AMATEUR ATHLETICS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 22, 26 January 1929, Page 17

AMATEUR ATHLETICS

OTAGO'S,.">, CHAMPIONS

STRONG TEAIt LIKELY

(By TelepraphJ)v v

(Special to "The Evening-Post.")

■;:'.'■;■".;:; •DUNEDINrJhis Day. Otago hasunearthed ; atrunfier who.may yet be seen in action at tlieVNew -Zealand championships this'seasbni-' He is A. Findlay, a son of the old-time-New Zealand walking champion. All Findlay's running .was'as"a.:'professional'" in North. Auckland, but. since coming to Dunedin he has been reinstated as.an amateur, and ia. now:-regarded as .a prospect ;for the Otago championships," in;.;which over his distances, from'looyds to' 440 yds, he \yill ; have Bert Geddes,. the jlnye'rcargill flier, as an..opponent^and Lachie-M'Lachlan in the quarter; ; . ; : -- , ;-;'/. :;•_.;:.•■;;

Findlay won; the 200yds;.-Anglican Club championship during the week against, the wind on a-dead track".in''.24Bec, and showed himself to be a; strong, powerful runner, with a beautifuL stride. Good' judges were much impressed: by his running. -■■ .' ..} ■;-.•'•• :■.•.;*-■"■•-'.-

I{. O. Johiison,-"who was third in the /New Zeiiland hop, step,, and-jump, championship, last season, "cleared ,44ft Bin iv the hop, step, and-jump".under unfavour-. able conditions, and : he'>sliould have a good chance; of bettering""":4sft 6in, his previous best-..\before- the-..present' season ends. , ',". . .."-".■ .-. T '"■".'."... -.- •■ ■ ;

Otago looks, li.ke'-'ha;v.ing'.:ri very, strong team at the 1 Now Zealilnd-diiari-ipionships, and some; optimists are "even hopeful of Otago having -a • chancerof:, annexing the shield." There will be Geddes and Findlay for tho-sprinta, -while -Barr.-.:and D.ulf are also contenders for provincial" honours,.' and Geddes,. Miiaehlan, and Findlay should be all capable of .running a. fine quarter. Geddes has -already- "proved him-, self -over this distance.' ; He' beat Ci M.; Olseu in the, Otago ■ chaiiipjoriahip onoyear, and off. ten yard.3 beat Lloyd Hahn, over this distance 1 at - Invcrcargill. For 1. tho half-mile there is L. C. M'Lachlan, who should be in good form for the New Zealand championships: -For the mile and three mile events there will. be J. J.". Morris, who was second tip Savidan in the New Zealand mile last- season, 1: and tho promising young -runner,-LV: Price,- whik J. G. Barnes,-who has just been 1. 1 trnnsf ferred to Cahte'rbury.'may also come dow» for 1 the meeting, as he is eligible for. the Otago team. J. G. Leclcieand M. R. Spillane will be on hand for the hammer, and both are capable of-,135ft and more, Leckie having done ,'l4Sft.-.'. last; season.. There is. C. L. Taploy. for the hurdles possibly, and J. Fogavty for the cyclincy with the Cabot brothersi-almost. certain point getters in the w.alksi .especially G. S.

Advcrtisiug the.'.'Sunday express train from Liverpool street, London, to Clacton increased its passengers by 43 per cent. . . ,■'':.