FURTHER EMPIRE RECORDS ARE BROKEN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27309, 8 February 1950, Page 8

FURTHER EMPIRE RECORDS ARE BROKEN

FINE PERFORMANCES . New Games Figures In Athletics SIX TITLES DECIDED AUCKLAND, Feb. 7. The second day of the British Empire Games athletics at Eden Park today fulfilled expectations of outstanding performances. The Empire Games record established in the discus throwing event by the Australian, I. M.. Reed, whose winning throw was 156 ft 7in, bettered the 1938 record of 146 ft 10 l-Bin, set by E. Coy, of Canada, at Sydney. Duncan White, of Ceylon, established new Empire figures of 52.55ec in winning the 440 Yards Hurdles. A New Zealand record was established by Miss Shirley Strickland, of Australia, who won her semi-final of the Women’s 220 Yards in 24.65ec, l-10sec faster than a performance by the New Zealand champion, Miss D. Parker, at present waiting recognition.

Mrs Dorothy Tyler and Miss B. Crowther, of England, equalled the Women’s Empire Games High Jump record of sft 3|n, but Mrs Tyler retained her title on the count back. She was the former co-holder of the record with Miss M. Clark. She won the title in 1938 on a count back, and lost the Olympic Championship of 1948 similarly. Six events were completed and the winners were: 440 Yards Hurdles—D. White (Ceylon), 52.55ec; 880 Yards—H. J. Parlett (England), lmin 53.1 sec; Broad Jump—N. Price (South Africa), 24ft; Three Miles—L. Eyre (England), 14min 23.65ec; Discus Throw —I. M. Reed (Australia), 156 ft 7in; Women’s High Jump—Mrs D. Tyler (England), sft 3in.

The day was perfect, with only a light south-westerly breeze, and the track was again fast. In contrast with the -opening session on Saturday, the programme proceeded without a hitch.

Following her brilliant performances in the 100 Yard's on Saturday, Australia’s Marjorie Jackson was the centre of attention iii the first heat of the Women's 220 Yards. She again produced a well-judged run to win easing up in 24.9 sec—a New Zealand record. New Zealand’s tall Leslie Rowe was prominent coming round the bend into the home stretch, but Miss Jackson went away and led her teammate, A. Shanley, to the tape, with Miss Rowe third. Shirley Strickland was a winner all the way in the second heat. Running with great drive, she leapt out at the start and led throughout to win by a big margin in 25.35ec. New Zealand’s Joan Hart made a strong bid for second place, but was just headed by Sylvia Cheeseman, the English champion by Daphne Robb (South Africa), running pn the inside lane flashed into the picture right from the start of the third heat, but the New Zealand champion, Dorrie Parker, held her in the middle stages. They raced stride for stride along the straight. • Miss Parker appeared from the stand to have won but Miss Robb was placed first, in 25 sec, and Miss Parker was second in 25.45ec. The Australian, V. Johnson, was third in the same time. Marjorie Jackson led all the way again in the first semi-final of the Women’s 220 Yards. She went away like a bullet again, and though her head was rolling more than usual, when she rounded into the home straight she was still much too fast for her rivals. She again eased up on the tape with nobody near enough to worry her in the slightest. Her teammate, Val Johnson, came m second, with Miss Rowe, of New Zealand, Strickland (Australia) recorded the fastest time m thf event to this stage when she tore away with the second semi-final in 24.65ec. New Zealand’s Dorrie Parker raced with her on the bend, but Miss Stricklands speed up the straight was too much for her. South Africa’s Daphne Robb, again on the inside lane, edged ahead of Miss Parker coming mto the straight, but Miss Parker came again and was just beaten for second place b The SS fiSd b of the' 220 Yards for Women will be run on Thursday.

The final of the Men’s 220 Yards will be decided on Thursday. Nelson Second

L. Eyre, the tall Englishman, ran a beautifully-judged race to win the Three Miles event from New Zealand’s Harold Nelson, the winner of the Six Miles on Saturday. Nelson received a big cheer from the crowd when he went into the lead in the fifth lap, and he made the pace from then until the end of the eleventh lap, when Eyre made his break and went into the front. Eyre opened up a big gap, which he increased with every stride.

