EVENING ATHLETIC MEET

Evening Star, Issue 23179, 31 January 1939, Page 14

EVENING ATHLETIC MEET

BEST OF THE SEASON FAST TIMES RECORDED Under, pleasant leather conditions, the weekly track and field meeting of the Otago Centre of. the New Zealand Anlateur Athletic Association was held at the Caledonian Ground last night, the. fields, being of satisfactory dimensions and the racing keen, with many of the championship candidates now beginning to strike form. In both junior events back-markers put up good performances, the Otago 220yds champion, C. M'Gregor, running strongly to win the furlong convincingly in 23 3-osee, while the consistent Celtic United middle-distance runner, H. F. Coombs, had an easy win in the mile from the syds mark in. 4min 47sec. The open -100yds handicap- was fought out by two of the l6ng-markers, R. M'Levie (Civil Service) winning off 7Jyds m 10 2-ssec, and from the 3] yds mark the Otago rep. footballer. AV. A. Bla.ck, was close up in third place. Winning the 440yds hurdles handicap from scratch. J. L. \V. Gerken,'the Otago' titleholder, showed good form considering" the lack of competition there has been ih this event, and, jumping well, he won nicely in 61 3-ssec, ■_ The. 880yds handicap drew a fine field of 18 runners, and produced the fastestrun face. of the season,CL Davie (Anglican) putting up an impressive performance to win in Imin 55 3-ssec from the 30yds mark, with L. Dickison (StKilda) in second place off 4oyds|. and the Empire Games quarter-miler, H. J. Tyrie (40yds) close up third. Davie ran a -particularly free race, and staged a verv fine finish. On this run he looks like being a prominent contender for the Otago half-mile title. The women’s 75yds handicap also drew a larger field than usual," and Miss N. Hanlin scpred a well-deserved win. The inclusion of footballers’ events was a popular move, and ho fewer than 14 competitors took part in the 121 b shot putt, won by the Dunedin Club plaver. E. Black, with 40ft Gin. The footballers’ 4.4oyds relay was contested by eight teams,'Pirates A winning from the back mark.' The 880vds inter-club relav also pro-, duced a good finish. Civil Service winning from the 20yds mark. _ Wnlkini from the 110yds mark, L._ F. Gerrie, the Caversham representative, gave one of the best exhibitions of Jus career to win in 6min 38 2-ssec an impressive effort. Results:— 75 YARDS WOMEN’S HANDICAP. Miss N. Hanlin, 7yds 1 Miss M. Dodds, 3yds 2 Miss W. Ryan,. 3yds 0 Time, lOsec. Nine starters. Won by a yard, a foot between second and third. 100 YARDS BOYS’ HANDICAP, Under 14. E. Leith, 4Jyds ... ... ... ... ... 1 B. M'Kernan, 2y<ls ... 2 C. Middlemiss, scr ' ••• 3 Time, T 3 2-ssec. Five starters. 100 YARDS HANDICAP.. First Heat.—W. A. Black (Anglican, 3Jyds) 1, R. E. Nanman (Anglican, 4|yds) 2, J. Strathern (Caversham, 6yds) 3. Time, 10 3-ssec. Eight starters. Black got up. to win on the tape; inches between second and third. Second Heat.—J. S. Shephard, (An-, glican, 3Jyds) 1. R. G. Pilling (University, 41yds) 2. R, JM'Alevey (Civil Service, 75yds) 3. Time, 10 3-ssec. Seven starters. Won by a yard; half a yard between second and third. Third Heat.—A. Jones (Caversham, Byds) 1. I. J. Templeton (Moruington. 9yds) 2. C. M'Gregor (Anglican. Iyd) 3. Time, 10 3-osgc. Only starters Won by 2yds; 3yds separating the next two. —Final.— R. M'Levie (Civil Service). “Iyds 1 A. Jones (Caversham), Syds 2 W. A. Black (Angjican), 31yds ... 3 Time, 10 2-ssec.* Won by a foot; inches between second and third. 220 YARDS JUNIOR HANDICAP. C. M'Gregor (Anglican), scr 1 J. H. Fok (Caversham), 14yds ... 2 L. Jones (Civil Service), 10yds ... 3 Only starters. Time, 23 3-ssec. Won by 2yds; a yard between second- and third. 440 YARDS HURDLES HANDICAP. J. Gerken (Civil Service), scr ... 1 J. Strathern (Caversham). 20yds 2 R. Emmerson (Caversham), 15yds 3 Time. 61 3-ssec. Only starters. Won by 10yds; Syds between the next two. 440 YARDS WOMEN’S RELAY. (4 x 110yds.) Misses P. Malone, J. Thomson, I. Fogarty, and M. Dodds 1 Misses H. Ferguson.- AV. Ryan, F. Carson, and N. Hanlin 2 Time, 57sec. Only starters. Won by Cyds.

