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ATHLETICS GAMES
Despite the fact that 10 records in Olympic athletics were broken and one equalled at Wembley, the London Games rank second to Berlin's in 1936 from the point of view of standing Olympic markis.
Paced by the great Jesse Owens, whose four Berlin marks were all not even nearly approached at London, the record tally in 1936 still stands in the hooks at 16.
Three records set at the Los Angeles Games in 1932 still stand, No other Games of the series have contri- buted to the current record list.
1
the series
RANKING PERFORMANCES Landon
The Los Angeles marks still stand-, and good enough to have tied for, Gainen ing are William Carr's 46.2 seconds fest place nt London. for the 400 metres dash, equalled by Arthur Wint at London, Mathi Joers vinen's Javelin throw of 238 feet 7 inches and the 1,000 metres relay mark of 3 mins. 8.2 seconds set by the American team of Ivan Puqe, Edgar Ablowich, Willam Carr and Karl Worner, still a world record.
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MILLS' PURSE FOR AMERICAN FIGHT WILL BE A RECORD
By GEORGE WHITING
World record payment for a British boxer in America will be made to Freddie Mills when he defends his new-won world cruiser-weight title against Gus Lesnevich at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York, on September 23, 24 or 25.
Manager Ted Broadribh, who has steered Mills from semi-obscurity to stardom, tells me that the promoters, the Tournament of Champions Committee. are guarantee- ing a payment of 80,000 dołkurs, plus a percentage-probably £25,000 all told.
Taxes and other expenses should leave Mills with at least half this amount.
No other British boxer in Americ# ||--
lina ever commanded such a purse.
The previous highest was probably SEE TEE'S SERIES ON Tommy Farr who, also managed by Broadribb, was guaranteed 50,000 dollars for fighting heavy-weight Jue Louis in 1937.
"Farr and Mills," Broadribb toll me today, "are the only two English fhters ever to command guarantee from the Americans. All the others have had to take their chance on o percentage.”
FORTNICHT'S TRAINING
have contributed per-
100 Metren dash; Alan
Me- formances that were oufalanding for¡ Corquorfale (Scotland) 4th; E. Mae-
whole.
Donald Bailey (Trinidad) oth; with John Treloar (Australia), K. J. Mills will call for New York in September, leaving himself Games athletes turning Jones (Wales), John Bartram (Aus- early
(Aus-just n fortnight for training. Withi the first six for the whole
a ranklag performance within trafia) and Morris Curatla
Ino weight troubles Freddie reckons tralia) renching this semi-finals. Games series are:
he has no need of a longer prepara- 200 Metren Dash; Herb McKepley, Boni, Dilined 4th; Norwood Ewell Oth.
Harrison (Jamaten) 4th: Leslie Laing (Jatal-
(en) 6th; with John Tietar (Austra With bn will be Broadribh, 200 Metres Dash; Mel Patton (Haj; Alan McCorquodale (Scotland); Trainer Nat Seller, sparring partner
Lloyd A. Van Heerden (South Afrien) and Jolinale Willi 3rd; Norwoont Ewell an
P. H. Valle (England) reaching the Williams-an old-time fighter whose LaBeach 6th.
400 Metres Dandr Arthur Wint | remi-finals.
hobby for years has been finpping the towel and shooling Cockney 2nd: Herb McKenley 3rd.
800 Metres Run:
400 Meices Malvin Whit-
wisecracks in Mills's corner. He will be canap cornedtan.
100
Metres Dash:
NOT EVEN A BRONZE ONE
bre-los Two
Angeles long Jumpers also make the grade, the of these, the fourth best in the Clymple reries, did not even win the performer, Robert 1. LeGendre of Georgetown,
own, USA, a bronze medal in Other world records. set on the the long jump Olympic Games terles were the 400; metres relay mark and the women's LeGendre jumped 25 feet & thetres 400 metres relay mark set by Ameri at the Paris Ganies while competing can teams at Berlin 1936, the in the Pentation, an even since dis- women's 80 thetres low burdles murkontin
He did not even win the set Jainly by Funny Bankers Koen Pentathlon but his long jump mazis and Maureen Gurtner at Wembley, wanted have been good for first place, del 1st: Arthur Wind 2nd: Marcel (Jamaica)
1500 Metres: Henry Eriksson 4th; Lemmirt Strand 6th,
the hop, slep and Jump of
In the Paris, Amsterdam and Los! Hansenne 3rd; Herb Harten 8th. 52% feet by Japan's Nuoto Tajima at Angeles Games, for third plaer at Fierton, and the Decathlon total of Berlin and for second at London. 7,000 points by Glenn Morris, also at Hjerton.
