OLYMPIC GAMES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 48, 15 July 1912, Page 5

OLYMPIC GAMES.

ATKINSON UNPLACED. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Stockholm, July 12. Atkinson (Britain) was unplaced in tlie final of the 200 metres breast-stroke race. CRITICISM RESENTED. Stockholm, July 12. The British athletes resent the newspaper imputations, and declare that if the Americans competed under similar conditions they would have fewer victories. Longer training would have worked wonders with the Britishers. SYDNEY GIRL'S WIN. Stockholm, July 12. Miss Fanny Durack, of Sydney, won the 100 metres swimming final in 82 1-5 see. Miss Wilhelmina Wylie, also of Sydney, was second in 85 2-ssec. THE AMATEUR STATUS. FURTHER RESULTS. Stockholm, July 13. There has been much controversy over the question of the amateur definition. Some countries by State grants of big funds enable men to abstain from work and devote time to training for a longer period than acoor.ls with Britain's ideas of what const'kites an amateur. .Miss Daisy Curwen, the English champion, did not contest the 100 metres swim, owing to appendicitis. The King's representative visited Longworth.

In the 800 metres team race, in the first heat, the Americans beat the Britishers. In the second heat the Australians beat the Germans. Time, lOmin. Usee., constituting a record, and beating the American time by 12sec.

America secured the first three places .in the final of the 110 metres hurdle race. Time, 15 1-asec. The Swedes won all the modern Pentathlon prizes. The results in points so far are: United States 97 points, Swedes 72, Britain 55, Germany 27, South Africa 11, Australasia 9, Canada 8.

THE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS. ] Received 15, 12.30 a.m. I Stockholm, July 14. j Hodgson put up a world's record of \ smin. 25 2-ssec, beating Hatfield (Eng- j land) and Foster (England) in the semi- i final of the 400 metres swimming, free [ style. Hardwick was first in the second heat, after a fine struggle with Las- } torres (Hungary), in omin. 31sec, Healy I being third (smin. 37sec), and Champion fourth. Thus Hodgson, Hatfield, Hardwick and Lastorres will compete in the final. Healy, as the fastest third, 'will also start. ■.''-"".'.' Hebner (America) won the 100 metres back-stroke in Imin. 21 l-ssec. The Germans were second and third. McVilly's boat has not arrived. The 400 metres flat running final was' won by Reidpath (America) in 48 l-ssec. i Braun (Germany) was second in 48 3-10 j sec, and Lindberg (America) third in > 48 2-ssec. America won three, out of the first four places in the team race of 3000 metres. In the final Sweden was second.