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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 14, 1938.

NEUSEL'S 8TH ROUND VICTORY

ATHLETIC RECORDS BROKEN

AT WEMBLEY

Finlay's Brilliant

- Hurdling

(By BEVIL RUDD)

London, April 18. Two new records for women and two for men were set up in the Fourth Indoor Champion- ships at Wembley. Moreover, the previous records were frequently equalled in the heats.

PROPOSED NEW HOCKEY

RULES TRIED OUT

Eliminating Foot Play

London, April 18.-At the Folk- estone Festival there was much in- terest in the experiments with the proposed new rules.

The opinion among players was strongly in favour of those sug- the gested changes applying to prohibition of hooking at sticks and playing the ball with the foot. Regarding the stopping of the ball with the hand, there was not the same measure of unanimity. The elimination of foot play un- doubtedly made for better and faster hockey, and onlookers were impressed with the skilful way in which defenders took the ball on the stick.

BEN FOORD

DISQUALIFIED IN EIGHTH ROUND

MAX SCHMELING'S EASY VICTORY

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Hamburg, April 18. BEN FOORD, the South African heavy-weight and former British Empire champion, was dis- qualified in the eighth round of his bout with Wal- ter Neusel, of Germany, here to-night. It was a surprise result to a poor fight, in which Foord show- and eliminations in the afternoon, the first three long jumpers, R. A. ed little of the form of his fight with Max Schmel- but in some of the men's events Powell winning, with 21ft 6in, 11ining in January.

The entries were huge and 61280091111113/18

nécessitated a number of trials 6ft. Two and a half inches separated

there was

more quantity than in front of R. C. E. Kiralfy.

the evening hurdle

race, at his

record

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F. R. Webster won the pole vault by Foord was wild with his punches. He was warned in the fourth quality and the absence of some clearing 12ft 3in at his first attempt. round for an alleged low blow, and when this was repeated in the of the best athletes was disap- He looked to be in "13ft form," bu eighth round he was disqualified. The crowd, who had given Foord

somehow nothing went right after this, pointing.

In the half-mile

V. and he failed three times at 12ft 6in. a fine reception, was very disappointed, and booed at the finish. neither J.

em- He lacked the coolness he showed against Schmeling, and clinched Powell, B. F. MacCabe, nor the Bel-R. L. Howland won the weight gian champion, J. Mostert, put in an phatically with a put of 44ft 1in- and held until the referee intervened. He was three times warned appearance. And R. Scott, the form nearly 2ft farther than he did in 1935,

for holding. er Public Schools" champion, was fore- but a foot behind P. Hincks' ed to drop out after running three last year.

Foord did not make enough use laps.

EXCITEMENT He was in pain and kept on

The excitement of the half-mile finish tance of 17ft 634in a little later in of his left, and confined himself clutching his head. "An ear-drum made

the evening. sensitive by flying had become acute-atoned for the disappointment

right-hand swings, The third of the women's records chiefly to ly worse.

the non-starters J. Youngs, a strong The spectacle of

easy mover, led until the last lap, when went to Miss B. Reid, who put th which too often missed. Neusel's

were Miss K. Tilley hard body blows

punish- was in the 70yds.

Petti weight 36ft 4in. A. C. Pettit raced in front. when D. O. Finlay was

tape who has won this event for three years, ing, and Foord was chased round just managed to last to the

Phillips was second, and she, too, improved or the ring in the fourth round. He superb best. For the first two though Youngs and N. H. flights he held only a slight ad- bore down on him in a despairing her old record of 34ft. 0 in. vantage over F. V. Scopes, T. L. rush up the short finishing straight. During the trials in the afternoo" was in a bad way in this round, Lockton and G. H. G. Dvson, but Two excellent races were the two the weight of one of the women put and also in the sixth and seventh, over the last three hurdles he was miles, in which R. Thorogood impro ters bounced on to the track and hit F running more Close on the body as he was irresistible. He

ved on his time last year by

It must be said, however, that won by 'nearly

H two yards in 8.9sec.

than four seconds, and the 10-laps in one of the two-mile heats. Scopes, who was second, had equal-relay, in which Ponders End gained a could not continue the race, but was Foord was obviously disturbed by led the previous record of: 9sec in hi splendid victory over the Achilles Club. allowed to compete in the final. He the referee's warnings and seemed. to rest heat, but in the final he hit the first There were no fewer than 16 teams ran well, and, although he showed no very excited. He refused have between the later rounds. hurdle and although he cleared the entered for the Women's relay (four signs of his accident, he must remaining flights with his usual lapa), but Atalanta were ousily the been shaken. fluent style, he must have lost at hest.

The women certainly set the It is a pity the circumference of thr least a yard in momentum.

men, an example in quick and con-track cannot conveniently be fident baton changing.

than 142 yards, and so mitigate the

However, In the eighth round: a wild blow RECORD. 'EQUALLED

sharpness of the bends. Miss B. Lock raced away with the there would be much less clumsy run which appeared to land rather low, o metres sprint from Miss D. Saun-ning if the runners made fuller use hurt Neusel, who hung over the ders and Miss J. Forder. Miss Lock's of the adequate banking. time of 8sec in her semi-final and final K. S. Duncan and this year E., L. Page ropes in pain, and it was then that qualled the record set up by Miss E. showed conclusively that great speed the referee stopped the fight and Hiscock in 1936.. Miss E. Raby fell can be maintained around these bends awarded it to Neusel. Foord was in her heat, but this did not prevent making use of the banking facili- officially given only one of

rounds-the second. her from long jumping a récord dis-ties.

:

There was a terrific finish to the 70yds sprint, which E. L. Page..jus won in 7.4sec with a frantic burst, B.

Giles, a small but smooth and speedy runner, was in the lead five yards from the tape.

KENNEDY'S HIGH JUMP

R. K. I. Kennedy cleared 6ft 1in in the high jump-another record-and both A. Tansley and A. W. Selwyn die

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When interviewed afterwards, Foord was thoroughly dejected. "I did not intend to do that,” he said. "The referee got on my nerves.

I am so sorry with what happened that I am fed up with myself. made such a good impression against Schmeling and now

I am frightfully sorry,'

"

THREW IN TOWEL

After Steve Dudas had taken severe punishment and been floored. several times, his seconds threw in the towel in the fifth round of the fight against Max Schmeling.

Dudas started briskly enough and got in several blows to the body. These, however, left the German unruffled. Later, Dudas was mainly troubled by Schmeling's searching left. He took a count of five in the third round, and was dropped twice more in the fourth.

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