MAUNGAKARAMEA SPORTS

Northern Advocate, 31 January 1927, Page 6

MAUNGAKARAMEA SPORTS

SPLENDID DAY'S OUTING. Eeeogniscd as one of the leading athletic and axemen’s gatherings in the North, the officials in charge of the preparations and carrying out of the Maungakaramea Athletic Club’s ninth annual meeting spared no pains on Saturday to make the gathering at the Recreation Ground on Saturday maintain the high standard previously set.

Enterprise in offering substantial prizes earned its own reward as far as entries were concerned and the calibre of the competitors was as high as could be found on any sports ground in North Auckland, while the attendance of over 300 spectators was an increase on the patrongac accorded last year. All the same the sports were deserving of -a larger concourse than was there.

j Messrs E. O’Carroll and F. O’Shea | were joint secretaries and much of the success of the mooting was due to their able control, assisted by Messrs T. O’Shea, C. Child, W. Codlin, S.C. Crawford and other officials, all of whom rendered good service in seeing that the various events were run smoothly. The result was that there was not hitch of any kind. The chopping events were started by Mr Lon Smith and Messrs E. Paddison, A. Gawlcr and W. Codlin were judges, whose decisions gave no cause for doubt. Mr Codlin also acted as starter and, although some of the fields broke he managed to get the races away well. To Mr J. N. I. McKay the handicapper is due much credit for the care which he had evidently taken in assessing handicap allowances. The cup winner proved a bit of a "dark horse” but the fact remains that prior to the races he was not tipped as a winner

After going a hundred yards Findlay suddenly spurted to the van, and after that he never looked like losing although Nesdale and Abbott, off the same mark had gained on him. He won comfortably by 5 yards from Nesdale, who was 8 yards ahead of Abbott, with Fyfo two yards behind him, fourth. Time—47 3-ssec. 880 Yards Handicap; prizes £5, £2, and £1. —A. Findlay, 55yds, 1; W. Hastie, 45yds, 2; E. Fyfe, 48yds, 3. Also started: —A. Farrow 43yds, T. Campbell 55, E. McQueen 55, A. K. Williams 55, G. Windley 55, and lan ■Symes 60. The winner adopted similar tactics to those in the quarter-mile and jumped out to make the running early in the race. In the second lap he stalled off a challenge by Hastie and further increased his lead going on to win comfortably by 15 yards with Fyfe a similar distance behind Hastie, the trio being the only runners to finish. Time—2min Isec.

■ High Jump, handicap; prizes £2, 15/ and 5/. —L. D. Abbott, 2ins, and E. McQueen, 2ins, equal 1; W. W. McCardle, scr, 3. Nigel McKay, l|ins, also competed. After all the competitors had had one and two 1 ‘ lives, ” McKay dropped out at sft OJins. Abbott and McQueen both failed after the rod was* above sft llins, and McCardle could not better a good jump of sft 24ins, thus failing by an inch to overtake the handicaps. Long Jump; prizes £l, 10/ and 5/. — W. W. McCardle 1; A. Waterman 2. McCardle’s winning leap was 18ft lin. Hop, step and jump; prizes £l, 10/ and 5/.—G. Forbes 1, W. McCardle The winner, who hails from Portland covered 39ft.

Consolation Race, 100yds; prizes £2, and 10/. —A. Waterman, OJyds, 1; L. D. Abbott, 9yds, 2; T. E. Gough, 7yds, 3. C. Forster, 10yds, and A. K. Williams, 11yds, also raced. Waterman won by a yard, the rest being well bunched. Time —10 l-ssec.

Throwing the cricket ball; prizes £1 and 10/. —L. D. Abbott 1, A. Cooper 2, G. Kelk 3. The distance was not measured.

Cigarette race; prizes trophies.—W. Thorburn 1, R. Porter 2, P. Rhaw 3. Thorburn had an easy win owing to the adept way in which his fanpartner gave him a light and started him on the homeward gallop. 100 Yards, boys under 16 years; prizes 10/ .and 5/.—B. Phillips 1, A. Ik 11 2, C. Bell 3. Also started: L. Holtham, P. Marsh, F. Bint, G. Porter, and D. Walker. Messrs T. O’Rhea, and C. Child handicapped the competitors in tlie tapes, and an cxeellont start was effected. It was a fine race all the way and the finish was so close that the judges had no easy task in picking out the placed lads ns there was only a matter of inches between them. Time—l2 2-ssee.

