ELECTRIC LIGHT SPORTS.

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 36, 12 February 1938, Page 7

ELECTRIC LIGHT SPORTS.

Warm summer: nights such as have been experienced lately make the out-of-doors , popular,-b'ut normally for those in search of .entertainment.there is little offering out in the open. For tonight, however, the . Wellington Amateur Athletic ;Centre'has been at work with a view to remedying the position and has.arranged to hold a big'sports meeting at the Basm Reserve under electric light. A meeting on ' a small scale was held -there a few weeks ago and • riot only was it a successful gathering providing some excellent contests, but. people who attended declared it to be a very; pleasant way of spending -the evening. For | tonight's meeting a comprehensive programme of handicap events has been drawn up and in these Wellingtons leading athletes will, be taking,part, including C. Robinson ' (sprint champion), J. Ford (ex-Taranaki sprinter), J Eastwood (who has been well to the fore this \ season),' . J... Sutherland (junior sprint champion), A. R. Wilson (mile champion), and A. J. Mackay (three-mile champion). Apart from these, Wellington has much other promising material this season. Splendid entries have been received and this .should ensure the keenest competition. The programme has been augmented by ■ the inclusion of special features, \vhich include an' exhibition run' by the American coach, A. L. Fitch, an acrobatic display by Alf Jenkins and his pupils, and an attempt by A. Hill tti break the world sack-race record ioi 75 yards and 100 yards. Hill, whose versatility is well'known, is a marvel when it comes to sack racing, and his performance is expected to be one of the high lights of the evening. An amplifying system will broadcast the results of events and musical items."