It appeared that Nelson might fade right out of the picture and be overhauled by the second Englishman, A. H. Chivers, but he produced another gallant effort, and held off his rival to fill second

place. George Hoskins, of Auckland, was the first New Zealander to show out. After the first leaders had fought it out for front place in the first 100 yards, Hoskins raced through to take the lead. Nelson moved up in the second lap, but Hoskins went up again in the third. . Two hundred yards from the end of the lap Canada’s 17-year-old Ferguson sprinted to be in front, but Hoskins had pegged him back by the

Home Men Win After breaking once, the Australian, de Gruchy, was first away in the first heat of the Men’s 220 Yards, with the Englishman, John Archer, close up. Round the second bend, however New Zealand's junior star, Don Jowett, run nine with great confidence overhauled him and went away along the straight to win impressively m 22.45ec. Archer finished on after lying behind de Gruchy round the bend, and came up to shade de Gruchy for second place, 4ft behind Jqwett. Dave Batten, the Dominion titleholder, made it two in a row for New Zealand when he literally cantered home in the second heat in 22.45ec from A. K. Gordon (Australia) and B. Shenton (Englan ). Batten showed out from the start, increased his lead coming along the straight, running in perfect form, and went further ahead in the home stretch. He eased up over the last few yards to the tape. It was a polished performance.

start of the fourth. There was some tight work on the bends towards the end of the fourth lap, when Nelson went to the front, followed by C. Lousich (New Zealand), Eyre (England), A. Forbes (Scotland), and Ferguson. Hosxins was dropping back out of the running. Lousich took a turn in front at the start of the seventh lap, followed by Nelson, Eyre, Olivers, and Forbes, with Nelson going nicely. Nelson again hit the front at the start of the eighth lap, and tried unsuccessfully to break away from liis rivals in the ninth. Eyre ran into a handy position right by Nelson’s shoulder in the tenth. In the eleventh Nelson fought off another determined challenge by Eyre, but Eyre was full of running and followed Chivers through to the front before streaking away on his own. Good Broad Jump Jumping with more polish, and exhibiting more speed than his rivals, N. Price, of South Africa, won the Broad Jump event with a good effort of 24ft. Although Price’s winning leap was of a good standard, the majority of the jumpers gave disappointing performances. The holder of the New Zealand broad jump record of 24ft 4in, W. B. Hough, in particular jumped well below his best form, with a maximum on the day of 23ft 7?in. The first round resulted in D. Dephoff (New Zealand) leading with a jump of 23ft l|in. After the second jump. Hough led with 23ft 31 in, followed by K. Forsythe with 23ft 3in and Dephoff (23ft ljin). At this stage Price lay fourth, with 23ft lin to his credit. With his third leap, Price covered the winning distance of 24ft. Form fell off sharply over the last three' jumps, the average leap being only about 22ft The oppressive heat appeared to have taken the edge off the athletes' speed, as it had done to the sprinters earlier in the afternoon. As had been expected, the final of the 440 Yards Hurdles provided one of the most thrilling finishes of the Games. The finalists were all outstanding hurdlers, but over the final stages the race resolved itself into a terrific struggle between Ceylon’s Olympic representative, D. White, and the New Zealand champion, J. M. Holland, both of whom broke the Empire Games record time of 52.95ec. White’s time, 52.55ec, was only three-tenths or a second off R. Cochrane's world record. Holland covered the distance in 52.75ec. Over the early hurdles G. J. Lubbe (South Africa) drove ahead to gain a slight lead going into the straight There, Holland shot to the front and was leading over the final hurdle.