Boys half-mile, under 16 years; prizes £1 10/ and 10/.—T. Marsh, syds 1; D. Kerr, syds, 2; B. Phillips, scr, 3. Also started: C. Bell syds, F. Bint 12, A. Bell 15, J. TToey L. Holtham 26, G. Hannam 26, P. Marsh 57, F. McLean, 57, M. Yule 75, J. Marsh 75, R. Ross 85, M. Harvey S 5. Yule, a youngster a few months past his eleventh birthday showed out prominently in flic early stages when

ho took the lead, running in a most promising manner with a good long easy stride. He stuck gamely in front until the final sprint, when he was overtaken by the back markers, who had, as the time shows, run a fast race for lads. T. Marsh won by ■I yauls from D. Kerr, who w r as 3 yards ahead of Phillips with, Yule fourth. Time —2min lOsec. Boys race, 100 yards championship; prize Mr W. Jones’ trophy valued at £3 3/.—H. Lewis 1, F. Williams 2, C. 801 13. Also started: C. Lane, E, Sands, B. Phillips, A. Bell and J. Symes. All the lads were off the same mark and a good contest resulted, the winner proving syds better than Williams who, in turn beat C. 801 l by 3 yards, the time, by two watches, being .11 l-sscc. Young Ladies’ Pace, 100 yards; prizes, trophies.—First heat: Miss McCullough 1, Miss O’Shea 2, Miss Bint 3. Misses Deeming, Morrissey and Primrose wore in the race resulted in a good finish. Second heat; Miss .1. Steedman 1, Misses G. Courtney and C. Hill, dead heat 2. Misses Hill, Babe and M. Courtney were other competitors. Final: Miss G. Courtney 1, Miss J. Steedman 2, Miss McCullough 3. The final was won by about a yard, with little between tlie rest. ,

A good deal of interest was taken in a contest amongst motorists tilting the ring, and it called for a good deal of skill and judgment. Competitors were allowed to drive for a minute round a course and to spear as many rings as they could in that time. Mr H. Walker, in a baby Austin, won the event with 12 rings and Messrs H. Waymouth and A. Williams divided second prizes with 10 each. Other results were T. Gough 8, A. P. Haycock 7, W. Matthews 7, C. Foster 7, F. O’Shea 7, W. Thorburn 7, A. Bailey 7, E. O’Carroll fi, G. Hansard C. A. Sloanc 6 and E. Wells 5.

The outstanding runner on the day was A. Findlay who annexed the Cup, the quarter-mile and the half-mile events in no uncertain manner, and who collected £25 by doing so. Judging from his showing, the fact that he has not been on the track for over three years and consequently had no performances to put in was in his favour. Yet he ran well, and although likely to receive less liberal starts in future he should figure prominently at other gatherings. A • Waterman was placed in five events. 'He won the 100yds maiden and the ■ consolation lOOvds, was second in the ! long jump and third in the Cup and 100yds handicap, his share of the prize money being £7 10/. That share was exceeded by P. Nesdale, a goo 3 runner from Auckland, who gained first in the lOOvds handicap, second in the Cup and second in the quarter-mile, taking £l2. Considering that he was a back-marker his performance was a very good one. L. D. Abbott won the high jump and throwing the cricket ball, was second in the consolation lOOvds and third in the quarter mile. His prize money amounted to £4, but he did not run as well as usual and appeared to be off colour, especially as he decided not to start in the half-mile. , v No other competitors gained more' than one place. Eesults were as follow:

Maiden Eace, 100 yards; prizes 30/ and 10/—A. Waterman 1, S. Walker 2, A. C. Hotham 3. Also started: G. Windley, J. Rowntree and J. Me Cardie,

Waterman was prominent shortly after a good start had been effected, but Hathom ■ made up leeway ami Walker also challenged the winner, who finished with a jump and won by a foot. The other placed men were inches apart and the rest of the field close up. Time: 11 l-ss.

100 Yards Handicap: prizes £4, £2 and £l— First Heat: W. Eodgers, 9?,yds, 1; A. Waterman, 9yds, 2; L. D. Abbott, 7yds. 3. Also started: W. Sands, 91yds, and A'.C. Holtham, lOvds..

The competitors broke once but from a good start a splendid race eventuated, Rodgers running surprisingly well. He won by half a yard

with a yard between second and third. Abbott apparently measured the dis-

tance iiml was content to gain a mollifying place for the final. Time. 101 s.

Second Heat: T. E. Gough, 7yds, 1: R. Porter. Olvds. 2: P. Nesdale. fivds. 3. Also started: W. W. McCardle, 81yds; R. Walker, 9vds; C. Forester, Olvds and J. McCardle Olvds.

