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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1947.

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HIGH WIND IS SPOILING THE GAME FOR THE PLAYERS

Peter Kane Stages Great Comeback

(By JOHN SHIPTON)

The Telegraph's Athletic Expert Asks IS THE DECATHLON A REAL TEST OF SKILL?

(By RECORDER) -

The Greeks, who started the Olympic Gamos, first thought pf holding an all-round championship. The Greek Olympic Pentathlon consisted of running, jumping, disc and spear throwing, and wrestling. With the birth of a new Olympic era in 1896 the pentathlon was yet to be in abeyance for a decade. It was re-introduced at the Centenary Games at Athens in 1906 when the winner was H. Mellander of Sweden.

Wrestling was discarded. Instead, two runs were introduced-the 200 metres and the 1,500 metres. The other events remained those that the Greeks had thought of originally. Swedish H. Mellander proceeded to place first in four of them and second in the fifth event.

considerable dia | Conference

There

WAS.

to

(Big Nine) Cham-luter to star for many years ns, satisfaction with the Pentathlon | pionships in the United States Tarzan second only to Johnny As a test of all-round physical this year fifth place in the shot Weissmuller. fitness, After much Olympian | was taken at two inches short of in 51 feet, Osborne was rela.ively argument a new event troduced

supplant it, the poor too in the disc and javelin, Pentathlon in the interim remain an average performer as well in ing on the Olympic programme the pole vault, He was a little until 1924.

better-than-average in the other six events as well, excepting the high jump.

Peter Kane has crossed gloves with many fighters since that day well before the war when

I am in agreement with the Joe Curran, the little

fellow opponents of the Pentathlon as from Liverpool, put him down a test of all-round athletic skill for a count of nine in the first and physical ɓiness. I go fur- round. I can remember it as ther by protesting the Decathlon vividly as I recalled his fight as such.

Let Dado

22H first

the examine the other day with Marino, America's flyweight Pentathlon. The 200 metres run official challen- and the lung Jump are strictly champion and

allied events. There are few ger for the world title.

long jumpers who can't run the metric furlong in evens and few

who men

run a good metric furlong who can't jung 22 or 21

Kane has got bix feet on the ladder to fame, but that first round punch to the body from Gurran at the Baths Hall, Warrington, seemed feet.

to have knocked him from it. Kane,

Similarly a good disc thrower however, fought back and the big-

good javelin eyed boy from Golborne, near Wigan, is nearly always went on to win the world's title only thrower. The ludicrous situation to lose it again at Glasgow on Ocarisca in the Pentathion where- tube: t. 1937, when he was bat-in the sprinter-long jumper meets

tered to defent by Benny Lynch. the dise and javelin thrower with Kane was then only eighteen years the deciding event a 1,500 metres many a Now more than a decade Interrace at a

oid.

pace that

It has the chance of winning another schoolboy can better. world title for Britain,

What a difference there is between Kane who started a landslide after finger injury with the Kane now unnaged by undefeated British featherweight Tarleton.

champion.

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THE DECATHLON

So much for the Pentathlon as deciding competition, for the all-rounder. Let us now consider the Decathlon. The events are In his come-back campaign. Peter the 100. 400 and 1,500-metres

Theo Medina, then runs, the 110 metres high hur halder of the European bantam title,dles, the high jump, long jump Dado Marino, and such good boys as and pole vault, the shot put, dise Jackie Hughes, Jean and javelin throws. Norman Lewis, Jouns,

Here we normally find the Madine, "Bunty" Doran, Len Cof, be,ter-than-evens sprinter good fin, Joe Cornelius and Albert

has beaten

Ron Bissell,

Brendt.

Tomm

Still, he scored nicely in every event and had no weak, link to ward the setting of the first Decathlon world record. He was an all-rounder of the type best examplified by his successor to the Olympic Decathlon title four later, Panyo Yrjola of years Finland.

