OLYMPIC GAMES.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 July 1924, Page 3

OLYMPIC GAMES.

AUSTRALIAN AND N Z. CAIILE ASSOCIATION I’ORRITT THIRD IN FINAL. LONDON, duly 7. I’orritt was third in the hundred metres final at the. Olympic games. PARIS, duly 7. In to-day's events the United States is leading with fifty-four points. New Zealand lieing seventh with four point-. OLYMPIC RESULTS. (Received this day at 11.25 a.m.) PARIS, duly 7. For the Olympic games there was glorious weather and a large attendance. 100 metres race (Ist. semi-final)— Scholtz 1. I’orritt 2. Murchison (America) 3. Time 10 1-5. I’orritt got awuv last and fur a time appeared to have no chance of being placed, hut by a magnificent finishing ell'ort he almost caught Schol.tz on tho tape. Second semi-final.- Abraham 1. Paddock 2, Bowman (America) .'I. Time 10 3-5. Carr ran a brilliant race. Flashing out of his hole he led the field for ten yards. The others then closed and in a thrilling race Carr wu* beaten for third place by inches only. The first three in each M'liii-fina! compete in the final. The Cycling ItV8) metres race was won by Dempsey. The French champion .Michard did not start, hut all the other crack- comp,.-ted. (,’oppin- and Broadbeiit (Australians) won their heats hut wore Ixuitcn in the semifinals. In ,the swimming Charlton was-un-p laced in the trial fifteen hundred metres in 21 minutes, which heats Hodgson’s Olympic record of 22 minutes, and only ten seconds slower than Borg’s world’s record. •100 metres hurdles.—Taylor (America) T, Nilen (Finland) 2, Riley (America) 3. Time 52 3-5 secs, a world’s record. Brooking (America) finished 2nd. hut was disqualified lor trailing a leg around the hurdle. In the 800 metres race the first semifinal resulted:—Stallard (Britain) 1. Richardson (America) 2. Martin (Switzerland) 3. In the second semi-final Lowe (Britain) 1. Houghton (America) 2,-.Waters (America) 3. Semi-final:— Dodge (America) 1. Enek (America) 2, HofT (Norway) 3. High jump.—Osborne (America) 1, Brown (America) 2. Lowden (Franco) 3. Seventy-eight inches. Long jump.—Legendre (America). Pentathlon won his heat with 306 in., a world’s record.

At Polo Britain beat Spain 10 to 3,

PARIS, duly 7. At tho Olympia Games Abrahams won the hundred metres final. Crowds wildly excited by tho record lire; ing jonfed in the weirdest national cries, creating a deafening din. thousand sof Americans predominating. They were particularly demonstrative when Taylor and Legendre established two records within five minutes. Legendre was not originally included in America’s long jump team.