440 YARDS FOOTBALLERS’ RELAY HANDICAP. (4 x 110yds.) Pirates A (I. M'Lennan, W. Rerriam, C. M'Gregor, A. U. Duff), scr , ■ Pirates B (L. Schnielz, IN ■ Bathgate, E. Highet, J. Stafford), Southern A (J- S. Shephard, H. -I. Tyrie, 11. M'Levie, AV. A. Black), scr Time, .49 l-ssec. Eight teams started. Won by 15yds; syds between second and third. SSO YARDS HANDICAP. G. Davie (Anglican), 30yds ... ... 1 L. Dickison (St. Kilda), 45yds- ... H. J. Tyrie (Civil Service), 40yds 3 Time, Imin 55 3-sscc. Eighteen starters. In a very iast-ruu race Davie was up with the leaders at the bell, and moving freely along the back he finished strongly up the straight to win by syds, Tyrie a similar distance back third. ‘B3O YARDS INTERCLUB RELAY HANDICAP. (440 x 220 x 110 x 110 yards.) Civil Service (G. H. Bilbrough, -I. L. W. Gerken, R. M'Levie, H. J. Tyrie), 20yds I Mdrnington (T., Kennedy, 1. J. Templeton, F S. Graveson, A. J. Taylor), 20yds ... 2 Celtic United (R. M. Carroll, E. Paterson, D. Clements. H. M. Sullivan), 55yds 3 Time,'lmin 39 2-ssec. Six teams •Started. Won by a .foot; syds between second and third. ONE MILE JUNIOR HANDICAP. H. F-‘Coombs (Celtic United), syds 1 M. Collins (Civil Service), 45yds ... 2 D. H. Ryan (Celtic United), 90yds 3 Time, 4min 47sec. Nine started. Ryan made the early running, but Coombs was within striking distance of the leaders; with half the distance covered, and at the boll he was in the van, Collins lying fourth. Collins moved up along the back, but at the 250yds mark Coombs lengthened out, and finishing strongly won by 40yds from Collins, Ryan another 6yds backthird. - ONE MILE WALK HANDICAP. L. F. Gerrie (Caversham), 110yds 1 F. Sanders (Mornington), 290yds 2 L. M. Gerrie (Caversham), 250yds 3 Time, 6min 38 2-ssec. Only starters. L. F. Gerrie gave a very good display and won impressively by 50yds, third man 20yds back. FOOTBALLERS’ 121 b SHOT PUTT. E. Black (Dunedin), 40ft Gin ... 1 K. Morgan (Technical). 38ft 2in ... 2--G. Murray (Taieri), 37ft 0-Jin ... 3 Fourteen competed. HOP, STEP, AND JUMP HANDICAP. H. A. Foote (0.8.H.5.), 3ft, 41ft SJ in I K. Russell (Caversham), 2ft, 41 ft 2 M. Murrav (Anglican), scr, 40ft Sin ...' 3 Nine competed. POLE VAULT HANDICAP. K. Paterson (Anglican) scr, Oft “in 1 E. Black (Civil Service) Sin, Oft Sin 2