T

AKILLES JARVINEN Four years after Amsterdam. at Los Angeles, Finland put into the field

even greater al- This was rounder than Yrjola. Akilles Jarvinen, later to be killed the war with the Soviet, brother of Mattl, once the world record holder i

Morris's strength did not lie in any one individual event. He was behind Bausch in the throws and he pale vault, about evens, in the long jump. He was, however, an all-rounder with strength in two events in which most do. cathloners Yall. He was good for 49.4 seconds in the 400 metres and for 4:33.2 in the 1,500 metres. He scored henvlly also in the high hurdles, timbertopping it in 14.9. He put the shot further than 46 feet, threw the disc further than a lite 140 feet and the javelin further than 178 fect. He was over evena in the sprint. He cleared 6 feet 1 inch in the high junip.

Ten years have passed since Morris and his peer is yet to be found. The secret of his success may well have lain in the fact that he

concentrated on wo events where mast Decathloners fail, the 400 metres and the 1,500 metres. He perfected his style the javelin on the hurdles, throw, and son of another member of the family who had won the

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metres also tired him. He finished n good few hundred points behind Morris's Olympic record.

MUCH BETTER TEST. Thus the Decathlon remains to- day a test of all-round athletic

which fitness and skill in

the the sprinter-long jumper and

initial ad- weight man hold vantage, often big enough to put the genuine all-rounder out the running.

An

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real

Portrait of Mr Jack C. Crump

Britain's Olympics Team Is

His Responsibility

(By ROY MOOR)

The British Amateur Athletic Board, controlling body of athletics in Britain, has delegated to Mr Jack C. Crump, one of their southern membert, chich "rea" ponsibility for building the strongest possible team to represent Britain at the Olympic Games in London next ycar.

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Discussing his Olymple team bulid-

a secretary to the Inter- ing plan with me, Mr Crump said,

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Jack Crump, was being considered | dard, and I have every confidence for the appointment as recretary to that he will produce a very sound

he Amateur Athletic Association of team by the time the the British Isles in succession to come along, Mr. E. J. Holt, who has resigned

of his being national Amateur Athletic Federa- "I am aiming at talent seeking this tlon, but wisely. I think, it has been

developing next, year and talent agreed that Mr Crump can best It will be impossible for me, of serve his country's interests by con- course, to be present at every track

the summer, centrating upon the supervision of meeting throughout Britain's Olympic team building so I have arranged for Area repro- sentatives to assist me in my search plan..

for likely Olymyic runners Jumpers Forty years of age, Crump is the and throwers. Noting Scottish per- youngest manager ever to take charge formetices for me will be Jimmy of a British Olymple Games athleties Gilbert, the former Scottish Inter- tenin. A breakdown in health national soccer player and hurdler. prevented his competing very much Sam Hutchinson, preddent of the in sport as youngster so he turned Northern Ireland Association, will his enthusiasm for track and fleld keep a close watch on athletes in his events to organising competitions, sector and others who will assist and before he was twenty years of me are Freddie Blackamore, secretary age he had held several executive of the British Road Walking As- post

tions with Junior clubs in the sociation, Jack McKenna, the Mid- Surrey area. His first big appoint- lunds Amateur Athletle Association ment was with the London Vidarians representative and Mr. J. W. Turner. Club, who, when he was 21, elected of the North."

Athirties Association.

im a member of the Surrey County was made champlonsay

which secretary of the

county,

leading his organising all the events within the Surrey area. Two and all athletes

to undergo special avinker training. Association. of

Surrey years later he was elected secretary standard we have set will be invited The standards required are DX appointment which enabled him to

National follows:- be Administrative Council.

I doubt ita efficacy as test. Recently the United States Army thought up something better for testing potential officer ma terial. To enter the United M-years he tary Academy at West Point to-

DRSS day the candidate must test of all-round finess than the physical test-I consider a better Pentathlon or the Decathlon.

