OTAGO AGAIN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 84, 11 April 1939, Page 15

OTAGO AGAIN.

VARSITY TOURNAMENT SOUTHERNERS WIN ATHLETICS AUCKLAND IS THIRD. (By Association.) DUNEDIST, Monday. The New Zealand inter-university annual sports were continued to-day. Otago easily won the athletic shield, scoring 22 points to Victoria's 14, Auckland's 11 and Canterbury's 9. The basketball shield went to "Victoria. Auckland won two matches and Otago one, Canterbury being outclassed in all three games. The tennis championships were advanced a further stage, the men's and combined doubles being advanced to the final stages and the ladies' doubles to the semi-finals. Adding the athletie and boxing shields to its list of successes Otago Universityplaced itself in an almost unassailable position for the New Zealand interuniversity tournament shield to-day. The shield points to date are:—Otago 29%, Wellington (Victoria College) 15, Auckland 9, Canterbury 6V*. In the results, the abbreviations represent:—Auckland (A), Victoria (V), Canterbury (C), Otago (O):— 100 Yards. —J. P. Eastwood (V) 1, C. V. Adnms (V) 2, M. D. Fountain (C) 3. Time, 10 l-ss. 440 (V) 1, B. O'Fagan (C) 2, J. S. Allan (O) 3. Time, 50 2-ss. 880 Yards.—R. L. Nugent (A) 1, B. W. Nixon (O) 2* G- 3. Annear (V) 3. Time, 1.58 2*5. Three Miles.—D. K. Scrymgeeur (V) 1 ; D. H. Adamson (C) 2, A. G. Koefoed (A) 3. Time. 14.55 time Clips 17s off the record. Mile R*lay.=—Auckland 4. Canterbury 3, Otago 3. Time, 3.40.

120 Yards Hurdles.—E. M. Irving (V) 1, R. L. Jones (O) 2, A, G. Harper (O) 3. Time, 10 l-ss. 220 Yards Hurdles.—H. D. Ramsay (O) 1, M. D. Fountain (C) 2, E. M. Irving (V) 3. Time, 2«s—a record. 440 Yards Hurdles. —H. D. Ramsay (O) 1. H. I). 801 l (A) 2. A. G. Harper (O) 3. Time, 55 3-5s —equalling record. Mile Walk. —L. G. Brown (C) 1. Time, 7.10 1-5. High Jump.—l. L. Vosailagi (O), sft Tin, 1: J. S. Adams (V), sft Gin, 2; B. T. Robertson (A), sft sin, 3."" Hop, Stop and Jump.—Robertson, 44ft 7gin, 1; R. G. Pilling (O), 44ft 7}in, 2; W. V. Hadfield (C), 44ft tiiin, 3. Throwing the Javelin.—J. S. Adams (V), l«7ft Sin, 1; K. D. Gillespie (A), 15Gft UJin, 2; E. W. de Lisle (A), 141 ft OJin, 3. Putting the Shot.—J. L. Adams (O), 37ft BJiu, 1; M. D. Fountain (C), 34ft 4 Jin, 2; M. Watt (O), 34ft 2in, 3. LAWN TENNIS. Men's Doubles.- —Semi-final: Baird and Childs (O) beat Prebble and Hunter (C), G—2, 3 —G, 6 —3. Women's Doubles.—First round : Misses Jones and Roscoe (C) boat Misses Roberts and McGeehie (A). G —4. B—6.8 —6. Mixed Doubles. —First Round: Smith and Miss Kerr (O) boat Allpress and Miss McGeehie (A), G — i. 6—2. Semi-final: Morrison and Miss Maclean (V) beat Childs and Miss Elder (O), 6—2, o—2. BASKETBALL. First Round. —Auckland 21, beat Otago 16; Victoria 22, beat Canterbury 6. Second Round.—Victoria 14, beat Auckland 11; Otago 33, beat Canterbury 11. Third Round.—Aucklnnd 37, beat Canterbury 7 ; Victoria 11, beat Otago 7. Boxing Finals. With wins in four divisions Otago University won the boxing shield by a big margin, and in addition, their bantamweight representative, M. Parr, was awarded the Gowland Medal for the most scientific boxer in the tournament. The finals resulted: — Bantam-weight.—M. Parr (Otago) beat D. Muir (Victoria) on points. Feather-weight.—E. H. Maxwell (Canterbury) outiH'inted R. Greaves (Otago). Lightweight.—H. Skelly (Otago) defeated A. McClew (Auckland) on points. Welter-weight.—G. McFndzlen (Otago) outpointed H. Willis (Auckland). Middle-weight.—P. H. Ryan (Victoria) bent T. H. E. Cornish (Otago) on points. Light heavy-weight.—M. Andrew (Otago) scored on points over C. D. Dobson (Canterbury ). Heavy-weight.—H. J. McLaren (Victoria) beat C. Mack (Otago) on points.