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VAROFF BREAKS WORLD POLE VAULT MARK

BIG UPSET IN

KING'S PRIZE

AT BISLEY,

WINNER WHO WAS

OVERLOOKED

SOUTH AFRICA'S FIRST SUCCESS SINCE 1920

(By "LEIGHTON")

London, August L The King's Prize winner WAS overlooked for a time at Bisley. After an exciting struggle with his team commandant, Lieut.-Co- Hlonel Bodley (South Africa), Ser- geant J. Jahnson (South Africa) was announced as the winner. He had scored 271 points to Bodley's į 1270.

Then as spectators were COX- gratulating Johnson, it realised that at the far end of the

was

BEN DASTROEN

Ben Eastman, above, was one of America's chief hopes in the 400 and 800 Metres events in the Olympic Games until he de- cided that he was "too busy to Tun."

range an accident had happened to MANY STADIUMS.

the target at which Sergeant L. D. Busschau, also of South Africa, was firing.

*

When the target was adjusted; it was realised that he had al chance of beating Sergeant John-| son's total.

"Possible" Materialises

With his last five shots he scoredi four bulls and an "inner" making his grand total 272, one point bet- ter than Johnson's.

TO BE ERECTED

NEWCOMER'S FINE FEAT AT

AMERICAN N.A.A.U. MEET HAROLD SMALLWOOD'S MAJOR UPSET IN 400 METRES

ONLY

Princeton, New Jersey, July 6."

one world record was broken on Saturday in the national track and field championships of the Amateur Athletic Union, but it more than made up for the others, as it came as a complete sur- prise. George Varoff, of the Olympic Club of San Francisco, who took up vaulting less than a year ago, and never cleared 14 feet before the Los Angeles tryouts last week, broke both the accepted record of William Graber and the unofficial record of Keith S. Brown by clear- ing the bar at 14ft 6in, the best ever accomplished anywhere in the world.

This was only one of the surprises of a brilliant day that found every champion tested to the utmost before he retained his title. Forrest Towns had to equal the world record of Percy M. Beard, 14-2s, to win the 110-Metres high hurdles, while Glenn Hardin had to do better than his own American record in the low hurdles at 400 Metres. Harry Hinkel, who THROUGH FRANCE has monopolized the 3000-Metres walking championships for the past 12 years, broke his

own record, by doing it in 13m. 36.8, 616 seconds better than his previous best.

IN ACCORDANCE

WITH PLANS

ALL SPORTS TO BE CATERED FOR

Paris, August 3. The last time a South African

All French municipalities will won the King's Prize was in 1920. henceforth have fully equipped The King's Prize takes the form pablie stadiums, in accordance of a personal gift from the King with plans already drawn up by of £250, together with a gold me the Under-Secretary of Public dal and a gold badge.

Health and Sports, M. Leo Lag-} range

THE INFLUENCE OF "ATMOSPHERE”

The plans provide for three pro- totypes of stadiums, realizable by each municipality, whatever may be its financial possibilities. Anyone who knows the English each locality its own stadium," has M. Lagrange's formula "For

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| rugger crowd will note how exact]

his remarks are and how casually been adapted by

technicians so

the English take their rugger. I that 5,600 sporting centres will remember when in Oxford writing shortly exist throughout the coun- back to a friend in South Africa (try-

and stating how amazed I was st

GovernmentTM Aïd

their carefree, come-as-yon-like at- The government is aiding towas titude. For instance, in the Ox-villages, and cities, by supplying ford Colleges if you felt at all lázy up to 40 per cent. of the required you without any explanation funds for the new play-grounds. just crossed your name

Each sports held will contain practice lists.

space for the playing of football

off the

At Capetown such a thing would and Rugby, running tracks, gym-| have been tantamount to receiving nastic equipment, two tennis!

a foretaste of a sergeant-major's courts, bowling lawn, basketball] dressing down by cde not al-equipment, bai alai court, and alsoj

together unqualified to do so!

The Last Of Battle

The Irish and Welsh type

â children's 'playground' and a club-house.

The club houses will be fully

game on the other hand resolves equipped with showers and an ade- itself into a battle. There we find quate array of dressing rooms.

the ecstacy of confict, the lust of

battle, the straining muscles and the burling of every "ource of strength to achieve victory.

on the ball Scotland.

or

No sensible player, for instance, Į will drop for longer than the barest photographic instant when playing in Wales! The hospital authorities, I believe, add their weight, too, to common sense and have discourag- ed a practice which clatters up necessary space in the wards!

