ene eters, the sligh Empire Games marathon here August hs Sters, a 35-year-old dispensing optician, trains by running 10 to built 1 champion from England, is favored to win the British fy ot ae The Och 26 miles 385 yards course is shown above. 20 miles each day. “Apparently © BEG course is a bit of a ‘killer’ and winning the, race is my aim with the time as a secondary factor,” he said this week. Bannister is after Landy: Aug. 7 D-Day fo By ERIC BUTLER mt Stage in the “battle of the on A Will take place at Vancouver Dire ee 7, last day of the Em- Ly ames. Both Australia’s John Nistor and England’s Roger Ban- even 4; OMly two men to break time for the distance — will Noting the field, and it is worth the * ae pennlsiar has Beeline j ance to alf- Mle as Sat appear iin the id so, according to Leslie $elove, who will manage the 30- Ga 2g England men’s team at the fine hi because “he wanted to con- diz,, U8 attentions to the longer Stance. ; Hine nominated among Eng- Brash °ne mile line-up is Chris ok a — one of the men who Mile annister along to his 3:59.4 ne. should be capable of taking ‘tine as and Landy, whose 3:58 lang of the distance at Turku, Fin- alon, made him world top miler, Could at a merry pace — what Chris a memorable time. Bani Chataway, who helped both Tee Ster and Landy to create their fila times, will not be in the testis Tuns in the three miles in- Yholehe. 4 decision with which I For wwtedly agree. " make no mistake about it mark Sway will crack the world Miles °" either the two or three Smash He would have literally the wit the two-mile figures at Nisy whitsun Games if only Ban- ‘long °r Brasher had taken him tages, little faster in the earlier tow, team _ biggest and most hy “Tul ever to leave this coun- Pete , Will be captained by Jim Dion” Britain’s Marathon cham- RR to Heratains 14 members who went aq gp tki for the 1952 Olympics Digg ht British national cham- LONDON | | ROGER BANNISTER There are two notable absentees —Gordon Pirie, Britain’s top three and six-miler, and Peter Hildreth, the national high hurdles cham- ois b : of the irie declined ‘because 0. eadelica involved, and Hildreth finds it difficult to be absent be- cause of family reasons. The team will leave England by air on July 24. Here is England’s BEG team: 100 Yards—K. Box (Loughbor- ough College), G. S. Ellis (London Athletic Club, A. W. Lillington (Durham U.), B. Shenton (Poly- techaic H,). 200 Yards—K. Box (Loughbor- ough College), G. S. Ellis (London Athletic Club), A. W. Lillington (Durham U.), B. Shenton (Poly- oR Dick (Achilles), P. G. Fryer (London A.C.) AL Wi hilles). any ran Fe, H. Boyd (Herne H.H.), B. S. Hewson (Mitcham A.C.), D. J. N. Johnson (Woodford Green), D. C. Law (Achilles). Mile—R. G. Bannister (Achilles), r milers I. H. Boyd (Herne H.H.), C. W. Brasher (Achilles), D. C. Law (Ach- ies). Three Miles — C. J. Chataway (Achilles), P. B. Driver (South London H.), F. Green (Birthfield H.), F. D. Sando (Aylesford Paper Mills). Six Miles—S. E. W. Cox (South- gate H.), P. B. Driver (South Lon- don H.), J. E. Peters (Essex Beagles), F. D. Sando (Aylesford Paper Mills). Marathon—sS. E. W. Cox (South- gate H.), J: E. Peters (Essex Beagles). 120 Yards Hurdles—C. E. High- am (Achilles), F.’J. Parker (South London H.). 440 Yards Hurdles—C. E. High- am (Achilles), H. Kane (London A.C.), K. S. D. Wilmshurst (Walton AG): Pole Vault—G. M. Elliott (Wood- ford Green). High Jump—D. R. J. Cox (Eton Manor A.C.); : Long Jump—D. R. J. Cox (Eton Manor A.C.), K.-S. D. Wilmshurst (Walton A.C.). Triple Jump—K. S. D, Wilm- hurst (Walton A.C.). Shot Putt—D..R. J. Cox (Eton Manor Athletic Club), G. M. Elliott (Woodford Green), M. Pharoah (Walton A.C.), J. A. Savidge (R.N AS.). . : ‘ Discus — M. Pharoah (Walton A.C.), J. A. Savidge (R.N.A.S.). Hammer—P. C. Allday (London A.C.), D. W. J. Anthony (London A.C.), M. Pharoah (Walton A.C.), J. A. Savidge (R.N.A.S.). Javelin—D. J. Tucker (Herne Hill H.). 