ROWING EVENTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22392, 13 April 1936, Page 14

ROWING EVENTS

EIGHT.OAR CONTESTS VICTORY FOR OTAGO CREW [BY TELF.GRArH —PRF.SS ASSOCIATION'] "WANGANTJI. Sunday The banks of the Wanganui -River and such vantage points as the railway bridge were crowded with spectators yesterday afternoon when the eight-oar inter-provincial and eight-oar interisland races were rowed under perfect conditions. There was only a slight breeze and scarcely a ripple on the beautiful stretch of water on which the races were rowed. For the inter-provincial race of two and a-half miles, seven crews lined up at the starting point. All got away well except Otago, which lost about half a length. At Webb's shed, with a mile covered, Wellington was leading, with Wanganui next, rowing 36 to the minute. Otago was coming through in the centre and then followed Auckland, Marlborough. East Coast and Canterbury. As the crews entered the final stretch of the journey it was seen that Wellington was still heading the field with Otago rowing strongly in second position and Wanganui closing up. One hundred yards from the finishing line it looked as if Wellington had the race well won, with Otago second, but so deceiving was the angle that the judge's placings were:—Otago, 1; Wellington, 2; Wanganui, 3. After Wanganui came Marlborough, Auckland, Canterbury, with East Coast trailing the field. The official verdict was three feet between first and second and a length between second and third. The inter-island race over a course of one and a-half miles was won by the North Island crew, which took the lead after half a mile and gradually forged ahead to win by a length. The teams were: —

North Island. —Clayton (str.), Wellington; Robertshaw (7), Wanganui; Boswell (6), Wellington; Abbott (5), Wellington; Edwards (4), Wanganui; Saunders (3), Auckland; K. Boswell (2), Wellington; B. Waters (bow), Auckland; R. Fearori (cox), Auckland. South Island. —Yallis (str.), Otago; Solomon (7), Otago; Hogan (6), Otago; Charters (5), Marlborough; Tapp (4), Marlborough; M. Cullen (3), Canterbury; Nielsen (2), Otago: Tliorno (how), Otago; Underwood (cox), Otago.

UNIVERSITY TOURNEY ANNUAL. ATHLETIC EVENTS POINTS GAINED FOR SHIELDS [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] "WELLINGTON, Sunday At the close of the first day's events in the annual New Zealand interuniversity college tournament at Wellington yesterday the contestants were placed as follows in the competition for the tournament shield:—Canterbury, 5J points; Otago, 5; Victoria, J; Auckland, 0. The tournament shield points allotted so far are for and swimming, the only completed sections. Competitions for the athletics and tennis trophies were commenced yesterdny and at the close of the dny points for the respective trophies were:—Athletic Shield (holders Otago): Canterbury, 7; Otago, 2; Auckland. 2; Victoria. 1. Tennis Cup: Victoria, 7; Auckland, 6: Canterbury, 6; Otago, 4. i'he nthletic events will bo completed tomorrow and the tennis finals are to be plnyed on Tuesday. At the preliminary events in the athletic tourney yesterday morning two records were broken and one equalled. M. V. Blake (Canterbury), holder of the New Zealand pole vault championship, cleared 10ft lOJiu. J. D. Carmichael (Canterbury) broke the 220 yds record f*r a circular track in 22 3-ss. The eight-oar rowing contest was held on the Korokoro course on Saturday morning. Canterbury had a comfortable two lengths' win from Otago, which took second place from Auckland by a similar margin. Victoria was last. Otago won the swimming shield, competed for at the Thorndon Baths, scoring 11 points. The points scored by the other colleges were:—Canterbury. 7; Victoria. 2: Auckland, 1. One record was broken. H. F. Horsfall (Canterbury) improved on his own record time to win the 220 yards men's brenststroke championship in 3m J.G 3-ss. The boxing preliminaries were fought at St. Thomas' Hall. Newtown, last evening. The final bouts will take place to-morrow. Victoria will be represented in five finals. Canterbury in five, Otago in two, and Auckland in one. The outstanding incident in the tennis rfiatohes commenced at Miramar yesterday was the defeat of I. J. Corich (Canterbury) by J. J. McCarthy (Victoria). Victoria was leading Auckland aud Canterbury by on® point for tlio tennis cup at the clo»e of play.