ATHLETICS.
'■■■'■ L. J. Omstein and M. Harrison have ar- ' ranged to run a match over three miles, on Labour Day. Each man .has-now' deposited • £50.. . ' - ~ , _ , ' A. C. : * Palmer, of; Dunedin, the London :Hospital crack threequarter, greatly assisted his* hospital to'retain the Inter-Hospital Challenge Shield, for which five London in- '■ stitutions competed at Stamford Bridge the other day.' Palmer won the long jump at 21ft 3iin, ; carried off premier honours in the quarter-milo, after a close struggle with T. H. Just of "Bart," who was beaten a foot in 545.; and ran third to Evans and Stokes, of Guy's, in the 220 yds, Evans winning' by inches only, with Palmer less than a foot behind Stokes- Another New Zealandcr who helped London' to victory was P. L. Poote, ■-•' who threw, -the ; hammer 104 ft, and won: that, event from the holder, Tucker, of Guy's,' the New Zealandcr'ss margin being 2fY Bin. The London Hospital claimed five firsts and three .seconds,'and, won the shield by 59 points I t<* ■ Guy's 55 (four firsts, five seconds) and • Bartholomew's 29. London Hospital has now won' the trophy five times in the last six years, v.' ■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14157, 4 September 1909, Page 8
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