AT OLYMPIC GAMES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 190, 13 August 1932, Page 8

AT OLYMPIC GAMES

MORE ROWING EVENTS N.Z. EIGHT ELIMINATED OTHER OARSMEN QUALIFY AUSTRALIA’S SWIMMERS [By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright! Received Aug. 12. 7.5 p.m. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11. New Zealand’s oarsmen and Australia’s swimmers were engaged in further events decided at the Olympic Games to-day, and in some cases the performances were rather more encouraging than on the previous days in these sections of competition. The New Zealand eight were narrowly eliminated, but in the fours and pairs the New Zealanders made an improved showing, and in the swiynming events Charlton and Ryan, of Australia, both qualified for ’the semi-finals of the 1500 metres free-style. Miss F. Bait (Australia), however, was eliminated in the women’s 400 metres freestyle event. ROWING AND SCULLING Ln me riimination trials at Long Beach Marine Stadium New Zealand captured the race for fours with coxswain from Germany, the crew comprising Pope, Cox, Saunders and Solo mon, with Gullery coxswain. New Zealand raced into the lead from the start and the crew was stroking 36 at 400 metres, half a length ahead of the Germans. They maintained the lead throughout, Germany challenging over the last hundred, but the New Zealanders, rowing well within themselves. were never endangered and won by a length. The New Zealanders almost repeated the performance in the elimination heat for pairs, only to nave victory snatched from them in the last twenty metres by the Dutch. The New Zealand shell was manned by Styles and Thompson. They set a fast stroke from the start, reaching 38 at 1000 metres, when they were a length ahead of France. This they increased to three lengths at 1200 metres. A sudden breeze aided the Dutch, who were in the ruck, to draw alongside the New Zealanders and finish half a length ahead. The New Zealanders have earned the right to enter the finals for both events. New Zealand, in the eights elimination trial, rowed against Britain alone, the Brazilians having scratched. The two contenders were even at 400 metres. England took a half-length lead at 500. Both crews increased the rate of striking at 1000 metres, when New Zealand were doing 34. The Cambridge crew increased their lead at 1500. Both crews rowed splendidly over the last 500 metres, hut the Englishmen! got greater speed from the boat than on the previous day. The New Zealanders’ coxswain tried to make a race of it at the finish, but Cambridge were ready and came in half a length ahead. New Zealand was thus eliminated from the eights final. Canada won the second trial easily, entering the final. Details of results are: FOUE-OARED SHELLS WITH COXSWAIN Second Trial.—New Zealand 1, Germany 2, United States 3, Japan 4. Time, 7min. 38.2seca. Germany’s time was 7min. 38.8 secs. EIGHT-OARED SHELLS (Qualifying Race (winner qualifies) First Heat: Great Britain 1, New Zealand 2, Brazil withdrew. Time, 6min. 49secs. Britain’s time was 6 min. 49secs. and the New Zealand crew’s time was 6min. 52.2 secs. Second Heat.—Canada 1, Germany 2, Japan 3. Canada’s time was 7min. 3 sees, and Germany’s 7min. lOsecs. FOUR-OARED BOATS WITHOUT COXSWAIN Qualifying Heat. Germany 1, United States 2, Canada 3. Time, 7 uiu. 17.2 secs. The first two qualify. PAIB-OARED BOATS WITHOUT COXSWAIN Qualifying Final.—Holland 1, New Zealand 2, France 3, United States 4. Time, Bmin. lOsecs. New Zealand’s time was Bmin. 11.4seee. SINGLE SCULLS Qualifying Heat.—Miller (U.S.A.) 1, Douglas (Uruguay} 2. Wright (Canada) 3. Time, Broin. s.2secs. DOUBLE SCULLS WITHOUT COXSWAIN -Qualifying Heat (first two qualify). ; —Germany 1. Italy 2, Brazil 3. Time, Zinin. 28.4 secs. SWIMMING MEN’S 1500 METRES FREE STYLE QUALIFYING HEATS (First and second in each beat and fastest third for semi-finals.) First Heat.—Kitamura (Japan), 1; ! Clarence Crabbe (V.S.A.), 2; Jean Taris (France), 3. Time, 19min. ! 55.25ec. Veigand (Brazil) was scratched. Second Heat.—J. Cristy (U.S.A.), 1, ! Andrew Charlton (Australia) and Ishi- , barada (Japan), dead-heat, 2. Time, j 19niiu 58.4-.-c. Zorilla (Argentina) was scratched . Third Heat.—Flanagan (U.S.A.), 1; j Noel Ryan (Australia), J; Perentin fltaly). 3: Escoto (Mexico), 4. Time, j 20min o.6see. Fourth Heat.—Makino (Japan), 1; Costoli (Italy), 2; Burrows (Canada), ■' 3: Bouchez (Mexico), 4. Time, 19min. ( 53.25ec. Scratched: Halassy (Hun gary). Taris was the fastest third. Chari- g ton and Ishiharada, who tied for second place in the second heat, also i qualified. ( In th© first heat Crabbe and Kita- p mura. st ho is only 14 years of age. swam abreast for 25 laps, with Taris i I almost directly behind. The French 1 man then began to drop back, while the I ■

