ATHLETES EFFORTS UNSUCCESSFUL GRUELLING COMPETITION By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright (■Received August 5, 5.5 p.m.) LOS ANGELES,. Aug. 4 Although six competitors entered for each heat of the 400 metres race at the Olympic Games to-day, four heats had only four contestants. They were run in slow time. Eastman won his trial with no effort in 495. The best, of all was the fourth heat. Golding ran in the sixth lane, and was out in front until the last bend of the track, when he was overhauled by Carr. Golding was running easily after that, being content, to keep two yards ahearl of Stoneley for second place. Six yards separated the Australian from the winner, but Golding was obviously conserving his strength for the quarter-finals later in the day. The fifth heat had five runners. Black van a good third around the bend, and in the stretch fought with Walters for qualifying place, but the South African had something in reserve and mado thiul by a foot. In the first heat of the quarter-finals Walters ran far out and led to the turn into the stretch. Carr was content to keep a steady pace behind, with Golding in an advantageous position. Judging his distance, the Australian, 50 yards fiom the finish, put on a greater speed. Carr came out in front, quickly running away with the race by a yard, with Golding a few inches behind Walters for third place. Gordon won the second heat handily. Eastman was hard pressed to win the third. Golding's time was about the same as Eastman's. New Zoalanders' Good Efforts Eleven competitors ran in a single heat in the final of the 1500 metres. Lovelock (New Zealand) broke well, and went into first place. The time for the first 400 metres was 61s. Cunningham went into the load for the second lap, with Edwards second and Lovelock third, closely bunched. The time for 800 metres was 2m 3 3-ss. The third lap saw Lovelock steadily dropping behind, with Edwards all out in front, and Cunningham second, Becalli (Italy) third, Comes (Britain) fourth, Larva (Finland) fifth and Lovelock sixth. Thirty yards separated the first and sixth men. Becalli, in the last 300 metros, came out to spurt for a win, with Comes, Edwards, Cunningham, Hallowell, Larva and Lovelock running in that order. Tho New Zealander, R. G. Foubister rode steadily throughout a gruelling journey In tho 100 kilometres cycle road, race, which was won by Pazesi (Italy). In spite of his accident a week ago, when his bicycle was smashed and his training interrupted, Foubister entered the j race confident. lie wore down and passed several opponents. At the finish he had tho good time of 2h 38m 42 l-ss. C. Nambu (Japan) won the hop-step and jump, with a world record of 51 feet 7 inches. Jarvinen won the javelin throw, 238 feet 7 inches, a new Olympic record. Miscellaneous Contests Charles Pacome (Franco) won the lightweight wrestling championship, and John Richthoff (Sweden) the heavy-weight title. India's field hockey team defeated Japan by 11 goals to 1. lliis was the first timo any "team had scored against India during an Olympic competition. Ellen Preiss (Austria) led the field in the women's foils championship. She won fivo bouts and lost one. She was pressed by Heather Guiness (Britain) and Etna Bogen ( Hungary), four wins and ono loss each. Heleno Mayer (Germany), the defending champion, won three and lost three bouts. Details of Day's Results Following are the details of to-day s results: — 400 METRES (Three to Qualify) First Heat. —Adolf Mctzner (Germany), 1; Seiken Oki (Japan), 2; Alex Wilson i (Canada), 3; John Areskoug (Sweden), j 4. Time, 50.45. j Second Heat.—Ben Eastman (United I States), 1; Joachim Buechner (Germany), ! 