ATHLETICS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 192, 14 August 1911, Page 7

ATHLETICS.

FOREIGNERS IN THE ASCENDANT. AUSTRALASIA OUT OF LUCK. OPIE BREAKS DOWN. (From Our Special Correspondent.) LONDON. Jnly 7. Austrnlasia was not much In evidence at the English amateur championship meeting ■held at Stamford Bridge last Saturday. OnlT the Victorian, ti. A. Wheatley, the New Roland Opie and J. (J Skeet and the Tasmanian, W. A. Stewart, were among the competitors, and thev failed to annex a single event. Altogether, however, our visitors did uncommonly well, for America secured both sprinte—loo nud 220 yards—Germany annexed the high jump, the pole jump, and the half-mile nud the four miies, and Canada the quarter-mile.

I roceediugs opened with the hammerthrowing contest, in which G. E. Putnam, of Cambridge University, outclassed the opposition, and won with a throw of 147 ft 7iln, which was about 17 feet short of record.

Then came the 100 yards races. In which the heat winners were F. L. Ramsdell, of Pennsylvania University, who won the championship last year. W, A. Stewart, of Tasmania. V. L. Lukeman. of Canada. W. Applegwlth. of the Polytechnic, and V. H. D'Arcy, of the same club. In the hitters heat O-ple figured, but though the N°w Zealander ran much better than was expected. O'Arry beat him a long vard in 10 7 ss.

The final produced a Tery fine race. The American and Stewart were quick off the mark, but D'Arcy dwelt perceptibly At first Stewart seemed to be leading hv a trifle, but at the half distance Ramsdell was clearly ahead and seemed to lip winning easily. In the 1.-ist ihirty yards, however, D'Arcy drew up iu wonderful style, and, passing Stewart, was only beaten a foot by the holder, the Tasmanian being third, about 15 Inches away. The time was returned as 10 2-r.s which seemed slow, but a fairly fresh ' breeze against the competitors sprang up just be fore the final was decided. The long jump produced some excellent performances. All seven competitors beat the standard. 20ft, and P. Kirman, of the Irish A.C., the bolder, retained his title with a leap of 2.lft s<ln, beating I'asemann, of Berlin, by ft Inches. Abrahams, of the L.A.C.. covered 23 feet, and the Canadian. I-. T,. Lukeman, 22ft ."Jin. The quarter-mile fiat race was won In fire heats, the finalists being Adams of the Brighton Harriers, Wentenhall, of Cambridge University. Lindsay, of the Blackheath Harriers. F. .1. Judd. of the Polytechnic, and K. .1. Hnlbhaus. of Canada.

The latter won his lioat very easily in 50 rt-ns, bentlnir Soedhouse a couple of yards and the New Zealander. Skeot. double that distance, and his victory In Hie flnnl was praetirally a certainty. Halhhaus was eon tent to wait upon the field till the tnrr. for home, when he put In a fine sustained sprint, which carted film home a gallant winner by 4 yar,ris In . r ,o 4-3s. The mile produced a tie'.d of 10, the runners including the little "Polv" crack, n. V. MeNleol, K. Owen, of the Rroti«hton Hurler*, the Cantah, r Baker. Arnaud. of France, and the Canadian Km pi re sprint winner, .7. 1,. Tait. In a fnst rnn race. Baker made the pace, -which proved too hot for the French man. who retired ere the be!! ranff. and a rattling race down the straight saw Vfc Nlool heat Tait a couple of yards, Owen tiMni i lose no. third, and Maker nest The time "f the winner was -tin 2_' l-.~s A QI'EKR niA'NDEH. The walk-two miles -pnalnced only a moderate field, and a laughable incident lnughatue, that is to say. to the spectators Among the competitors was 11. Mullcr, of Berlin, who made the pace as hot as he eonld, and soon held a strong lead. Then. Just before completing a mile, he wis cautioned, and soon afterward- was tapped on the shoulder hy one of Judges t.. slsraify tJjnt he was disqualified. Rut Mullcr. who knew no English, mist..ok the =honlder tap for a pat of onconracement, and. putting on nil steam, passed the post SO yards alead of his nearest rival. He was not, of course, allowed to break the tape, that pleasure being reserved for IT. !tn..« the Middlesex lon~-dlstan?e crar-k. win. finished In 13m M f.-os

I'rmr Mullcr -was trroatlv chagrined when he discovered that hN gallant effort hid been made In vain. It was certainly not plaving tile game to let him continue the

