AMERICAN ATHLETES IN MASTERTON.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9742, 6 March 1914, Page 6

AMERICAN ATHLETES IN MASTERTON.

tPIB PBIBP ASSOCIATION.) MASTERTOX, Feb. o

The American athletes competed here to-day at Wairarapa Amateur Athletic dub's moo-ting;. Iti the 440 yards Parker. (U.S.AA broke the Australasian rocord. hits time being; 4!) l-osocs, winning; hv ten vard;-.

A feature of the meeting; was Power's (I'.S.A.) mile run, doing; it in 4.1S 2-5, which is a fresh Australian record.

I'empleton: was too heavily handicapped, but showed to'great advantage in the 120 hurdltvs and pole vaulting, in the pole vault-he cleared lift lin. and just failed to beat his own record of lift Gin.

(aughey (U.S.A.) in putting covered 44ft H.'in. ;ils<i an Australasian record. ResP.lt>:-

100 Yards Handicap. Parker (I'.S.A.) M-r. and W. Angus. 11yds, dead heat, I. Time, lOsocs. I4't Yards.— Parker scr. 1, Tresfiider 2.4 i) l-osees. Mile.—Power (U.S.A.) scr. 1. Hudson (Wellington) 2. 4.1S 2-o.

120 Yards Hurdles.—Me Ken zie Pi yards 1, Templeton (U.S.A.) scr. 2. Temploton ju.st tailed to eatcli MeKonzie, who won bv inches onlv. Pole Vault.—Harvey Siii. lift 2in 1, Templeton scr. lift lin 2. High .lump.—Stratford (Manawatu) Oin oft 10|in 1, A. Ordish Bin 2. I'uttiug the shot.—McKenzio 10ft -lift Tin 1. Harding (Masterton) 10ft 44ft -fin 2.

In the country club championship ihe shield was won easily by Masterton Club. Manawatu being tlie only other club represented.

R. Messenger won 100. 200, 440 and Bfio8 fi o yards championships; R. McKenzio won the broad jump and putting the shot: J. Bradbury won 880 yards; L. Perston won mile; Harvey won pole vault.

Special gold medals were presented to the four visiting Americans in recognition of their sterling; performances. The party left by the evening; train for Palmerston North en route to Hamilton for their final meeting.

Stratford, of Awapuni. won the hop, ■tep and jump championship at tho above sports. Stagpoole, besides competing in and winning; the 120 yards hurdles championship, also competed in the handicap hurdles, but, had the misfortune to fall. K. Tait, of Palmerston, filled third place in this event.