NTER-
ARSITY THLETICS
LONDON DEFEATED BY PARIS
SCHOOLS TURN THE TABLE
(By BEVIL RUDD)
April 26.
Paris University beat London niversity by 50 points to 45 in ï eleven-event match at Mot- pur Park on Saturday, but the ondon Schoolboys redeemed this efeat with an emphatic victory 63 points to 41 over the Paris niversity Juniors.
In the Senior meeting, ere as effective in the rents Fack
Paris field
as London were. on the the usual international esult. Paris won five of the six vents, though in the high jump, P. B. Rolfe and W. A. Buttery ot first and second places. Had 1. Davis been able to run in he sprint and B. L. Prendergast b throw the discus, it is pro- able that London would just
ave won.
lost
In the track events London ly the half-mile, and the French- an, Faure, who won it, was posi- vely brilliant. Oddly enough the alf-mile was the only track event ie London schoolboys lost, and gain to a remarkable performer, ardien, the junior champion of rance.
BEAT SENIOR'S SPRINT. TIME Our schoolboys were, however, uch more effective at the field vents. J. F. Lockwood, after win- ing the 100-yards in faster time an the seniors did, won the long imp with almost a 22ft leap, and E. Redsull was second with 21ft Din; and M. C. Homsby won the and the igh jump with 5ft 9in eight with 44ft.
In the 100 yards, the long jump ad the javelin, the junior perfor- ances were better than the senior, ad in the high jump the winners-
ere equal.
RECORD HOLDER FAILS Fitte, of Paris, completed an ex- ellent double by winning the senior eight with 44ft 7in and discus ith 131ft 9in. Mathiotte won the irdles with plenty of elan, but oisset, the French 400-metre re- ord-holder, was frankly disappoint-
He was very menacing for bout 300 yards in spite of his lling gait, but he crumpled up be- Ore J. G. Barnes' challenge.
KA: C. Franks won the senior milë 4min 29.8sec with consummate ase after some exhilarating pace- aking by his second string, A. E. Etheridge, and D. G. Percival
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usto. M. W. Hubble's 51.2sec quar--
r-mile was a magnificent run for SMASHES MORE
schoolboy, and he showed a fine
ense of pace. The same applies WORLD RECORDS
6 D. M. Bale's steeplechasing,
BEST OF DAY
'on
The "Black Magic" The last two events, the relays,
At Montlhery ere the beat races of the day. In he senior medley the Frenchman,
Montlhery, April 29. aure, gained a five-yard lend over
Continuing his attemp G. G. Fletcher in the first dis-
world's 24-hour record. 1 ince (440yds), Bad baton ex-
anges in the two 220 yards left gined cars, Captain ondon with a deficit of 20 yards driving his single-seater tim hen F. R Park set out on the final car "Black Mai alf-mile behind Pfanner,
Olympic Team's Complaints
amused people who knew some thing about the subject. But one point, not dealt with in the report, must be answered.
(Continued from Page 21) Brown, Roberts, Rampling, Cornes, Harper, and Webster, did better than they
before. ever done hone
The team was managed by two What more can one ask?
senior AAA. officials, both of them IGNORANT NEWSPAPERS - Many of the ignorant newspaper formerly fine runners, both of them suggestions made immediately after experienced in this work and among the Games, such as that our men the most selfless and hard-working. were not fit or that an American men in the association. Neither of coach (those fabulous American them, unfortunately, could apes coaches!) could have done better German, and, still more unfortun- 1,012,487 Idlo- with Brown, for instance, than Alec ately, one of them was suffering 1,188 miles) Nelson had done with him, merely from bad health, which threw, as tra work on the other. In the gir ut five yards of the leeway; but at an average speed of 169,972 kilo-168.836 k.p.h, and for the 1,000 miles cumstances, no doubt, a different Anner was running strongly. How-metres an hour (approximately 99 in 10hr. 5min. 27.12sec. at an aver-choice might have turned out bet- age speed of 159,486 k.p.h. (approxi- ter. But any suggestion that either er, again the Frenchman lost grip
soon as he was challenged. Park Earlier he had set up new figures mately 99 m.p.h.), so that his later of these men failed to do his job for the 1,000 kilometres in 6hr. 18 record showed a remarkable consisto the utmost of his ability is quite
unfounded. min. 56.52sec, at an average speed of Itency.-Reuter.
At the bell Park had made up all
ed him vigorously and ran in inner in 3min 40.8sec.
record, metres: (approx
miles an hour.
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