ATHLETICS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2126, 18 April 1914, Page 12

ATHLETICS.

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,:': , UNIVCRStTY FORM.. Thirteenth College Gala, v .■.;''#. ■■•■ ■'" That roost; sporting of all our athletic meetings—-tho New Zealand University tournament—- whereat tho pick of the four cniiiponeiit parts of the University struggle, and sweat, imd toil for tho lioaimir of their respective!- colleges, and the glory of a win or t«o irjtJl 1-lie prizes— bits'of bron«o —well in tho background of their thoughts, took .plnce for the thirteenth tinio on Monday ijist, (Christchurch being ihe winner. With a glorious day and a last track condition* wotiW aare been i.de-al for record-break-ing, but for the typical Oant-orbin'.v nor'wester, which, while affording gw«it help to the fields in tho bundred and the sprint'hurdles, was all agnwiit the men in tito other events. Bee.ords %vere broken in the 100 yds. and l?oyda. liur* dftiS (but presumably tbeee'will not go on to the books, osv-ing to tko- stroßg wind behind the ru-iinws). Tlie quarter liardlos, the mile, afld thfeo miles, the walk, and the li-immer, the perfprmnr.ces in all tljeso *TCMts being well up to the besfc New Zesfand sta^dftid.

The Sprinter Christie* By winning tho hundred in lOsec,, 1, L< Christie, the Otiigo ,, erniek, showed form that if at alt correct places him as the best sprinter in New Zealand t<J* day. Up here last year he. showed very promising form, bttt, as ho did not compete in oppn company during tho past season, it is difficult to get a line as to hia true warth.

Certainly tie cannot be worse than a sound 10 2-ssec imui) but, with neutral csffldltiaiis-—that ie, tho absence of a strong wind —it is equally certain that he is no ovftn timer, for this would nisko htm at least the equal of 0. L. Parker at the Inurdred—too good to bo true. Nest year, perhaps, li© may *ee fit to compete at tiro New Zealand championships,' and then, we shall bo abb the better to judge liiifl.His defeat by W. J. MaxiseH in the furlong must to a certain extent hftvo teen a surprise, but tho Canterbury tnsin is considerably above the avofago, ns ho proved later cm in the day by winning til® quart*!:- in 53 l-sscc—excellent timis under tho conditions, With Christie and Msvfta&tl performing go well, tho Ifniversity is keeping up its reputation as the hoiae of brilliant sprinters.

The- Auckland Hurdlof. The strength of 'the wind <m Monday may to gauged by M. A. Stewart's 16sep, in tho 120 yds, hurdles. iCeddeM and f wnpletoh were tooth spme Seven -or eight yards better than him over this distance earlier in tho season, when they themselves vwo doing but Slightly bettor than ISsee, Still the Aimklandor hois been improving greatly ef lute.. His quarter in 62see. was a splendid peffoFjnancs, end will ga on the hooka even if Ms 120 yds. fee is Tcjcctetl.

Boyrio and the Hammer. • The most eurprising, and at tie sair.e iiine orto of tho roosi) pleasing, p&N formances of too whdo meeting was Bnyne's 13.1 ft. B:in. with the hammer— some 16ft, better than his own record established last year, tho string man events have cVer been the weakness tii the atmottr of TJttiwste-iiy athletics, the psrfofoiaiKies Wflg iu il\o liiain feeble in the extreme. Bnyhe'e latest perforniancg is a Wfilcwme change.

siovwright, of Weifingwo. By winning t;li6 walk in 7min. fisce. the 'Viotoria- WeHington provincial ■ch«ijnpwit, ; .l;'l!K' Sievwright, put up a fresh AscorC Not gifted mturally for tho gnffle j -lvo is of small statUTc—Sisvntight is aft examplo of what success may bis aitained ill sjiort by aa jntelligettt study of stylo and n-MStfefe. A couple oJ years ago ho was probably eapahle of but little hettor than S iininittcs. His progress since has not bcoH at the expense of style, for ho is now easily tho most strictly. co/rrec't of all our walkers. Ho should improve still further, though it is doubtful if lie will over get below β-niiu. tCsec.

