ATHLETICS

Evening Star, Issue 17925, 22 March 1922, Page 4

ATHLETICS

WORLD’S UNIVERSITY SCHEME,

PERIODICAL CONTESTS.

[Per United Peess Association.]

CHRISTCHURCH, March 22,

When Mr Emery, manager of the Springboks’ athletic team, was in Christchurch, he referred to the project of periodical athletic contests among the universities of the world. The scheme came up for consideration at a meeting of the Canterbury College Athletic Club. The secretary of the club said that Mr Emery’s proposals included the sending of a, New Zealand team to South Africa at the end of this year to compete against representatives of English. Australian, and , South African universities. It was impossible to send a Now Zealand team this year, but proposals had been formulated which it was hoped would further the project. These wore (1) that a body, to be called the Now Zealand University Sports Union, to be formed on tho linos of tho Australian Universities Sports Union; (2) a body to represent past and present students, with an executive in Wellington; (3) finance to be derived from past and present students ; (4) the objects to improve physical standard in the New Zealand universities and to provide an adequate representation at inter-university games. In* reply to a question, tho secretary said that the idea was to start the games among tho British Empire universities, and eventually to extend the scheme to the universities of other countries.'

It was resolved) that the delegates to the Auckland conference at Easter be asked to consider carefully whether the games should not be restricted) to tho British Empire.