ATHLETICS.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17392, 1 March 1922, Page 4

ATHLETICS.

ST. PATRICK'S ASSOCIATION. The St. Patrick's Athletic Sports Association met last night, Mr B. J. McKenna, presiding. ~,;... The Canterbury Centre of the N.4.A.A.A. wrote instructing the Association that Msssra Beattie and McCully were the official haEuicappers for the Centre, and stating that- all handicaps for amateur events must be made by them. ■'•■'■ Mr-J. M. Coffey said he thought the i»Boluti&n was uncalled for, and not becoming from the governing body. Mr McKenna. jsaid the Association had always adhered 6trictly to the rules of the Centre: He thought that the resolution was a little mandatory. The Association ■ had no idea of. transgressing the rule regarding handicappers, and the. resolution was quit© uncalled for. It had evidently • been done in ignorance, however. He moved that the following motion be put on the books: "That the Centre's resolution is mandatory, arbitrary, and quite unnecessary/' This was carried. The Christchurch Sports Club advised that the following motion had been passed: "Thai the Si. Patrick's Athletic Association be again informed that the rules of this club do not. permit of affiliation, but any toxins' club can be associated to this club under a rule passed last November, whereby associated clubs have representation on a competition committee." The letter was held over until the next meeting. .The following are the numbers of. nominations received for the various events at the sports meeting on March 17th and 18th: 100 Yards Amateur. 3-3; 220 Yards Amateur. 40; 440 Yards Amateur. 25; B*o Yards Amateur, 21: One Mile Amateur. 21; 100 Yards Primary -Schools,: 9: £BO Yards ' Primary Schools, 8; Hop, Step, and Jump (uneffr 16), 7: 850 Yards Prirnarv Schools' Relay. 4'; One Mile Boys' Cycle Bace, 9; 120 Yards Secondary Schools' Flat, 5; 830 Yards Secondare Schools' Relay, 4; Ladies' Basketball Competition, 5. Cash, events—loo Yards Maiden, 25: 220 Yards Flat, 46; 440 Yards Flat, 38; 830 Yards Fiat. 25; One Mile Flat, 17; 120 Yards Hurdles, .14;- 135 Yards Sheffield Cup, 54: 100 Yards Championship. 12'; 220 Yards Championship, 15; 440 Yards Championship, il; 880 Yards Championship, 9; One Mile Championship. 7; High Jump (open'i. S;. Hop, Step, and Jump, 10; Long Jump, 10; Putting the Shot. 4; One Mile Gvcle, .31: One and a Half Miles Cycle, 34: ffhree , Miles Cycle,. Sl';, Half-mile Cycle Championship, 19: ■ One Mile Cycle Championship, 20: Two Miles Cycle Championship. 17;' ' Highland ' Fling, 5; Seaurs Truibhaisy 4; Irish Jig, 4; making a total of 663 entries. . ,Mr Coffey said there would jjrobahly be TOO.entries wlien all were in. The chairman ©aid the entries -were very gratifying. The revenue in connexion with the meeting was practically nil compared with, the expenses, and the work the Association did ;in support- of athletics was not publicly: recognised. The eecretary said the Association had been offered the Five-mile Australasian Champion--1 ship for the meeting. It should prove'a big* draw. He moved that the race ,be added to the programme, and that the entries close'on Saturday. The motion was ■ carried. THE SOUTH AFRICANS' TOUE, (MIESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, February 23. The Springbok athletes, together with E. G-. Sutherland, Now Zealand, long jump, high jump, and javelin champion, left for Auckland by train to-day en route to Sydney and South Africa. Mr Emery,-the manager of the team, said: "It. has been a- pTeat tour. We have no regrets, and- we. leave with some very happy memories of >i fine time—the fiuest possible time that any athletes' could wish-to have. Everything possible his been done for us. The sportsmanship has -been- wonderful." The team hod done well, and the meetings had been well conducted. The only complaint ho had to make throughout the whole tour—it was reallv not a corupla-inU—was in connexion with handiestppiuV il New Plymouth. The judgment used in that' direction was not g00d,.. He, thought that the setting up of a; hoard of haridicappers would do a great deal;of good, and would prevent dissatisfaction ■ among runners.