VARSITY ATHLETICS

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 146, 15 March 1940, Page 7

VARSITY ATHLETICS

Australians Arrive At Wellington FLAT-FOOTED SPRINTER Accompanied by their manager, Mr. 1.. Philpott, secretary of the Australian University Sports Association and secretary of the Sydney I'niversily Sports I nion, the live young Australian university athletes who are making a tour ol lhe Dominion arrived at Wellington from Auckland yesterday morning. They .-ire D. B. Dunn (Sydney), 15. A. Curtin (Sydney), W. Arrowsmith (Queensland), G. L. Wilson (Queensland), and G. Parkin (Melbourne). The Australians were met al llie station by Mr. 11. .McCormick, eliairnmn of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire. Games Association Council and lion, secretary of llie New Zealand Amateur Athletic Assoeialion. ns well as representatives of llie Vieiorin I uiti-i-siiy College Amateur Athh-li<- ('lnti. They were the guesls of Sir Tliniu.-is limner, principal of Victoria College, al morning tea at the college, after which their programme for tliu day im-iuded a visit to the Exhibition. Lust night they left for the South Island, going to Dunedin, where they will make tchir next competitive appearance on March IS. On their return to 'Wellington they are to compete at an electric light meeting nt. Lower Hull on March 28. Their main appearances wiil be at the New Zealand (nivci-sity athletic ehumpioiis-hip meeting in <'hristchiircli on. March 23 and 25. Mr. Philpott said that each member of the team was a topnotcher in his own particular event, and in Dunn, who had run the 10(1 yards in !l 3-5 and the 221) yards in even lime, they hnd a sprinter,

who was considered to be- in world class,. Dunn is the athlete who. as reported earlier in the week from Sydney, was discharged from the militia on the ground that he inis tint feet. Mr. Philpott said that Dunn UMually runs with his feet strapped. He indicated at Auckland on Tuesday night that, he is running as weil as ever despite this condition and the fact that before ho left tor New Zealand lie had been suffering from intl'uenza. Though he had only been off the boat a day. Dnmi ran the 100 yards in 10, so thin the indications point to some brilliant perforin,anees from him during the Mr. Philpott, feels sure (hat the (cam as a whole will make a good showing. There was some disappointment, lie said, that llie team did mil include a high .jumper. It. .1. Heffernan I .Melbourne). ;i good jumper, had been unable to make the trip al (lie lasi moment.