2; Hjalmar Johannesen (Norway), 3; Carlos Dcanda (Mexico), 4. Time, 495. Third Heat —Borj Strandvalf (Finland >, 1; James Ball (Canada). 2; Iwao Masuda (Japan), 3; Sten Pettersson (Sweden), 4. Time, 49.85. Fourth Heat. —William Carr (United States), 1; Geo. Golding (Australia), 2; Crew Stoneley (Britain), 3; Christos Mandikas (Greece). 4; Manuel Alvarez (Mexico), 5. Time, 48.85. Fifth Heat.—Felix Rinner (Austria), 1; Godfrey Sampling (Britain), 2; William Walters (South Africa), 3; Stuart Black (New Zealand), 4; Seiken Clio (Japan), 5. Time, 49.25. Esmeraldo Azuaga (Brazil) withdrew. Sixth Heat. —James Gordon (United States), 1; Raymond Lewis {Canada), 2; Domingos Puglisi (Brazil), 3; Ricardo Arguello (Mexico). 4. Time, 50.65. Quarteii-finals (Four to Qualify) First Heat.—Carr (United States), 1; Walters (South' Africa), 2; Golding (Australia), 3; Wilson (Canada), 4; Puglisi (Brazil), 5 Time, 48.45. Second lleat.—Gordon (United States), 1; Rampling (Britain), 2; Buechner (Ger many), 3; Ball (Canada), 4; Johannesen (Norway), 5; Oki (Japan), 6. Timo, 48.65. Third Heat.—Eastman (United States), 1; Rinner (Austria), 2; Strandvalf (Finland), 3; Stoneley (Britain), 4; Lewis (Canada), 5; Metzner (Germany), 6. Timo, 48.8s 1500 METRES Final Becalli (Italy) . . .. 1 Jerry Comes (Britain) 2 Philip Edwards (Canada) 3 Among the starters were: —Glenn Cunningham (United Stales), 4; Pen Hallowell (United States), 5; Larva (Finland), 6; J. E. Lovelock (New Zealand), 7. Time, 3m 51.25, beating tho Olympic record by nearly two seconds. (Becalli

apparently won the third heat, tho dotailed result of which did not come to hand.) - 100 KILOMETRES CYCLE ROAD RACE A Pazesi (Italy) ] G. Segato (Italy) . . . 2 B. Blitz (Sweden) . . 3 Also started:—G. Olmo (Italy), Soerrensen (Denmark), F. Southall (Britain), and R. G. Foubister (New Zealand). Time, 2h 29m 5 3-5s WOMEN'S 80 METRES HURDLES Mildred Dedrikson ('.' lited States) .. li Evelyn Hall (United States) . . . . 2 \ Marjorie Clark (South Africa) . . . . 3 Also started.—Simone Schaller (United States), 4; Violet Webb (Britain), 5; Ada Wilson (Canada), 6. Time, 11.75--a new Olympic and world record. PLACINGS ALTERED TELL-TALE CAMERA MISTAKES RECTIFIED LOS ANGELES. Aug. 4 j On the basis of motion picture evidence the Olympic judges to-day placed Finlay (Britain) third in tho high hurdles (run yesterday), displacing Keller (United j States). The pictures gave Finlay a clear foot lead. It was tho second timo the " cameraclock " had brought about a change of decision. It had resulted in a changed placing in the semi-final of the women's 100 metres earlier in the week. The " camera-clock " also revealed that Tolan ran the 200 metres final in 21.125., instead of 21.25. (Tho previous record, 21.65., was put up by Hahn (United States) at St. Louis in 1904 and Scholz (United States) at Paris in 1924.) CHARLTON BETTER RETURNING TO FORM RYAN FEELS CONFIDENT LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4 Tho Australian swimmer, " Boy " Charlton, is gradually regaining form. He showed greater power in tho water this morning since his return to practice. A British physician is attending the Australian, who has yet to shako off the effects of influenza. Noel Ryan is confident and ready for tho initial trials for men on August 8. Dates for the ladies' heats arc to be rearranged, but il is expected that Misses Bult and Dennis will race on Saturday. The girls swam easily this morning and will rest to-morrow. Stricken at Vancouver with acuto appendicitis on the eve of the Olympic competitions, Miss Mary Isabella Kenyon (British 400 metres free-style and relay swimming star) was taken "to hospital there to-day for an emergency operation.