COING BACK Exactly seven marks accomplished in Games in the series enrlier than Los Angeles still rank among the best six ever accomplished in the serios,
do not prove, a
Whatever else the games do or fact that stands out is that progress since 1982 has overshadowed anything before that
Year:
The other long-jump of a reore of years ago who could challenge the present erop
Olympic on
per formance wan Edward 33, 15inn, i Winner at Amsterdara with 25 feet 4|| 3/8 Inches, a mark that places han sixth on the All-Gautes rating.
The Paris Games in 1924 procured also a 50 feet 11 inch mark in the hop, step and jump by Australia's A. W. Winter and a 50 feet 73 bch murk by Augentina's I. Irunelo that cank fourth and sixth respectively. Winter and Brunelo with their Paris performances could one-two at London,
INTER-GAMES
have Halverd›
Marks accomplished callier than Los Angeles that still rank high as among the best ever nccomplished at the Games include one turned up at the Stockholra Games li 1912 when Perhaps the best way to illustrate the Irish-American gaut. Matt J.,relative performance in the various McGrath, threw the hammer 179 feet Olympic Games would be to stage a * inches.
mythical inter-Games meet based jon a point rating from alx for first place to one for sixth place, ranking the six best performances over BC- recomplished in each athletic
in the men's section.
This mark has been bettered by only three other athletes in later Games in the series, by two Germans nt Berlin and by Hungary's Nemeth at London.
The fabulous Paavo Nurmi's only mark that still ranks high as an Olympic performance Is his 30 minutes 1.8 seconds for the 10,000
|
5,000 Meiren: Gaston Reift ist; Emil Zatopek 2nd: Wim Slykhuis
5th; Erik Ahlien 6th,
Avtline Run:
Wint int: Herb McKenley (Inmatea) 2nd: Morris Curtia (Australia) 5th.
800 Metres Ilun: Arthur
and "Nutty”
The Laws Of Association Football
7. THE THROW-IN
A good Linesman can play an important part in most matches. No matter whether he is a neutral official or a Club Linesman there are many ways in which he can be an able assistant to the Referee.
Although Referees must adopt a slightly different atti- tude in taking police of the "flag of is Club Linesman,” they are usually very quick to see whether he knows what he is doing.
A Club Linesman, who has studied and understands the various ways in which he can act as an assistants re- feree, is usually sufficiently outstand- In to win the Referee's confidence curly in the game,
·!";
That is another Instance of taking
fale advantage of opponents.
THE SNATCHER
But one of the most unfortunate and too frequent breaches of the
WHO
the
Taking this Bight proves that It is always a good thing for the law governing the throw-in is made Freddie is not one of thoke champions Linesman to know the many tile by the quick-witted player who
takes Wint who sit tight on their files." saya foults which occur in throwing the snatches the ball and (Jamaica) 2nd: Harry John Porlett | Broadribl. "There will be no doubt
throw, when he knows perfectly Well (England) 9th: with Bill
Tumsay about the decision this time. Mill (Australia), Douglas. Harris (New ! wil win on good deal more casily
(Eng-than he did at the White City this i
G. Tarraway 10,000 Meires: Emil Zatopek Ist.Zealand): H. 3,000 Metres Steeplechase; Torea and J. M. Hutchins (Canada) week."
reaching the semi-final. Soestrandt 2nd: Erik Elmistater 5th.
118 Meires High Hurdlen: BILL 1,500 Metres: 11 Porter 1st; Clyde Scott 3rd: Crait (England) 6th. Dixon 4th,
Roy 20;
400 Metres Low furdien: Cochran Ist: Duncan White Rune Larsson 4th; Richard Ault 6th
High Jump:
Fred Winter 3th. Pole Vault: Gutin Smith 3rd. Long Jump; Willie Strele 3rd. Shot Pal: Wilbur Thompson 1st Francis Delaney 2nd: Jim Fucks 3rd. Dise Throw: Adolfo Consolini, Ist; Cape That Taple Rautavaara
Test 2nd.
