NATIONAL ATHLETICS

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 9 March 1935, Page 3

NATIONAL ATHLETICS

« —— MEETING AT WANGANUI COLEMAN DISQUALIFIED IN WALK RESULTS OE FIRST DAY. fßy Telegraph—Press Association.) WANGANUI, March 8. • Intense rivalry between the Canterbury ancl Auckland representatives and the rise of Hawkes Bay-Poverty Bay athletes to definite possibilities in the sprint and short distance events were features in a thrilling afternoon’s sports at Cook’s Gardens this afternoon, when the forty-fourth national amateur athletic championships were commenced. A cloudless sky and a southerly breeze just sufficiently alive to temper the hot late-summer sun were the conditions which, in the words of one old enthusiast who has attended the championship meetings for close on 20 years, were “the best yet.’’ The brilliant competition by the Auckland and Hawkes Bay-Poverty Bay men—and by the women from the latter centre —are a challenge to the supremacy of the Canterbury province which holds the shield, fceveial peiformances above standard were recorded, a record being “unofficially broken by N. E. Nelligan (Canteibury) in the first heat of the 220 yards hurdles. Taking the hurdles perfectly, he covered the distance in 2o 4-ssec, which is l-ssec better than the New Zealand record performance by P. F. Sliarpley (Hawkes Bay-Poverty Bay) last year. MILE CHAMPION. The only track championship event decided was the one mile, which produced all the thrills of inter-provincial competition, the winner turning up in E. Forne (Hawkes Bay-Poverty Bayb who produced a sensation in Napier recently when he beat J. "V. Pon ell, the English half-miler. Despite the absence of A. R, Wilson, the Wellington mile champion, who was to have run for Auckland, and W. Pull a r (Otago), the event lacked nothing in spectacle. In the second lap T. Allen (Otago) was superseded by M. S. Cooper (Auckland. A. M. Atton (Auckland), who won the three miles Wellington championship and the one and three miles Canterbury titles was running in the bunch with O. Chalk (W ellington), A. FI- AVayman (Canterbury), and M. Cooke (Wellington) a little further back. Cooper held a small lead on Allen at tne bell, and the pace was increasing; 300 yards from home Forne made his bid and Allen passed Cooper, the tnree entering the straigh with Forne moving away. Allen ian the last 30 yards with a, great burst but the Hawkes Bay man sustained his pace to win by a yard. It is some years since the pole \ault produced such high-class, competition, and it fell to the two Canterbury men to produce a memorable drie . Working up to over 10ft, N. Mulvev and F. S. Barraclough (Camerlnirv)* R. Johnson (Otago) and R. Cal--1 man ’ (Hawkes Bay-Poverty Bay) commenced a thrilling elimination match Callinan and Johnson failed at 10ft Gin. Barraclough and Mulvey then bleared lift, »but M-ulvey failed to the next, height. Barraclough went on to lift 3in, amid enthusiasm, but failed at lift 6in, a jump which lm his attempt been successful -would have passed the. New Zealand record bv an inch and a-half. ‘The redoubtable P. Munrp (W elling--1 ton) was again too good for the cq - position in the discus throw, which he won at 132 ft 8 Jin. W.ALKER DISQUALIFIED. I. Driscoll, who performed so notably in Australia, received the surprise I of his life when C. W. Coleman, the W'est Coast. N.I. champion, literally 1 ran' past him in the finish of the ! three-miles walk. Coleman dogged i Driscoll in the dreary round ot the I long race and then awoke everyone with a, start by stealing Driscoll s . masterly finish. Soon after the bell lie was away from Driscoll, and, though warned, continued a hectic pace to the tape. Driscoll walked in an apparent loser by 45 yards. Ti announcement of Coleman’s disquali - cation was greeted with a mixture ot cheers and boos from the bank. (Points for tlie championship shield are allocated on a basis of five tor a win and two for a second place. The positions of the districts at the close , of to-day’s events are as follow: j Hawkes Bay-Poverty Bay .... 12 Wellington I Canterbury • j Otago -> . Auckland ■“ West Coast (N. 1.) ® j Since the shield was first competed , for in 1889-90, Wellington lias, won it 22 times, Canterbury ten times, Auckland six times, Otago twice, and Southland once. Wellington held the trophv from 1914 to 1932. In the details of results which follow the abbreviations used indicate Auckland (A), Canterbury (C), Otago (O), Wellington (W), W’est Coast, North Island (W.C.N.1.) Hawkes BayPoverty Bay) (H.8.-P.8.). 120 Yards Hurdles ' First beat—A. D. Benham (A) 1, E. G. Young (C) 2, P. B. Rogers i (W.C.N.1.) 3; time, 16 l-ssec. I Second heat.—P. Bowie (AY) 1, H. AY. Milner (O) 2, C R Brntwell (C) 3; tinie ,I6seo. ' Third heat. —F. Sharpley (H.8.-P.8.) (1, A. J. Darby (W.C.N.1.) 2; time, 16 2-ssec. 100 Yards. First heat.—G. Quin (H.8.-P.8.) 1, AV. J Fitzsimmons (AY) 2; B. Tapley (0) 3; time, lOsec. , Second heat. —V. R. AYalker (A) • jC. Robinson (W r ) '2; C. S. Barrcll (O 3; time, 10 l-sscc. Third heat.—J. McFnrlane (C) 1, 'W. S. Bainbridge (A) 2, A- AY el ply (\\) 3: time, lOsec. V One Mile. E. Forne (H.8.-P.8.) * T. Allen (O) £ M. S. Cooper (A) Time, 4.25. ' 220 Yards Hurdles. First heat.—N. E. Nelligan (C) 1 ■ A. Innes (W.C.N.1.) 2; time, 26 2-o SC Second heat—F. A. Finlayson (A) 1,

