1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

and training, were quite superior to the Frenchmen, a fact they displayed stillmore during the last half of the race.The Germans rowed a stroke varying between 32 – 38 to the minute. The French,rowing from 40 — 28 per minute, never seriously threatened their opponents, whowon by about 4 lengths. Time 6 min. 45 sec.Heat 2. 12.20 p. m.AUSTRALASIAJohn A. RyrieSimon FrazerHugh K. WardThomas Chas ParkerHenry HauensteinSydney A. MiddletonHarry Ross-BodenR. B. Fitzhardinge, strokeRobert G. K. Waley, cox.D.SWEDEN (Göteborgs Roddklubb)E. AmundénR. BergstedtG. BrobergS. EricssonI. RydbergA. AlmqvistA. SvendelLeif Sörvik, strokeG. Ahlberg, cox.L.Australia started at 44 for the first half minute, the Swedes keeping to 40.The perfectly trained visitors, who rowed like one man, took the lead after 200metres and never lost it again. When about half the distance was covered, theSwedish boat showed signs of creeping up the Australians, but the latter increasedthe pace and passed the boat-house 2 clear lengths ahead of their opponents, whoshowed evident signs of fatigue and were beginning to go to pieces. The Australiansrowed the whole time at a great pace, with only a slight swing, while thestyle employed by the Swedes bore greater resemblance to English methods. Thehome-crew was beaten by more than 3 lengths. Time 6 m. 57 sec.Heat 3. 12.40 p. m.GERMANY (B. R. G.)Otto LiebingMax BroeskeMax VetterWilli BartholomaeFritz BartholomaeWerner DehnRudolf KeicheltHans Mathiae, strokeKurt Runge, cox.HUNGARYStefan SzebenyArthur BajánMiltiades MannoStefan JeneyLudwig GrafNikolaus SzebenyAnton SzebenyGeorg Szebeny, strokeKoloman Vasko, cox.D.L.The German crew, which formed Germany’s best eight, n-as in front all thetime. The Hungarians rowed at a slower pace than their opponents during thewhole of the race; they had a nice recovery but could get no good grip of thewater and used the slide incorrectly, pushing it before the body. The Germans,on the other hand, rowed in clean English style, even if they had not the sameextraordinarily rapid grip of the water and the swift, easy recovery possessed bytheir models. The Germans, too, were physically the superior of their opponents,and, before any long time had elapsed, their energetic efforts gave them such alead that, at the boat-house, more than 2 lengths separated the boats. All the663