UNFORTUNATE!

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 273, 17 November 1936, Page 15

UNFORTUNATE!

HITCH OVER LOVELOCK. I . ! _ * CENTRE AND AUCKLAND CLUB they agree to differ. Hi E. Towers, president, was in • tee chair at last night's meeting of the «Auckland Centre oi the Sew Zealand v j Athletic Ars-owiation, when he e I ■cireicnstaDces leading to position which. ha<; arisen between the iceiure and the Auckland Amateur Ath-,-eijc and Cycje Club regarding the track e 1 a^!r eai 01 J ' here. r T -dr. i". Dwj'er. of the Department c»f * Internal Affairs, and Mr. H. McCormick, ®, on airman of the Olj'mpic and British r Games Association. h.ad advised wi V "'° C wou3d 112 Auckland and avaii- ? S e .r°F a appearance on December - LnfortunatelT the Auckland Club was . ; already gi'anted permission to stage a i f meeting on th.at date, a.nd had co-operated * T>- Associated Brass and - I ape Bands to conduct a gala, afternoon. I , r T^e president of the Auckland Club, -*ir. TV. Morton, had been invited to , attend a special executive meeting to i discuss the matter. At this meeting Mr. . Morton put forward the suggestion that

■ Lovelock should appear at Lis club's meetI ing, the -centre to receive 33 1-3 per cent . of the profits, and the Auckland Club and rl bands to receive similar amounts. Out of its snare the club wished "to pay all , expenses for the meeting, but the centre . did not find these suggestions acceptable. It was suggested that the club should . make tray dor the former to hold the ■ meeting on the Domain, and it offered to ; recompense the club for any loss sus- " tained in a change of dates, and also ; agreed to pay the club 10 per cent of the ' gross gate to reimburse it for any expense [ it might have gone to in arranging the . meeting. However, this suggestion and : oiler were refused by the club. The > centre then decided to hold the Lovelock meeting on the best groiund mailable and 1 it was arranged for Carl aw Park on » J December 5. Preparations had gone ; I ahead, a programme was advertised and ' I the secretarv had finalised matters with '| the controllers of Carlaw Park. ' j " "It. is unfortunate," said Mr. Towers. ' I ""that there has been a clash , and that , jsums up the whole position. We have (tried to avoid friction. Lovelock is to j appear at our meeting and there is no ineed for further discussion." I The Rev. F. de Lisle: We can sympaIthise with the Auckland C'lub. which if j guite "within its rights. 1 would like to put forward a motion that this meeting | affirms the action of the executive, at the same time regretting the unfortunate clash of opinion and action. ! The motion was carried unanimously ! and the matter closed without further dis- ! cnssion. AKRAKGEMEKTB FOE CARRIv A I* POLSTS FOB. SCRATCH MEETING. At last night's meeting of the Auck- ' land Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, the following officials 1 were appointed for the Lovelock meeting : at Carlaw Park on December s:—Track judges, Messrs. Hogben, Hugo, M.. Reid, Porter: field judges. Rev. de Lisle, Messrs. Ralaugher, Baird, Roper, Nicholls, Tilby; timekepers, Mr. Rohn and assistants; starter, Mr- J. J*. Russell; marksman, Mr. A. Warren; track inspectors, Messrs. Elliott, Gow, Moore, GudselL Dennis, Lipscombe; referee and manager, Mr. H. L. 'l owers: marshal, Mr. T. Wilson; call steward, Mr. jun..' ladies' call steward, Mrs. Harris; board officials, two secondary schoolboys. Prices of admission were fixed at 1/ to the ground and an additional 1/ to the stand. The matter of a dinner ior athletes, on the evening of the sports, at which Lovelock would be present, was left in the hands of the executive to arrange. -... The sketch of a medallion, which it was proposed to have cast in bronze and silver to commemorate the Lovelock meeting, ■was put forward by the president ior approval. It was decided to adopt the design of the medallion, which would be awarded to the successful competitors. Mr. ±31. Jenner Wily presented the results of the centre s first scratch meeting held last Saturday at New Lynn:—A rrade: Old Grammarians, 39 points; Lynndal<> SI, University 24., Technical 10. B grade: Old Grammarians 49. Lynndale 48%, University 14, Technical Auckland 5. C grade: Lynndale 75 3-5, Old Grammarians 73 9-10, Technical C. Auckland 1%. It was reported that R- UiJ- , lespie. of University, was eligible -or a standard certificate, having thrown the " javelin 151 ft "in, the centres standard distance being laOit. Dates for meetings were granted to ! various clubs as follows:—Lynndale, . January 10: Eilerslie, Hui.ua • February 13:; Papatoetoe. Februan • • fPa«sengor Transport Gup meeting) ; East Tamaki, March i>. The scratch meeting on February abandoned to make an additional date available for o^en i meetincs- _ , > ! The Waikato sub-centi'e wrote thanking : I the Auckland Centre for granting Bill kato permission to conduct the season s ; provincial championships at Hamilton. " and also lor the grant of Jo Per cent "I the net profits. Notification vas erven 1 that the meeting had been set down foi "i T ebma-r 27. There were races at Te > i P ma on" February 20 and furthermore the iosen date was'exactly,a fortnight alter the Waikato championships and a Inight before the national meeting. date was approved. tlie "5S> V fr ■qtabi.hu circumstances. ' fronl b. McKenzie, i C -X n pu^ PP and M. M. Ormsby. of Te . ior J e .rui-e. aua „-v,;ip one xrom f warded to - - { f u . TO urable con- . I Athletic Association iox . i sideration.