J. Blakeway (W) 2, A. J. Darby (W.C.N.1.) 3. Third heat.—F. Sliarpley (H. 8.P. 8.) 1, P. Bowie (W) 2; time, 26 4-osee. . 220 Yards. First beat.—G. Quinn (H.8.-P.8.) 1, S. A. Black (W.C.N.1.) 2, C. S. Barrel! (O) 3; time, 22 l-ssec. Second heat.—W. S. Bainbridge (A) 1, W. J. Fitzsimmons (IV) 2, A. Bickerstaff (H.8.-P.8.) 3; time, 22 1-5. ‘ Third heat.—J. McFarlane (C) 1. B. Tapley (O) 2, C. Robinson (W) 3; time 22 l-ssec. Three Miles Walk. I. Driscoll (H.8.-P.8.) I D. Kingston (H.8.-P.8.) 2 Time, 22.43. C. W. Coleman (W.C.N.1.), who finished first, wps disqualified by the judges by a majority of two to one. 440 Yards Hurdles. First beat.—A. T. Anderson (C) L H. B. Ball (A) 2, H. Pettet (0) 3; time, 57 2-ssec. Second' heat.—F. A. Finlayson (A) I. A. ,T. Darby (W.C.N.1.) 2; time, 59sec 440 Yards. First heat.—W. S. Bainbridge (A) 1. S. A. Black (W.C.N.1.) 2, E. T. Newburgh (C) 3; time, 50 3-ssec. Second heat—C. V. Evans (W.C.N. 1.) 1, T. R. Kerr (A) 2; N. A. McNaughton (0) 3 ; time, 51 sec. Pole Vault. F. S. Barraclough (0), lift 3in 1 N. Mulvev (C), lift. 2 11. Johnson (O), 10ft 9in 3 Broad Jump. T. J. Crowe (W). 22ft 53in ... 1 H. K. Brainsby (A), 22ft 4im 2 A. A. Cameron (O), 22ft- OJin 3 Throwing the Discus. P. Munro (W), 130 ft 81 in I i\. D. Adlam (W), 119 ft 3fin 2 A. A. Cameron (O), 118 ft .11 in 3