4 x 110 Yards Relay—K. Box (Loughborough College), G. S. Ellis (London A.C.), A. W. Lillington (Durham U.), B. Shenton (Poly- technic H.), : 4 x 440 Yards Relay—A. Dick (Achilles), P. G. Fryer (London A.C.), D. J. N. Johnson (Woodford Green), A. W. Scott (Achilles). car: Oviet oars ; Sovie t HENLEY-ON-THAMES on Sarsmen, rowing in Brit- Aq rs he first time, whipped the the bl nder crew last week to win te gave Tiband of crew rowing, The 2d Challenge Cup. . © ang “Ssians, after coming in de Sent ee half lengths in front, Scop, te a three-cornered flag d a the hammer and - A. H. Cadbury, the teh Sooke. - Xe Viet oarsmen also beat Yother to take the Stewards Cup, * ain prize. sed Russians from the ane ‘of the Soviet Club were slight favorites over the Oxford and Cambridge rowing Blues be- fore the race started. Both had won. desperately-fought semifinals, Leander edging Lady Margaret, Cambridge, and the Soviet eight beating Thames Rowing Club by half a length after a stroke for oke race. : i ee tat Leander the Soviet win was clear cut. And after they won the major event of the day, they then won the Silver Goblets. men win at Henley Victory at Henley is utterly un- like victory in any other sporting event. No cheers, ever. A few well-bred murmurs of “Jolly well rowed, chaps”... . and that’s about all. Henley is amateur, very high- class, and conducted in such a spirit of fair play that winning is only slightly better than losing well. The Russian victory was a popu- lar one, and this time there was not only a polite round of applause —but even a few shouts. Gert Whyte's UNGARY’S stunning defeat at the hands of Germany in the world soccer tournament — the first time the Hungarians had lost which followed the Hungary- Brazil match. Brazilian. piayers and support- ers stormed into the Hungarian dresssing room after the foul-rid- intention of knocking some of them out of competition. © They did not succeed, but the Hungarian team that took the field against Germany looked and played like a weary outfit. This is not to take credit away from the German side, which played superb, machine-like foot- ball and earned its victory. In an earlier game in the ser- ies the Hungarians defeated the Germans 8-3, but the latter can- nily saved some of their top stars ‘for the final “sudden-death play- cff match, The strategy paid off. x x * Soviet cheSs masters easily de- feated the United States and Brit- ain in recent matches, All the more reason why Can- adians should be proud of Frank Anderson, a Toronto university student who this week beat Soviet grand master Igor Bondarevsky in 44 moves in an exhibition game in Toronto. Bondarevsky made no excuses. He smiled and congratulated his young Canadian opponent at the conclusion of the match. ra * & Don Cockell, the British heavy- weight champion,*will have his next fight in Seattle on July 30. He is scheduled to meet either Iiarry (Kid) Matthews or Rex Layne, and should have‘no trou- ble winning. If Earl Walls gets past Edgar- do Romero here Fuly 22, a meet- ing between the Canadian and British champs would be a natural for Vancouver. Fight promoters Earle Kalani and Mickey McGuire are angling for the match, although Cockell prev- iously turned down an offer of $20,000 to meet Walls here. * * x Flo Chadwick dunked herself in the Strait of Juan de Fuca last week, and pronounced the watcr cold. She wasn’t kidding. The odds are five to one she won’t succeed Hamilton in 1930. a game in four years — can be. attributed in part to the brawl: den game ended and attacked- their conquerers with the obvious’ SPORTLIGHT in her attempt to swim from Vic- toria to Port Angeles, Washing- ton, sometime around the middle of August. But Flo is a game gal. She has. stepped up her ttaining to seven days a week — she usuall7 only trains six days — and is de- termined to conquer the gruel- ling course which so far has de- feated all._male and female swim- mers who have tried it. What makes the Strait so tough is its rip tides and fast tidal cur- rents, plus the ice cold water a few miles out from Victoria. A straight crossing is only a little over 18 miles but experts figure Flo: will have to travel between 26 and 29 miles. The 30-year-old, 130- pound champ uses an eight-beat Ameri- can crawl and expects to put on 20 nds of warm fat in the next FLO CHADWICK : month. “I want to enter the water weighing about 150. pounds,” she says. On top of ber own blubber she'll add a few pounds of grease. The odds are against her beat- ing the Strait of Juan de Fuca, : but vou can bet ‘she'll be giving her all for fame — and $10,000. Percy Williams of Canada, Lord Burghley of England, Jack Love-. lock of New Zealand, H. B. Hart of South Africa ... these are but a few of the track and field “greats” whd have performed in past British Empire Games. Photo above shows Vancouver's own Percy Williams breaking the tape as he won the 100 yards dash at PACIFIC TRIBUNE — JULY 9, 1954 — PAGE 11