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member of the

meant title

TEAM BECAME STRONGEST

an

WILL COMPILE REGISTER

"Between us we will compile a national register of performances, who allain *

Hundred yards (91.430 metres) 10.2 rees.; 220 yards (201.17m) 22.8 Becs, 440 yards (402.33m) 50.5 sec.; 880 yards (804.60m) 1 mln. 58sees.; one mile (1.61 kris) 4 mins. 22 secs.; 3 miles (4.03 kms) 14 45 secs; 120 yards hurdles (100.72 m) hurdles sccs.; 410

440 yilda ceple- Three (402.33m) 37 secs; two

A prospective West Pointer has to be able to perform the follow. in feats of agility and physical 'nesa-jump vertically 17 inches. long jump 6 feet 9 inches from a standing position, do 20 feet Inches in the running broad jump, do the 60 yard dash in under 87 seconds, and the 300 yards run in under 46.7 seconds, do 16 push- ups, high jump 4 feet 6 inches, do chamou county both at winter and Song Jump (6.85m); high jump 1.80

Due in the main to Crump's enthusiasm for his job in the Surrey zone, the county's wack and cross- country running team became the strongest

England. in successive years faund Surrey the

summer athletics,

work

in

this

15.8

mina.

chase (3.22kms) 10 mins. 30 secs.;

m; hop, step and jump 14.02 m; weight 13.11m; discus 30.02 hammer 12.67 m; Javelin 65 m.

m;

am of mitch

more

the

20 sit-ups in 30 seconds, throw a

For his notable sofball 140 feet, a basketbull 65 In 1939 another bohemoth made feet an a medicine ball,33 feet, respect. Crump was neminoted the his appearance who looked likely and finally climb & rape 10 feet chief assistant to Mr Arthur Turk,

"We wil select

our marathon to surpass Morris. He was cur-16 inches long in seven seconds.

England's team mana-er of the 1934 Empire

London. Games in

team after our national running The tainly a better weight man than If a performance just munag-

this event mere than any other Akilles Jarvinen was a cracker-Bausch, a better jumper than Osing this would count as nil and Olympies at Berlin two years later Championships in July this year, for

command saw Crump again second in jack all-rounder, better than

borne or Morris. Michigan's negro- the world record in each one of to Arthur Turk, and when in 1937 requires concentrated training over Yrjola or Osborne. At Los An- star, Big Bill Watson, Wus these even's at 100 or 1,000 with Mr Turk retired as Britain's track a long period, and I geles, he met someone who, if not sure-fire bet for the decathlon intermediate performancen scal-tenm chief, Crump was elected to opinion that it is heter, scored more points. record. Yes but for one point | ed, we would be well on our way, All the vacancy, although at the time satisfactory for the athlete concerned 31 to know well in advance whether or Ho I think, to having a James that had been overlooked.

Decathlon there was a strong feeling that at 31 to

world Buch a responsible position..

championship, mee. I would Bausch, the University of Kansas couldn't valt very high and drop- that is a genuine test of the all-years of age he was too young for not he will be required for football player. Bausch was an ped a good 100 points. The 3,500 rounder.

add that in Juck Holden, Crump, however, soon confounded like his crities. His shrewd understand think we have a candidate, who ing and wide knowledge of athletes rhodd have a good chance of success

Olympic.

marathion, throughout the country quickly won In the bim popularity. At a Council meet- chosen maratheneers will be special. ing of the British Association hely coached by Britain's ex-

ex-marathon stressed the importance of Britain champions Harry Payne, Dunkle taking a more active part in compet!- McLeod Wright and Squire tions abroad, and won his argument.

His conqueror was

amazing mountain of a man who, for the way not surprisingly American football-playing glants are trained for agility, also had spring.

AUSTRALIA I hope and believe that for high points in the 100 metres

Kane, with maestro Tarleton behinel and the long jump, and for fairly him. will eventually fight Manuel high points in the 400 metres Ortiz, Medina, Paterson, or Lewis, and high hurdles.

be

Kane will have no complaints, an I man's best event is the witness his letter to colleague Henry high Jump, he is likely to Rose, who hnd criticised him after his defeat by Benny Lynch: "I have good long jumper, hurdler and always been one of your most faithpole vaulter as well.. ful readers and have been intereste

The third type of decathlon in your criticism of Peter Kane. do not consider that you do him a competitor is the behemoth with injustice.