John Treloar, the Australian winner and record breaker in the 100 Yards on Saturday, broke New Zealand s brief winning sequence with a typically powerful and sustained burst of speed in the third heat to win in the fastest heat time —21.7 sec. New Zealand’s Clem Parker was rather slow away but came up round the bend to take second place with ease, slowing up as he came up to the tape m 22.65ec. England’s W. D. Stacey was th L d 'C. Lewis (England) actually finished first in the fourth heat, but was disqualified for running on the line. Don Pettie (Canada), a sturdy little sprinter, who was the storm centre of Saturday’s controversy over the start of the 100 Yards final, had showed out first at the start and appeared to have the race well in hand when he slackened up over the last 10 yards and was passed by Lewis. Pettie was awarded first place, D. Johnson (Australia) second, and O. Dawai (Fiji) third. Treloar Again John Treloar raced to the front and streaked away down the home stretch with his rivals in-vain pursuit, to Win

the first semi-final in 21.7 sec. New Zealand’s Jowett again performed with credit to fill second place, just holding off Canada’s Pettie Only the photo-finish camera could ■eparate the placed runners in the •§cond semi-final. Ail were timed at 22sec. The New Zealander, Parker, was prominent over the first 120 yards, but the Australians, J ohnson and Cordon, both came up well on the outside to take first and second places, with Parker third.

In the final burst to the finishing line, White passed Holland, who made a desperate effort but was beaten narrowly. G. C. Goodacre (Australia) was third. G, V. Gedge (Australia) fell at the last hurdle. Record Equalled Mrs Dorothy Tyler, in winning the Women’s High Jump, equalled the Empire record which she holds jointly with M. Clark. The height was sft 3in. B. Crowther (England) jumped the same height, but at her third attempt. The title therefore went to Mrs Tyler. N. Swinton (New Zealand) was third, with sft lin. Mrs Tyler retains the title she won in 1938 as Miss Dorothy Adam. As was expected, the 880 Yards final resulted in a win for the 24-year-old English runner, Harold Parlett, who has a victory to his credit over Arthur Wint. He has returned lmin 51sec for the distance. The Half Mile was a race of changing fortunes but Parlett was always within striking distance, and though challenged strongly by the two Canadians, J. W. M. Hitchins and the 21-year-old C. W. Parnell, he responded well and won by a couple of yards. Hutchins was second and Parnell third. The Otago and New Zealand champion, C. Simpson, did not run with quite the same dash as on the first day and his time was lmin 56sec. > ' Results:— 220 Yards, Women (First three in each heat qualified for the semi-final) First Heat.—M. Jackson (Australia), 24.8 sec (which is a New Zealand record), 1; A. Shanley (Australia), 25.35ec, 2; L- Rowe (New Zealand), 25.55ec, 3; E. McKenzie (Canada), 4. Also started: M. Walker (England), E. Silbur (Canada). Second Heat.—S. Strickland (Australia), 25.35ec, 1; S. Cheeseman (England), 25.8 sec. 2; I. J. Hart (New

Zealand), 25.95ec, 3; P. Moore (Canada), 4. - Also started: D. Batter (England). Third Heat.—D. Robb (South Africa), 25sec, 1; D. Parker (New Zealand), 25.45ec, 2; V. Johnston (Australia), 25.45ec, 3; D. Manley (England), 4. Also started: V. Myres .(Canada), C. Malone (New Zealand). Semi-finals (first three in each semifinal qualify for the final on Thursday).—First semi-final: Jackson, 24 9sec, 1; Johnston, 25.65ec, 2; Rowe 25.8 sec, 3; Cheeseman, 4; also started, Hart. Second semi-final: Strickland, 24.65ec, 1; Robb, 24.95ec, 2; Parker, 25.1 sec, 3; Shanley, 4. 220 Yards

(First three in each heat qualified for the semi-finals)

First Heat.—D. Jowett (New Zealand), 22.45ec, 1; J. Archer (England), 22.95ec, 2; W. de Gruchy (Australia), 22.95ec, 3; J. de Saram (Ceylon), 4.

