THREE RECORDS GO

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 143, 13 March 1937, Page 8

THREE RECORDS GO

Massey Agricultural College Sports Dominion Special Service. Palmerston North, March 12. Three records were established at the 1037 Massey College sports, held under boisterous conditions. The championship points, with the cross-country race yet to be decided, are: Rowland 15, Thurston and Ball each 13. Thurston added 4Jin. to G. R. Robinson’s 1034 long jump record of 18ft. 21 in., and was lit. 4jin. over G. R. lnsull’s 1933 s-hot putt of 32ft. Sin. In the hop, step and jump Ball improved on E. Orgias’s record of 38ft. 4lin. by 34 in. The details of the sports are22o yards handicap: Firwt heat, Dunlop 1, Buchan 2, Phillips 3; time, 28sec. Second heat, Blake 1, Gilray 2; time, 34 4-5. Long jump handicap: Ball and Simpson equal 1, Joyce 3; distance 19ft. Sin. Long jump championship: Thurston 1, Ball 2, Rose and Joyce 3; distance, ISft. 7in., a new record. 100 yards handicap: First heat, Pierce 1, Terry 2, Gilray 3; time, 12 4-5. Second heat: Simpson 1, Garland 2, Hopewell 3; time, 12 4-5. 100 yards championship: First heat, Rowland 1, Begg 2, Thurston 3; time, 12 1-5. Second heat, McGrath 1, Bierce 2; time 12sec. 'Throwing the cricket ball (open) : Shand 1, Rowlands 2, Kawai 3; distance, Soj'ds. Oft. Oin. Shot putt championship: Thurston 1, Terry 2, Green 3; distance, 33ft. 7lin., a new record. 440 yards handicap iinaL Buchan 1, Campbell 2, Cox 3; time, 58 4-5. 440 yards championship: Rowland 1, Begg 2, Dunlop 3; time, 56 4-5. One mile championship: Simpson 1, Wallace 2, Begg 3; time, 5.24 3-5. High jump handicap: 'Terry and Mickleson. 1, Dunlop 3; height, sft. 3m. High jump championship: Ball 1, Dunlop 2, Joyce 3; height, sft. One mile walk (open) : Hart 1, Sutherland 2, Bamford 3; time, 8.9 4-5. Hop, step and jump championship: Ball 1, Dunlop 2; distance, 38ft. Sin. Hop, step and jump handicap: Bowie 1, Dunlop 2, Joyce 3, distance, 44ft. 3in. One mile cycle handicap: Hopewell 1, Shand 2, Anderson 3- time, 3.29 . 220 yards championship (final) : Rowlands 1, McGrath 2, Begg 3; rime, 26 4-5. 220 yards handicap (final) Buchan 1. Dunlop 2, Gilray 3; time, 27 3-5. 100 yards championship (final): Rowlands 1, McGrath 2, Bierce 3; time 12sec. 100 yards handicap (final) : Fierce 1, Simpson 2. Garland 3; time, 12 1-5. Obstacle race: Gilray and Bowie 1, Joyce and Lynch 2, Cox and Morrison 3. 880 yards championship : Simpson 1, Wallace 2, Mildon o; time 221 3-5. Staff race: Low 1, Clark 2. Faculty relay (Degree v. Farmers) : Farmers 1. Faculty tug-of-war: 1-ai-mers l.\