AT EMPIRE GAMES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 187, 9 August 1934, Page 7

AT EMPIRE GAMES

RESULTS AT WHITE CITY NOEL RYAN BEATS CANADIAN LOVELOCK IN MILE EINAL. LONDON. Aug. G. A holiday crowd of 30,000 at White City witnessed the second day of the Empire Games. The weather was overcast. Edwards, a British Guiana negro, and a veteran competitor, who ran fifth in the half-mile in the Empire Games in Canada, at last gained an Empire title with a magnificent performance in the half-mile, winning in Imin. 54 l-ssec. Noe 1 Ryan (Australia) brilliantly turned the tables on R. Piric (Canada), swimming 20 seconds faster in the final of the 1500 yards free-style than in the heat. The Australian staved off Piric’s determined challenge at the end without unduly hurrying his beautiful long stroke. The failure of Noel Crump (Ne|l Zealand) to steer a true course up the j lane cost him first place in the third : heat of the 100 yards free-style. Even > then ho finished so close that it seemed | a dead-hcat, but Larsen (Canada) was, given the verdict by two-Jfths of a i second. In the women’s 200 yards breaststroke, although Miss Claire Dennis (Australia) outclassed the field without being extended, she reduced Miss Kasten’s English record by one and three-fifths seconds. J. E. Lovelock (New Zealand) was among those who qualified for the mile final to-morrow. The others are Corncs, Reeve and Wooderson (all English) and Wade (Canada). Lovelock ran third in the heat, being content to qualify in slow time. Results arc:— Athletics. 220 Yards: Yates (Australia) won his heat in 22 2-ssec. Dempsey (Australia) was second in his heat to Murdoch (Scotland), whose time was 22 4-ssec. Horsfall (Australia) failed to qualify in the heat won by Theunissen (South Africa) in 221-scc. The first semi-final resulted: A. W. Sweeney (England) 1, L. C. Young (England) 2. Nicks (Canada) 3, Dempsey (Australia) 4. Time, 22 3-ssec. The second semi-final resulted: Theunissen (South Africa) 1, Rangcley (England) 2. Murdoch (Scotland) 3, Yates 4. Time, 22 l-ssec. 440 Yards. —First semi-final: Rampling (England) 1, Fritz (Canada) 2, Roberts (England) 3. Time, 49 l-ssec. Second semi-final: Stonclcy (England) I, Addison (Canada) 2, Hunter (Scotland) 3. Time, 49 l-sscc. Half-mile Final.—Edwards (British Guiana) .1, Botha (South Africa) 2, Stothard (Scotland) 3. Time, Imin. 54 l-ssec. Six Miles.—Penny (England) 1, Bankine (Canada) 2, Furze (England) 3. Time, 31niin. 0 3-sscc. 120 Yards Hurdles.—Final: Finlay (England) .1, Worrall (Canada) 2, Pilbrow (England) 3. Time, 15 l-ssec. High Jump—Thacker (South Africa) J, Haley (Canada) 2, Michie (Scotland) 3. All cleared Oft 3in and there was a jump-off Metcalfe (Australia) with ciit Jin. was fourth. Polo Vault. —Apps (Canada) 1, Gilbert (Canada) 2. Both jumped 12M't, Apps winning the jump-off. Woodhouse i (Australia) jumped I2ft and was third. This was probably the finest leap of the day and he was at least two feet clear of the bar. Shot Put.—Hart (South Africa) 48ft liiin 1, Howland (England) 44ft 2, Bridie (England) 44it 3. Women’s 100 Yards.—Final: Miss Hiscocx (England) I, Miss Strike (Canada) 2, Hiss Chalmers (England) 3. Time 11 3-10 see. Women’s Half-mile.— Miss Lunn (England) 1, -Miss Butterfield (England) 2, Miss Furneaux (.England) 3. I'ime 2min. 19 2-ssec. Swimming Men’s 1500 yards Free-style.—Final: Noel Byan (Australia) J, Pirie (Canada) 2. Wainwright (England) 3. Time 1 18min. 25 2-ssec. Won by three seconds, breaking the record by 30scc. Quarter-mile Free-style.—Heat winners: Wainwright smin. 25scc., Ryan sniin. 14 4-sscc., Pirie smin. 33 2-ssec, Liebers (England) smin. 34 4-ssec. Men’s 100 Y'ards Backstroke.—Final: Francis (Scotland) 1, Besford (England) 2, Gazell (Canada) 3. Time G 5 l-sscc. Women’s 100 Yards Backstroke. — Final: Miss Harding (England) 1, Miss Hamilton (Scotland) 2, Miss Davies i (Wales) 3. Time, 73 4-sscc. Men’s 100 Yards Free-style: Burleigh (Canada), Williams (England), Larsen (Canada) and Sutton (England) won the heats. Noel Crump (New Zealand) who was second to Larsen in 56 2-ssec., also qualified. Clark (Australia), \lio was second to Williams in 56 4-ssec., did not qualify. Women’s 100 Yards Free-style.— Final: Miss Dewar (Canada) 1, Miss Piric (Canada) 2, Miss McDowell (Scotland) 3. Time, 63sec. Men’s 200 Yards Breaststroke. — Final: Hamilton (Jamaica) I, McCarty (Jamaica) 2. Higginson (Australia) 3. 'Time 2min. 42 2-ssec. Women’s 220 Yards Breaststroke. — Miss Claire Dennis (Australia) 1, Miss Haslam 2, Miss Hinton 3. Time, 2niin. 5-lscc., beating the former English record by three seconds. Women’s Springboard Diving.—Miss . Moss (Canada) 62.27 points 1, Miss Thompson (Australia) 60.49 points 2, , Miss Ogilvie (Canada) 57 points 3, Miss Larsen (England) 54.10 points 4. Men’s 800 Yards Relay, free-style.— ; Canada (Larsen, Hooper, Burleigh and 1 Pirie) Bmin. 40 3-ssec. 1; England (Sutton, Williams, Wainwright and ' Leavers) Bmin. 52 4-ssec, 2. Women’s 400 Yards Relay, free-style. —Canada (Mises Dewar, Hubble, Hut- 1 ton and Pirie ) 4min. 2 4-ssec, 1; South 1 Africa (Misses Hayward, Ryde, Maska! I and Russell) 4min. 34sec., 2. I Bowling In the rinks bowling Australia drev - with Rhodesia 18-18. Australia were seven points down on the first five heads. After that they drew up to 7-9 and then led 14-10 at the fifteenth head. An exciting finish resulted in Rhodesia tying when Australia seemed to have won by two points. Bowling Singles.—New Zealand (L. J. Keys) lost to Rhodesia 8-21 and lost to Hongkong 9-21. Rinks Bowling.—New Zealand (Grocott, Dillicar, Pollard and Carter) beat Rhodesia 20-16 and beat Hongkong : 18-16.