AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 771, 21 March 1910, Page 5

AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

THE CATHOLIC CLUB. SPORTS AT THE BASIN RESERVE. The local amateur athletic season, was brought to a close on Saturday afternoon, when a sports meeting under the auspices of the Catholic Club and Hibernian Society was held at the Basin Reser.ve. Fine weather, fayoured the gathering, which was attended by about 2000 people. The odd events— tug-of-war, jigs, etc. —rather militated against getting through the programme with punctuality, but the gaps between the events by no means meant dull moments. Taken on the whole, the authorities have every reason to be gratified with the results of their efforts. The running was good, both in the sprints and in -the longer distance events. Strickland, a Petone runner, was in. particularly fine form. Besides accounting; for the.looyds. race, he was just beaten in the ; - 220 yds. event by inches. Other notable performances were Hubbard's long jumping—2oft. . 8in!; the high jumping by M'Kay and M'Namafa, who from scratch did sft. Gin. ;' and. M'Kay's effort in the hop step and' jump, which measured out at 44ft. . 2in.

One of the most interesting events on the programme was the tug-of-war, which was contested by eight teamstwo of these consisting of man-of-war sailors, one of • stokers, one of marines, one of police ("Pioneer" team), one from Cable's foundry, and one from the Colonial Carrying Company. After, a "series of' eventful struggles, 1 Cable's representatives - ultimately, gained the victory,• amid loud applause. Following were the officials:—Referee, Dr. A. K.'Newman: track-judges,' Messrs. E. A. Dawson, W.' H. 'Politick, R. W. M'Villy, and C. . E. • Bridge; starter,.Mr. T. W. Leslie; field judges, Messrs. J. Doyle, M. Hogan, arid W. H.' Jones; judge of walking, Mr. T. W. Leslie; marksmen, Messrs. W. Larkinj J. Heenan,. A.- .H; Casey, G-. Gamble, J. O'Sullivan, and E: D: Dunne; jjidge of dancing; Mf;' D.t M'Phee. -timekeepers, W. Tucker;" W; F. Ross, L.' W. Lu'dwig, A.' W:;Smith,' and G. Farr; result board, Messrs.'P. ■J: M'Govern, W. Auld,. and A. W. Travers; clerks of course, Messrs.'. J. W. Callaghan and M. Hodgins ; . call stewards,•• Messrs! F...Crews;.-, C. R. Lambo'rg, Marshall,' and W. Coffey; press' stewards, Messrs. MlGowan and-D. M'Kerizie; lap-keeper, Mr. 'A. Davies; . haridicappers,'- J. Heenan and W.. G. Talbot; number Steward, Mr. A. C; Kitto; '. megaphone, | Mr. C. R. Lamberg; local officer, Mr. I B. A. Guise; hon. secretary, Mr. H. M'Keowen; hon. treasurer, Mr. P. W. Hoskins. The events and winners were as follow:—

