ATHLETICS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14531, 19 November 1910, Page 9

ATHLETICS.

AUCKLAND CLUB'S 1 raRCTCIT. -M The entries for all events at the Auck- • • land Amateur Athletic Club's December carnival close at the Amateur Sports • Club ?" this evening, at nine o'clock. The officials received a telegram yesterday from Harding, • covering his nominations, and stating that he has received the necessary leave of ab» ;i----senco to take part in the Auckland carnival. V He will arrive in Auckland on Decern* J, ber 1. v -jt

SACRED HEART COLLEGE SPORTS. . The first annual sports meeting of the a Sacred Heart College students will 1 be held at the college grounds, Richmond Road, Ponsontiy, to-day. < Large entries have been received, and good! sport is anticipated. r The meeting will be chiefly noticeable for -: the introduction of the metre system into ; Auckland; amateur athletics. The 'sollege invitation hurdle race will be held at 3.45 p.m. ;';5

Mr. W. G. Talbot, honorary* secretary; and , treasurer of ■; the New Zealand A ma, - teur Athletic Association, and hon., secretin ry of the Wellington Rugby Union, who joined the ranks of the benedicts at Wellington on Thursday, arrived in Auckland • by the Main Trunk train yesterday. j ; A mateuij athletics in Auckland are evidentin on the improve. During this week ': an amateur using the appropriate nom de . plume of "Spike" has applied for;the® services of a trarner to prepare him for ' the iA coming sports meeting. Such a deter- £ mined effort to get fit surely points, to an.'-i amateur revival. ; The Sydney .Mail says that the arrival in ;? Sydney of C. E. Holway (world's champion sprinter) and James Fitzgerald (champion S lone-distanfce runner), has given an impetus to professional sport. , r