I am sure that there is a bit of spring in his legs. lle more than a hint of truth in what does well in the weight events

I want to thank you most and averagely in the jumps, Brink! you sny. Sincerely for what I eansider helpfully winds up the second day on the verge of heart failure after the A boy who can write like that is 1,500 metres run.

julvice."

not in much danger of getting that Let us here examine the famed large-sized bat and with the greatest

of the modern boxing tactician in the world behind Decathloners him there is no telling to what Olympic era and see what they heights he may rise.

have done. Much is said of Jim American Indian Thorpe, the

cume

SENDS STRONG RUGBY SIDE TO BRITAIN

(By ARCHIE QUICK)

What is probably the most strenuous sports tour ever arranged will be undertaken by the Australia Rugby UnionTM side in England between September and next January. In 15 weeks they will play 30 matches in England, Ire- land, Scotland and Wales, jumping with delighted abandon from Aberdeen and Dublin to Twickenham.

Akilles was, of course, better' than James Bausch in the opening!

100 metres sprint. event, the

very badly. Bausch didn': trall They were evens in the long jump. Aklites-was-the-stream-lined- athlete, Bausch was just plain spring. They were a little below the 23 feet mark. Then

The stream-lined the shot put. Akilles put it out to some 44 feel, good, average standard. Jimmy Bauseh- heaved the shat out be yond 50 fest. Akilles was a good few inches better than Jimmy in the high jump, where Bausch conlll just, crawl over 5 feet 7toria. inches, Akilles then left Bausch. far behind in the 400 metres,

Good luck, Poter, in your uphilf who, legend has it, won the event THE amazing kansAN

dimb to the world' crown!

the first time it was hold at Stockholm in 1912. For some odd

reason he was disqualified-he later became a professional foot balfer and baseball player-and H. Lovland of Norway is listed as the winter in the official

300 Days To Build Stadium record.

to

the

The

Yarrow.

rocd rate will also be more athletes to test their ability selected before the end of this year agains: international champions than and their training will be supervised has ever been the case before. by Harold Whitlook, who won the event for Britain when the Olymples During the years of World War were list held, in 1930 at Berlin, and

the II Crump did not neglect his athletic A.H.G. Pope, former British duties in spite of urgent calls of title-holder who is still the holder of business. He maintained a regular several

several world walking records. correspondence with the athletes "As Britain is to provide all the who were serving with the fighting oficials for the athletle events with Forces all over the world and at the exception of the walking races, the end of hostilities he was able the

the country is to be

be combed also for to assess Britain's strength for com- the best judges and stewards. They.

without delay. With many 100,

will go into special traluing. of Britain's leading athletes losing Experimental groups of judges will their lives in the war, much re-be thoroughly tested at champion building of the national team be-ship meetings this summer."

Managing editor, and company came necessary, and Crump's task

with the result that Britain sent alteers for the Olympic tong

The party includes 22 players, Australians would have a success. from New South Wales, strong-ful time in Great Britain.

Much will depend on heeling petitions seven from hold of the game,

Vie- from the loose, while the visiting Queensland and one

backs are said to be the be divl ston the country has produced for years.

from

The average age of the backs is 22 and the forwards 25. Oldest | member is George Cooke at 35. He has played in International rugby for 15 years, and if he is cap On the second day, Akilles ped in England he, will join only started catching up on Bausch by five other Australians who have leading him in the hurdles. It played against New Zealand, was a gruelling race for Jimmy South Africa and the Home Coun- Then Akilles was finished. Jimmy tion.

Fast, open play is promised f the backs get a fair share of the ball.

Charlie Bastes is said to be

greatest the

forward wing. found by Australia for 30 years. und there are others in the side who are going to establish reputatlong this four.

