WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1932
THE CHINA MAIL.
KITAMURA BEATS CRABBE IN 1,500 METRES
Japan's Sixteen-Year- Old Sensation
Jean Taris Surprised By
Youthful StarTM
LENORE KNIGHT'S RECORD
JAPAN FORCED TO SHARE HONOURS.
Los Angeles, Aug. 11. The Philippines shared honours with Japan to-day as two swimmers from the Island won places in the semi-finals of the 20 metre breast-i stroke event at the Tenth Olympiad.
Tolo Yldefonso, a veteran of the 1928 Olympics, raced to vic- tory in the third heat and the other Philippine entry, Sikirum Adjaluddin, qualified for the semi-
PHILIPPINES OFFER BOXING CHALLENGE finals to-morrow by taking second
AT TENTH OLYMPIAD.
Los Angeles, August 9,
Two Japanese youths in their teens have provided, the sensa tions in the men's swimming events of the Tenth Olympiad thus far completed.
Yasuji Miyazaki, who won the 100 Metres freestyle Sunday in 58.2 seconds, shaving a fraction off the time Johnny Weismuller set four years ago at Amsterdam, is but 17 years old. Ile is a student at the Hamamatsu first middle school.
Takoyama, who twice in two days has beaten the Olympic cord for the 400 Metres freestyle for men, and is expected to
place in another heat..
Tidefonso, third in his specialty
JOHANSSON WINS TWO TITLES
Turkish Baths To Get Weight Down.
SWEDISH SUCCESSES.
Los Angeles, Aug. 7. Ivar Johansson, of Sweden, te-night claimed his second championship of the Olympiad by winning a decision from Vaine Kajander, of Finland, for the welter-weight Greco- Roman wrestling title. Johansson last week won 53 seconds, and defeated the holder middle weight catch-as-can title, of the recognized world record, and then took a series of Swedish Walter Spence, of Chicago, among baths, reducing his weight by Fathers.
Adjalad, sensational young for the Greco-Roman welter-weight eleven pounds to become eligible Moru merman. Anished second in competition. the third heat only to the defend- Eric Malmberg, of Sweden, woh
Ht Amsterdam four years ago, swam the distance. in 2 minutes
+
the
LISSAMAN'S GREAT WEEK-END.
Three Golfing Successes At The Valley.
A. E Lissman with an ag gregate score of 157 won the Happy Valley Championship on Sunday. A. B. Stewart was runner-up with 160,
There were 47 entries and the leading scores were as follow:-
A E. Lisaaman...78+84-157 A. R. Stewart.81+79-160 A. K. Mackenzie .81+80=181. D. S. Edward .82+79=161 R. Young .. 84+78=162 F. J. de Rome.80+84-164 R. K. Valentine L G. Dodwell A. Leach
W. J. Buller
.88+81-164
80+85 185 .:89+84-166 ..82+89-171
A. McKellar....91+35-176 T.. S. Whyte-Smith 92+86-178 A. Sommerfelt...95+97-192
OPEN MEDAL POOL
ing champion. Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, the lightweight Greco-Roman title of Japan, who set a new Olymple by eliminating Abraham Kurland, re-record of 2 minutes 46.2 seconds, of Denmark.
With his total of 73-3. for the Feighteen holes in the morning, The Japanese veteran was ten
Carl Westergreu. of Sweden, won Ar E. Lissaman also won the Open. feet in front and pulling away the heavyweight title on points Medal Pool by returning a alight-
win the championship in the finals to-morrow, is 19 years old and a -student at Waseda University.
"Both these youths also were members of the Japanese quartette which to-day best American
team by ten metres and broke the Olympic record in capturing the 800 Metres relay in 8 minutes 58.4
seconds.
Of the other two members of the Victorious quartette Masanori Yusa, is but 17. and Kyuichi Toyoda but
20. Both are students at Nippon University, Tokyo.
Nippon's contingent of tank stars is probably the youngest here, as the average age of the 22 members is just over 12, twelve being still in their teens.
GALLANT FILIPINO
BOXER.
Los Angeles, August 10. The Philippine Islands occupied a conspicuous place in the boxing limelight at the Olympic Auditorium to-night when Jose Villanueva, flashy little bantamweight from the islands, scored a clean-cut decision! over an old rival, Akira Nakao, »of Japan, in the only elimination bouti to-night's schedule. for the bantamweight division on)
from dikirum at the finish but after Urban of Czecho-Slovakia ly better card for the last nine the latter was safe in second post-eliminated Hirihi of Australla, holes than did J. S. Dykes who had tion over Cartonnet of France. who was Westergren's chief op the same score, on handicap, as
TSURUTA'S NEW RECORD..
ponent.
Lissaman with a total of 85-15.
The men's tank events, run off the bantamweight title by defeat the fact that for the last nine Jacob Brendel, of Germany, took Liasaman qualified by virtue of in the great Olympic natatorium ing Marcello Nizzola, of Italy-holes he returned before a crowd of 9,000, had a dis-Associated Press.