75 YARDS HANDICAP. -First heat: A. Cunninghame, 6yds„ 1; R. Bridge, s}yds., and H. H. Dawson, 4Jyds. (dead heat), 2; time, Bsec. Second heat: A. H. Overend, Byds., 1; F. Strickland, syds,, 2; time, 7 4-ssec. Strickland, Fraser, and Overend were - penalised lyd.; for breaking. Final:' ' A. H.' Overend ............................. • 1. E. Stricklands.;. i, 2 Bridge 3 The finish was a close one, Overend .winning ;by. less : than, two- feet, v^Dawson was penalised' a yard for-breaking. Time, 7 4-ssec.' - -. 220 YARDS HANDICAP: i' For competitors from St. Pa trick', s College. • ■ Cullen, 15yds. ....... ~ 1 Hughes, 6yds. 2 Redmond, 18yds.' 3 Nine competitors .faced- the starter. Time, 26scc. !•' - 220 YARDS HURDLES. A. C. Kitto, owed 17yds. ............ 1 A. H. Bogle, owed 16yds. 2 J. M. Power, owed Byds: ........ 3 Won by two yards ; time, 33sec. 100 YARDS HANDICAP. First heat: F. J. Overend, 10yds., 1; W. L. Dunn, 7iyds., 2; time, 10 2-sseo. Second heat: A. Cunninghame, 7yds., 1; P. J. M'Namara, 11yds., 2; 'time. 10 ,2-ssec. Third heat : F. Strickland, 1 6yds., 1; L. G. Gosney, 10yds., 2; time, 10 2-ssec. Final : F. Strickland 1 F. J. Overend 2 A. Cunningham© "' 3 Also started: M'Namara. Won- by two feet, same distance between second and third'; time,'losec. 1 \ 880 YARDS HANDICAP.; ' L. M'Donald, 50yds. ..................... 1 J. F-' Wilson, scr. 2 D. Binnie, 35yds. 3 There wen® ten starters in this event.S..F. Wilson and Nash were in front ait the en dof one lap. Wilson, the scratch man, being-still in the rear. Both Wilson and Binnie made a great run into the straght; but could no't catch M'Donald. Time, 2min. 4-ssec.. ' .7 . MILE AND A . HALF WALK. M. Tracey, 280 yds. 1 D. Cash'man," s'cr.: 2 6. J; Marshall, ,100 yds. ..;... 3 This was. a popular;.victory for Tracey. Brock (260 yds.) was disqualified after three' laps', and Fitzgerald (40yds.-)' had to retire in, the fourth lap./-ACthe bell Tracey led . by'2o .yards'from Cash-i 1 man, Martial] filling;, third'.place: Tracey won.. byls j'axds. from Cashman, - who' walked. well,. Marshall • being. 30 ..yards still' further,- off. ..Tsme, lOmin..36sec.V; . high jinip; ; F. Andrews (sin.), ' sft. ■ 6Jin. • 1 P. J. M'Namara (scr.), 'sft. 6m.' ... 2 L. M'Kay- and .M'Namara .tied for second place with oft. 6in., but upon tossing for who . should hold • the position M'Namara won. THREE STANDING .JUMPS. L. M'Kay, 31ft. 11in.;i............. 1 P. J. M'Namara ...... 2 There were no other competitors. J WRESTLING (CUMBERLAND STYLE). Heaps ' 1 O'Leary ....._ 2 O'Leary beat Calery ; Heaps beat Anderson, and iu the. final Heaps proved too good for O'Leary. \ 220 YARDS HANDICAP. ■ First heat: W. L. Dunn, 12yds., G. Gosney, 19yds., 1. Time, 22 4-osec.' Second heat: F."Strickland, ftyds., 1: A. A. Bold, 16yds.. 2.' Time, "3see. Strickland was penalised by one yard.' 'Fmal: W; L. Dunn 1 F. Strickland 2 A. A. Bold j 3 Only three started. This was a splendid contest, and was won at the finish by a foot. Time, 22 3-ssec. MILE RUN. P. J. M'Grath, 115 yds 1 C. J. Goro, 150 yds 2 L. E. Baxter, 70yds 3 Seven competitors contested this event.' Baxter showed to great advantage, but his chance was spoiled through the loss of a shoe in the last lap. LONG JUMP. 31. Rvan (2ft. 6in. handicap), 21ft.:. 4in. ' ] E, Price (jjft. handicap) 2

Price and W. Ryan (3ft. 6in.) tied for second place- with 20ft. llin., but in the deciding jump Price won with a jump' of 18ft. 4in. Hubbard from scratch did 20ft. 6in. and 20ft. Sin. PIPE MUSIC. This event was divided . into two sections. P. Barry won the "Irish Airs" and T. Jaffray the "Irish Jig." Irish jig— , P. Barry I Miss M'alsh 2 HOP, STEP, AND JUMP. R. E. Bust (oft.), 46ft. 6in 1 F. Elbe (oft.). 4oft ; 2 M. Ryan (6ft.), 44ft. lOin •3 L. M'Kay, the scratch man, did 44ft-. Sin.' ■ HALF-MILE WALK. C. Hickling 1 F. Sullivan ; '2 M. Carmody 3 This was an event for boys. Hickling won from scratch. He was stubbornly challenged by Sullivan, but got in at the finish by two yards. TUG-OF-WAR. The first round resulted as follows:— H.M.S.' Pioneer team beat Sailors' No. 2. Marines beat' Sailors No. 1. 'Drivers beat Stokers. Cable's beat Colonial Carrying Company. Semi-final round: Pioneer team beat Marines. .Cable's beat Drivers. Final.—Cable's beat Pioneers. 440 YARDS HANDICAP. T. H. M'Lean, 35yds 1 A. Cunninghame, iOydf. '. 2 D. J. Casey, 15yd5.,.'............ 3 A well-contested event, which attracted a field of nine. M'Le'an won by a yartl, the second: and third men 'being close «P- ' THREE-MILE RUN. L. E. Baxter, 120 yds. ................. -1 T. B. Heffer, 5cr........2 T. Rigg, scr. 3 Baxter showed considerable judgment, and won by 40 yards. Heffer-left his final effort rather late, but his last mile. was cut out very fast. The winner's time was 15min. 51'1-osec.-; Heffer's time, 16min. 3sec. 'PUTTING THE'SHOT L. Paul 1 J. Black ;...' 2 .THROWING THE HAMMER. T. Casserley .'.-.....:...!.'.....1. L. M'Kay 2 WOODVILLE AMATEUR ATHLETIC ■ sports:;' ■ Tlie first-annual sjjorts iof the Wocdville Amateur Athletic, Sports Glub will, be held at the.' Recreation Ground, Woodville, on April '6... ' A .special pro-, gramme-has been- arranged for the occasion, and valuable trophies are promised. Entries close on March 30 with the secretary, Mr. G. \V. Wardrop. • '. ' : " :