LOVELOCK DEFEATED

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 354, 11 September 1933, Page 7

LOVELOCK DEFEATED

Beccali Sets Terrific Pace

WORLD’S RECORD

Press Association. —Copyright,

London, Sept. 0

At Turin Beceali defeated Lovelock by five yards in the final of the 1500 metres. The time was 3m 49 l-ss, equalling Ladoumegue’s world record. The duel aroused tremendous interest. The Italian set a terrific pace, dropping all except Lovelock. The pair at halfway were loading the others by GO yards. Bcccali thrice attempted to drop the New Zealander, who responded gamely. Beceali in the final sprint won the finest race of his career. Ho finished strongly. He afterwards embraced and kissed Lovelock repeatedly.

The sensational deeds of the brilliant miler J. E. Lovelock in England and the United States have brought much attention to him lately. In May he ran a mile in the British amateur record time of 4m 12s, in June at Antwerp he covered the 1500 metres in 3m 56 4-ss. lime which has rarely been bettered for the distance, and then in July he added to his list the fastest mile ever run by man, covered in 4m 7 3-ss. In doing this he vanquished one of the greatest milers that the world has produced and a man who incidentally also broke the existing, record to run second to the great New. Zealander. Lovelock was chosen as one of New Zealand’s Rhodes scholars in December, 1930. He was born on the West Coast, on January 5, 1910, and received his early schooling at Tcmuka and Fairlie, being dux of the Fairlie school in 1922. For a year ho was a pupil at the Fairlie District High School, and from 1924 to 1928 he was at the Timaru Boys’ High School. Ho matriculated in 1925. In 1922

he gained a junior national scholarship, and in 1925 gained a senior national scholarship. The following year he qualified for a higher leaving certificate. In 1928 he was dux of the school, and won a university national scholarship. During 1929-30 he studied medicine at Otago University. In 1929 ho passed all sections of final intermediate examination. He represented his school at football in his boyhood days, and when at the Timaru Boys’ High School took an active part in football, cricket, athletics, boxing, tennis, swimming, fives and gymnastics. In 1925 ho broke the junior record for the half mile. In 1926 he was the holder of three senior athletic championships and broke the senior record for the half mile. , In 1928 he won the school boxing championship, and was awarded a medal for being the most scientific boxer. In the same year he held four senior athletic championships, and broke three senior athletic records—quarter, half, and one mile. In 1929 he won the Otago University mile championship, and was runner-up for the Otago provincial championship. He won the provincial championship in 1930.

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