U.S.A. V. EMPIRE
(Press. Assn.-
FIFTH MEETING OPENS
-By Telegraph — Copyright).
, VANCOUVER, Monday At tae Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, the United States and the Einpire opened the fifth ranewal of their international track and field games on Sunday with 10 events, eight of them relays and group exhibition events. There was a parade of military and naval units with hundreds of flags of all nations. Resnlts: — 440 Yards Relay. — United States (Montague, Topping, Dyer, Metcalfe) 1, Empire (Pearson, Elliott, Brown, Joubert) 2. Time, 37.5ssc, a new record for tae meeting. Two-Mile Steeplechase. — United States (McCluskey, Dawson), 1 Empire (Evenson, Bailey) 2. Time, io min 5.2sec. One-Mile Four-Man Relay. — ^United States (Fuqua, Adams, Gordon, Warner) 1, Empire (Walters, Golding, Rampling, Wilson) 2. Time, 3min 15.4 sec. Four-Mile Four-Man Relay. — Empire defeated United States by 40 yards in l7min 39.4sec. 120 Yards Hurdles. — United States (Beard, Morris, Saling) 1, Empire (Burghley, Finiay, Harper) 2. Time, 14.2 sec. Equals Beard's world recor.d. 880 Yards Four-Man Relay.— Em-
pire (Pearson, Elliott, Wright, Joubert ( 1, United States (Montague, Topping, Dyer, Metcalfe) .2 Time 1 min 26.6sec,
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 302, 16 August 1932, Page 5
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