CHAMPION ATHLETES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21130, 12 March 1932, Page 15

CHAMPION ATHLETES.

DOMINION TITLE EVENTS. fine opening to meeting. ELLIOT'S GREAT SPRINTING. SPLENDID TIME FOR QUARTER. The New Zealand amateur athletic championship meeting for 1932 opened at the Domain yesterday afternoon in fine, warm weather, with just a slight breeze blowing down the ground. There was a large attendance' of the public and this augured well for a very large crowd, when the meeting is concluded this afternoon. The outstanding features of the afternoon's sport were the brilliant sprinting of A. J- Elliot, of Auckland, who ran g 4-5s in his heat of the 100 yds. This equalled the New Zealand record and also the best time ever done in the Dominion by an athlete from overseas. There was just a-faint breeze blowing at the time and this will no doubt preclude the possibility of recognition of Elliot's equalling of the record. However, in his heat, of the 220 yds., Elliott, running against the same breeze, registered 21 4-ss, this being the best time ever put up by a New Zealander, although it was below the record of 21 l-5s standing to the credit of G. S. Simpson, of the United States, who toured the Dominion last year. .Tt will be interesting to see if Elliot is able to improve upon these times to-day. Brilliant performances were also registered in the heats of the 440 yds. by T. Pickering (Otago) and S. A. Black (West Coast), who did 49 4-5s and 49 2-5s respectively. The previous best performince by a New Zealander was 50s and the Dominion record is 49 l-ss. Here again there is » possibility of a record in the final this afternoon. The mile race saw (he present titleholder. G. Bayue, Wellington, record a splendid performance in accounting for J. W. Savidan and N. F. Cooper in 4m 255, good time for the Domain track. The other athletic events were all keenly contested, while much interest centred in the cycling races. Unfortunately, these were not free from the customary disputes and it was unfair to the riders in the second heat of the three miles championship to declare it no race through an error on tho part of the lap-keepers. The cyclists were aware of the mistake and completed another lap, only to be told there would be no placings. Competitors were present, from the 'Auckland, Wellington. West Coast (Taranaki, Wanganui and Taihape districts), Canterbury and Otago provincial areas. Following are the results: —

120 YARDS HURDLES. [World's record, 14 2-ss; New Zealand record, 15 l-ss; present champion, A. J. Derby (West Coast), 17 2-ss. First Heat.—J. Holderness (Wellington), 1; P. T. Bowie (Auckland). 2; J. Broad (West Coast). 3. Time, 16 l-ss. Second Heat.—l. 0. Manson (Otago), 1; J. W. Shirley (Auckland), 2; L. Burgess (West Coast), 3. Time. 16 2-ss. The final will be decided this afternoon. POLE VAULT. .World's record, 14ft. l^in.; New Zealand record, lift,. 3 5-Bin.; present champion, F. Brady (Wellington), 10ft. sfin. W. J. Batstone (Canterbury) . . 1 G. Sullivan (West Coast) . . 2 , L. E. Smith (Canterbury) « 3 Height, 10ft. 64in. 100 YARDS. World's record. 9 2-ss; New Zealand record, 9 4-ss; present champion, G. Hart (Canterbury), 10 2-ss. First Heat.—A. J. Elliot (Auckland), 1; C. G. Gordon (Canterbury), 2; V. R. Walker (Auckland). 3. Won by 2yds. Time, 9 4-5s —equalling the New Zealand record. Second Heat.—C-. H. Jenkins (Wellington), 1; G. F. Hart (Canterbury), 2; J. Matthews (Wellington), 3. Time, 10s. The final will be run this afternoon. HALF-MILE CYCLE. Jiew Zealand records, 59 2-5s (banked track), and 64s (grass track), both held by F. J. Grose (Canterbury); present champion (banked track), T. O'Brien (Canterbury), 70 4-ss. First Heat.—R. Ulmer (Wellington), 1; T. O'Brien (Canterbury), 2. Time, 75 3 ss. . , , . , Second Heat. —H. R. Dwight (Auckland), S. Campbell (Canterbury), 2. Time, ' 76 2-ss. Third Heat.—F. J. Grose (Canterbury) and A. Hansou (West Coast), dead-heat, -1. Time, 71 4-ss. The final will be decided this afternoon. ONE MILE. World's record. 4m ]0 2-ss: New Zealand record, 4m 13 3-ss; present champion, G. Bavne (Wellington), 4m 30s. G. Bayne (Wellington) 1 J. W. Savidan (Auckland) . . . 2 N. F. Cooper (Auckland) .. -.3 The field kept fairly well together until the last lap. Bayne sprinted 220 yds. from home and beat Savidan by 15yds. Cooper was lOvds. behind Savidan. Time, 4m 255. THROWING THE DISCUS. World's record. 163 ft B|in; New Zealand record, 144 ft 6^iti; present champion, P. Munro (Wellington), 134 ft Bjin. P. Munro (Wellington) . . « . . 1 J. G. Leckie (Otago) .. ** ». 2 H. V. Hogg (Auckland) .«.• 3 Distance, ]3oft. 440 YARDS HURDLES. World's record, 52 3-ss; New Zealand record, 56 4-ss; present champion, T. It. Buxton (Otago), 64 l-ss. First Heat.—A. 11. Malcolm (Auckland), 1; 11. Leach (Wellington), 2; B. F .Anderson (Canterbury), 3. 'J'irne, 57 4-ss. Second Heat.—D. Kerr-Taylor (Auckland), 1; I. E. Manson (Otago), 2; O. J. Richardson (Otago), 3. Time, 58 l-ss. The final wi}l be run this afternoon, 220 YARDS CHAMPIONSHIP. Woild's record, 20 3-ss; New Zealand record, 21 l-5s (straight track), 21 4-5s (circular track); present .champion, C. 11. Jenkins (Wellington), 22 4-ss. First Heat.—C. H. Jenkins (Wellington) and S. A. Black (West Coast), deadheat, 1; H. C. Garlick (Auckland), 3. Time, 22 3-ss. Second He;it.—A. J. Elliot (Auckland), 1; P. Munro (Auckland), 2; J. Hamilton (Wellington), 3. Won by 10yds. Time, 21 4-ss. The finai will be run this afternoon. ONE MILE CYCLE. Kew Zealand record, 2m 13 2-5s (grass track); present champion (banked track), T. O'Brien (Canterbury), 3m . 0 3 ss. First Heat.—T. O'Brien (Canterbury), 1; H. W. Gordon (Auckland), 2; M. P. Byrnes (Auckland), 3. Ulmer (Wellington) and Tolley (West Coast), who finished first and third respectively, were disqualified for boring out on Byrnes, lime, 2m 28 3-ss. Second Ileaf.—F. J. Grose (Canterbury), 1; M. Cane (Wellington), 2j S. Campbell (Canterbury), 3. Time, 2m > .41s. final will be decided this afternoon.

