ELECTRIC LIGHT SPORTS MEETING

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 41, 14 November 1927, Page 13

ELECTRIC LIGHT SPORTS MEETING

TRACK AND CYCLE ATHLETES IN ACTION INTERESTING SPORT AT BASIN RESERVE SOME FINE PERFORMANCES With the New Zealand championships less than a month away, competition amongst amateur athletes for inclusion in the team to be sent to Christchurch was responsible for some fine performances at an electric light meeting at the Basin Reserve on Saturday night. Big fields contested the majority of the events, and. although a strong northerly wino was against fast times, the finishes provided plenty of thrills and excitement for the five hundred or so spectators who braved the elements. The form displayed in. the sprint events was of a very high standard. The 100 yards handicap' was a particularly fine race, the winner turning up in L. C. Veitch (Byds.), who secured several notable victories during the evening and demonstrated beyond all doubt that it is not too much to expect great things of him before , very long. Veitch, who is an ex-Waimate Iligh School boy, recently joined up with the Kiwi Club. A reinstated amateur, this was his first appearance this season, and he certainly did exceptionally well, winning the 220 yards handicap off the <lB yards' mark in brilliant style and with something in hand. It was unfortunate that C. H. Jenkins, whose training lecently suffered a setback as the result of a cold, was a non-starter. The Sprint Events. J. Wilby (32yds.). made no race of the 410 yards handicap, while the winner of the 880 vards handicap was T. Montgomery (50yds.), who won very comfortably. A. JD. Priestley was unable to produce his customary dash, although ho ran into second place. He did not start in the three-mile handicap, which resulted in an easy win for G. Bayne, a young runner, who has been performing well of late. He finished with a tremendous burst of speed, which epoke of solid training. F. B. Silver, who can also clap on the pace, finished strongly into second place, after running well throughout. The time was 15mm. 9 3-ssec., which, considering the wind, was a very fine performance indeed. Hetherington Wins Hurdle Race. Considerable interest attached to the 120yds. hurdles, contested by a small but select field, which included the New Zealand cbafpion, R. W. Lander. Lander, however, after hurdling well in his heat, was not at all impressive in the final, Hetherington and Sutherland fighting out a stern battle practically all the way, the former going away when the last hurdle had been cleared to win by a couple of yards. The time was 16 2-ssec. ' The club relay race was won easily by Wellington. Ladies Do Well. For the first time in New Zenand a ladies’ hop, step and jump event was included on the programme and attracted good entries. The stylo of the competitors was good, reflecting sound coachisg and training. The winner was Miss Sharp, who jumped 29ft. Gin., with Miss Wilson, 28ft. lin., second. Miss Sharp also won the 75 yards ladies’ handicap in fine style. Another good contest was the 100 yards ladies’ handicap race, the winner, Miss R. Malcolm (81yds.) winning surprisingly well. Field Events. Equally interesting were the field events, in which J. G. Sceats and F. S. Ramson were successful, the former winning the high jump handicap and the latter the long jump. Some Good Cyclo Races. The big cycle race of the evening—the three-mile scratch event—saw J. Carswell, who is riding well at the present time, at his best. Leading at the bell lap. he clapped on the pace. and. maintaining his position, got home in an exciting finish from M. Gane. with only a length to spare. The one-mile cyclo handicap was another great race, Horsfall scoring a good win. The 410 yards cycle scratch A grade was won bv 1). McFrcdries. and tho half-milo handicap by J. A. Foote. DETAILED RESULTS Results, in details, are as follow:— RUNNING EVENTS. Three Miles Handicap.—G. Bayne (100 yds.), 1; F. B. Silver (100yds.), 2; H. Gordon (220yds.), 3. At the lap, Bayne, who was running well, had a lead of about fifty yards on Gordon, and then came Silver and Mulcahy. Running downing down the back, Bayne increased his lead, and with a fine burst of speed, won by a hundred yards. Silver, finishing strongly, was about eigthy yards ahead of Gordon. Time. 15 min. 9 3-ssec. 880 Yards’ Handicap.—T. Montgomery (50yds.), 1: A T>. Priestley (15yds.), 2: W. Ogg (45yds.), 3. Montgomery was well clear coming into the straight, and ho won comfortably. Time. 2min. 0 3-5 sec.