PROSPECTS

not

proceeded to hurl the disc ou! The youngest player is Win- to 140 feet, amazed all but his ning, at 10; and there are four native Kansans by clearing 13 others only 20 years of age, so it

The Australians open at Cam- feet in the pole vault, then luried is a young, and I am told parti- borne against Devon and Cor^- Three of London's most popular GENUINE ALL-ROUNDER

the javelin out to over 200 feet. cularly formidable side in bath wall on September 18, and sporta rendezvous will provide tha

was good in all three strength and skill. rhief arenas

until the 19th will they play their when the

Thorpe, we are told by a pain-! Akilles Olymple

feet behind in the Tho forifurds average 14 81 Arst interha ional against

Scot. Games are

held in Britain from staking mathematiclan who has events, 20

the back land on November 22. Ireland is July 29 to August 14 next year.

reassessed his points at Stockholm throws, six inches below in the bain weight and

The point margin 11st 10 -

met on December 6, Wales on De- Wembley Stadium will be the scene on the scoring system adopted at pole vault.

cember 20 and England on Ṭnn- of the pageantry with which the Berlin in 1930, could not have was, at this stage terrifically in

SURPRISE OMISSIONS Games are opened and closed and finished anywhere better than favour of the Kansan.

unre, which is the last match here will be staged the track events,

Akilles left Twa surprising omissions are of the tour In the last event Ands of the field, games and the eighth had he competed against

On a season's form, always' start and ending of the long-distance the cream of the crop 24 years the Kansan a good half-lap in the Fornese, the New South Wales

later. He was, however, gen-

rear in the 1,500 metres run. The hooker, whom the All Blacks omitting France, England and Wembley Stadium, built 24 years uing all-rounder. I doubt though margin that Bausch had won in thought he best they had met Wales were the strongest coun- n-million pounds as part of the home in big-time collegiate conference vault, allied to ago at a cest of three-quarters of that he would have figured at all the weight events and in the pole and Cornford, another NSW for tries if the championship table in uny.cri erion. But if the strong- some extent, ward. of the great British Empire Ex-competition in the United States made all the difference. In short,

The captain Bill Melind est opposition can be expected, hibition, took 300 working days to re wasn't good enough. In a eingle Baunch was better in four events, Queensland, a forward of the from these two, Senfland always complete.. The magnitude.

of the gauged from these event to win at Stockholm even Akilles in six. The point system pack which was, responsible for has a knack of creating some sort the All Blick's defent by 129 of surprise avain Touring aides: 260,000 with the relatively poor, standards

gave Bausch the day.

the first game between the chun-The strongest of the English- trias

counties was Lancashire. Whom Australia learnt many esping the Australians meal in conjunc in the games with New Zealand Hon wih Cheshire on November whose enplain, Alfen: said the 6 at Manchester.

-races,

task can

Suresh Earth retous: that existed ciren 1912.

stands

usell, concrete structural steel used. 100 tons

Four years later the Mountain The firs, great modera De- rivete ured. 500,000," were subjected to the severest testa cathioner was not. Jim Thorpe. State of Colorado, produces) a for stability. A battalion or othe honour is more desorveil by greater all-rounder even that This was Glen Morris, diers, and hundreds of workmen

Harold 'Osborne of the University Akillen,

marked time on the terraces to test of Illinois, last heard of as an

strength and ability to with osteopath in Philadelphin. Osborn

The Stadium holds first came into athlet** pró- people, and is used for minence when he got a new world

over

nlion.

Joeyhamd and speed- record for the high jump in 1924, !

WAY

Wembley Pool, nearby,

where

clearing 6 feet 8 inchus, He

the swimming titles will be contested, was the perfecter of the: Wostorn

is of ferro-enteret and glass, and Roll, one of the two principal

Hns

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roof-span of 240 feet, while

high jumping styles in usa to-day,

at one end is the biggest single-span Daborne was an average weight proscenium nch in the world. Its man. He could beat anyone in scating canne tv i 10,000, and

it Hongkong to-day, but a 37 feet

is used for simming, skating, lon 0 inches performance in the shot hockey, boring indoor (law) put rets une nowhere tennis, and takin tennis. The Pool has a weer illumination Competition where the boys kré and was the first in Britain to in-heaving the iron ball out th 50 troduce artificial waves.

feet and beyond. At the Western

SPORTING SAM

By. Reg. Wootton

of finding replacements has been by director of St publishing company, no means easy. It is unanimously Mr Crump's work as Britain's agreed that he has done a splendid athletic team manager is done in his Job under difficulties In raising spare time and in an honorary Britain's team to its present stan-capacity.

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