& card of tinct Japanese cast except in the
36-1%=34% while Dykes did the women's events, Eleanor Holm of
last nine holes in 43-714-35. the United States winning the 100- Metres backstroke championship in
minute 19.4 seconds.
(Continued from previous Column.) Britain, who captured the first heat..
There were 75 entries and the two next best scores were D. S. Edward 79--8=71 and R. Young 78-6=72.
CAPTAIN'S CUP
Yidefonso and Fikirum as well as Tsuruta all have faster times to their credit" in the 200 Metres breaststroke than they exhibited to-day and more records may be ex-
Lissaman qualified for the Cap- pected to fall before the champion-tain's Cup held in conjunction ship is awarded.
with the Happy Valley Champion-
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In the trials for places on the
HELEN WILLS IS NOT COMPETING.
Paris, August 8-Helen Wills Moody, women's tennis cham- pion of the United States, France and Wimbledon," said to-day she had advised the United States Lawn Tennis Association that" she would not be present next week to defend her American title,
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Mrs. Wills-Moody, at the top of her game after a year of re- tirement from major tennis competition, said she would remain `in Paris for several months with her husband, studying painting.
INDIAN R.C. LOSE LAST MATCH.
Club "
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were undefeated," but had'", two draws in their three aeta.
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The New York girl, who two days ago set a new world 'and' Olympic record for 1 minute 18.3 seconds, beat Bonnie Mealing of Australia by a foot. Villanueva's victory, coming after Maria Braun, of Holland, the the defeats of three of his team
defending champion, did not
C. de R....1418 1 0 4 3144 28 SCA.A....12.10 2, 081 start although she had qualified mates in yesterday's bouts, took on
The Hong Kong Cricket Club G.A .....13 9.40.74 24 more than ordinary significance to
for the finals. the thousands of fans who had) Pulling froglike through the Philippines team at Manila in ship with his score of 70 after de-secured a long-awaited victory in Y.M.C.A. 18 7 5 1 6815 484 15 gathered to watch the bouts. To water. Tauruta broke his own 1928 May, both Yldefonso and Jikirum ducting his handicap of three from the "C" Division of the Tennis A. T. C.12 65.0.47% 55% 12
KITC these funs, many of whom had Olympic record of 2 minutes broke Tsuruta's Olympie record of his morning round total in the League yesterday when they beat C
championship.
the Indian Recreation Club by 6% watched Filipino boxers win vic- 48.8 seconds. It was the second 2:48.8, Yldefonso registering 2:47.3
Altogether there were 44 en-sets to 2. tories in the professional ring on Olympic standard to tumble dur-and the More army.recruit shading With the exception of the two the Pacific Coust, the Bushy little ing the day although the events this to 2:47 flat.
tries, other scores included:— veterans, Katado Takaishi, 26, and amateur from the far-away Philip were confined entirely to the pre-
R. Young ... NA... In competition at Tokyo, Tsuru-
R. K Valentíne Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, 29. none is over pines wris making his last stand liminaries for men, the semi-finals ta did the distance in. 2:45 bat this year the best he had been able
D. S. Edward against a galaxy of Star performers to be held to-morrow and Saturday. comrades had suffered defent. at whose hands three of his Tsuruta almost immediately had to do in Japan was 2:50:4, while to share the limelight with another young Koike attained 2:47.3n the Failure for Villanueva would have Japanese, 17-year-old Riza Koike, national tryouts. meant the total elimination of the who in winning the second heat
22.
The 'Japanese admit they expect strong competition from two Fili piño stars, Adjaludin and Ildefon-
Tsuruta is 29 years old, the vet
so, in the 200 Metres breaststroke Philippine boxing contingent from tied the time of 2:46.2 the former eran of the sensational Japanese
the
events, and individually from aces further competition. This fact, it had just hung up.
swimming contingent, which aver- of other lands, but as a team they
Keems, had impressed itself A German, Reingold, took
ages but 22 years of age. feared only the United States Villanueva's mind as he set out fourth heat in 2 minutes 53.8 sec-
in
Because of their sensational try. Associated Press..
after the gong for the first round, onds, qualifying for the finals at performances the Japanese let WEISMULLER RECORD
and the little Filipino wasted no along with another Japanese, Shi-it be known in advance that they time in preliminaries, but went geo Nakagawa.
feared the Philippine aces in the SHATTERED. "
after his opponent from the start, With the exception of Spence
breaststroke event, along with using every trick in his boxing re- all the United States entries fell Spence, above all others. Los Angeles, Aug. 7.
pertoire that many a seasoned pro. by the way side. Basil Francis of
Of the three swimming race Japan took the first big stride to fessional would want to have in his Providence, R. I., finished fourth championships thus far awarded, ward the swimming championship hag.
