PEDESTRIANISM,

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 262, 29 July 1908, Page 7

PEDESTRIANISM,

• L CONTEST BETWEEN PROFESSIONAL , CHAMPIONS. : POSTLE BEATS GROTVCOTT. (by TELEOEAPH—rnEss association—corruioriT.) London, July 27. In a,match over a distanco of 130 yards on grass at Manchester, for £200 a-sidfi and : Mr. "Itufo" Naylor's purso of £150, A. B, • Postle (tho.-Australian professional champion) boat-W. ■ Growcott (tho English cham- . pion) by a *foofc in rfecord time, namely four yards inside evens, 13 seconds. ■ ' Davies (Wales) beat Todd (Australia) iin a half-mile raco'for £120. ' \ : POSTLE AND HIS RIVALS. Postle, who hails from Queensland, ran-128 yaids in, 12sec.■. at "Maryborough in January, .. 1906.. On: Melbourne Exhibition grass .traok- in November of, tho same year, ho covered 100 '• - -s,' s : ' n ?st best .offort was; at , Knlgoorlie in,,-the 'following month,- when he . traveried3oo . yards in .30 "4-sse'c.' At Boulder , in ' April, 1907,"he c6vered : 2oo yards on a : gras-s track in 19 «§ec. ! - '* .Prior .tof journeying to: England,''where he arrived '- .m "May;, last; • Postlo •; spent several . months in -South Africa. -In- that countf-y ho was eventually, unable : to secure a match, erfin though ho offered to concede 5 yards in the 100 • any,.-runner. ■; Since-. ho had. been at. Home he .has .competed'at a number of professional, sports meetings;,promoted-, by : Mr. Eufe Naylor, the; Australian -sportsman;.. ■■ ' holds a very hfgh"opinion ot 'Postle.may be gathfered ! froni the fact that he stated publicly last month that lie conJtders no man; living could' run the' Queens- -■ lander if he: were fit and well over 130 yards. I state ■ unhesitatingly/' ho added,' "that - Postle or Growcott could concede 2 yards start ■ in 100 yards, to :,tho -fastest;amateur -in'the world." . On January 10 Postle. competed' at sports held on, the ' Broughton- -Hangers -, football B™ u nd3. He was unsuccessful in his heat 'in the 110 yards handicap, but on the following day came third in a CO yards handicap., Postle failed in his heat in the Manchester "Hundred^'Juno, 10, but M for third place in the 5:50 yards handicap. . -Growcott lias a-great reputation, and it is stated, that ho i:J tho only runner in England -, who .;,even beat evens for 100 yards to the ■ : professional watch holders of the NOrth of S,. England.',; At Newcastle o'u April 18 Eastman, - the American professional; sprinter, beat him in a heat of a 70 yards, handicap. ,' | A Jhonth- later Urowcott was successful at I Warrington in winnihg a'-120 yards match race , . against .B. the noted 1 -Irish sprinter (to'whom he'conceded -a yard)- in 12 2-ssec. Postle and Day have been matched for a race over 440 yards-level for .£2OO aside on Saturday, Augn&t 15; • Todd, \who belongs to Victoria, went Home \ vith Postlo in the (capacity of trainer. At i J-be Manchester professional sports in': June, Todd, , who had five yards start, won the halfmilo 'in 2inin. Bsec. He,'also won his ; heat in the 110 yards handicap, but failed to secure a place in tho final.