ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 228, 1 October 1897, Page 5

ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING.

The third Australasian Amateur Athletic Championship Meeting commences at | Sydney to-morrow, and will be continued oh Monday. Great interest is being taken in this tja'theriug throughout the Australasian Colonies, as athletes from the various colonies—Xew South Wales, Vie toria, Queensland, West Australia, and New Zealand will compete in the athletic and iield events on the programme, which consists of IOOYds, 220 Yds, 440 Yds, Half-mile, One Mile, Three Mile, One Mile Walk. Three Mile Walk, 120 Yds I Hurdles, 440 Yards Hurdles, High Jump, Long Jump, Pole Jump, Putting 161b Weight, and throwing 161b hammer. More than usual interest is centred in the gathering by Aucklanders as out of the eight athletes who I compete on behalf of this colony, live of them, viz., D. Wilson, Jas. McKean, Hori Eruera, W. H. Martin and L. A. Cull' are members of the Auckland Amateur Athletic Club, while W. Rhodes (another New Zealand competitor) claims Auckland as his birthplace. By latest Sydney iiles we learn that the Irish champion athlete, Roseingrave, who has resided in Sydney for the past twelve months, met with an accident while practising, and it was doubtful if lie would be able to compete. His absence would rob the carnival of a lot of interest, as his meeting with A. H. Holder and W. H. Martin in the hurdle events, and with Hori Eruera in the pole jump has been looked forward to throughout Australasia with groat concern. Roseingrave met with his accident after accomplishing 23 feet 8 inches in a practice jump. hi the walks I). Wilson will meet with very strong opposition from Barrett, the Victorian who defeated A. Brady at the New South Wales Championship Meeting last October. James McKean, our distance runner, was in the best of form, and those who saw him training on the Domain before his departure consider the Australians will find the Aucklander a hard nut to crack, especially in the half-mile. Kecent Sydney papers, however, inform us that Campbell, one of the Queensland reps., recently ran half-a-mile in 2min, so McKean will require to be in his very best form to win. If Hori Eruera is not troubled with nervousness, both Captain Smith and Professor Carrollo, who coached him, consider that the Maori boy will beat the present Australasian record for the Pole Jump. The results of to-morrow's events should reach Auckland early in the evening, and on their arrival a Star extra will be issued. ,