ATHLETICS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 10 March 1923, Page 9

ATHLETICS.

There never has been probably so interesting a,/seasori/7j;s "this, for the American cracks have given wonderful demonstrations, proving their outstanding excellence,;and the presence of the Australian. champion sprinter. E. .W. Carr, at some. of the" meetings, has made them a' veritable '' 'battle' of giants." .77 ,' :•'-.'.,■'■■ 7"-. Reporting .on the Wellington meeting, the Referee special gays : "Considering the amount of rain that had: fallen, the track-was in good; order. Carr won his heat in lOsec, and Kirksey wort the second heat in the same time.' The final was worthy of the two men, who contested every inch of the . ground, | with the American getting the verdict of the judges by inches in 9. 4-ssec, it being one of the most exciting races ever seen in the Dominion., The time equals the Australasian reooTd for the distance, and the race indicated that there is very, little between -'the two men. In the 220 yards Kirksev aga\n equalled the Australasian record with I 21 4-ssec. This time he beat Carr by ' about a yard." j Talking over old time records • with Mr R. Law, of Kaponga. and Mr J.7A./ Hansen, of Manaia, at Kaponga sports,

'...■.■■■ .... i ...... "7. !- 7.' ". "^T~^.'.'A they recalled that the best high kxnxtrecoiled m Taranaki was to the credit ot Jim Minhinnick, of Fraser Road who, at a meeting on the old HaweT^ recreation ground, won the open event with six ieet, and going on"for an exhibition cleared the bar at 6ft. lin. 1 here were, said Mr Law, many fine jumpers m those days and good allround athletes, and many £ood per- - termances were put^p, which ;vh>ukl more than favourably compare with much of the work don© nowadays; It would be^ interesting to knbwmbrebf the records of Taranaki. 7P^hap S Bolrie ;., old-timer could recall some of the best. It was good to see on the programme of the Kaponga Athletic Club some events for schoolboys, for they are a class of event which clubs will do well to foster by every means in trieir power. : They the, athletes of the future and if there is not a succession of these youngsters coming on the sport will #ot; continue to flourish Besides.- training:, for running: and 7' jumping, ; it is . certain that some at 7 least of the boys; will- take/ theirZplpro 7 111 .football, and this; will be all'to the 7 gam of tbe.aranie, and will exer*ii,«e also a markedly' good and healthy influence 7 on the young men growing up, fo- *o excel in such contests'.boys inust^tfaih conscientiously arid lead a.good 7: clean Pte. Iney cannot otherwise d<y Rriv .'good for long. xyj,xyyyy.yA,yAxj-yy . -.77 7 .Rihahia School/are ' to7b^/\»riKr^u- " J ateV n ]*Hf great win in the points Y-Y: ,for ihe Challenge Cup. //They had a -:- "■' good strong team;= and secured nearly thirty points above the next/school entered. It: will beupto the other schools 7 to put forward; their, best /team 7fbr7 next year, and before the next meeting 3•to strain every rierv<> to see that their '-"•''■: team, is^in the best physical coridi- 7/ tion. This spirt of emulation 3 arid 7 .'striving for'success will be /ori©^ of the 7; most potent influences fori good amongst ; the yyoungx people; of 3 the country 77 schools,. .--,- '■' -y- yy ■ '■■..■Ay.Ayj.y-.;yyy}-ryy