5th.
Hammer 2nd; 1. Cubijan 5th.
Throw: Imre Nemeth
Dreathlon: Bob Mathias 5th. No performance was returned it the. London Games etter the Walk event Marathon, the 50 kilometres
the Hop. Step and Jum that ranks in the top Olympic six for all the Games Scores.
This would give the Berlin Games an overwhelming win with 210 points, the Lamlon Gantes running second with 158; Los Angeles per- metres run accomplished at Paris in the Paris (1924)
formances garnering up 87% points; Games 10; the 1924, in winning from compatriot Stockholm (1812) Games 3; and the Willis Ritola by three-fifths of a Amsterdam (1928) Games 1. second.
history this
ner-
In Games formance ranks sixth, and Ritolu's seventh. The Nurmi performaner at Paris would have been good for third place at the Los Angeles or Berlin Games and for second place ut-London,- ----
Women's
athletics
.cannot
brought to inter-Games comparison the London Games the 200 metres run, the long jump and shot put were introduced into the programme for the first time,
as three of the events contested at
At the Paris Games also. Harold As can be readily seen from the Osborn jumped feet @ Inches the Inter-Games tabulation, compara- fourth best mark ever in the seriesį tively few athletes at the London
OLYMPIC RECORDS
Event
100 metres 200 metres 300 metres
800 metres -1,500 metres 5,000 metres 10,000 metres 3,000 M. Steeple-
chase Marathon
10 Km. Walk 50 Km. Walk 400 M. Relay 1,000 M. Relay
110 M. Hurdles 400 M. Hurdles High Jump Pole Vault Long Jump
Step & Jump Shot Put Disc Throw Javelin Throw Hammer Throw Decathlon
Hop
100 metres 00M. hurdles.
High Jump
Disc Throw
Javelin Throw 400 M. Relay
MEN'S ATHLETICS
Holder
Jesse Owens (USA)
Jesse Owens (USA) William Carr (USA) Arthur Wint (Jamaica)} Malvin Whiineld (USA) Jack Lovelock (N. Zenland} Gaston Reiff (Belgium) Emil Zatopkek (Czechia)
Volnari Iso-Hollo (Finland) Kitei Son Gapan)
John Mikaelsson (Sweden)
Harold Whitlock (G. Britain) United States United States
William Porter (USA) Roy Codiran
Detran (USA)
Cornelius Johnson (USA) Earle Meadows (USA) Jesse Owens (USA) Naolo. Tajima (Japan) Wilbur Adolfo Consol (USA)
(Italy) Matu Jaervinen. (Finland) Kari Heln (Germany) Glenn Morris (USA)
WOMEN'S ATHLETICS Helen Stephens (USA) Fanny Blankers-Koen,
(Holland)
Maureen Gardner
(G. Britain)
Allee Coachmaly (USA). Dorothy Odam Tyler
(G. Britain) Gisola Mauermeyer
(Germany)
.Herma Bauma (Austria)
United States
SPORTING SAM
Year Record
Set 10.2 seey. 1936 20, 51 34 * 54
1936 46.2 sees. 1920 40.2 pers. 3948 1940 Im. 40.2 SPOR. 1948 3 m. 47.8 sees, 1936 34 m. 17. sees. 1948 29 m. 59.2 sees.
1948
9. 03.8 sers. 1936 1036
3 m.
2 h. 20 m. 19.2 s. 45 m. 13.2 s 4h. 30 m, 41.4 s. 1036
39.8 secs.
1936 8.2 secs. 1032
1048
ft. H
руда
OUTSTANDING
Mills, understand, will not sign Nankeville for any more fights in America. The September contest is by special dis- pensation of British promoter Jack Marathon: Tom Richards (Wales), Solomons, who has the new chan- Bud: Johannes Coleman (South
pion under contract, Africa)
4th; *Ton Luyt (South Afelen) 6th.
Walk T Lloyd
ZALE v. CERDAN
50 Kilometres Johnson (Wales) 3rd: 1. A. Mar- nerce competition with the Madison The Brooklyn programme, bull in tineau (Trinidad) 5th.