The historical reason for their

NEGRO BOXER WINS TITLE

BABE ARIZMENDI OUTCLASSED

FEATHERWEIGHT BELT CHANGES HANDS

Los Angeles, August 4. Henry Armstrong, local Negro

"sterner-stur Rugby, a, be that boxer, to-night won the world's the wild border tribes now expend featherweight championship, re the energy which formerly had cognised by nine states, by an kept the Wardens of the Marches overwhelming victory over Babe busy repressing. border trays-in Arizmendi, plucky Mexican, in 10 this more legitimate manner, by rounds. using it up in Rugby!

Political Safety Value Rugby then seems to be a modern political safety valve, in Ireland and Wales very useful to the government. but damaging to amateur sport!

Arizmendi," once holder of the New York State title, and one of the leading men in the division. was totally outclashed by the Negro.

He has a record of two, wina) over Armstrong, one in 1934 and In South Africa we have steer-the other last year. ed a national course, mid-way be Armstrong appeared at 125-1/5 tween the type of Rugby played in pounds, while the Mexican tipped Ireland and Wales, and that play-the scales at 126 pounds-United

¡Press. ed in England. This is the course that we must not allow to be

Several other surprises and rear surprises developed as newcomers in other events launched booms to carry them into Olympic ranks. Chief of these was Harold Smallwood, of Southern California, who outran the most gorgeous field that ever competed in a national championship, to take the 400 metres, from Archie Williams, James Lavalle and. Alfred Fitch, three other California stars, who had been seeded ahead of him.

5000 METER:

NORMAT

OLYMPIC

PROSPECT

IN

Norman, Bright, above,

SEAL

Another found Archie San Romani, from Kansas, develop- ing into a threat of major pro- portions, forcing Glenn Cun- ningham, in the final sprint of the 1500 metres, to his greatest speed this season, and finishing only a yard behind him, ahead of C. Gene Venizke and William Bonthror, though all four were running in a group with only a couple of metres separating first and fourth.

Leading Favourites

JOE MANGAN

The two leading favourites for Olympic honours, Donald Lash and Jesse Owens, both performed according to schedule, the former! winning both the 10,000-metres run on Friday, and thus qualify- ing for the Olympic team, and the 5,000-metres on Saturday, though in this he was pushed to the finish by Norman Bright, who set the |pace all the way, yet had enough

to meet the attempt of Lush toi pass him half a lap from the finish, and carry the Indiana star until the final hundred, when Lash new record. finally left him, and Bright eased! off further struggle.

One of the biggest surprises in the U.S. selections for the Olympic 1,500 · Metres was the omission of Jog Mangan, the. sensational Cornell law student miler who outpaced Glen Can- ningham, Bill Bonthron and Gene Vesike

e is the

Columbian Mile

cary this year to establish a

Owens scored his first victory GOOD SWIMMING

over Ralph-Metcalfe in their ont-

door encounters, in the 100, finish-¡

ing in 10.48, equalling the cham- and pionship record of Metcalfe Eddie Tolan, and won the broad

America's biggest hope in the jump with another tie for a meet 5,000 Metres event at the Olym record, when he jumped 26ft. 3in. pic Games, but he ran unplaced Among

the first three, these bertha being taken by the Fin- nish team, who scored a brilliant all-round triumph.

HOW U.S. POLE

VAULT WINNER

MADE GRADE Varoff Worked As Janitor

HELPED BY BEN EASTMAN

Metcalfe Wins 200-Metres

WITNESSED AT

SAPPER TRIALS

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Spr. Chan Chun, Hav. Chow Ting- fong, L/Nk. Yeung Choy, Spr. Ynen Wing and Spr. Lam Wah-shing.

Metcalfe won the 200-Metres, in 50 Yards Free Style: which neither Owens nor Eulace Pearce, Spr. Meineray and Liest, Cal- Lieut. Barron, Spr. Goble, L/CpL Peacock competed, and acted as vert Janchor for the champion 400-

metres relay team of the Mar Three-Style Race (Breast, Back and

Free Style)............ quette Club. Peacock was excused

William J. Bingham from med Cyl. Tonkings, L/Cpl. Dunk, Lieut. ther competition until the final Grindley.

yout, to get over his recent ac-

¡cident.

The following events were [off previously:-

[580 "Varda Team Race:---

TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONS No. 1 Section

2 40th Coy. 3. No. 3 Sections

Individual Placings:--

Track and field champions crowned in the U. S. National A.

A. U. meet are as follows:

San Francisco, July 6. World's champion Peter Varoff (a) 100 Metres-Jesse Owens, Ohio took up pole vaulting in high State, 10.4 school because tesis shoes were Marquette Club, Milwaukee, 213.

