ROUND UP OF WORLD SPORT N.Z. Will Beat U.S. To 3:50 Mile, Says Snell

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30469, 17 June 1964, Page 19

ROUND UP OF WORLD SPORT N.Z. Will Beat U.S. To 3:50 Mile, Says Snell

(Neto Zealand Press Association) NAPIER, June 16. New Zealanders will break the 3min 50sec mile barrier before the Americans, the world record-holder, P. G. Snell, said in Napier today.

Until the Americans endure the same rigorous training as the New Zealanders, they have no chance of breaking the barrier, he said. “We in this country have the right environment, the encouragement and the standard of living necessary to bring forward Olympic and world champion runners,” he said Asked if he thought he could attain the mark himself, Snell said: “That is. a difficult question. Possibly if everything was right 1 could go close to it, but I don’t know whether I could break it You can be assured that I will be striving for it" Snell has not decided what event he will concentrate on at the Tokyo Olympics. He said he is training for both the 800 metres and 1500 metres. “At the moment the 800 metres appears to be the easiest race,” Snell said. Royal Yachtsman Crown Prince Harald, the 27-y ear-old heir to the throne of Norway, has been nominated to represent Norway in the 5.5 metre yacht class in the Tokyo Olympics next October. His father. King Olav V, won an Olympic gold medal in his own 6-metre, yacht, Norna, ip Amsterdam In the 1928 Olympics. King Constantine, of Greece, won a

gold medal in the Dragon class in the 1960 Rome Olympics.—Oslo, June 16. Non-Title Bout The British Empire middleweight boxing champion, Tuna Scanlan, will fight the New Zealand title-holder, Ear) Nikora, in a non-title 12-round bout on July -8. The British Commonwealth and Empire boxing championship committee has ruled that Nikora is a Suitable contender and that it would recognise such a fight if arranged However, all parties have agreed to the fight continuing under the original contract.—(P.A.) One Weight-Lifter It is probable New Zealand will have one weight-lifter, the . heavy-weight, D. D. Oliver, of Auckland, at the Tokyo Games. The president of the national association (Mr B. Mahony) said, yesterday Oliver was the only one who could really be considered. A nomination would probably be made early in July.—(PA.) Computer Cars

Cars designed by a computer will compete in the gruelling 24-hour Le Mans race which starts this Saturday, -the “Daily Mail”, reported. They are the 200 miles an. hour Anglo-Ameri-can Fords, which were built

in England to American design. They Were then tested throughout Europe and the results were fed to a computer in America. The computer sent back immediate answers to design problems and telescoped years of work into weeks. The team will be headed by an American, Phil Hill, and a New Zealander, Bruce McLaren. The first of the new Fords has taken part in only one race so far —it was eliminated because of suspension trouble. Tourist Dropped ' Waikato’s only, representative in the New Zealand soccer side that recently toured overseas, A. W. Leong, has not been chosen in the provincial side to play Franklin on Saturday. Leong’s omission is no real surprise, as his form has been nothing like his best since his return.— (PA.) Sunday Rugby The Wellington Rugby Union has applied to the N.Z.R.F.U.. executive for permission to play a major representative match, Wellington v. New Zealand Marist on a Sunday. The New Zealand executive has pointed out that as a matter of policy the N.Z.R.F.U. do not play matches on a Sunday but affiliated unions had the right to do so if they wished