Square Garden
Authorities, will feature two world championship | Pghts.
High
Hurdles: Itay Weinberg (Australia; and Jim Vickers (India) (Australia) 6th: with Peter Gardner
reaching the semi-final.
there will be the middle weight fight,
In addition to Ms v. Lesnevich
In which America's Tony Zale de Low Hurdles: Duncan While fends his title against Marcel Cerdan, (Ceylon) 2nd; with Jim Holland of France. (New Zealand)
With reaching the senil- final.
-Mills fighting Lesnevich. September will see a two-way Anglo- American switch of opponents.
High Jump: Jolut Winter of Australia, Champlon; A. M. Jackes (Canada)
6th: Alon Patterson (Scotland) and Prince A. F. Adedoyin (Nigeria) led for 7th and Bih; with Gurnan Singh (India) and Lloyt By for the outstanding
Valberg (Singapore) also reaching perforthe semi-final, mances. AS had been predicted turned in the 800 metres. earlier in these columns, were
run in lay 2nd; Prince which even the great Los Angeles (Nigerlo) 5th Comes
between Britain's Wilson was eclipsed for brilliancy of Thomas Hampson and Canada's Alex performance.
Face
10-
Games as a whole have showed up Yet, despite all this, the Olympic pourly from the point of view of
-records,
It would appear that with the cream of the world's athletes as- Sembled after special Training. It should be at the Olympic Games primarily that world records should be sei.
Even if Malvin Whitfeld did set an Olymple record of 1 min. 49,2 seconds at Wembley, this mark has so often been beaten in competition that it loses much of its sparkle,
The world record, held by Cler vinny's Rulolf Uarbig who set it up at Milan, Italy, in 1839, Is 1 min. 4.6 pers.. or all of 2.0 seconds faster.
About a half-dozen other runners have also bollered Whitfield's mark at one time or another.
Arthur Wint's 46.2 seconds to equal Dill Carr's mark sei in 1832 may also be a sparkling performance, but it has en betlered in non-Olymple races been
Long Jump: Tom Cruce (Austra- Adedoyin A. F.
Jump:
Avery (Australia) 2: Henry He-
Hop. Step
George bello (India) 10th.
Shot Put: J. A. Giles (England)
th
The
SEE BOTH FIGHTS
he
On the 21st. an, as yet, tmannea Amerleau heavy-weight is due to meet Bruce Woodcock at Hurringay.
Promoter Solomons tells me wi be at both Oghts-dying lo America within an hour or two of his Harringay show.
in
F
Arthur Peall says:
NOOKER players must lane to
keep their cus-butt low. strokes, as brown ip diagram, with que-ball tight against the baul
cushion
PBLUE
It should be taken by his opponents. A few players are very quick at doing this and, for some reason or ather, are proud of their successes. They are Then
"personality specialists." for they know how easy it i to- Intimidate and bluff a lot of people. Often they will grab the ball from an opponent and throw it in with all the cock-sureness born of many
Are tea ible.
An almat full • bal contact anik brown 115 middle pock.
cue bal Bear blue.
Blue Wan tabbed into the felt balk pocket, and
ne-winning pink And followed.
black
My in-off white blillard shot on right of diogram is best played with plat crew.
Bide,
when played avaint the cloth nap, can spolt tha stroke by
narrow tantalising sila.
week i
ball in from touch. Last referred briefly to font faults; there remains then the question
mistakes in taking the actual throw.
Tsuccessful past bluffs: they will
gure
even snatch the ball away from the Linesman when his Пос shows. quite clearly that the throw-in is to the other side.
should be quite Linesmen whose throw-In it is and should Indiente it clearly by pointing their fings in the appropriate direction.
