OLYMPIC ATHLETES

Hokitika Guardian, 18 July 1932, Page 5

OLYMPIC ATHLETES

AT LOS ANGELES '.:*.**’ *••f'• .: •>/'., . • ’ \ V,• TRAINING FQ^, OLYMPIA. • • •... v...' (United Press Association—By Electric ‘ . J NEW .VORK, July 16. At 'tlie final trials of .the American women' Olympic swimmers at Jones Beach, Long Island, two world’s record’s were broken. Miss Helen Madison swam the 400 metres' in dniin 32 2-5 sec. Miss ‘Eleanor Holm did the hundred metres back stroke • in 1 lmin 18 1-osecs, thus bettering Miss Bonnie Mealing’s (u.S.A.) record by 2 2-osec.

The team was selected on the basis of the day’s trials. It is considered a very strong one. - .'The leading members •’ include, Mum Madison (both 400 and 100 metres), Miss Ho'im (backstroke), Miss Margaret Hoffman, and Miss Anne .Govednik' (200 metres), - also a number of fancy divers. At Cincinatti, Ciarepce Grabb’is perforihance' iti tile' 400 metres was a feature of the men's Olympic i swimming try-outs. Hi* time was.4min 56 2-oseo thus bettering the existing - Olympic mark, -, i /V

George Jojac, [the-holder of many records, failed to pivticipate, Thus he liau not been. bousUierpil for the team, -• '

At. Ralo ,Alto, Ralph Gluteal f, Eddie TolaU and Gporgp ,ii : mpsoii qualified in the hundred metros, they, finishing ip that order,' The time was 10 6-10 secs. .< ' * _ , , . J

joe McClusky ; biota the world's 3000 metre steeplechase record, doing flminls-sec. /<

The world’s ’ record l for the pole vault w,as tw ice ;kqr pan feed by,William Carrber;'' lie' clearing 14ft 4 3-Bin, thus bettering, by over four inches the previous record.;;.' < 1 ' William Carr i un, 400. metres in'46.9 dec, compared % with * v the ,' previous wofld’s record of 475e0., Both are expected to-represent the'/United Stateß, in their respective events.

‘ THE AUSTRALIANS. i T4-'; " LOS ANGELES, ’July , 16. Scarf had « Ayofk-out with' Ray ' Steel, whip on >• Mflhjay,- will, meet the p'j world’s prbfessiphalwrestling cham- :.. pion, .Jim Loudce. Steel that / Scarf was ft promising,“.’bard wrestler. • Ryan is jfnproving./ . , . , . . Charlton’s arm. andshou'lder soreness is; st.ill ; in ;evidence. . / ’ .• q better, but he continues practising,, THENEW ZEALAND TEAM. , LOS ANGELES, July'l6. m The; New Zealand . rowers and- athletes were filmed .t.o-dfly while prac- p tising. Migs 'Kejich practigod start- < i|| jng.’ She i» still a. little slow off the , j|| mark, ’, > -\J : ; ■•;' ’ •' |ril ; Fofibister in ft'[training spin over ; || the Olympic course; of more than 62 p miles, recorded .‘h, time .that compared favourably with the race' recorded : for the course; ; ~ . ’ loin METRES RECORD BROKEN. " VANCOIIVERS, July 16. ;—• J At Hamilton, . Bert Pearson,' an 18-year-old school student, - -broke. the j, Olympic KX) metres; record in.the semi- , i final of the Canadian v . trials, doing the distance in 10 fl-lOsbc, a fifth,of a ■ second (slower ■ than Williams’ - world . Aicqrd. ■ 1 ; . • ' s ] • Williams is being . permitted to go to Los Angeles without competing in . the trials. ■ ’