AMATEUR ATHLETICS

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 37, 12 February 1926, Page 10

AMATEUR ATHLETICS

BIG MEETING TO-MOBBOW.

Complete arrangements hare beetf ,;. made for the amateur athletic meeting .. to be held at Athletic Park to-morrow;": afternoon under the auspices of tha ■ Wellington Centre of the N.ZJLAA^- ■> and in honour of the visit of the Am*>. >'■* rican , athletes, Jackson Scholz an 4 - Lloyd Hahn, to these parts. With th*rrC track in first-class order, and with tW"' weather on good behaviour, the meet* I■<'? ing should prove to be one of the mort •-: attractive ever held in Wellington, and - it may be confidently expected that" there will be a record attendance of tIMT-"' public Local competitors who are to" '" try conclusions witfc the fast-movim'"" Americans include many who are up t« ■ i\ew Zealand championship standard^ -: and the Americans are in splendid fona.*" Handicaps for the various events have; been arranged in such a manner as t«-' make for close finishes, and it is antie*-'/----pated that fast times will be the order-; of the day. The outstanding featureooar' r the programme will be the second meeting of Hahn and Bose over a mile, an'dC* with both, men in good condition the race should prove to be one of the finest ever witnessed here.' itose is anxious to make amends for his defeat at Masterton last Saturday, and Habn, o^ . tne otlier hand, is just as anxious to de«~ , finitely prove that he is the better man.'j Whatever happens, the race is wire tisT " be closely contested. In addition to the more importance races, there will be i '' variety of interesting events, asd tah; ther enjoyment will be found in tlu(i_,:", mnsic supplied by the Artillery Band.