440 Yards' Handicap.—.l. Wilhy (32vds.), 1: S. R. Cochrano (32yds.). 2; V. G. Klee (32yds), 3. Won by about twenty vards, a yard between second and third Time, 50 3-ssec. 220 Yards’ Handicap.—First heat: 11. Murray (17yds.). 1; A. Black (14yds.), 2; W. Gardiner (12yds.), 3. Time, 23sec. Second heat: L. C. Veitch (18yds.), 1; H. Le Grove (15yds.), 2; P. Levy (10 yds.), 3. Time, 22 2-ssec. Third heat: J. Cunningham (syds.), 1; A. J. Barlow (17yds.). 2; D. C. Morgan (16yds.), 3 Time, 23 2-sscc. Final: Veitch, 1; Cunningham, 2; I.e Grove, 3. Veitch, who was running on the outside, ran a beautiful race, and jvon quite comfortably. There was very little between second and third. Time, 22 2-ssec. 220 Yards’ Junior Handicap —First heat; J. JI. Corliss (Oyds.), 1; It. Chick (7yds.), 2; E. Warner (11yds.), 3. Time. S'i 4-ssec. Second heat: J. Abraham (1 vd.), 1; J. W. Heinemann (syds.), 2; J. O’Brien (6yds.), 3. Time, 24 1-ssec. Final: Abraham, 1; Corliss. 2; O’Brien, 3. Abraham won well. There was ,1 close finish for second place. Time, 25 sec.

120 Yards Hurdles.—First heat: E. G. Sutherland (3yds., one hurdle down), 1; It. W. Lander (scr.), 2;' H. C. Whyte (iyds., one hurdle down), 3. Time, 16 i-sscc. Second heat: G. Hetherington (4yds., one hurdle down). 1; F S. Ramson (Iyd.. one hurdle down), 2; E. Hailstone (10yds., one hurdle down), 3. Timo, 16 4-ssec. Final: Hetherington. 1: Sutherland, 2; Lander, 3. Hetherington and Sutherland were practically together until the last hurdle and in the run for the tape Hetherington beat Sutherland by a couple of yards. Time. 16 2-ssec. 100 Yards Handicap.—First heat: J. Cunningham (syds.), 1; H. Le Grove (7yds.), 2; H. Barnes (9yds.), 3. Time, iO 3-ssec. Second heat: R. Murray (Syds.), 1; L. C. Veitch (Byds.), 2; A. J. Barlow (9|yds.), 3. Time, 10 4-ssec. Third heat: J. Abraham OJyds.), 1: W. W. Mason (Byds.), 2; S’. H. Bini (syds.), 3. Time, 10 3-ssee. Fourth heat: V. McElwain (4Jyds.), 1; T. Babbitt (9yds.), 2; A. Black (6yds.). 3. Time, 10 4-ssec. Final: Veitch, 1; Abraham, 2; Le Grove, 3. Veitch, who ran a splendid race, won well. Timo, 10 l-ssec.

100 Yards Boys’ Race. —R. Wallis, 1. Club Relay.—Wellington (Ingram, Fleming, Rusden, Levy), 20yds., 1; ’Varsity (Priestley, Ramson, Brown, Eastwood), scr., 2; Petone (Wcngdall, Bond, Wallis, Sutherland), 60yds., 3. Won by 15 yards, 5 yards between second and third. Time, 3mia. 59 2-Ses?.