Second Heat.—D. Batten (New Zealand), 22.45ec, 1; A. Gordon (Australia), 23sec, 2; B. Shenton (England), 23.1 sec, 3; O. Wijeyasinghe (Ceylon), 4. Third Heat.—J. Treloar (Australia), 21.7 sec, 1; C. Parker (New Zealand), 22.65ec, 2; N. Stacey (England), 22.8 sec, 3; M. Nukuvou (Fiji), 4. Fourth Heat—C. Lewis (England) won, but was disqualified for running on the line. D. Pettie (Canada), 22.1eec, 1 (after photo); B. Johnson (Australia), 22.1 sec. 2; D. Dawai (Fiji), 3. Also started: D. Pugh (England). Semi-finals (first three in each semifinal qualify for the final on Thursday).—First, semi-final: Treloar, 21.7 sec, 1; Jowett, 22.1 sec, 2: Pettie, 22.1 sec, 3; de Gruchy, 4; also started, Dawai, Shenton. Second semi-final: Johnson, 22sec, 1; Gor-don, 22sec, 2; Parker, 22sec, 3 (all photo finishes); Batten, 4; also started, Archer, Stacey. 440 Yards Hurdles First Semi-final.—G. Goodacre (Australia), 53.25ec, 1; G. Lubbe (South Africa), 53.45ec, 2; D. White (Ceylon), 53.45ec, 3; D. Steward (New Zealand), 4. Also started; K. Doubleday (AusSecond Semi-final.—J. M. Holland (New Zealand), 53.45ec, 1; G. Gedge (Australia), 53.95ec, 2; H. Whittle (England), 53.95ec, 3; R. Woodward (Australia), 4. The first three in both heats qualified for the final. Final. —White (Ceylon), 52.55ec (breaks Empire Games record), 1; Holland, 52.75ec (also breaks Empire record), 2; Goodacre, 53.1 sec, 3: Lubbe, 4. Also started: Gedge, Whittle. Three Miles L. Eyre (England), 14min 23.65ec, 1; W H. Nelson (New Zealand). 14min 27.8 sec, 2; A. Chivers (England), 14mm 28.1 sec, 3; A. Merrett (Australia), 14min 34sec, 4; K. Macdonald (Australia), 14min 35.95ec, 5; C. Lousich (New Zealand), 14min 41sec, 6. Also started: N. Taylor (New Zealand), W. Emmerton (Australia), L. Perry (Australia), G. Hoskins (New Zealand), A. Forbes (Scotland). R. Ferguson (Canada). Broad Jump N Price (South Africa). 24ft, 1; W. Hough (New Zealand), 23ft 7|in, 2; D. Dephoff (New Zealand), 23ft 3in, 3; K Forsythe (New Zealand), 23ft 3m, 4- H Whittle (England) and K. Olowu (Nigeria). 22ft B£in (equal), 5; N. Sheriff (Ceylon), 21ft 6in, 7. 880 Yards Final—H. Parlett (England), lmin 53 lsec, 1; J Hutchins (Canada), Imm 53.45ec, 2; C. Parnell (Canada), lrnrn 53 4«ec 3: N. T. O. Wilson (New Zealand),’lmin 53.75ec, 4; C. T. White (England), lmin 53.95ec, 5; C. Simpson (New Zealand), lmin 56sec, 6. Also started: S Booysen (South Africa), D. White (Australia)/’ Discus Throw J. Reed (Australia). 156 ft 7in (breaks Empire Games record), 1; M. Tuicakau (Fiji) 144 ft 4iin, 2; S. Sigfusson (Canada). 142 ft B‘in,~3; K. Pardon (Australia), 134 ft lOin, 4; A. Redmond (New Zealand). 132 ft BJin, 5; R. Trangmar (Rhodesia), 128 ft 9in, 6. Also threw: M Carr (New Zealand), H. Moody (England), E. Coy (Canada). Women’s High Jump Mrs D. Tyler (England), sft 3in (equals her own Empire Games record), 1; B. Crowther (England), sft 3in (also equals record, but second on count-back), 2; N. Swinton (New Zealand), sft lin, 3; D. Manley (England), sft, 4. Also jumped: R. Thorne (Canada), S. Gordon (Canada), B. Brewis (New Zealand), F. Silburn (Canada), J. Baumann (Australia). J. Morrison (Australia).