CALEDONIAN SPORTS

Evening Star, Issue 18503, 10 December 1923, Page 9

CALEDONIAN SPORTS

SOCIETY'S ANNUM. MEETING. GOOD SPOUTS m FINE WEATHER j i Ideal weather favored the annual sports meeting of the Caledonian Society at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday after noon, but tho attendance of the public was disappointing, there being only about 300 present. A good programme of events, comprising running, jumping, cycling, dancing, and a school bands’ contest, was provided, and in everything was keen competition. The majority o'f the events were for primary and secondary schoolboys, and the society anticipated more liberal support from the parents of these competitors than it received, j Tho two bicycle races provided splendid i contests, reminiscent of the gatherings of the society in earlier years when cycle 1 racing was much more popular. In the I amateur handicap races there wore some i close finishes. Particularly interesting was the 220yds race, in which the first and second men were son and father respectively. The latter was Billy Duff, who uas been a prominent runner here for many year's, and who was just beaten by his son ! lor first place. The manner in which the meeting was conducted was a tribute to tho various officials, who carried out their respective duties admirably. Tho events were all got off promptly, and there was not the slightest hitch in tho arrangements. _ Some diversion was created at the conclusion by a race between two well-known members of the society—Messrs H. H. S. White and T. Gillies. The result was not announced, but the competitors, who had had no training, put up a meritorious performance. The Begg Cup, which was given for competition among secondary schools, was won by Waitaki with 14 points. Otago Boys High School came second with 8 points and Christian Brothers’ School third with 5 points. Tho cup is held for one year. Results j RUNNING. 100 YARDS SCRATCH RACE (Open), Boys under 15 years. —First heat: 11. Cunningham 1, M. Rodgerson 2, W. Low 5; time, loscc. Second heat; B. Speight 1, A. W. White 2, R. De Courcey 3; time, 13 l-ssec. Third heat: W. Cusack 1, J. Moran 2, J. Beard 3; time, 14sec, Final; M. llodgerson 1, H. Cunningham 2, A. White 3; time, 15 3-ssec. 220 YARDS SCRATCH RACE, for Secondary Schoolboys under 16 years.— First heat: Hart ‘ (Waitaki) 1, Logan (0.8. H.) 2, Woods (Waitaki) 3; time, 26 4-sscc. Second heat; Mahoney (Waitnki) 1, Williams (Christian Brothers) 2, B. Finlavson (Christian Brothers) 5; time, 27sec. Final: Logan 1, Hart 2, Williams 5: time, 26 3-6 soc. 220 YARDS SCRATCH RACE (Open), Boys under 14 y ears.—First boat: W. Heller 1, P. Dr'umm 2, J. Cummings 3. Second heat; T. W. Neill 1, Gordon Campbell 2, F. Shanahan 3. Final: T. W. Neill 1, G. Campbell 2, P. Drumm 3. Time, 28 2-ssec. 220 YARDS AMATEUR lIANDICAP.A. W. Duff (21yds) 1, W. J. Duff (20yds) 2, Hi G. O’Kane (15yds) 3. Time, 23 1- A good race between father and eon for first place, tho latter just getting home first. 440 YARDS SCRATCH RACE, for Secondary Boys under 16 years. —Woods (Waitaki) 1, Logan (0.8.H.5.) 2, P. Williams (Christian Brothers) 3. Time, 58 3880 YARDS SCRATCH RACE, Secondary Schoolboys under 17.—Blundell (Waitaki) 1, R. Donaldson (Christian Brothers) 2, Taylor (Waitaki) 3. Time, _ 2mm 13 2- Won by about 10yds, with about 4yds between second and third. * RELAY RACE (Open), for Boys under 13,—St. Clair School (Speight, M'Arthur, R. Boyd, and M, Rodgerson) 1, Concord (Atkins, Taylor, Phillips, and Cunningham) 2, Christian Brothers No. 2 team (Lowe, Parsons, Henery, and Carroll) 3. _ Each competitor had to run 110yds. Time, 64 1 880 YARDS AMATEUR HANDICAP.— S. Brown 1, Smithson (30yds) 2, R. H. Watson (35yds) 3. Time, 2min 6 2-sscc. There wore nine starters in this race, which was won by about syds, with about 3yds between second and third. RELAY RACE, Secondary Schoolboys under 16 years. —Waitaki (Woods, (Mahoney, Paulks, and Hart) 1, 0.8.H.5. No. 1 team (M’Lean, Milne, Wise, and Jolly) 2, Christian Brothers (Williams, Finlayson, Brown, and Stanton) 3. Time, Imin 37 l-ssec. Each competitor had to run 200yds, I JUMPING. ! BROAD JUMP AMATEUR HANDICAP. —Smithson (2ft), 20ft Olin, 1; N. W. Martin (2ft Sin), 20fb 7in, 2; G. A. Lcndrum (2ft). 20ft 6in, 3. HIGH JUMP CHAMPIONSHIP, for Secondary Schoolboys under 17 years.—N. W. Martin (0.8.H.5.) 1, L. M. Milne (0.8.H.5.) 2. Tho winner jumped 4ft llin, and Milne 4ft lOin CYCLING. ONE-MILE BICYCLE HANDICAP.— N. Maokey (scr) 1, A. 0. E. Wills (60yds) 2, J. J. Whelan (80yds) 3. Time, 2min-'29 4- Tin's was an excellent race to watch. The scratch man rode with great judgment, and in the last lap overtook tho other competitors, and won comfortably. j TWO-MILE BICYCLE HANDICAP.— 1 N. Mackey (scr) 1, A. C. E. Wills (100yds) 2, A. Smith 3. Time, smin 18sec, Another splendid cycle race. In the last few : laps Mackey gradually caught and passed tho other four competitors, and won by a few yards, the same distance separating second and third. HIGHLAND DANCING, HIGHLAND FLING, Girls under 12 years.—Georgina Munro 1, Joyce Smith 2, Doreen O’Sullivan 3. HIGHLAND FLING, Boys under 12. Eric Gordon 1, Harold Wilson 2, Joe Fox 5. IRISH JIG, Girls under 15.—Loma i Budge 1, Rona Beale 2, Maggie Gall 3. IRISH JIG, Boys under 15.—Eric Gordon 1, Harold Wilson 2, Robert Wright 3. SCHOOL BANDS’ CONTEST, QUICKSTEP COMPETITION, Fife and j Drum Bands.—Albany Street, 255 points (music 84, military points 171), 1; Kaiko- | rat, 229 points (music 96, military points 133), 2; Arthur Street, 225 (music 89, military points 135), 3.