OLYMPIC GAMES

Hokitika Guardian, 22 July 1932, Page 5

OLYMPIC GAMES

THE PROSPECTS OF COMPETITORS, j 1 FOR AUSTRALIA AND N.Z. (United Press Association—By Electric j Telegraph—Copyright.) j LOS ANGELES,' July 20. , The Australian iPre-.g Association representative In his preliminary survey • of the Olympic competitions, says:— .I. Boy Charlton and Mis 3 Bonnie Meal. , ing (Sydney) continue to be Austra- ; lia’s bulwark in the swimming section. Tjhe Japanese swimmer, Kitamura, is, displaying great form. * : Pearc e stands out among the scullers. , The New Zealand rowing eight meets nine nations, but it has the advantage of >early training over the tricky ( course. me leading rowing competitor is the University of California crew, which has rowed two thousand metres in six minutes six seconds, but it is not expected to duplicate that heio. 'j he Finns and the Poles have tl strongest long distance running teams. Savidan, the New Zealand distance runner, has the Role, Kusociuski, to ( beat in the ten thousand metres event, i Although Nurmi is not likely to compete, tl'ne New Zealander in the Marathon event will meet such prominent winners as this Argentinian, Znbala ; the German, Dr Bruyn ; and the Finn, Martilin. . EiLliott, in :he hundred metres sprint, •will find his 'strongest opposition m the American negro, Metcalf ; this Canadian, Williams; and the Englishman, Page. The New Zealand boxers, who sH* in fine form, will find the principal contenders among the Argentinians and (Italians,