HALF-MILE WALK. No -world's record, and no New Zealand record established; standard time, 3m 15s. R. Cameron (Auckland) * *■ ■« 1 D. Wills (West Coast) * * e e 2 S. C. Coleman (West Coast) . * 3 I. Driscoll (Wellington) dead-heated with Cameron, but was disqualified for lifting when throwing himself at the tape. Time, 3m 2 2-ss. HOP, STEP AND JUMP. World's record, 50ft ll£in; New Zealand record, 47ft 4§in; present champion, G. Sullivan (West Coast), 47ft sin. A. A. Cameron (Otago) 1 G. Sullivan (West Coast) . . . . 2 L. C. Schneideman (Auckland) . . 3 Distance, 46ft 9-Jin. THREE MILES CYCLE. New Zealand record, 7m 13s (grass track); no record banked trajk; present champion, T. O'Brien (Canterbury), 7m 20 4-5s (banked track). First Heat.—T. O'Brien (Canterbury), 1: R. Ulmer (Wellington), 2; J. Tolley (West Coast), 3. Time, 8m 26 3-ss. Second Heat.—This was won by F. J. Grose, Canterbury, from Ganc, Wellington, and Campbell, Canterbury, but it was declared 110 race. 440 YARDS. World's record, 47 2-ss; New Zealand record, 49 l-ss; present champion, D. Evans (West Coast), 525. First Heat.—T. Pickering (Otago), 1; J. Fleming (Wellington), 2; D. Evans (West Coast), 3. Second Heat.—S. A. Black (West Coast), 1; T. G. Broadway (Canterbury), 2; W. Ogg (Wellington), 3. The final will be decided this afternoon. HANDICAP EVENTS. 75 Yards Flat. —First heat: W. G. Elliot, 7yds, 1; Warren, 2yds, 2; McLean, 4£yds, 3. Time, 7 3-ss. Second heat: Matthews, ljj'ds, 1; Cargill, 2£yds, 2; Hodgkins, 4£yds, 3. Time, 7 4-ss. Final: Wyatt, 1; W. G. Elliot, 2; D. A. Elliot, 3. Time, 7 3-ss. 880 Yards Flat. —J. C. Thompson, scr, 1; 11. Blow, 25yds, 2; H. D. Ball, 28yds, 3. Time, 2m 3 2-ss. 75 Yards Ladies' Handicap.—First heat: Miss Nelligan (Canterbury), 3yds, 1; Miss Kench (Wellington), scr, 2; Miss Calinan (Canterbury), Iyd, 3. Time, 8 4-ss. Second heat: Mrs. Harris (Auckland), 2; Miss Lean (Wellington), scr, 3. Time, 8 4-ss. Final: Miss Nelligan, 1; Miss Lean, 2; Miss Kench, 3. Time, 8 4-ss. PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY. Following is the programme for to-day, the first event to start at 1-45 p.m.:— 120 yds hurdles championship final, 880 yds championship, 100 yds championship final, putting the shot, half-mile cycle championship final, 300 yds handicap, high jump championship, one mile cycle handicap, 440 yds hurdles championship final, 100 yds ladies' handicap, 220 yds championship final, 100 yds ladies' championship final, throwing the javelin, 1320 yds handicap, one mile cycle championship final, three miles cycle handicap, mile walk championship, throwing the hammer, 440 yds championship final," long jump, three miles flat, three miles cycle championship final, ladies' relay championship, provincial relay championship.