AMERICAN ATHLETES

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 66, 19 March 1931, Page 15

AMERICAN ATHLETES

LAST APPEARANCES KISER IN FORM At TAIHAPE

The' New Zealand tour'of the three Amorican'. athlotes, Harlbw , : Eothert, George Simpson, and Kufuß.Kiser, ; concluded VwW thoir 'appearance : at: an electric light sports meeting at,-Tai-, hape last' evening:; Simpson and -Ho t-; herf leave \Weilington to-morrow-, by the"llfima^a'':,f&> 'Sjrdnoy;;'6ii:rout.e;tp;. 'japan, where/they >ase:.beeii invited to compete ,bof ore {returning to;the United States^: '• -Riser ' remain-in', the Dominion until ■ next Tuesday, wlieiv - he. will leave; for America by. the; MonqITho^meeting at Taihape,. whore .at one 'tiino . professiorialism• yraa ; strong, was mostisuccess^ur. Theresas a large attendance, the gate receipts; totalling about £ 155..' Simpson,.-yrhose injured leg gave put at the meeting at.Palmerston North on Monday-evening, did not run,:but -each -tf'' the other;,two mem-, bers. o£,;the team, and,;• G./H." r Jenkins, the . Wellington sprint ::and .New: .Zealand 220 yards champion who competed at the meeting by jinvitation, were successful,' v. ■'■:']:■ ' ,'. ■.'..■:■■:-;:' ■■/ .-■;■-■■'..'■.' ■'■;■;{ ■; Ei'ser, ,who^ byvhiy^ftne run in. the mile . invitation race: at .Athletic Park last - Saturday ; suggested that he 'Was just;^getting into .tip-top'■./form,!/con-, firmed that: opinion.,:by,: his' perform--ance's last evening in, the one mile race and the 440--yards handicap, in bpth of which; he'; defeaitedD. Evans, ;of. Tai- ; hape, former New Zealand mile, champion :•• and Vpresent holder ;of the" New Zeala'nd.44o yards and 880 yaTds f titles.Kiser!.was', first .in; the mile•'■• in.:.''imin. 24sec,: withv-Eyans although; in justice to'Evans it is: to; be- said that Kef has not been making a-specialty. of the mil© this\ season; ."Kiscr ran better than I have seen him run- on the tour," said Jenkins1 on hig return- id-day. "Tip finished -very 'stiongly." ; In the 440 yards Kiser. was ;beaten.;by a foot;1 for first i place; the race; being, won; by a competitor off 23 yards ,in, 51' l-ssec. Evans drew away at the 220' yards mark and appeared to havo the race in hand, but Kiser came to light with; a remarkablo'.burst of 'speed over; the. last 30 yards, and surprised everyone by finishing ahead of the New Zoalahd cham-1 pio'n. It was an- excellent cqntest,;arid was run towards the end ;of the meeting.- " ' ■';' ■■'-.- -.-' ".: ■'•:' ■'•. -'■-" ■'■ '■ J'-:;: ■";'.' Eofhert won the discus with an effort of 141 ft, and; the shot putting, with a put of ,47£t 6in. ,In; thQ lpng jump-he was third with aw actual jump of 20ft I."'■;.'-.-':-••'•:•" , •"•■■•.■. •■'.,■' ■-■•"■..■ ■With.a start of a.yard, Jenkins won the 100 yards handicap in' the good time of 9 4-ssec, and from the 2yards mark was also:first.'in the 220 yards handicap. In each, event D. Oliver, formerly of Wellington,! was second. ' GOOD MATERIAL UNDEVELOPED.

<rXou have some good material, but at present-it is undeveloped," was the. opinion expressed by Simpson- to-day, when talking ■ about the New Zealand athletes he had seen in action on the tour. What was needed, he thought, were'good coaches. Among the athletes with ■' whom he was'particularly impressed, he mentioned the names of !>.■ Evans, S. Lay (Wanganui-Tarariaki), and 'C. H.- Jenkins.- "It is a: crime that Jenkins should be handicapped.by his. arm,'? said. Simpson, "but notwithstanding he,would make 9.7 sec for the Hundred in the States' on '•

Simpson said that, he and his two■ team mates had been very, well received everywhere in New Zealand. As to the. actual competition on the tour, he found it towards: the end rather tirosome. When they landed in New Zealand they had nine days in which .to. work into form before commencing tho tonr,'-aikVhe suggested that in the future when athletes were invited' from overseas they, should qt least be'given a fortnight 'before entering into competition. . • . ..'■.' ••■' . /When it was" mentioned to Kiscr that ho ..seemed to bo only getting into proper shape, Simpson, facetiously, suggested to Kiser that ho should start the tour all over again next week at Masterton. Kiser said he had not found the'grass tracks tho same as the cinder tracks! They did not give him the same spring..'. • . .'. . . • -''• •■ . Tho Americans wore the guests of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Associa-. tion at afternoon tea to-day,'. and ,each was X'rescntod with a New Zealand rug.

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