EMPIRE GAMES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21874, 9 August 1934, Page 11

EMPIRE GAMES

LOVELOCK'S MILE VICTORY IN FAST TIME CRUMP SWIMS THIRD NOEL RYAN'S WIN EXCITING CONTESTS By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright LONDON, August 7 The marathon race opened the final day of the Empire Games at White City, the field including Wright, who won in Canada in 1930. The competitors left on their 26 miles jaunt into the country as a band played "There's a' Long, Long Trail." A cold, windy afternoon and a slow track after heavy rain did not prevent the New Zealand Rhodes scholar, ,T. E. Lovelock, producing one of the best performances in the history of English athletics in the mile event. The first quarter was run in 60 l-10s, and the half-mile in 2m 7s. At that stage the four Englishmen, were leading the New Zealander, who, however, was obviously striding with such consummate ease that he always had the field at his mercv.

Wooderson and Cornes led up to the last lap, the time at the end of the third quarter being 3m 12 2-ss. Lovelock challenged in the last 220 yards and passed his opponents almost as if they were standing. He won easing up and looking round by six yards.

Lovelock to Meet Bonthron The leading question now asked is: What could Lovelock do if pressed in favourable conditions? His 4in 12 4-5s was the second fastest mile run in England, the fastest being George's professional record of 4m 12£s in 1886.

Lovelock has agreed to meet W. Bonthron (Princeton, United States), in a mile race at Paris on August 19. The British amateur champion, Rampling, ran one of the best races of his career in the quarter-mile, getting within measurable distance of the world's record. He never appeared to be unduly extended, and ivon by 4£ yards. Sweeney created a precedent at these games by taking the sprint double. He is one of the finest athletes England has ever had. He is a soldier, like Rampling. The 220 yards was a terrific race, Sweeney holding off Theunissen's desperate challenge by half-a-yard, with Rangeley another half-yard away, and Murdoch (British champion) fourth. Noel Crump's Performance In winning the quarter-mile swimming final in great style, Noel Ryan clipped two seconds off the English record. Ryan was not headed after taking the lead in the first lap. Wainwright, employing a quicker stroke, clung to the Australian, who won by three lengths. Wainwright also beat the British record.

Noel Crump Avas in third place up to 50 yards in the 100 yards free-style final, but a beautiful turn brought him into second position behind Burleigh, until Larsen's burst deprived the New Zealander of second place by threefifths of a second.

Miss Clark (South Africa) broke the British record for the high jump, winning with sft. 3in. Details of results are: — ATHLETICS ONE MILE.—FINAL Lovelock (New Zealand) . . . . 1 Wooderson (England) . . . . 2 Cornes (England) 3 Time, 4m 12 4-ss. 440 YARDS.—FINAL Rampling (England) 1 Roberts (England) . . . . . . 2 Stoneley (England) 3 Time, 4Ss, a British record. 220 YARDS.—FINAL Sweeney (England) . . . . > . 1 Theunissen (South Africa) . , 2 ltangeley (England) 3 Time, 21 9-10s. MARATHON.—26 MILES H. Webster (Canada), 2h 40m 36s 1 Robertson (Scotland), 2h 45m 8s 2 Wright (Scotland), 2h 56m 20s . . 3 TWO MILES STEEPLECHASE Scarsbrook (England) . . . . 1 Evenson (England) . . . . ». 2 Bailey (England) . . . < . . 3 Time, 10m 23 2-ss. QUARTER-MILE RELAY.—FOUR 110 YARDS -England (Davies, Saunders, Rarigeley, Sweeney) 1 Canada 2 Scotland 3 Australia (Dempsev, Woodhouse, Horsefall, Yates) . . . . 4 Time, 42 l-ss, equalling the British record.

MILE RELAY.—FOUR QUARTERMILERS. England (Ilathbone, Blake, Stoneley, Ilampling) 1 Canada . . 2 Scotland) 3 The Australians did not compete. Time, 3m 16 4-ss. LONG JUMP Richardson (Canada), 23ft. 6jjin. . . 1 Luckhoff, 23ft. 3jin . . 2 Metcalfe (Australia), 22ft. 9in. . . 3 JAVELIN THROW Dixon (Canada), 196 ft. llin. . . 1 Hart (South Africa), 191 ft. 2in. . . 2 Luckhoff, 185 ft. 4in 3 HAMMER THROW Nokes (England), 158 ft. 2iin. . . 1 Sutherland (Canada), 151 ft. BJin. 2 Mackenzie (Scotland), 139 ft. Sin. . . 3 WOMEN'S 220 YARDS.—FINAL E. Hiscock (England) . . . . 1 E. Meagher (Canada) . . . . 2 N. Halstead (England) . . . . 3 Time, 255, a British record. WOMEN'S 80 YARDS HURDLES.—FINAL M. Clark (South Africa) . . . . ] Taylor (Canada) . . . • . . 2 Green (England) 3 Time, 11 4-ss, a British record. WOMEN'S LONG JUMP Bartholomew (England), 17ft. lljin. 1 Goshawk (Canada), 17ft. 9iiu. . . 2 Webb (England), 17ft. 2in 3 SWIMMING MEN'S 100 YARDS FREE-STYLE.— FINAL Burleigh (Canada), 55s . . . . 1 Larsen (Canada), 55 3-5s . . . . 2 Crump (New Zealand), 56 l-5s . . 3 Dove and Sutton (England), 57 4-ss, tied for fourth place. MEN'& SPRINGBOARD DIVING J. Hay (England), 117.12 points . . 1 Tomalin (England), 110.50 points 2 Class (Canada), 106.57 points . . 3 MEN'S 440 YARDS FREE-STYLE.— FINAL Ryan (Australia) 1 Wainright (England) . . . . . . 2 Pirie (Canada) 3 Larsen (Canada) was fourth. Time, 5m 3s, an English record.

