AMERICAN SPORTS MEETING

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11012, 27 January 1926, Page 6

AMERICAN SPORTS MEETING

RECORD ENTRIES RECEIVED

For the monster athletic carnival to be held at the Reserve on Friday next at 2 p.m.. the Gisborne Amateur Athletic and Harrier Club have received record entries. No fewer than eighty actual competitors will be taking part, the entries received numbering 181. . Tiie appearance or the woliu s famous American runners, Jackson Scholz and Lloyd Halin, will be the principal attraction in the Hat events. ~ . All the crack runners and cyclists of Poverty Bay are competing, and in addition, large entries have been icccivcd for both ladies’ events. The following handicaps have been declared by Mr. A. H. Rice, assistant handicappcr:— 75 Yards Short Limit Handicap: J. V. Scholz, scr... O. Paltridge 2yds, H. Martin 4yds, F. Truman 4yds, 1,. Sutcliffe 4vds. 100 Yards Flat Handicap: J. V. Scholz scr., G> Paltridge 3yds, 11. Martin 51yds, F. Truman 51yds, L. Sutcliffe Glycls. G. McDonald 61yds, T Corkery 7ycls, L. Smith 7yds, C. Remnant Byds, W. F. Ingram 81yds, W. Wilson 81yds, V. Caulton 84yds, B. Thompson 12yds, C. Hewitt 12yds, B. Gurran 12yds. J. Humphreys 13 yds, E. Beer 131yds, E, Rice :14yds, A. Thorpe 14yds, F; 'Dobbie.. 14ydii' D. Cameron 14vds. < v - - 220 Yards Flet Handicap: '"J. V. Schulz scr., O. Paltridge 10yds, F. Truman 15yds, T. C'orkery 19yds, L. Sutcliffe 19yds, L. Smith 20yds, C. Remnant 20yds, V. Caulton 22yds, B. Thompson 25yds, B. Gurran 28vds J. Humphreys 30yds, E. Rice 30yds, A. '! horpe 80yds, F- Dobbie 32yds. 410 Yards Handicap: Lloyd Halm •scr., H. Martin 10yds, J. Smith 22 yds, L. Smith 22vds. D. LI. Cameron 28yds, V. Caulton 30yds, W. M. Wilson 3Oyds, B. Thompson 36yds, ,B. Gurran 44yds. A. Thorpe 44yds, L. Hewitt 46yds. 880 Yards Flat Handicap: ’Lloyd Halm scr., Yv- F. Ingram 40yds, J. Smith 45yds, I). H. Cameron 60yds. ■I. Roberts 80yds, B. Thompson 80 yds, -J. Mercer 80yds. V. Clouston 90 yds. F. Beer 95yds, S’. Lewis lOOvds, L. Haisman ICOyds, A. Thorpe ‘'los yds, B. Gurran 105yds. F. Dobbie 105 yds, J. Hullcn 1 lOvds. J. Walker 115 yds.

Ono Mile Fine Handicap: Lloyd Hall u sci'., W. lup ram 130vds, D. H. Cameron 170yds. .J. Huberts 'l9syds, X. Glanville 195yds, B. Thompson 230yds, F. Beer 250yds, V. Clouston 250yds, S. Lewis 250yds, -J. Hullon 260yds, F. .Dobbie 260vds, J. Wrlker 270yds. High Jump Handicap: D. A. Cameron scr. J. Carron scr., L. Hewitt 4in., W. Findlay sin. Broad Jump Handicap: J.'Harvey scr., L. Illingworth 2it., J. Carron 2ft. Gin. 100 Yards Boys’ Handicap: J. Dunlop scr., N. Bohan Iyd, J. Green 3yds, K. Dunlop 3yds, J. Butler 3 yds, C. Pistoi’ 3yds. 0. Bruce syds, H. .Balcomb 6yds, 0. Balcomb 6ycls, VY. Hutching 6yds, A. Owen 7vcls, , W. Owen 7yds. I{. Owen 7yds/ V. tress 10yds. / 75 Yards Ladies Handicap: N. Eastwood scr., N. Wilson' 3yds, B. McCarthy 3yds, M. McDonald 4|yds, L. Brown 41yds, G. Newy syds, L. Linton syds, X. Gardiner oyds, B. i’ofcinsbn 6yds, D. Jeffs 7yds, J. Haisman 7yds, M. Sutcliffe 9vds, E. Haaclie 10yds, H. Morse lOvds, N. Jaimscn 12yds, 150 Yards Ladies’ Handicap: IST. Eastwood scr., X. Wilson syds, It. McCarthy 6vds, M. McDonald 10yds, G. Xewy 10yds, L. Brown llyds, D. Linton 12yds, X. Gardiner 12yds, D. Jeffs 14yds, J. Haisman 15yds, B. Robinson 14yds, M. Sutcliffe l'Byds, F. Haaclie 20yds. Two Mile Scratch Cycle: J. Douglas J. Algie, E. Algie, G. Golclsmrcn, A. Swan. Half i\lile Cycle Handicap:' J. Algie 10yds, E. Algie 20yds, G. Goldsmith 25yds, P. Benson 30yds, O. McCoy 40yds, H. Swan 40yds, F. Pollard 50yds, C. Simpson '7oyds, A. Woods 75yds. H. Munns 80yds, A. Swan 80 yds, W. Pearson 95yds, A. Bloxham 100yds, XI Bai 100yds, H. Kennedy 130yds, J. Bohan 130yds. One Mile Cycle Handicap: J. Algie 25yds, E. Algie 40yds, G. Goldsmith 50yds, P. Benson 60vds H. Swar. 70yds, C. McCoy 80yds,' F. Polb.rd 110yds, C. Simpson 140yds, A. Woods 145yds, H. Munns 145yds, A. Swan 150yds, S. Vincent 150yds. A. Bloxham 160yds, X. Bai 180yds, V. Pearson 185yds, W. Pearson 195vds. Jtl. Kennedy 275yds, J. Rohan 275yds. Three Mile Cycle Handicap; J. Douglas scr., J. Algie 60yds, E. Algie 85yds .' G. Goldsmith 95yds, P. Benson 130yds, H. Sunn 160yds, O. McCoy 180yds. F. Pollard 240yds, A. Woods 320yds, A. Swan '3Boyds, g.Vincent 360yds, A. Bloxham '37syds,; V. Pearson 400yds. H. Kennedy 500 yds. * ..