Japanese clicked off SOsee. for each 100 metres with remarkable regularity. He was more like a machine than a human being. It was a strenuous race. Crabbe began to drop behind, content to remain just ahead of the Frenchman, ' with Kitamura ten metres in the lead. The final lap became a race between the Frenchman and the American Both were all out and only inches separated them at thefinish In the second heat there were three contenders. Charlton leaped into the pool amidst ‘‘cooes” from the Australian spectators. Charlton Cristy swam almost abreast for eight laps The Australian, if having fallen behind half a length at any time, overtook the American at the turns. Ishiharada remained a length behind. 'The American, at the beginning of the ninth lap, was out in front by one d-nd a-half lengths, and maintained this position almost consistently, with thd Australian unable to make up the distance in the turns, although he was negotiating these better than the American. At the end of the twelfth lap Cristy was two lengths ahead, with the Japanese a length behind the Australian. Charlton had been negotiating the last three 100 metres at 82.45ee., 82sec., and 82.8 sec. Charlton was only three-quarters of a length behind Cristy at the half-way mark. The Australian was still doing the hundred metres in 81.8 sec. Charlton was swimming with the greatest ease. Cristy, however, was not maintaining his lead without difficulty. The Japanese took second place by n head at the nineteenth lap, but Charlton quickly recaptured second position. He was no*-- swimming at 82.6 see for the 100 metres. Cristy in the twenty-second lap was four lengths ahead of the Austarlian. The latter was tiring now, and seemed to fail to get sufficient speed out of his stroke. Ho was now swimming at 83.2 sec. Cristy was a third of the length of the pool ahead in the twenty-sixth lap, with the Japanese forging ahead of the Australian. Charlton, however, again went into second place at the turn. The Japanese once more forged into second place at the twenty-eighth lap. Charlton again overhauled him on the turn. The Australian was now swimming at SOsee. for 100 metres. The last lap was a raee between the Australian and the Japanese, with the latter half a length ahead 25 metres from the finish, but the Australian spurted valiantly. They finished so close that It was impossible to tell the result until the official announcement confirmed a dead-heat for second place. In the third heat there were four contestants. Ryan was in the lead on the opening of the race with Flanagan second and Perentin third. Ryan and Flanagan for the next twenty-five laps swam almost always abreast, with neither ever more than a quarter of a length ahead of Perentin, who shortly after the first twenty-five ; metres fell a length behind the leaders. Escoto was a lap behind after the first 500 metres. The Australian at this point was swimming 82sec. for 100 metres with ease. The Australian negotiated the seventeenth and eighteenth laps in 82.5 sec It was remarkable to note how the Australian and ] the American swam together lap after 1 lap. Perentin, however, had dropped a ] lap behind the field when the leaders < had negotiated 1000 metres. The Aus- j tralian swam the eleventh 100 metres in Slsec. and the fourteenth 100 metres in 82.5 see. Flanagan started to spurt at the twenty-seventh lap, and forged a length ahead of the Australian. Ryan struggled to overtake the American, but the latter steadily drew away, increasing his lead from a length to four lengths at the finish. Ryan’s time c was 20min. 12.6 see L , Makino won the fourth heat with ridiculous ease, being a lap ahead at ( the end of 100 metres. I WOMEN’S 400 METRES FREE ( .STYLE, . QUALIFYING HEATS. 1 C (First and second in each heat and fastest third qualify for semi-finals.) v First Heat.—Miss Cooper (Great Bri- ' tain), 1; Miss Forbes (U.S.A.), 2; Miss 1 Yvonne Godard (France), 3; Miss Pirie ( (Canada), 4. Time, 5 min. 56.75ec. Miss Link (Brazil) was scratched. ( Second Heat.—Miss Helene Madison (U.S.A.), 1; Miss Phiilipsenbraun (Hol- ( land), 2; Miss Edwards (Canada), 3. Time, siuin. 44.5,5ee. Miss Davis (Great C Britain) was scratched. d Third Heat.—Miss’Kight (U.S.A.k 1; Miss Oversloot (Holland), 2* Miss s Frances Bult (Australia), 3. Time, L smin. 40.9 sec. Miss Kenyon (Great Britain) was scratched. “ ' ( Fourth Heat.—Miss Maakal (South s Africa), 1; Miss Anderson ('Denmark). 2; Miss Morioka (Japan), 3: Miss Kerr (Canada), 4. Time, smin. 53.95ec. Miss Godard was the fastest third. (In the description of her ,ce she is given a dead-heat for second place.) In the first heat Miss Cooper won by inches from Miss Forbes and Mdlle. Godard (France), who tied for second place. Miss Madi.-on won the second heat 2 by six yards. a The third hear produced the fastest ■Ai'inil-- titi'i'. \li-S P.tilf iTT