OLYMPIC TEAM

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22470, 14 July 1936, Page 9

OLYMPIC TEAM

BRITAIN'S SELECTION HIGH PRAISE BY CRITICS AIR FORCE OFFICER CAPTAIN By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright LONDON, July l'J D. 0. Finlay, who has been appointed captain of the British Olympic track team, is one of the finest athletes produced by the Air Force, which he joined as aircraftsman. He is now a pilot officer. The team, which critics declare the finest Britain has ever sent to the Olympic Games, includes a majority of the placed competitors at the British championships, with the best of the losers where the first three were not wholly British. Sweeney, Holmes and A. Pennington (Oxford University) will compete in the 100 and 200 metres. Brown, Rampling and Roberts are the 400 metres men. Powell, Handiey and B. McCabe will represent Britain in the 800 metres, while Wooderson, Graham and Cornes will be the 1500 metres hopes. Ward, Reeve and Close are chosen for the 5000 metres race; Burns, J. Katon and J. Potts will contest the 10,000 metres event; while Robertson, Harper and A. Norris will appear 1 i the marathon. The field event representatives include: Finlay, Pilbrown and Thornton (110 metres hurdles), Sheffield (400 metres hurdles), West (high jump), Traynor (long jump), Boyce (hop, step and jump), and Webster (uole vault).

GERMAN ATHLETES DISAPPOINTING SHOWING THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (Received July 13, 5.5 p.m.) BERLIN, July 12 German hopes in the track and field events at the Olympic Games are not considered rosy, in view of the performances at the amateur athletic championships, which opened yesterday. Even when new German records were established in throwing the hammer and in the long jump, the results were well below the world records. HIGH JUMP RECORD AMERICAN ATHLETES' FEAT (Received July 13, 10.25 p.m.) NEW YORK, July 12 In the final Olympic track and field events heats at New York to-day, David Albritton and Cornelius Johnson tied at 6ft. 9Jin. in a new world high jump 1 record.