THE UNIVERSITY TOURNAMENT.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20828, 11 April 1933, Page 13

THE UNIVERSITY TOURNAMENT.

Allege team which ■fl**CSSJd on Wednes..i K>ave for \. tn take part in *f"»"T«™ the s,ronßes *i > * d rfe host this year or^ e would be the no, kland Coding to the ferttw Cantertftfitsif; celei his a& eed .kniiid be held in that i ne , fc , grounds oi ex &« ued Nuance was thought of, S oai ?lS?* even dscided that in Otago it was eve but ,"!£ d b g e on Ttoo far when iS rteß i??J-discontinuance were J Canterbury won » fae ten . Sinfe outrigl Jith Victoria College, ST honours witn v ln D Vside sc° rjng /time in 10 years, *f J the second tunem ? New tropny. - n the JJwitli such,BLfggliy than ever Mated. „ h Athletes. wane in Ca £„frJmners, and it would ?ftsome s T e recVds broken SjWSgSrSS i' both the 880 yds ■ W C ffi 440yd3 hurdles. •iSSSh ywS 'little chance of CanJbe» ls .X*V«/»il in the sprints. F. «« B,^ d S? of Victoria? and H. C. aStepbef°"' c klarid,are both run--oMliCVthisC Vthis yearandl should finish ninfl**th ujw step henson won * Mand 220 yds titles from GarKTvear with Jowett. Canterbury, lic , k J a f n y tho shorter distance. The ty* 1 Jai orobably resolve themSJft) struggling for third place. If Simm however, are run into the Ke order will in all probabality 2, Iversed with either Garhck or jlifcdl flniahing first and Jowett beat- % S e te wS°o n f which Canterbury sup,nrfPri are most sanguine are the fids hurdles and the 880 yds flat, lithe half-mile, D. F. Anderson who wualled New Zealand record for tte distance of lmin 54 4-ssec at the ' recent Canterbury .championships ihould win. and it is to be expected that he will break O. C. Harley's re- . oid of lmin S9 l-ssec at Auckland. place will be filled by either 'j W. Qilmour, Canterbury's second string, or J- Webber, of Otago. At the Olago' University trials Webber locoi'daf2min 4sec for the distance on a v«y *et track jifter he had slipped A, T.iaderson, who holds both the Now Zealand title arid New Zealand ' record (M 2-Ssec) for the 440 yds hurdles, should not- give his : team mates much cause for anxiety. The whole question is whether he will break the record of flßsec he ' established last yisr.

W. H. McKechnle, of Otago, is most litoly to win the mile. Canterbury's tot and second strings, D. H. Oldfleld aid A. P. Thomson, may finish in the other two places There is a chance thrt Oldfleld, being a young and spirited runner, will run above himself on the day and beat McKechnie. Two of the best quarter-milers in New Zealand are Ineligible to compete in the quarter this year. They are J. B. Stephenson, of Victoria College, who lowered the record by a second at ftp 1932 tournament, and O. C. Harley, 4» previous record holder, who ran m MOyds in the relay in 49 2-ssee at m Nuw Zealand athletic championAipf at Lancaster Park recently. Hteley, howev<«f, will be eligible to (WDpete next year. To be eligible, a «Otnpetitor must take three lectures a Wfrat a university college during the aw preceding the tournament. The WWs should be won by A. T. toteraon, of Canterbury, with E. gfwgley, of Auckland, as next selecjron. Anderson will be at the disadpotege, also, of having just run in t Wfihwdles. Wow that R. M. Barrer, Canterbury : JJWN«w Zealand University champion J&Jm three miles, is at Oxford UniFjjw. all the colleges' chances in the pßg-airtance event are considerably PJW even. Last year Barrer was 3WHI no trouble in this event by any iP» competitor. A. P. Thomson,'of Mnwrbury, should win, with W. A. ffwwart (Otago) and C. Francis (Auck™>te at hand. w. McGregor, New Zealand champion P the 120 yds hurdles, might give Canjwoury an extra two points in the , Was hurdles event. He will be seriJW challenged by both P. Bowie, of H 8 ? 1 *- and E. G Young, of Otago. S™» haa been hurdling wonderfully *eii of late, and y oung( although slow fcLßi? 11 , 81 s P rin t to the tape, is a J«Uorm jumper. Young is the Canary champion in this event, havMcGregor by a foot at the jrwincai championships. iwSJL 18 a chance that with three ffi^ tte £ 8 <* the ot H. Orbell »h H. M. S. Dawson (CanterK' ■«* J. F. Henderson (CanterSi competing in the shot put C. E Uwls??? rd , of 37ft W". established in be beaten. Dawson and HenSPOa have both thrown more than Smbm »™ c «ce, and Orbell's usual T™ to not far short of this figure. thi n v J aveli "-throwing championVihft'nT: R - Hounsell, of Canterbury. iZ £"?? more than 157 ft to win the linn'?,™ Provincial championships, l*i* ♦ I? g0 awa y- Th is is » serious tan 7, 2$ e te amT for Hounsell can two m,« * mile in a little more than avaffii es and he would have been GlC Ie Si t he relay - As it is, J. W. «Jvd«?f» 2 L have t0 1-un in th e relay *» hti# hls eflort in the championCtat«3,. mile - Jt is fortunate for GlimX? 3 c , hances in the r ela y lhat dS? ha s Plenty of strength and enda*;;* ? nd can be relied on to proC*,.'* 0 S°° d half-miles at *Mh« feting °H Mi* representatives arc PUfat in ?u? B rou na, and that is a 1% t«,! heir .„ favou r. the Auckland bttry'B™™ WJI . Probably be CanterWmvlS* S ? rioU3 rival - The Can- ? Cur r m xi s D A £ Anderson, J. W. Jo *ett tu- "" G eddes, and P. M. 0|) f. r.iii corr >bination is a strong 3W An«El our will run the half-mile fl «taffi"i ft the quarter, whilst f**. M?„ P Jowe tt will run a furlong {'■t any ?tu 0r man - it would be hard •** Wr,£l • colle Se to produce a Wf "ch is so well balanced.