MEN'S 300 YARDS MEDLEY RACE First Heat.—Canada (3m 15 l-ss), 1: Scotland (3m 17s), 2; Australia (3m 22 l-ss>, 3. Second Heat.—New Zealand (3m 20 3-ss), 1: England (3rn 28 3-ss), 2; Bermuda (3m 50s), 3. Wales finished first, but was disqualified because the backstroke swimmer turned on to his breast before touching. Final. —Canada (3m 11 2-ss), 1; Scotland (3m 15 l-ss), 2; England (3m 16s), 3. Australia (3m 16 4-ss) was fourth. The New Zealand team was Whareaitn (backstroke), L. Smith (breaststroke), Crump (free-style). The Australian trio comprised Clark, Higginson, Ryan. When Ryan began in the final he was faced 'with tlie hopeless task of overtaking the Canadian, Scot and Englishman. Although the Australian gained, the leeway was too great. Crump was situated even worse in the New Zealand lane. WOMEN'S 440 YARDS FREE-STYLE.— FINAL Dcwar (Canada) 1 Maakal (South Africa) . . . . 2 I'irie (Canada) . . . . 3 Time, 5m 45 3-ss. WOMEN'S 300 YARDS MEDLEY RELAY Canada J England f Scotland • • • • J South Africa was fourth, lime, om 4/s. CANADA LEADS IN SWIMMING The final placings in the swimming events were: —Canada, eight firsts, four seconds, six thirds; England, 4—6—6; Australia, 32 —0; Scotland, 22 3; South Africa, o—2—o; Jamaica, o—l—- - Wales, 0 —0—1; New Zealand, 0— O—L. NEW ZEALAND BOWLERS • Bowling.—Singles: New Zealand (L. J. Keys) lost to Canada, I—2l, and lost to' Ireland, 13—21. In the rinks New Zealand (Grocott, Dillicar, Pollard and Carter) lost to Canada, 13—9. The New Zealanders did not have a team in the pairs competition. LOVELOCK PRAISED DISPARITIES AT GAMES INTERESTING EXAMPLES (Received August 8. 5.25 p.m.) LONDON, August 8 Critics eulogise the easy perfection of Lovelock's running at the Empire Games. They say if he had been pressed he could have beaten another record. Yesterday's events produced extraordinary disparity in ages and build. Richardson, winner of the long jump, is nearly 6ft. tall, but only 15 years of age. The diminutive Canadian, H. Wyer, who ran fifth in the Marathon race, is 49 and only sft. lin.

SUMMARY OF POINTS ENGLAND HEADS LIST CANADA IN SECOND PLACE British "Wireless RUGBY, August 7 A summary of the three days' results in the athletic division of the Empire Games is as follows: —

New Zealand's sole success so far at the British Empire Games was recorded by J. E. Lovelock, who ran a brilliant mile on a heavy track in 4m 12s. Lovelock is an ex-pupil of the Timaru Boys' High School, and later he attended Otago University, •from vrhich institution he was nominated as a New Zealand Rhodes Scholar, subsequently being accepted, and leaving for Oxford University. In an inter-universities athletic contest at Princeton, United States, on July 15 last year, Lovelock broke the world's mile record by covering the distance in 4m 7 3-os. He defeated W. Bonthron, who also ran inside the existing figures for the distance. On June 16 last Glenn Cunningham, an American, beat Bonthron in 4m 6 /-10s, therebv bettering Lovelock's time by 9-10s. 'However, this latter time has not yet been passed as ci record. Lovelock's latest run proves that he is again at the top of his form and the result of his second meeting with Bonthron in Paris on Sunday week will bo eagerly awaited by New Zealanders. Although Noel Crump did not win the final of the 100 yards swim, his supporters in Auckland were well satisfied with his gaining third place, a number of them considering that he had done remarkably well against opponents of splendid ability, in view of G. Burleigh's time, sos. The fact that another Canadian, Larsen, who beat Crump in a heat, was second, in 55 3-ss, and that the Aucklander registered 56 l-ss, shows how close and exciting the finish must have been. The only member of th 6 New land team yet to compete is F. J. Grose, who is nominated for the cycling events at Manchester on Saturday. L.J. Keyes, who represented Now Zealand in the singles bowling contest is an Auckland club player and a former champion of the St. Heliers Club. At the latter end of last season Keys was playing particularly well, especially with four bowls, and it is difficult to understand his lack of success. It is rather surprising to find New Zealand not represented in the pairs event, as indications pointed to there being sufficient players present in England ready to make up a team. As was expected, G. Carter, the wellknown Carlton skip, has piloted his team through the rinks competition with outstanding success. His. three wins out of four games would indicate that there is a reasonable chance of success for the Dominion rink. The New Zealand rink will have to play about six more games.

MEN'S EVENTS lsts. 2nds. 3rds. England . . 10 G 9 Canada 4 1 8 -— South Africa . . 3 5 1 Australia . . . . 1 1 2 Scotland . l 1 7 New Zealand 1 •— 1 British Guiana . . l •— .— Jamaica . . — — ■ 1 WOMEN'S EVENTS lsts. 2nds. 3rds. England . . G 3 6 South Africa 2 •— — Canada 1 6 1 Scotland •—• ■— 1 Khodesia .. — — 1