Athletics

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 155, 29 December 1934, Page 20

Athletics

By "Sprinter."

HUTT MEETING

FINE PERFORMANCES

POOR PUBLIC PATRONAGE

Time n^ when a »puit* nnjutuiy u;H one (it the itttiuctions on Boxing Day in Wellington, but, judging Jioin tbe ci-yeiionce on Wednesday ot the Lowei Hult CJub. \\hi<li sought to piovide llie public as well as ;ithletes and ejehsts with good competition, that time haa long since passed, peihaps ncvei to i«iniM. Smiilu those days i>t yoie conditions have undeigoiiu a conaideiable change, and with tiie development of 'fast tianspoil, systems have come : new pleasures and a ilesiifl on the part of a Jaige section of every community ' to be tie« and detached fiom most foims oi' oi'gani&ed gathcnng.s. Jt isl regiettable, however, that better sup-' poit was not accorded the meeting on, the llutt Recreation Ground; Ihe- club deseived. greater i;eward than it i,c-' ceived.. Entries for the meeting weto-i good; the line-up of competitors' included some good talent, and some fine poifoimanees weie registoied. ' The,two outstanding a< hievements of the ,afternoon were, those by T. J. Ciowe,in the high ,jump and J. il\ Phillips in tlie 2-0 yards hurdles. This season Crowe undoubtedly i"? jumping better-than i cVct. Ho began auspiciougly by dealing 6r(, at the Canadian Biec'ting- in the- Basin.,, Kesefve last month, but his latest elifoH> of (ifl, llin is the. best lecorded liv a Sew Zcmlander, and it must make hi< piospeuts brighter of obtaining a pliiie in the New Zealand team lor the Melbourne Centenary Games. Besides hit. ability as a high, jumper, Prow c is also good at the long jump. Moio than that, he is an athlete only-too willing to assist others, and is one who .would benefit, from competition hi Australia. Unfoi tuuarely, theio neio only two watches on Phillips, but Ihcio was no doulil j'loin tlio way he bent tho otheis ' in llio iaoe that, though lie may have . iecei\ed some a*-siMan<o fjom the biceze.Mhe New Zealand reioid time of1 25 3 ."tee, with which he was rictliteil, was not flattering to him. Wellington <an do with some top-notch huidlcrs, and Phillips appeals lo lie n coming; champion. 0. V. Emails, of Taihape, toimor ""sew Zealand qunrtei mile, hair-mile, and mile- champion, <liil luiiji s!)' -!-ssec for the half-mile. He did not urn v particularly heady iaee. As Mi. A. 0. Kilto. ono of the New Zealand selectors, was pichenl, it piobiibly would have been moie in Evans's mtoicsts to hav<* tackled the mile, as if is understood he is unable to go 1o ClmMehinch tor the tiial meeting this aflpinoon. The field aKo included two other strong uiuneis in H. W. Lander (Australia) and W". Ogg, the piovincial champion, but neither was at concert pitch. Tn the spiints, W. J. Fitzsimnions did not appeal to be in foim good enough to suggest that he would deieat .T. B. Macfarlane at Ohristchureh today. X, O'Connell and J!, Ball both showed a good turn of speed. Rail han beeu running veiy consistently. As the- winner of finlong events, 11. Blackbym appan'iitlv is going tQ take some beating. He has been very successful. The piesence of the Wuirarapa gill. Miss Gibbs, women's piovincial ehampioti. gave the women's event's some additional spaikle. She lan veiv powcifully in lho first heal of the 120 yaids, but for some leason, pciuaps the heat, she was not nearly a.s impressive in the final, in which she missed a place.' Miss A. George pioved to be a better runner than the hnnrlnapper appaiently credited her with being. She was lather well treated, and made the most of the staits she lceivod, scoring two uiu«. Mis-s "D. Ifuiley wa» running well.