ATHLETICS.

Evening Star, Issue 12028, 28 October 1903, Page 3

ATHLETICS.

[j»v Kitsi:.] Ovti'-t Btu’dli :r running over the retickg m Auckland in r.uiti his beat stylo. T mm “ \ gtaran ■’ n the London * Sportsman ‘ of September 2:—“Shrtibb’s wreuhirtu! ;••!..v;v.Ti:i was again strongly in evidc-'t-ie o:i . .. ;s. .*. lie n he won th? Four-miles b;;-:. :p at i'rretoa Park, Brighton, '•'■' l* and from n.ctels la ‘.he be..7, *. Op'ii pn. V’c.-rp. «• ’ 1 a .** ■RtaH to A. Jv, Like, re ino ]ta; i:.*;,g ,i.C. (who won with taidvds v-ort hi Csa-n 25 j see), was a great pxr'oimr. ; '.co, cciir,<itrc.pg ti-e long mu which Bhrubb ha.d had h-crere.” ,At the Leeds uiklotie fc-lival IL Baker jumped 16ft Sin with weights, beating Ida own world’s record, made two years ago cu tlio sania ground, by three-quarterr of m incK He ;dso nr.ide a new record for four standing jumps, with weights, of 60ft, beating Darby’s record of 56ft 2in. D’Aicy Wentworth will not bo. able to 30prcsfciit Qu:c:i.''!:ind at the chaiupimz.ships in Melbourne. Mr James Duncan, (he well-known footballer, in<s been appointed liandicapjx-r to the Caledonian Society. —Mora Rcccrds Broken.— On September 12, at the’ Souih I.mvlum Harriers’ sporto at the Oval, over ;; c. fullj'-measurod gross (rack of four }-. p.. :e tlie mile, Alfred Siirubb, tb.i crack d..’; ■:.- runner, put up a fresh set of tg-.av,, : the world’s two-mih; amateur r-rcori covering the distance in 9iuia IT.-aw. ih;' previous best on record for a, grass track was W. G. Get-rgo’s 9niin dOj.-i ■.•. dmc ,;i Chlford in July. 1854, and tlie be: ;. t,r cindvr-path figures were, those set up i.v that .sum' l lunia-r at. httunforJ Jlri.;:;.: iu Api il of the s.-nii!' year—viz., Ondn IV'siu-. Jhe professional figuies remain unr.oudied, for William Lang, in March, 1863, covered two miles in siuiu ] 1 h-cc at .Manchester. As the track the Oval on Saturday was cu tlie soft side, it is juobable that Shmbb will S'Xmer or later ij.-.-it ].:ing’s figures. Always a delightful runner io waicli, Shruhfa on Saturday gave a niognificerit ilisjJav. Be was handi.upped to g'ive from 65vds up to 280 yds start to ;t. field of good class runners. From the start the champion iun at a great pace, covering the lirv: nTtaiter in 53iSec, the second in 685. and '~h° ihiial in 70tBy this time he .cad ca.".giil seine of ids men, but was still, a long way behind the leaders. He, however, had now the advantage of some itird'y paying, and finished the mile iu 4n:in Vta Mi-cphig up a level gait, he glintd rapidly on those in front, and at the end of a, irLc and n-lialf was within striking distance of the lenders. A quarter of a mil? from homo hr made hia effort, and soon became second, the man in front being Hulford. r.f Hcmv Hill (225 yds). The latter had a 12vds bv!, and kept it till about 200 yds from home, where he faltered, and Slirabb, running like a hare, raced past and won by fully 50yds from Collins, the Ksrex mik champion {lsoyds), who beat Hulford by 10yds for second placfi. Sliiubb covered the las!, quarter in 66-sec. His time for 2.oCovds was smin lOfsec, for tho mile an-1 a-hrjf 6min 56* sec, and for 15 milcs omin lOjsec.

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