AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 218, 15 September 1930, Page 12

AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

available for N.Z. U.S.A. CHAMPION SPRINTER WELLINGTON, Saturday. The athlete George Simpson, of Ohio, U S.A., is definitely available for a tour of New Zealand during the coming track season. Advice to this effect has been received by the N.Z.A.A.A. from its American representative, - Mr. Krognees. , ' AUCKLAND CLXJB MEET. The Auckland Am'nteur Athletic and Cycle Club at Onehunga on Saturday lield • the last of the winter competitions of the cross-country season. The turf was In good order and the times registered were exceptionally fast. Large fields lined up in each of the events, which were carried out with the usual keenness before a large Cf Mr? W. E J. 6 Jordan, M.P., distributed the prizes won on Saturday and the previous week. Detailed results 75 Yards Sprint.—First heat: H. McNeil 1, J. R. Green 2. Won by a yard. Time, 7 4-ss. Second heat: H. Roper 1, A. Clark 2. Won by a foot. Time, 7 4-ss. Third heat: F. L. Adams 1, V. Walker 2. Won by a yard. Time, 7 3-ss. Fourth heat: <S. Furlong 1, P. O'Shea and J. Dowle 2 Time, 7 4-ss. Final: H. McNeil 1, H. Roper 2, J. R. Green 3. Won by six inches, a similar distance between second and third. 'JMiqc 1 7 Oneliunga' Steeplechase (one mile and a half).—T. Henry 1, P. Thomas 2, E. J., Sceats 3. Time, 0.40 2-5. A B. Browne wtm fastest time in 7.56. _ Putting 161b Shot.—T. Elliott 1, IT. Roper 2, H. Hogg 3. Distance, 30ft sin. _ Throwing the Discus. —H. Roper, 59ft, 1, P. L. Adams, 62ft, 2; A. Clark, sift, 3. Distance, 130 ft 7in. . T , Mufti Race, 50 yards.—Porter 1, Jackson 2 Won by a foot. Time, 7s Croney was leading and would have won, but he slipped and fell under t>he tape.