EMPIRE ATHLETICS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12718, 8 August 1934, Page 5

EMPIRE ATHLETICS.

NEW ZEALANDERS QUALIFY.

LOVELOCK AND CRUMP. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, August 6. A holiday crowd of 30,000 witnessed the second day’s events of the Empire Games. The weather was overcast. J. E. Lovelock (New Zealand) was among those to qualify for the one mile final in the amateur athletic section. Among others to contest this final are: Cornes, Reeve and Wooderson, of England, and Wade, of Canada. Lovelock filled third place in his heat, being content to qualify in slow time Edwards, the negro Olympic Games veteran runner, who ran fifth at The Empire Games in Canada, at last gained an Empire title with a magnificent performance in v. inning tho half-mile final. Ryan brilliantly turned the tables on Pirie in swimming the final of the 1500 metres 20 seconds faster than his heat. The Australian staved off Pirie’s determined challenge at the end without unduly hurrying his beautiful long stroke. The New Zealander, Crump, failed to steer a true course up the lane and this cost him first place in the third heat of the 100yds swimming event. Even then the finish was so close that it seemed to he a dead heat, but Larsen was given the verdict by 2-5 of a second. Although she outclassed the field without being extended in the 200 yards women’s breaststroke, Claire Dennis reduced Miss Kastein’s English record by I 3-5 seconds.

In the howling section the New Zealand rink won its first two games. Resuits of the chief events decided to- day are :—- 220 yards : Yates (Australia) won a heat in 22 2-osec. Dempsey (Australia) was second in a heat to Murdoch, whose time was 22 4,-ssee. Horsfall (Australia) failed to qualify in a heat won by Theunixsen in 22 J sec. First semi-final.—Sweeney (England) , 1; Young (England), 2 ; Nicks (Canada), 3. Time, 22 3-ssec. Dempsey was fourth. Second semi-final.— Theunissen (South Africa), 1 ; Rangeley (England), 2 ; Murdoch (Scotland) 3. Time, 22 1-osec. Yates was fourth. . 880 yards, final : Edwards (British Guiana), 1; Botha (South Africa), 2; Stothard (Scotland), 3. Time, 1.54 1-5. Siix miles : Penny (England), 1 ; Rankine (Canada), 2; Furze (England) 3. Time, 31.0 3-5. 120 yards hurdles, final: Finlay (England), 1; Worrall (Canada), 2; Pilbrow (England), 3 Time, to 1- sec. High jump: Thacker .'South Africa), l; Haley (Canada), 2; Michie (Scotland), 3. All three cleared the bar at 6ft 3in., and they were placed in the order mentioned after a jumpoff. Metcalfe (Australia), with 6ft 2in., was fourth. Pole Vault: Apps (Canada), 1; Gil bert (Canada), 2; Woodbouse (Australia), 3. Apps and Gilbert both cleared 12jft.. Apps winning the jump-off. In rejumping the bar at 12ft. Woodhouse made what was probably the finest leap of the day, as he cleared the bar by at least two feet. Women’s 100 yards, final: Miss Hiscock (England), 1 ; Miss Strike (Canada). 2; Miss Chalmers (England), 3. Time, 11 3-lOsec Women’s 880 yards: Miss Luim (England), 1; Miss Butterfield (England), 2; Miss Furneaux (England), 3. Time. 2.19 2-5. BOWLING. In the singles New Zealand’s representative, L. J. Keys, lost to Rhodesia, B—2l, and lost to Hong Kong, 9—21. The New Zealand rink (Grocott, Dillicar. Pollard. Carter) heat Rhodesia, 20—16. and beat Hong Kon tT 18—16. The Australian rink drew with Rhodesia IS—lB. Australia was seven down for the first five ends, but after that they caught up until the score was Australia 7. Rhodesia 9. Australia then took the lead and in the fifteenth end the score was Australia 14 Rhodesia 10. The finish was exciting. Rhodesia tying when Australia seemed as if they would win by two points. SWIMMING. 1500 yards free style, final : Evan (Australia). 1; Pirie' (Canada). ' 2 Warnwright (England). 3. Time, IS 25 2- IV oil by 3 seconds, breaking the record by 30 seconds. -140 yards free style : The heat winners were: Wainwright (England) in 5 25; Ryan (Australia), in 5.14; Pirie (Canada), in 5.33 2-5; and Liebevs (England), in 5.34 4-5. 100 yards free style: Burleigh (Canada). t\ llliams (England), Larsen (Canada), and Sutton (England) won heats. Crump (New Zealand), who was second to Larsen in 56 2-ssee., also qualified. Clark (Australia), see; ond to Williams in 56 4-ssec\. did not qualify. Women’s 200 yards breast-stroke, final; Miss C. Dennis (Australia), 1; Miss Ha slam, 2; Miss Hinton. 3. Time, 2.51, beating the former English record by 3sec.

Women’s springboard diving; Miss Moss (Canada), 62.27pts 1 • Miss Thompson (Australia), 60.49pt5. 2. Miss Ogilvie (Canada). 57pts. 3; Miss Larsen (England), 54.10pt5, 4. AMERICAN RECORDS. OSLO. August 6. Ben Eastman, the crack American quarter-miler. tail 500 metres in 6250 c., beating Tavernari’s record. Percy Beard, the Olympic competitor ran 110 metres in 14 l-ssec.. beating his own record. The American relay team, Peacock, Kane. Harding and Eastman, won the 1000 metres in 1.53 3-10, heating the world's record of 1.56 4-o. Peacock, running till' first leg, covered the 100 metres in 10 3-10 sees, equalling the world’s record ol Percy Williams, the Canadian, and Eddie Tolan, the American negro.