After two false starts Mr Codleu got the field awav we!! and a good sprint, resulted in Gough winning by two yards with about a foot between second and third and the field well up. Time; 10 2-ss. Final: P. Nesdale, 61yds, 1; T. E. Gough, 7yds, 2; A. Waterman, oyds, At one stage Waterman led with Abbott challenging him, but the latter eased up and abandoned his effort. Gough, who got an indifferent, start, and Nesdale battled out the issue for the Aucklander to win bv a yard. Waterman was third n similar distance back. Time: 10 l-ss.

I Mauugaicaramea Cup, 150yds; prizes €ls, €5, and £2 10/. —First Heat; A. j Waterman, 14yds, 1; T. E. Gough, ! 7yds,2; W. Eodgers, 91yds, 3. L. D. Abbe! i, oyds, was fourth and W. W. McCardle, Slyds, and A. E. Williams, 10yds, also competed, j Waterman proved to be well treated i in this heat, but he was fully extended awe)- getting off the mark well. Ho won by barely a yard while Gough j and (lodgers were hard to separate, j Abbott being half a yard behind them. Time: 15 2-ss. ! Pecond Heat: A. Findlay, 14yds, 1; jP. Nesdalc, 14yds, 2; C. Forster, 131yds, 3. H. A. Lewis, 12yds and E. \ Porter, 14yds, also raced. Findlay [ had a fairly easy win by nearly throe J yards and a yard separated Nesdalc I and Foster in a field that was not I bunched. No time was recorded for the heat. Final: A. Findlay, 14yds, 1; P. Nosjdalo, 14yds, 2: A. Waterman, 14yds, 3. The trio off the same mark fought

the issue between them. Findlay took the lend from the spring and although Nesdalc made a fine effort over the last 50yds Findlay finished strongly with a yard to spare. Waterman was losing distance over the latter half of the course and he was more than n yard behind the Auckland sprinter Time: 14 2-ss. 440 Yards Handicap; prizes £5, £3, and £1 10/. —A. Findlay 32yds, 1; P. Nesdalc, 19yds, 2; L. D. Abbott, 19yds, 3. E. Fyfo, 28yds, was fourth and other starters wore—T. E. Gough, 2(syds: A. K. Williams, 26yds; E. Porter, 27yds, W. E. Eodgers, 30yds; W. W. McCardle, 30yds; S. Walker, 32yds; G. Windley, 32yds; H. Edmonds; 32vds; and A. Farrow 33yds.

Maiden Standing Chop, 12 inches, Mangapai and Tangiteroria ridings only; prizes £2 and £l—M. Morrissey 1, S. Finlayson 2, T. O’Shea 3. Also chopped—C. Clotworthy, A. Knew, T. Campbell, C. Griffin and G. Kelk. Clotworthy, Kelk, Morrissey and Finlayson started on their second scarves in that order but Morrissey had less left to do and he won from Finlayson by about 12 seconds with, O’Shea about 5s later. The winner cut well and accurately. Time: 1m 19 3-ss.

Standing Chop Handicap, 12in block; prizes £7, £2 and £l—Bunny Finlayson, 10s, 1; Bain Finlayson, 12s 2; C. Child, 10s, 3. Also chopped — W. Thorburn 6 s, T. Gough 10s, M. Griffen scr, G. Kelk 10s, P. Underwood 6s and F. Underwood, 10s.

Thorburn was first round his block I hut his first scarf was a narrow one. The event was won comfortably by j four seconds, Bain Finlayson just beating Child by a stroke, after the | latter’s axe had jammed in what might have been the last blow. The winner’s chopping time was 535. Underhand Chop, 14in block; prizes £5, £2 and £l.—C. Child, 10s, 1; T. Gough, 12s 2; P. Morrissey, ’ 255, 3. Also competed;—W. Thorburn 7s, Bunny Finlayson, 12s, Bain Finlayson 15s, G. Kelk 255, and IV. Hastie 15s. Child won this event easily by 5 seconds, and there was a long pause before the third block toppled. Kelk was a likely looking winner during the earlier part of the contest, but he Was unlucky when he turned to find that there was a big knot in his timber. Child severed the log in Im. 2s. A FITTING FINALE.

In the evening a successful dance mil concert ivas held in the Maungakaramca hall as the customary windup to sports day. Songs were contributed by Messrs Waring, Young rnd Baines, Mrs C. Child playing the accompaniments, and dancing " was kept going until an early hour.