When the "bouncing" player comes along he should be reminded
not briefly but firmly that it
I that fails to "his ball."
should courage him the Linesman wave his dag high over his licad until he has attracted the Referee's |attention.
dls-
from a
NOT A GOAL
foot- The answer to last week's forward. If the pinyer taking the kick- ball law question is quite straight-
aft (no matter at half-time or after a A PROPER THROW
goal) boots the ball, (straight from Beth hands must be used to throw the centre spot) into his opponents' any other player- the ball and, at the time of delivery, foal without Lesnevich sailed for haine recently the thrower must face some part of touching it, the Referee must award In goat-kick. Law B states "A goal the Queen Elizabeth. Ebbets the fleld of play. It is not essential
several big American lights, including around a corner-flag-which means the third time, has been the scene of long as he faces the few square yards Field, where he will tackle Mills for that he stand square to the left; so shall not be scored direct
kick-off."
lanbaeli, Lesnevich v. Mauriello and touch-line-he is meeting the re- Sharkey v. Walker, Delaney v. Bere may be facing almost along the
A player, who has been treated Herman v. Lynch.
quirements of the law.
outside the touch-line for an it a player were to throw the ball while the holl is in play and with- jury, re-enters the field- of play in with one hand there would be aout reporting to the yell of protest, but it is not generally the moment the Referee notices his realised that many players can make Intrusou a player of the same side. a much stronger throw simply by as the returning using only one hand. They let the goal. What action must the Referee player scores a other hand just follow the ball. take in such circumstances?
Children's Chess Classes Experiment
Accent On The Under-12s
By "RECORDER"
Very nearly 30 children have attended at one time or another the Kowloon Chess Club's summer classes and the problem of numbers has been the Classes' Sub-Committee's most difficult one.
About a dozen
of the Club's
There have been a number of ap
by Herb McKenley (45.9). Rudolf players have contributed to instruc-plications from parents in the past Harbig and Grover Klemmer (40.0), tion, which has been largely indivi- fortnight asking if children younger Cliff Bourland and Hubert
Kerna dual rather
than on a class scale than 10 would be welcome, (46.1).
and some of the children have been Even Zatopek's more-than-spark-set to the task of teneling beginners Club's first experiment with chil- Experience in the Kowloon Chesa 13.9 sees, 1048 ling 20 minutes 50.2 seconds for the
sees, 1948 10,000 metres
12 run, more than
One of the ablest teachers has diren has proved that the under- Ins. 1936 seconds faster than Rhy
other proved to be nine-year-old Kathleen full of promising material and the 125 are, on general average, more 14 ft. 3% ins. 1034 Olympic performer has ever Irian Hardnon who sets about the job in Classes Sub-Committee can
aged, is inferior to world record a professional marks set up by Finland's Taista way of holding attention.
that the younger say
children, from whom
at they shied away The Olympic Games have, we see, As it is impossible to failed to produce marks that com-struction to as many as 10 children.
in-frs, are most welcome. pare with world records. The ex- the normal attendance on any one not yet been notified that
Even in cases where parents have planation Bes in the fact, only too evening a tournament well realized. that preliminary, and arranged on a handicap system are urged to send them along. Some has been children would be welcome, they semi-final heats take a lot out of which 18 children,
Including
26 ft. 5% ins. 1036 a2 ft. 5. ins 1036
કઇ “. . las. 1048 173 A. : ins 1048 238 ft. 7
ins 1032 185 ft 4 ins. 1036
Maki and, later, Viljo Heinu.
7,900 points 1938
.
1030 1048
a runner,
11.4 secs. 11.2 secs.
11.2 secs,
1040
5 ft. 6 ing.
5 ft. 6 ins
1048 1948
156 ft. 3 ins. *1036
140 ft. 0 ins 40.0 seca,
1945 1936
THE EMPIRE'S SHOWING
Empire athletes showed up, as they usually do, very well in the Games' track events and Indifferently in the field, except for three Ausira Han.Jumpers.
This was how they fared:
By Reg. Wootton
manner and has 1
Kive
girls are participating.
ΣΟΥ
their
6 children have not awaited "an in- vitation but 'have invaded the Club been received where they have to without protest. :
This is designed primarily. classify the children late groups for anal three-week course of instruc- tion at the end of August and the beginning of September..
Leaders in this tournament at present are John McLellan, 12, un- beaten
in six games, and Ann Gordon, 10, who has conceded one draw in seven games.
About four of the
Bearly 30 children show promises of develop- ing Into first class players in me. Two of them, if they keep up the game, could develop into the Secondary Muster class.
About half-a-dozen could rieve- lop into good players by local standards. Of the remainder a very few show any promise at all, but the Club is glad to have them.
Children vary in temperament. Some take to the game at a younger age, while others only develop an interest in the possibilities of com- [ binative play when in their 'teens.
Baray
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