'VARSITY SPORT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 87, 14 April 1941, Page 10

'VARSITY SPORT.

1 HARRIS WINS MILE. BOXING SHIEX.D TO AUCKLAND (F.A.) WELLINGTON. Sunchy. Auckland and Canterbury were about cvc.Jy placed at ihe uni-tii ii»e ilrsc day ol the Nev. Zealand u.uvcisi.y tour.ia;r.ent. which opened in WcilinjtiO » >c-i.e. «*iy. Cant;,bu:v won the ro'vin? shield and thr. on? mil: atblcJc*cve.it. making i>»x points. Auckland -von the boxing shield and one aihle:»e tnainpionsiwp. the brvad J urn p. making 6"' H point:. CM go von iwo athletic championships i:-.hc„ put uiui diocus throw). Op»c taking fas. place in earn, and won second in roving end tormina. Olfjo has three point:, and Victoria 1 1 _ T. Harris. New 25e?.Jaiv.i junior 380 yards champion and holde.- ol that iccord. won the mile I°*' Canes*, utny. 'i he LnivciSi'.y mil? champion and record holder. I). Snow (Canterbury), finished tnird. The time wr.s 4.3 J 1-5. Harris c.ctu»illy entered to fill a gf»p caused by the absence of L. I. Elli:; (Canterbury). who w..a boxing, otherwise the ra.ee would have gone to Ota go. Opi<\ the na ional and Univer?:ry title-holder, made a iccoic. shot put ol 40ft 11 in. Auckland won four nor-:ins championships. Olapo two, Victoria one and Ci.ntcrbuiy none. Ol the four athletic championship» decided. Ota go v. on and Auckland and Ca;.«erbtuy one each. Auckland, with fcur pcir.is. won the shield fo:* boxing.-. Otago was second with two points and Victoria third with one point. he Canterbury representative «as eliminri-.d in the The Auckland team was declrirdiy the s;:o>«;si. plthougii Oisgo was unlucky to lose some ci the ll*h f er-wcight co nests. *ihe most scientific boxer of ihe loin nament was 13. N. Jaccbscn (Victoria). Results were: - Boxing.—Bantam-v eight * M. P. Glengarrv £ Auckland), 8.9'2, beat O. Johnston tOiogof. Feather-weight.-J. B. Chambers (Auckland). 9.l'*. beat D. Bull (OLa.go). £.3. Lightweight.—J. Holmes 10.ar.0). 10.0, beat J. L. Chandler (Auckland,', Welter-weight.—P. N. Jacobscn (Victoria). 10.2. bca , R. Armstrong (Oisgc). 10.7. Middle-weight.— C. T. Ryan tOtago). 11.i' .. bcr.t J. J. Emviig*.; (Auckland). 10.13'.. Ligh t-her. vy -v. c i g".» r . •- D. E. B. Ms-run (Auckland). 11.10. beat C. O. Cuming (Victoria). 11.10. heavy-weight.— D. W. Koiliivon (Auckland). VJ* " A - D MntCcnzic (Canterbury). 13.8. Rowing.-—The rowing cvc?it. h• li counts fo: the. touinamen; shield, wrs held c\er a mile on the Korokoro rourso. Pctone. ycstc-idav afternoon, and was won by Camerh;i*y (A. T. Johns. E. w. Wiifeht, K. V. Ryder, V/. Karri*", with Otegu sr.cc-r.d. Auckland third and Vi"ie:ie fcu:ih Canterbury won by a lciig h and a half. A'oTcUc.".—-Tnrow i:.g tv; (iiiieus: J. IT. Opie (Otago\ ll?f: (Mil. 1: s. v.*. V.ivr- (An kland). IOOf. Sin. 2; E. R. Appeiley (Victoiia). Soft lin. One Mile.—T. Hr.rris (C*m?rV.urv\ 1 A C ft Csoir.b? (Otaso). 2: D. sha*/ <C.»n.rtburv)' ? lime, *.36 3-3. Broad Jump. •N. V.\ Thorn (.Vi"kl"id). 2K oin. 1: W .L. Hoeciuavd <V;cto!i.*». 20ft 3in. L; D. H. Cummach (Cantei bu'v\ 101': 3 in. 3. Purting the Shot.-J. IT. OpJ3 (Ot-cc». 4Jft llin. 1: M. J. C. FhMnn (OtagD), 3J.1 ft l -in. 2: a! D. McKeiv.ie (Canterbury). 32i't 3' in 3-i lec ord.