LAND & WATER.

Otago Witness, Issue 4048, 13 October 1931, Page 48

LAND & WATER.

MILE RUNNING RECORD NURMI'S FIGURES BEATEN. PARIS, October 4 Competing with six other well-known athletes at Stade. Jean Bourin and Jules Lailoumegue brat Paavo Nurmi’.® mile record by 1 l-ssee. their time being 4iim> 9 l-ssee. THE OLYMPIC GAMES BRITAIN MAY NOT COMPETE. LONDON. October 5. Although Britain had previously decided to c mpete at the Olympic Game.at Ikjs Anzele®, the Atheltic Assoeiat on now admits that the prevailing com'll- i tiou® may necessitate this decision being reviewed, as it is an iiio) portune moment I to is al an apiseal for funds. The money available would nia'uie only a small team I to go. BRITISH-AMERICAN GAMES PlllXt !■! EXPECTED To ATTEND. SAN FRANCISCO. October 7 Mr Wil iam Coffman. District Conimissioier of the American Athletic Union. annolliKul to-day that the British EmpireUnited Stat'’® Games would be he'd al , the K-ztir Stadiuni here, following the I 1932 Olympic Games at Los Angeles. Mr ' C dlimm said li • expected the Prince of Wales Ij> attend. AMATEUR ATHLETICS. I CROSS COUNTRY MA RAT Fl ON. WELLINGTON. Oetob.-r 11. The Olympic Harrier Club's 2<>-inil> eross-cmiiil 1 y Marathon was held ,-n Tieutliam racecourse on Saturday. The individual event wa> w>m by A. L. Stevens (Scottish IL-:irii ro Barclay (Brooklyn) being second and PJauchiield (Olympic) third. .1. Nicholson, tin sole Auckland representative, was fourth. Il J. Brown (Taranaki), runner up nt the New Z< a laud ('lmmpi iiship.- in IJK’O tinish-<: j eleventh. G. Ward v Leith Harrier-1 > the oniv I >iim dln entrant, withdrew at the I<» mile mark. The Olympic (Tib won the teams’ event. Wellington being second. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION E.XI EI.LENT EN I’RI ES. SYDNEY. October 10. The National Rille Association meeting opened on tlie Anzac range in windy weather. The entries in the B series I number 575. They exceed expectations Tri the < serie- the entries total 330. The M‘A!i®t<r Match, -even shot- at 300 yard- vva- won by Latimer. Western Stthnrhs. with’ a scute of 33, with Ma.-sey. <>t Daplo. second, with the same total. In the M.-o-Icihl Match, seven shots’at GOO yards. Price, of Gloucester, is the be-t of six possibles for the Douglass aggregate. The C series was won y Grimson (Orange) with a score of OS. BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP NEW YORK. October 10. Tin- Prtifessic.ual Baseball Champion ship was won by the St. Louis team of the National League, defeating Phila delphia of the American League by four games to three. JOHN M'GLASHAN COLLEGE. CROSS-COUNTRY RACET The annual cross-country run of the John MGlashaii College was held on Thursday afternoon. Ninety competitors followed the usual course, through the Ross Cicek Reservoir, along the upper Flagstaff and the Balmacewen roads to the starting pout at the college. The Greenslade Cup for the fastest time was won by A. W Sutherland in 20min Ssee. .1. D. Carson was second, his time being 2bnin llsee. The first to reach home was K. Armstrong (handicap 7min). who was closely followed by D. Malcolm (Gmin). A. Scobie (lOminE and XX. Moore (smini. Afternoon tea was served at ths conclusion of the race.