Cycling Events. • Theo Miles Cyclo Scratch.—J. Carswell, 1; M. Gane, 2; A. Horsfall, 3. At the bell lap. Carswell was in charge Hom Gane and Horsfall. The order was u - changed at the finish. Carswell wului by a length, with Gajio a length .\iyi a half ahead of Horsfall. June. Sm |n ; 38 4-sscc. After completion of tho mst lap prizes wore awarded to tho leadcis of tho laps, as follow :-Carswell. second lap; Oakley, third lap; Searle, fourth, fifth, and sixth laps; Horsfall, seventh, eighth and ninth laps. Ono Milo Cycle Handicap /open). First heat: A. HorrfaH (30yds.), 1; • Gone (20vds,). 2; L. Bcero (40yds.), Time. 2min. 33 2-ssec, Second heat: n. Scarfo (scr.), I: L. Bird (30y<ls.), 2; D. McFrcdries (scr.) 3. Time. 2mml. 41 0-o we. Third heat: C. Clarke (60jds.). I: T. Oakley (scr.), 2; H. J. Morris (-0 yds) 3. Time, 2min. 45 2-ssec. I-innl: Horsfall. 1; Scarfe, 2: Gane. 3. Horsfall, Clarke, Morris, and Scarfo were together nt the bell lap. Horsfall kept his posttion, and in a good finish won by lengths, a length between second mil third. Time, 2min. 3-i 3-.'soc.. Half-mile Cycle Handicap.—r irst heat: W. O’Neill (50yds.). I; D. Evans (20vds.), 2; C. Clarke (scr.), 3. Time, Imin. 17 1-5 sec. Second . heat: A. James (20vds.). 1; -. Mannlim (20 rds.), 2; W. Horsfall (30yds.) 3 Jnno Imin. 1G l-ssec. Third heat: A. Hall (70yds.). 1; J. A. Foote (70yds.), 2: I. Foot (30yds.), 3. Time, Imin. 15 2->seo. Final: J. A. Foote. 1: Hall. 2; Clark. 8. Time. Imin. 14see. One Milo Foys' Cycle.-Gard. 1: Anderson. 1: Paul. ?•' Time. 2min. 49 4-;>sec. 449 Yards Cycle Scratch, A Grade First heat: J. Carswell. 1: L. Bird?. 2; M. Gane. 3. Time. 38sec. Second heat: H. J. Morris, 1; H.' Scnrfe, 2: — Osborne. 3. Time, 39sec. Third heat: A. Horsfall. 1; R. James. 2: L. Baker. 3. Time. 36 2-ssec. Fourth heat: D. McFredries. 1. Time. 3G 2-ssec. Final: MeFedries, 1; Carswell, 2: Horsfall. 3. Won by several lengths. Time, 35 2-ssec. Ladies’ Events. 100 Yards’ Ladies.—First. heat: Miss E. Blatherwick (s’yds.), 1; Miss J. Collins (11yds.). 2; Miss E. Gollop (9yds.), 3. Time, ISsec. Second heat: Miss A. Murray (4yds.), 1; Miss R. Malcolm (8J yds.), 2; Miss M. Spurway (11yds.), 3. Timo, 13 l-ssec. Third heat: Miss G. Edwards (4yds.), 1; Miss C. Miller (2 vds.), 2; Miss E. Sharp (syds.), 3. Time, I3sec. Final: Miss Malcolm, I; Miss Spurway, 2; Miss Blatherwick, 3. A close finish. Time, 12 2-ssec. 75 Yards Ladies’ Handicap.—Miss A. Murray (3yds.), 1; Miss M. Spurway (9 yds.), 2; Miss E. Sharp (31yds.), 3. Time, 9 4rssec. Second heat: Miss E. Blatherwick (4yds.), 1: Mjss J. Wilson (3yds.), 2: Miss J. Collins (9yds.) 3. Time. Ifisec. Third heat: Miss G. Edwards (3yds.). 1 ; Miss C. Miller (11yds.), 2; Miss Al. Wilkins (4yds.), 3. Time. 9 4-ssec. Final: Miss Sharp, 1: Miss Spurway, 2: Miss Miller, 3. A close finish. Timo. 9 l-s«ec. Ladies’ Hop, Stop and Jump.—Miss Sharp (scr.), 29ft. Gin., 1; Miss Wilson (scr.), 28ft. tin., 2; Miss Blatherwick (scr.), 27ft. Ilin., 3. Ladies’ Relay (140yds.)—Blue (Mbscs N. Wilson, Gollop, Blatherwick, Murray), 1; Green (Misses Clark. Spurway, Wilkins, Miller). 2; Red (Misses N. Joseph's, B. MacGregor, J. Wilson. G. Edwards), 3. Won by half a yard. Time, 59 3-sscc. Field Events. High Jump Handicap.—J. G. Seeats (scr.), sft. lOJin.. 1; E. G. Sutherland (scr.). sft. 9Jin., 2; H. C. Whyto (3in.), sft. 9in.. 3. Long Jump Handicap.—F. S. Ramson (1.1 ft. 21ft. lin., 1: E. G. Sutherland (scr.), 20ft. Bin., 2; E. Hailstone (lift.), 19ft. Win., 3.