THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18703, 1 August 1932, Page 8

THE OLYMPIC GAMES

THE SECOND DAY.

TRACK LIGHTNING FAST. FRENCH FLAG HOISTED. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel Copyrtg-m (Received August 1, 11.20 a.m.) LOS ANGELES, July 31. The Olympic battle began on Sunday, 20,000 people being present. Under a blazing sun the cinder path is lightning fast. j The second day of the Olympic Games opened with the first two victory ceremonies and the elevation of the" flag of France to the peristyle, to commemorate her victory in the light and light-heavyweight weight-lifting j yesterday. !" In the’first trial of the 400 yards ! hurdles Taylor’s victory was unimI pressive. Tisdall ran a better race in ; the s'econd trial. His form was good : and he appeared very speedy. The third heat was closely contested, Healy running a fast race. RESULT OF THE HEATS. AMERICA WINS SHOT-PUTTING. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. ConvrltrM. (Received August 1, 12.45 p.m.) LOS ANGELES, July 31. There was an attendance of fully 50,000 by the time to-day’s programme was well under way. The following were the results of the heats in the pedestrian events, which were run to-day:— 400 METRES HURDLES. I (Three in each heat qualifying for the •. second trials.) First Heat.—Morgan Taylor (United States) 1, S. Pettersson (Sweden) 2, Cho (Japan) 3. Time, 55.8. Second Heat. —R. Tisdale (Ireland) 1, F. Nottbrock (Germany) 2, Glenn Hardin (United States) 3, T. Goulter (Canada) 4. Time, 54,8. Third Heat.—Joseph Healey (United States) 1, A. Adelhelm (France) 2, J. A. Reskoug (Sweden) 3. Time, 52.2 Fourth Heat.—L. Faoelli (Italy) 1, Lord Burghley (England) 2, G. Goulding (America) 3, G. Reis (Brazil) 4. Timo, 55sec. 100 METRES. (Three In each heat qualifying for second trials.) First Heat.—Eddie Tolan (United States) 1, J. X. Dealmeida (Brazil) 2, Fernando Ortix (Mexico) 3. Frederick Reid (Britain) did not finish. Time, io.9sec. Second Heat. —-George Simpson (United States) 1, Ernest Page (Britain) 2, Andrej Engl (Czecho-Slo-vakla) 3, Mervyn Sutton (India) 4. Time, 10.9 sec. Third Heat.—Arthur Jonath (Germany) 1, Allan Elliott (New Zealand) 2, Izua Anno (Japan) 3, Ronald Vernleux (India) 4. Time, lO.Gsec, equalling the Olympio record. Fourth Heat.—Carlos Luti (Argentina) 1, Heimuth Koernig (Germany) 2, Percy Williams (Canada) 3. Time, 10.8 sec. Fifth Heat. —Ralph Metcalfe (United States) 1, Bert Pearson (Canada) 2, Angelos Lambrou (Greece) 3. Time, llsec. Sixth Heat.—Daniel Joubert (South Africa) 1, Harold Wright (Canada) 2, Ernst Geerling (Germany) 3. Time, llsec. Seventh Heat.—Takayosni Yoshioka (Japan) 1, Christian Berger (Holland) 2, Hector Barra (Argentina) 3, Stanley Fuller (Britain) 4, Time, 10.95e0. Second Trials. First Heat.—Tolan (United States) I, Luti (Argentine) 2, Williams (Canada) 3. Time, 10 2-ssec, a new Olympio record. 800 METRES, (Three in each heat qualifying for second trials.) First Heat. —Eddie Geuring (United States) 1, Phil Edwards (Canada) 2, J. V. Powell (Britain) 3. No time given. Second Heat.—Horn Bostcl (United States) , 1, Alex Wilson (Canada) 2, Otto Peitzer (Germany) 3. Tims, imin 52.45ec. Third Heat.—Tom Hampson (England) 1, Sera Martin (France) 2, Ned Turner (United States) 3. Time, lmin 53sec. Lovelock (New Zealand) withdrew as he apparently is concentrating on the 1500 metres. PUTTING THE SHOT. Leo Secton (United States) won the shot put final, establishing an Olympic record, 52ft 6 3-1 Gin. Harlow Rothert (United States) was second, then Frentisek Douda (Czechoslovakia), Emil Hirschfeld (Germany) Nelson Gray (United States), Sievert (Germany). 400 METRES RACE. HEALEY BREAKS THE RECORD. (Received Aug. 1, 12.35 p.m.) i LOS ANGELES, July 3i. The first Olympic record to tumble came unexpectedly in the 400 metres i hurdles when Joe Healey (United States) completed the distance in 52.2 se'conds. In the fourth heat Lord Burghley j (England), drew first. Lane Golding i (Australia), second, Reis (Brazilian) third, and Facelll (Italy) fourth. Sporting writers favoured Golding. As the runners took their places Golding was in his stride from tne jump. Ho started so fast that it seemed likely that ho would not -only win the heat but possibly run the fastest heat of the day, even superseding Healey’s new Olympic record made in the third trial. The Australian maintained an obvious lead for 100 metres, when it was noted (bat Lord Burghley was catching up with the Australian. Then at a third of the distance the Englishman and Australian wore abreast, and Fnoolli was speeding up. Half way round the Australian foil hack: he had spurted too hard, and he now seemed quite content in allow Lord Burghley to forgo ahead of him, while Facelll lengthened his stride and was clearly willing. The Italian took the last two hurdles in an easy, beautiful stride that ate up the distance. Lord Burgh-