i 'Varsity Jumping. Nest to the hammer and sfoot,-. the higb huap has always been responsible for tho weakest jpeTformaacos.-at this gathering., aivd tins year's efforts wore ! ao esceptiou to the rule, the winner's l, 4m,—being £ toediocre per* : formanco indeed, albeit bat 2Jin. belotv 1 tto University record, . • In sliaifp crntrsst t& tho- high jump, tho broad jump has produced zn anws;- ; ing succession of fine perfofmftflc-es— ! as eueh go in this park of tbo world-* } t-lie latest 21ft- Sin.' being aoei firiovigh • kc win the great majority, of Now Ze;jI'land cliampioq-shfes. As Ihat, too, it js Kime fifteen inefies worse than _ the 'Varsity record put up by J. N. MilJard in 1911. It is indeed re-roark&Mo that there- shomld bo this wide dispretsancy in tho merit of ilia ;»rforniajicos' in the two jamiitog events, but moTO , reiiiarl?abfe still is tlio failure of tho 'VsTßity broad jumpers to lioM their owtt in opoti company. Hudson, .the- Record-breaker. Last, but far , from least, camps Hud- | son, whose two records are a fittiflg wind i up to a- season of extraordinary, prsi* cress. So o'-ften have Ms petforfflanceS been discussed! in these colnang that gay fnrisbef roforonoo to Mm . way at : fitst sight scenl superfluous, and thoVigJi his loinin. Silsco. for tho throo miles, even in the teeth of tho wind, is no more than one has a right to expect from hint, his 4-rnin. 32scc> in the mile is ftau'eht with significance. Hitherto lio lias paco, and as a mile performance ia; jtsfetF 4.min. -ISsec, does not cut much ico tiowai&rvs, but I coiutng fratn ono_ who is at his best : over a tbroe-'hfiD journey it is ati tion of what vro way expect, frdffl liii' 4 ix-xt year over this latter distance. • Hi is safe to say that the tat* W. F. Siinp.son's loiig-stodwg Austfaksian retoTo: of 14tftin. 406 CC wi-lt bo soTJdttsly eudattgoied, and if he cau oiirb iiia entl?afii.'ism BOnscwhat there is iUst the possibility that Jig may be well worth s«udiriß to .Berlin i-u 1816. fiie lirottise ia tliei-e, tat if he wishes to. dftveiop into : a world-boatß-r Hudson shodld j»q on , steedily dtivciopifi-i* his powor-S, nuj not j lot bis great cn'tbusiasni far rtifi s-port j lead ta- his overdoing it. Salf-a-dbzen such strMUo-tts days as he passed on Monday fast will surely prove too mueli. To establish two (H-stance-rUnning FDCOrds in tho daytimo am} then to_ win the lictit-weMft bosins; cl)am)?iofisb'j) in tho oveniui* is a great, day's werk, and d ETcat deal too much to uxpccfc from oneself in a single cU«. A word ta the wise should be sdficient. J

H«bbafd'3 D9cd§ at Brisbane. By winning t!ie hunted wid furlong, flip 120vAs. hurdles, shd tbo broad jiimn, and finishing third- in tho higii jump, F. C Hubbard put in a great day's w-erlt at tlio Y.M.C.A, Ca-rmvn) at Brisbatto, vfortliily upJjplding the honour of the DoTTiinioti. The opposition to the Civil Service crock cow ttfit have been of iii© strongest, hui what of tliat ?

Haffiars Noso, %& secretary of the Olympic larri&rs has requested '"Mcicury" to advise that Jil s rfub's weekly am «(ll tako place to'ctay frem iveliinnie Kiosk at 3 p.m.