in the first heat, Ted Miles of Newthe Japanese have won two and of the Tenth Olympiad to-day-by
The thousands gathered to watch York, fourth in the second, and the United States one, three others placing first, second and fifth in the bouts followed every movement John Paulsen, of Santo Paulo, remaining to be decided. Associat:" the first-final, the 100-Metree free of the little Islander and when the Calif, fourth in the third test. -style for men.
referee's decision was announced at Those to race in the semi-finala But in the water polo the United the end of three gruelling rounds of tomorrow are Tauruta, Adjalud- States team completely outclassed fighting, pandemonium broke as the dh, Kolke, Sietas of Germany, Y- Japan, winning the second game entire Olympic Stadium rang with defonso, Spence, Reingold, Naka- event, James, of Holland won the of the round robin competition 10 cheers for the plucky little fellow gawa and Cartonnet.
to 0.
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A 17-year-old boy, Yasuji Mpines on the Olympic boxing map. zaki, with a magnificent finish,
Won the sprint race in 58.2 sec-
ed Press.
JAMES WINS MONOTYPE EVENT.
In the dinghy monotype yachting
championship with 85 points, to
who at last had placed the Philip SCHOOLBOY HERO CHEERED his credit. He finished ninth in The big crowd also cheered the to-day's race, but he had piled up performance of another Japanese, enough points to assure him of the Kusuo Kitamura,
championship. The other 16-year-old
HISTORY REPEATS
ITSELF,
comTM
onds, beating hy a fraction the 58.3 seconds record set by Johnny To-night's bout was not the first schoolboy, in the 1,500 Metres free petitors finished as follows: Weismuller four years ago. Ka- time that Villanueva and Nakao had style trials, and the record-break France. 79 points: Spain, 77; Ger- waishi was an arm's length be faced each other in the roped arena. Ing feat of Lenora Knight, of the many, Canada, Britain, United Thind
a
The two boys had met before in an United States, in the women's 400 States, Italy, Sweden, Australia Schwartz, United States sprint invitation boxing tournament at Metres freestyle. veteran, trailed in third place, six- Manila early this year. Nakao was "teenths of a second behind the vic- a member of the Japanese team that invaded Manila and in that Two heats of the 100 Metres semi-tournament the Japanese fighter finals featured the women's com- tasted his first defeat at the hands petition to-day, The International of the Filipino bantam. Swimming Federation decided to In the second round of the ban- postpone until Tuesday tho finala tamweight eliminations to-night; of the women's 200 Metres breast Land, the only American contender at the halfway point with Crable won the hockey championship in the division, and Pereyra, the first and Taris second, but when when it defeated the United States Argentinan, won their bouts.
::tor.
stroke event ·
In the first of the semi-final
heats, Eleanor Garatti, of Bay-
ville, LI, who was the best of
all contenders in yesterday's
The Nipponese youth defeat- ed Clarence Crabbe, of the. United States, winner yester day of the 400 Metre freestyle championship, and Jean · Taris of France in the first heat of the 1,500 metres... Kitamura was in third-position
STAR BOATS Jupiter, an the American entry, which won championship yesterday. finished first again to-day in the sail-off to decide the other places..... ⠀ Eng. land finished second in the series, with Canada and Sweden tied for third.
HOCKEY-The-Indian team
1,000 metres had been covered he team to-day by the score of 24 to 1.
In the featherweight class, Carls- took the lead and finished fifteen The final standing of the teams son, of Sweden; Katsuo Kameoka, yards ahead. Crabbe, who set a follows: India, first; Japan sec-
of Japan; Hines, of the United world record in the short distance ond; United States, third.
trials, was beaten by WillimStates; A (correct), of Mexico; won yesterday, took second honour in EQUESTRIAN COMPETITION
Jantje Den Ouden, of Holland, who set a new world record in splashing the distance In 1 minute 7.6 seconds. Josephina McKim of the United States was third and thereby qualified, but Joyce Cooper, of Great Britain, and Yvonne Godard of France, fourth and fifth respec tively, were eliminated.
their bouts..
a terrific race with Taris." The]
Major Harry Chamberlain, of the
In the middleweight division the young Japanese time was 19 min- United States Army, Is leading in winners were Michelott, of France; utes 54.2 seconds, three seconds Lavoi; of Canada. ·
over the Olympic standard set by 840 points. Captain Edward Argo, the equestrian, competitions with In the light heavyweight division Arne Borg of Sweden four years also of the United States, is second the winners were: Rosal, of; Italy; ago. 7
with 888 points, and Lieutenant Mastrorides, of Greece; Murphy, of Miss Knight made a new Olym
De Mortanges, 01 Ireland; Miller, of the United pic record for women in winning with 315 States; Jorgenasen, of Denmark; the third heat of the 400 Metras Lang, of Argentina; Carsten, of freestyle in 5 minutes 40.9 sec.
Helene Madison, of the United South Africa, and Berger, of Geronds. State, helder of many dash rec-manya
ards, won the second heat. In No In the lightweight
minu
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