ley, who ran second, was two yards ahead of the Australian over the last hurdle, and on the home stretch the Englishman looked back to see Golding almost directly behind him and the two Britishers ambled in. Golding was quite content not to -compete for second place. There was a yard between them. Facelli was ten yards in the lead at the finish. Fifty-five seconds for the heat was slow, but it was easily discernible that it was a tactical race, the Australian feeling his man out. He and Burghley allowed Facelll to run as he pleased. The real contest will come in the semi-final later in the day.

THE HEATS REVIEWED. SOME GOOD PERFORMANCES. LOVELOCK OUT -OF 800 METRES. ELLIOTT IN SECOND TRIALS. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received August 1, 1.40 p.m.) LOS ANGELES, July 31. Tolan and Simpson won in the 100 metres in the first two heats respectively in a fast, workmanlike manner. Simpson was plainly back in form following hi-s rather stale condition upon his return to America from the Orient and Australia. Tolan’s and Simpson’s time, each 10 9-iOsec., was only a tenth of a second behind the Canadian, Williams’ victorious time at Amsterdam. The third heat with Elliott (New Zealand), placed in the -sixth lane, broke to a false -start. Elliott dl-d not move. The German starter, Filler, was so placed Fuat it was a temptation for the runners to beat the gun. Six runners got away massed for the second start. Jonath suddenly lunged a yard ahead, but Anno (Japan) and Elliott from then on seemed to have a private race, with the Argentine and Indian runners plainly in the ruck. Jonath was running like a demon, •drawing slowly but surely away to wiii by three yards. Elliott slowly drew ahead to put Anno a yard behind him at. the finish. Jonath’s lime was so fast that Elliott’s performance was praiseworthy. The fourth heat contained a surprise in the Canadian’s (Williams) poor showing of third place. Metcalfe (an American negro) and the sensational Canadian youth (Pearson), divided the honours in the fifth heat. Lambrou (Greece) was taken off the field hurt. He had stumbled -and fallen at the finish. Jaubert (South Africa) fulfilled -his early, promise by winning the sixth heat and remains a threat in the -finals. Yoshioka won a well-deserved victory in the seventh trial, being -hard pressed by the Hollander (Berger.). In the first trial of the 800 metres Evans (New Zealand), dropped behind after the first ten feet and remained behind until 100 yards from the finish when two runners dropped out, leaving the New Zealander to finish a bad fifth. The Canadian negro took the lead -from the start and ran in that position for 500 metres, Genung then came out ahead. The Englishman Powell followed close behind. The negro Horbestel (United States), ran his contenders into the ground in the second trial. He maintained third place until the last 200 metres and then shot out like an arrow. The German Peitzer, ran last for 400 or 500 metres and then moved up to take an easy third place. The failure of Lovelock to appear on the field for the third heat caused surprise. The Australian' Press is informed that Lovelock' was entered in the 800 metres in New Zealand, although ail along he intended to concentrate on tlie 1,500 metres, and due to a little soreness in the last few days because of the hard tracks, he decided not to compete in the shorter distanco to-day. Elliott (New Zealand) ran third, and qualified in his heat in the second trials of the 100 metres. Golding was eliminated in the semifinal. of the 400 metres hurdles.