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EMPIRE GAMES
BRITAIN'S TEAM .. -
Lovelock's Review
ROWERS' PROSPECTS'
LONDON, Monday. — Comparing
Britain's team .or the Empire Games
with those of the Dominions, J. Love
lock, tho renowned middle-distance
runner, In an exclusive article written
for tho Australian Press, says that the
British champion Holmes will take the
sprint title and that his hardest op
ponents will be the Australian Ya;es
and the Africans Grlmbeck and Van-
dicar, while the most likely winner of
the long Jump will be the Canadian W.
Brown In the absence of his negro
compatriot Sam Richardson. -
Fresh from a brilliant season the
quarter mile British record holder, W.
Roberts, should be suited to Austra
lian conditions against, the strong op
position of the Scotsman Wylde, Lie
African Shore, the Canadian Loarlng,
the Australian Irwin and the New
Zcalander Saycrs.
The probable half-mile soys
Lovelock, is the Welsh champion, J.
W. Alford, who may win from the
Scot Stothard, the New Zcalander
Boot, and the Australian Backhouse,
and the most likely milers are the New
Zealander Pullar and the African M.
J. Wessels.
By ills grace of movement and final
burst of power, the Briton, B. L. Ward,
should be a certainty for the three
miles event in which he will be sup
ported by Ills compatriot, L. H.
Weatherlll, who, however, will con
centrate on the six miles race. The
Polytechnic marathon runner, A. J.
Norrls, lias the best chance in that
event and his most dangerous oppo
nent will be the African Gibson.
The most outstanding high jumpers
are the Australian Mctcalle and the
African Thacker. Tile choice of Bri
tain's polevaulter has been deferred to
see if the record holder, F, R. Web
ster, will be available. If he Is he will
be hard to beat.
"BEST FOR SEVEN YEARS"
Despite the non-lnclusior. of Univer
sity rowers, who it is impossible to in
vite owing to the boat race, the
Empire Games eight is hailed as the
best seen In England for seven years.
The final choice is J. N. Sturrock, and
Captnhi Leander, an officer of the
Royal Engineers, who has been gran
ted leave for four months, and the
positions will be as follows: J. F. Bur
roughs (Thames) bow, R. C. Harmon
(Thames), D. C. Klngsford, Leander,
J. Turnbull (Cambridge), P. H. Jack
son (London), Sturrock, R. Hambridge
(London), B. S. Bcasley (London),
stroke, T. Reeve (London) cox, and as
spares tho two Kingston rowers, who
are brothers, J. S. and R. F. Offer. The
average weight is a half pound under 13
stone. Rowing easily, and with splen
did watermanship, their boat Is as
steady as a rock, despite rough water.
J. Bercsford, the coach, says that
the crew is greatly superior to the
London combination, which was so
successful at the Melbourne Centen
ary, but it has foreseen the difficulty
of a short period of training before
arrival in Australia. -The crew was
taking a new type of boat hitherto not
seen in Australia, with a figure eight
cross bracing, eliminating twisting and
the centre whip under strain, and also
new oars, with braced backs, elimina
ting whip after entering the water.
"You can bet I was overjoyed when
asked to run for England In the Em
pire Games," said Kenneth Richard
son, the nineteen-year-old sprinter.
"My heart sank with a bang when told
that I would lose my job if I went, but
I've decided to take the chance. I
think I am young and capable enough
to find a clerical job when I return,
and I'll learn more by seeing the
world than by sitting at a deck."
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