ATHLETICS.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17320, 5 December 1921, Page 4

ATHLETICS.

NEW ZtAIAND CHAMPIONSHIPS. | 'Nest. Friday and Saturday, at Lancaster Park, the public will .havo tie opportunity of' witnessing l one of tlie greatest' athletic I gatherings ever held, in Zealand, ■wH'eii the Dominion Championships will- be desitled. Keen and interesting competition is aSr sured, as all the competitors are well abtrve, the average. Wellington, who won the I ohampionship last year by a point fvntfc Auckland, are credited with possessing strongest team of athletes that has ever l&jt the cupital city. .Their "star," H. E. "Wilson, of Olympio fame, is the present Australasian, New Zcaiiand, and Wellington 120 yards hurdles champion, and a great sprinter on the flat ae well. Other wellknown champions are P. Munro, Australasian and New Zealand champion shot putter, J. HcsHolm, ' Australasian and Neiw Zealand lianunor throwing champion, _Vt. Harvey, Australasian, New Zealand, and Wellington ohampion polo vaulteir, and' E. G. Sutherland,' ICew Zealand and Wellington high jump champion. In the that brilliant runner, L. A. Tracy, of Victoria Col-; leje, wlio- won the 100, 220, and 440 yards at the. last New Zealand University Championships, will be hard, to beat. . I Auckland pin great faith on R. M. Web-1 her for the on? and three miles championships, but he •will find C. H. Taylor (Canterbury) in the mile, and R. O. Page (Canterbury) in. the three miles, worthy opponents. G. A. Plummer, who.recently oovered. 46ft 6in at Auckland in the hop, step, and jump, a New Zealand record, should be worth seeing in that event. W. J. Perry, who won the long julhip at the, New Zealand University Championship®, is expected to «hW his beet form, and will be seen also in the 100 and 220 yards flat events. Canterbury should soore well through the agency of C. H. Taylor, half-mile New Zealand ohainpion, who is expected to capture the quarter, 880 yards, and mile. W. A. Ford and G. Lockwood on present .form should mn well over the quarter and halfmile. A. L. Lewie, A. Mol/eod, and J• Jf. P. Carrick should race well in the sprinte. W. M. 6tewart, one of the ma/stew at the Boys' High School, and A.W.Page, of .Canterbury College, jsan be depended upon to show _ good form in the walks, thoueh J. MfcKenrie, of Wellington, ehcruld be. difficult to head. On Friday the meeting will open at 8 p.m., and on the following day at 2 p.m. INTER-'VARSITY RELAY SAC2S. fßy Cable—Press Association—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received December 4th, 5.5 p.m.) * LONDON; December 2. In the inter-University relay races, Cam-* bridge won four events and Oxford • one. Tlw Cambridge representatives included "H. W. Sadlier, the New Zealander, in> the half-mile event. * i