ATHLETICS.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19813, 28 December 1929, Page 3

ATHLETICS.

TE AROHA MEETING. (KSESS ASSOCIATION TE LEGE All.) TE AROHA, December 27. Eighteen professional athletes from all parts of New Zealand competed for cash prizes aggregating £IBO at Springdale yesterday. A. Watson won the principal running events. Stace, of Te Aroha, won the chief cycling events from McCann, of New Plymouth. J C. Larkin and J. McOormack'deadheated in the loin standing chop for a purse of £3O. Results:— lOOvds—Elliott (9Jyds) 1, Maloney (7yds) 2, Whitton aiyds) 3. Time, 9 4-ssec. 220yds—Watson (17yds) 1, Maloney (17 yds) 2, Read (ISyds) 3. Time, 21 4-ss.ee. 440vds Handicap—Walker (28yds1 1, Sharkey (28yds) 2, Read (30yds.) 3. Time, 49jsec. SSOvds Handicap—Watson (50yds> 1, Wa]. ker (30yds) 2, Morrisey (12yds) 3. Time, lmin 58sec. One Mile Cycle Handicap—A. Filkington (Soyds) 1. Coleman (100 yds) 2, Caulton 3. Time, 2min 24sec. Two Miles Cycle Handicap—O. Stace 'llO Ids) 1, McCann (scr) 2, Harcourt (scr) 3. Time, oinin 12Ssec. Three Miles Cycle Handicap—Stace H 45 yds) 1, McCann (scr) 2, Coleman (230 yds) 3. Time, 7min 46sec. Standing Chop, 15in —J. C. Larkin (losec) and J. McCormack (13sec) dead-heat 1, J. Neil 3. Time, lmin ISsec. Standing Chop, 12in block —,T. C. Larkin (7sec) 1, W. J. Costello (Ssec; 2. R. C. Honey (17sec) 3. Time. SOsec. Underhand Cbop, 15iu —Honey (28sec) t. J. Douglas (24sec) 2, Neil (17aec) 3>. Time, lmin 16sec. Tree-felling—J. Neil 1, W. A. Baker 2.