(3) 200 Metres Ralph Metcalfe,

400 Metres Bum-Harold- Small- cheaper than track spikes.

Acquaintances said his meager wood, Southern California, 473

(c) 800 Metres--Charles Beetham, JOhio State, 1:50.3. circumstances started him on the path that led øver a 14ft, 61⁄2in.j (b) 1,500 Metres-Glean Comming bar to a world's record. He set han, Lawrence, Kan., 2.542. is emphasised in such a methodical the record in the National A. A. U. (e) 5,000 Metres-Donald Lush, diverted by the wealthy engineer way that the Englishman and senior championships at Prince- Indiana, 15:048.** ing feats of the Rand..

South African, who plays purely ton, to become America's leading

The game up there is not the

(d,e) 110 Metres High Hurdles Forrest Towns, Georgia, 14.2

Hucker, New York A. G., 23.8.

true Western Province type, but for the exercise to his body and contender for the World Olympic)" 200 Metres Hardles Hamiltonj

Businesslike-la America -

gazne.

Essential Of “Sport”.

Real Friends

1. L/Cpl Pearse..

2. Lient. Calvert

3. Lent. Barron Time: 12 mins. 55 secs. Plunging:—

1. 40th Cos· 112 ft. 7 ins 2. No. 1 Section 107 ft. 101⁄2ias. 3 No. 3 Section 96 ft. 23⁄4%ins. Individual Placings:-

Deut. Barron-54 ft. 8 ins Lieut. Calvert 57. ft. 10 in.

3. Spr. Waylen 54 ft 4 ins. The following finals were held yes- terday:

Girls 22 Yards Free Style:— 1. Miss Margaret Pearce

Miss Joan Dwyer

1. Master Frank Daryer

2 Master Deams Warren Chinese Personnel. Diving?

1. L/NL Fon Fook

(d) 400 Metres Bundles Glenn Boys' 25 Yards Free Style?---- Eardia, Louisiana State, 516.

3,000 Metres Steeplechase Harold Manning 200

Wichita, Kan, 9:15.1 (b, d) 3000 Metres Walk Harry R. Hinkle, Los Angeles A. C., 12:363. (b) 400 Metres Belay-Marquette Club, Milwaukee, 412.

2. Spr. Chez Chun ... ·

3. Spr. Lam Wah-shing

the delicious thrill of trying to event, there is every reason to expect

Son of a Russian family, Varoff that with players like Frankie outwit an opposing team, is ap Waring and Turner up there, the led by the horrible formality worked as a janitor prior to the game will never become what it and businesslike efficiency of the regional Olympic trials in Los Angeles. Relatives said he quit has been in danger of becoming-

the job to compete for the San a dirty brawl.

To them this statisticism ac-Francisco Olympic Club.

1,600 Metres Relay-New York penter, Southern California, 1882. It is a game of skill, and I have curacy robe the game of its gay often remarked to friends that far careless abandonan essential of

Ben Eastman, world's record Athletic Club, 3:15.1

(1) High Jump-Cornelius John- 16-Pound Hammer--William Rowe, "sport.

holder for the 440 and 880 yardson, Compton Junier College, too few people-even Rugby play-

Los Rhode Island State, 175ft 7in: To look at Rugby in this way; races, and another former Stan-Angeles, 6ft 3in.

56-Pound Weight" Throw Louis jers themselves-realise sufficiently

game is more than the to regard the game as both ford athlete, whose identity wEE that the

(a,1) Broad Jump Jesse Owem Lepis, New York Amp 55ft 1in. Javelin Throw Jolin Mottram spirited exercise of crack-brained exercise and a game of skill; and

not disclosed, put up part of the Ohio State, 2611. Sin.

Hop, Step and Jump-William Ompic Club, San Francisco, 21402 enthusiasts poking their heads to bring to bear on the game a

mind, and enthusiasm that is money for Varoff to go east...

Brown Baker (La) High School, 7in (like ostriches!) into the sand and

Equalled meet recordar-Be

·--New! rushing to and fro after a leather wholesomely appreciative, is to Martha Worst, who won the 20.

championship give the game that delicious javelin throw at the women's (r) Pole Vault George Varoff, txined title.

Equalled world fecard. ---Broke atmosphere so stimulating and Olympic tryouts in Providence Olympic Club, San Francisco, 14ft record. d--New American inspiring to those who have a real paid for her trip east from her 16-Pound Shot Put-Dimitri Zaits, listed world record, Zall short of one Pending world mari g-New world ailection, not only for the sport earnings as itself, but also för its supporters.

ball

In American Eugby the reverse is the case because there, with their elaborate codes for team forma tion, the scientific side of the gamej

6%ia.

San Francisco Boston College, 10ft. 7% =

(b) Discuss Toow--Kenneth Car-record..

record