The weight-putting event saw Ireland to the fore again. J. Barrett, of T.iniorlrk. proving the vi.-tor with, an excellent pnt of 43ft oin. Tioiin. or thp (taring Huh rtc France <l2ft .Ij.nl. mill Abrahams, of Berlin (38ft Sin>, wore second and third respect tvelv and among thp "beaten ofT" competitors was Kin>ntric-k. of Now York. The 130 yards hurdles provided n Tory welcome English victory. The four finalists were Kpnnoth Powell. L..VC 1 . It. Phillips. Cambridge University. M. Meunlpr, of Franco, nnd Hutcheson, of the Polytechnic. The Frenchman was first away, lint Towpll caught him half way. and led at tbc (seventh hurdle Here ltiilllps began to draw up. and a finp race home ended by his beating Powell on the post. Meaner being so close up that many thought be had won. It was certainly a ilespciately oh.sp thing between the three, but the Judges were agreed as to the result. The time was returned at Hi 1-"ib. • The art of pole jumping has apparently died out among Knglish athletes, for the four competitors In this event were all foreigners. Victory ultimately rested with the Gorman, raseinanu. wht, -leare.l 12ft, beating Lagnrde. of Belgium, by 5 inches, (iaron. of France. 10ft 11 in.- being third, niid Frauqucnclle. also of France, 10ft 2in, last. ENGLAND SCORED. The two mile steeplechase brongbl out nine runners, including the 19U8-!) winner. It. Noakes, of the Sparkhlll Harriers, Lozaudier, of France, and l'uitershall, of SmuUheath. After the first quarter mile there was really "only one in It," for Noakes —a perfect artist al the game-drew so rapidly away that be passed the post a long hundred yards ahead of Pattcrshall, who beat the Frenclimau in the run home for second place. Noakes' time was 11m 10 3-."is.

The International character of the meet- I ing was strouglv emphasised in the half; mile. The heat winners were: .1. M. Hill I (holder), of London; H. F. Gissing. of New- ; York: G M. Brock, of Canada: P. Mann.! of the Polytechnic: H. Rraun, of Germany; i and G. A. Wheatley, of Australia. In the final Hill made play, but soou gave way to Krork. who was. howe'ver, supplanted by Wheatley ere the half way stage was reached in til 1-os. Wheat ley here held a lend of a couple of yards, the others being bunched bebtud. This lead the Victorian increased. <iud 200 yards from | home looked a likely winner. Then, how- j ever, Braun made his effort, and racing up to Wheatley, quickly Rave the Australian the go-bv, and won smiling by four yards. in lm .VI 4-.->s. Wheatley heat Brock a like distance for second honours, with Gls- I sing fourth, and Hill last. This was Rraun's second victory in the half, for he won In ! loop, in the fast time of 1m 57 3-Ss. Tasemann scored ngaln for Germany in the high jnmp, clearing 6 feet, which was: an Inch better than .1. L. I#ahy, the Irish crack, could compass on the day. Baker, the holder, was third, at sft fiin. and Dnhoiß, of Cnmhtidge I'nlverslty, a Dane, with the striking name of Laugbjeer, tied at Oft Sin. OriE BREAKS DOWN. The 220 yards race was indeed a triumph for the strangers. Not a single Englishman won a heat. The first fell'to the l'ennsylvauian holder Ramsdell, In 22m 2-r»s. the second to Rnu, of Sweden, in the same time, the third to the New Zealander. 11. Opie, In 235, nnd the fourth and fifth to the Canadians, F. J. Hnlbhnus, "_'3s, and F. 1,. Lukemaun, 235. Iu his heat Opie's leg again gave uiin trouble, and he wisely decided to stand ' down from the final, which was a magnificent race. Ran was quickest away, nut j Hnlbhnus caught him and led by a foot until I close home, when Rainsdell put In a great effoi t, which carried him to the tape Inches ahead of the Canadian. Rau being third, a I yard away. Time 22 1-."s. The four mHe race produced a field of seventeen, including the Gorman. 11. Kohlemaineu, Scott, of the llrouglitou Harriers V.-irtiii. of the Heme Hill Harriers, and other well known English distance runners. Scott was the British "pea." nnd the pace was made for him by Owen, who took the field along at a rare "bat." For a mile and a half he piloted Scott, but try as he would he could not get England's hope away from the German, who hung on grimly. For the next two miles Scott and his rival plodded along almost level, with Martin a poor third. Directly after the bell rang Scott made t»is effort, btrt the German kept with Urn nntn ,60 yards from the tape, yrb&L Kohlemalneo,

put in a fine sprint, wnich gave him a ■welldeserved victory by four yards. His time was 20m 3 3-ss, aa excellent performance. And so ended a memorable championship meetintr. memorable for the fine sport it produced, for the slaughter of the Englishmen—they only won three of the fourteen events—and for the splendid sportsmanship exhibited by tie crowd. The spectators were, of course, sorry that the Home men fured so badly, but they never failed to greet a stranger's victoiy with the heartiest of hearty applause: indeed, it seemed that the success of the foreigner was the signal for a special outburst.