TJle h* The Boxors- §» COaGh yf/r are^ not a strong team, mMil } M \t. K Simpson) having !** men „ni orth . while t( > recommend ** the tri? Iy of a Possible seven WBbffiv ft. W - I- A - Brittenden is w>m «L -5 e „ most scientific of the hia 4rV f all goes well should get The m.-T? aland blu e. ?■ SJvF*!S e^L o, » tacle in his i* 4ll is *>» W»(»ut °i ago < wno has won nt yearn S? 1 . . for tbree consecutive «3S £ ovi ] s a Fijian and a hard to to*. . Poetically all his contests toaS*^ a knock-out. Dovi's Wst ail ««t is his riaht hand, which

which he can deliver an extremely powerful blow. If Brittenden can avoid the Fijian's terrible right hand he should win.

D. J. M. Glover, the welter-weight is unfortunate in that he does not possess a knock-out blow. Glover relies mainly on his left, but in Zinzan, of Auckland, last year's winner, he will meet a man with an equally good left hand, added to which Zinzan can and does on occasions knock his men out.

C. C. Wills (light-weight) is a boxer pure and simple, but unfortunately in a four-round contest a knock-out is the surest way of winning. Six out of the seven fights in last year's finals were won by the knock-out. Kent, of Victoria College, who also keeps a hard punch in his right hand .will be the hardest to beat. E. A. Webb, the heavy-weight, is solid, but has not yet learned to hit hard with speed. As W. Baker, who won the heavy-weight title last year, j will probably, fight light-heavy-weight, Webb should have a good chance The Kowlnff. With the exception of T. H. McCombs (2) and H. D. Nelson (3) the rowing crew is the same as that which won at Wellington by such a* wide margin last year. McCombs has, however, previously rowed in the boat.

Being in home waters and having the advantage of training on the course, Auckland undoubtedly has the other three crews at a disadvantage, but this is somewhat offset by the fact that stormy weater interferes with their training. In this respect Canterbury has the advantage of training on the quiet stretches of the Avon. The Canterbury crew has struck form and is rowing well, and taking last year's performance into account ought to do very well. The Swimmers. Canterbury's swimming was considerably weakened by the loss of D. H. Symes to Otago. Symes is a prominent swimmer for the Elmwood Club when at his home, and has been New Zealand university champion for two years irt both the 100 and 220 yards. His loss is somewhat o>set by the fact that D. P. Lindsay, New Zealand champion and representative swimmer at the Olympic Games, has agreed to compete. Unfortunately for Canterbury Lindsay is much better over distances from 440 yards to one mile than he is over the 100 and 220 yards, which are the only events for men on the tournament programme. The swimming will thus be a very close struggle between Lindsay and Symes, of Otago, with the chances in favour of Lindsay. Miss Y. Levvey has been swimming well this year, and it is quite likely that she wiil win the women's 50 yards championship. N. Herrick, the Canterbury second string, can be relied upon to swim good races, but his performances are not comparable with those of either Lindsay or Symes. Basketball. Canterbury has a poor record in basketball. Last year was the first in which the college won a game and basketball has been included in the tournament for six years. The Auckland girls so far have had a monopoly of the basketball shield, having won it six times. Owing to their success last year the Canterbury College players have been practising hard. Tennis. Canterbury has a great tennis record. The team has won since 1002 the men's singles 13 times and the men's doubles 15 times. A summary of the records of the four colleges is:— Men's Singles). Canterbury won 13 times. Auckland won five times. Otago won four time?. Victoria won three times. Men's Doubles. Canterbury won 15 times. Auckland won six times. Otago won four times. Victoria won three times. Mixed Doubles. Canterbury won 12 times. Auckland won nine times. Victoria won five times. Otago won twice. Ladies' Singles. , Auckland won 12 times. Victoria won nine times. Canterbury won four times. Otago won twice. Ladies' Doubles. Canterbury won H times. Auckland won eight times. Victoria won five times. Otago won three times. It will thu3 be seen that the Canterbury men are much stronger i» tennis than are the women. This year's team will Include H. A. Barnett, who was runner-up in the New Zealand championship singles a year ago, and won the New Zealand University singles' championship in the same year. B. A. Barrer, who with Miss G. Rankin won the mixed doubles, will also be playing. Barnett will find his hardest opponent to be B. McL. Ferkins. of Victoria, in the singles. Ferkins did very well at both the Wellington and New Zealand tennis championships this year.

Shooting. The shooting is done by each team on its home range, and the scores are kept secret until all teams have shot. The Canterbury team shot at the Redcliffs rifle range last Saturday morning. Unfortunately, L. B. Roberts, of Canterbury, the highest scorer last year, was ineligible to compete and this year's highest scorer was H. C. Jones with 99. Roberts scored 119 last year. N. W. House was next with 95. The average of the team is not much more than 70, which does not give it a good chance for the Haslam Shield. Altogether Canterbury seems to have a chance of winning thd athletics, tennis, rowing, and swimming outright, and should earn some points in boxing, shooting, and basketball.