ATHLETICS

Evening Star, Issue 14318, 17 March 1910, Page 7

ATHLETICS

IRISH SPORTS AT INVERCARGILL. [Special to the Star.] The attendance at the Irish A.S. sports yesterday was about 2.8C0, and the gate money amounted to £l5O. The weather was wet and boisterous throughout. In addition to the Sheffield (published last night) were the following open events: 75 Yards Fly, of £5. and £l.—S. .7. Crawford, Invercargill (31yds), 1; P. Urcn. Invercargill (2yds), 2 \ H. S. Strang. Invercargill 3; J. Ouddio, Dunedin (14yds). 4. Inches separated the first, second, and third. Time, 81soc. 100 Yards, of £2. £l, and 10s.—J. Boniface (syds) 1. F. Crawford (scratch) 2, .7. Anderson (3vds) 3. Won by inches in llisec. 220 Yards, of £4. £2. and £l.—H. S. Strang (syds), 1 ;■ J. Currie, Heriot (2yds), 2; G. M‘Lt*od, Koxburgh (Byds), 5. Eleven started. A fine finish. Strang beating Cuny by a foot. Time, 25sec. 440 Yards, of £4. £2. and £l.—G. M'Qqeen, Wallacctown (28yds), 1; R. D. Chalmers. Dunedin, 2; G. M'Lecd, 'Roxburgh, 3. Won easily by 6yds. Time, 52] sec. Half-mile, of £6, £3, and £l.—E. S. Dunsford, Dunedin (50yds). 1; G. M‘Queea (40yds), 2; W. M. Anderson (55yds), 5. Won easily by 4yds. Time. 2min s'sec. One-mile, of £6. £3, and £l.—A. Coding (scratch) 1, H. Holmes (75ycls) 2, J. P. O’Brien (42ydsi) 3. An excellent finish. Coding winning by 2yds. Time, 4miu 4Sscc, In the catch-as-catch-can wrestling match (final), J. Eastlakc and J. Caufiels struggled for 2h 20min before Eastlake obtained the verdict. GREYMOUTH. \ 100 Yards Championship.—J. Shivas (Grcymouth) 1, C. Morris (Wellington) 2, W. Trembath (Gore) 3. Won by half a yard. Time, lOsec. Half-mile Handicap.—Trembath (scratch) 1. Won easily. Time, linin 55sscc. 75 Yards Handicap.—Shivas (Iyd) 1. Mirfin (6yds) 2, Jackson (syds) 3. Time, 7jjsec. Long Jump Championship.—T. Horgan (South Canterbury), 19ft 1; Metcalf (South Canterbury), 19ft 2. Putting 161b Ball.—C. O’Rourke (Grev), 37ft 3in, 1; Metcalf, 35ft 9in, 2. 120 Yards Hurdle Championship.— Shivas and Mirfin, dead heat, Milo Championship. Campbell 1, O’Reilly 2. Time, 4tnin 35sec. High Jump Championship.—Campbell (Timaru), sft Bin, 1; Metcalf, sft 7in, 2. 440 Yards Handicap.—Trembath 1, Martin (Christchurch) 2, Neale (Qreymouth) 3, Time, 51]scc. One-mile Walk Championship. P. M'Coll (Wellington) 1, R. M'Kay (Greymouth) 2, J. O’Reilly (Grey) 3. Time, 7min 24sec.