METCALFE'S FAILURE
JAPANESE TOO GOOD
TOUGHNESS OF HEEL
(Received August 7, 1.50 p.m.)
BERLIN, August 6.
Failing to repeat his own previous best Metcalfe (Australia) failed in the hop, step, and jump against the Japanese, whose superiority the Australians readily acknowledged, reports the special representative of the Australian Associated Press agency. Sheer physical speed and endurance enabled Tajima to add nine inches to Metcalfe's world record. The Japanese land almost flat-footed and seem im-
pervious to strain, perhaps because weeks before their training begins they beat their heels against boards until they become so hard that they could apparently land on concrete without suffering. Metcalfe made a gallant effort with both heels and one knee badly jarred. B. Dickinson's best effort, 14.48 metres, was disappointing, like many other competitors. He finished the day sore from endeavouring to maintain the distance set by the Japanese.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 33, 7 August 1936, Page 9
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