WHEN THE AMERICANS COME. WATCH THEM. BUT DO YOU IvNOW WHAT TO WATCH ? ■ ‘EVERY ACTION HAS SOME TEARING ON THE RACE.’’ The finest thing a bout these American athletes is their genuine love for the sport they excel in. Each one of them is not only a champion at Lis own distance, but both have'the spirit that goes to make the pioneers and missionaries, the spirit that urges them to pass their knowledge on, so that the coming generation shall excel them and lift their beloved sport into a higher sphere. that, their exhibitions are thrown away on the thousands of young runners who don’t know what points to look for in the crack’s running. The uninitiated can never hope to “spot” what goes to make up the speed that enables Scholz to run the hundred in V osec by just Matching him streak past him. Rut if he knows what points to look for he will see Sc-hcln put them into practice. Nobody would go in for athletics who bad no natural ability. The point is. bow can he improve liis natural speed y Lots of things go towards this-—a burning desire to learn, grit, and determination faithfully to carry out tiie “donkey work’’—for it is this that counts—steady conscientious road and track work. Then a thorough knowledge of the correct poise, balance, and action. The correct poise for a runner is a forward carriage of tile "body. To obtain this the runner should look at the track six or seven yards in front of him, not at the sky, the middle of an opponent’s back, or with his head turned sideways. •Balance conics from correct arm action. These should swing from the shoulder forward and inward to halfway across the .body; if. they swing more than .half-way. across “shoulder shrugging” is set’up", which upsets ■balance, and more, uses up one’s energy needlessly. The champion runner has no action; he glides along, just as that great iiorse Gloaming does, not a particle of his energy or stride is wasted in high knee action or over-striding. The conserving of every bit of one’s energy is very essential. It.was found that anything in the form of rigidity of tenseness from the hip upwards, the clenching of hands or jaws, the raising of the arms chest-high, the throwing of the head back, rolling from side to side, were • all a hindrance to speed and consumers of energy. These have to be guarded against. . . Rgmember„.thesg:_.points, and then go find watch tileiAmericans. Not only ithis, but watch them. from, the moment’ they, coma" out of the dressin g-rdom to the time they Ago back-.,. ■ W ateh’ them front bchihdytheuehango ' vpu reposition,’ and have .- aAside view; i from’ about’ half-way:; Hien'-go hearer -the- winning mbst; ’ - - - ~y- ~ v .-_v " : .

.They.leave nothing to chance—every action of theirs has some bearing on the race. The quiet massaging of muscles, the slow jog, the meticulous care they exercise in making their holes, the deep concentration on the word “set,” their quickness and smoothness out of the- holes, and, above all, the suddenness with which they are going'at top. Watch their tactics in- the longer races, how and when and where they pass their opponents. Go and see them during their practise-hour, and "listen to what they have to say. | Gne thing more, remember no athlete has ever seen himself in action—unless of course he lias been “cinemaed,” and had slow action .photos made—so don’t be afraid to ask a candid friend to watch you, but see he knows what are faults and what are not. Remember Arthur Porritt. He was good before he went Home, but now that lie has seen and competed with the world’s best, and rectified his faults, he is a champion. There is no sport Ii know of in which improvement can be made go quickly by carefulness in learning how to do the correct thing as in athletics. If a man wishes to learn what is the most suitable diet for him to train on, let him do as I did for many years —keep a daily diary of what he has eaten and drunk, and the effect it has on him during his evening training. F’or instance, I found boiled eggs invariably gave me a “stitch,” and that it:whisky and soda took off one second in a quarter of’ a mile.—H.P.R., in the ‘ ‘IN E. Times.’ ’■