AMATEUR ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 110, 1 February 1908, Page 6

AMATEUR ATHLETIC SPORTS.

■ The.Br.sin ,Reserve'should'-be well- patronised for the ;amnfcirr' nthleti'b''spo.rtß this afteVnobn.; The real contest for the' New..Zealand Ch.awpioiujhip■ Challenge. .Shield appears to lie, be'tweoh" Wellington aiid"*Can'terhiir.v::' Otago, Aucklaml; and Southland l.ave sent a number of good men,.but,, although..these,-Centres;arc sure to v,'iii individual' championships; '• their scores cannot prove, a .menace' .to either Canterbur,y or Wellington. • The lattei-'s team are the ; favourites , lor the Shield, and '.should 1 , score. 'Well.; Canterbury will probably ' wiii- the 440 yards hurdles and.'the "high l , jump .champion- 1 ships, and :will .score well. in. 'other events'. 1 Allicit will, pf course, depend; n'n''the'-'Welling-ton iiiaij, 11. Ken 's walking. It .will be remembered that, at tin- last championship r meeting, held on the.'Jixhibition.Giouijd.Si Christehiirch; :Jverr was disqualified foi; tlie.'nil|e walk, and sub.wc[uentl,v won the three'mile championship walk. only.to be.-again disqualified, after phss--ing the winning post. .'.Kerr, was subsec|tieritlv given • lessons in the' orthodox . stylpi .o'f '.walli-. jng b.v..Sir. I?. Coombes, of 'Sydney, and ' from all, accounts his style is jnuch improved. Todays judge, Mr. Batchelor, is a thoroiighlv cxperienced man:' The sports to-dav should draw a large crowd to the ,Basin Reserve and as .every: event will bo. hotly contested' the public;, should. enjoy an ' exciting • afternoon's snort.. J.ho points gained in each championship -dvent.'will- be'displayed on ~r'blackboard (lunug,:the,;.'afternopiu. .'. T,he ■ spectators;'. will, therefore, ba enabled', to 'follow- ' the-fortune's" of •tho. rival teams. A band, willed ill-attendance, and aftcruopn • tea will, be ! dispensed'. The first event will bo run. at 2.10 p.m.