AMATEUR ATHLETICS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23400, 17 July 1939, Page 15

AMATEUR ATHLETICS

MEETING AT THE DOMAIN The Auckland Amateur Athletic Club held tiie usual weekly events at the Domain oil Saturday afternoon. After the , week's rain the going was very heavy, times being slower all round. The finish of the 5000 yds steeplechase resulted in a duel between D. Martin and R. Henshaw, one of the juniors of the club. The result wa.< in doubt till the last few yards, when Martin won by less than a foot, the clock registering only a-fifth of a second difference in time. Another feature of the afternoon's sport was" the success in the shot-putting contest of the veteran, A. Clark, who attains his OOtli birthday next month. He won the shot and was second in the discus throw, and finished 1011 l in the 5000 yds. Results were as follows: — ' 75Yds. —First heat: Thaiti, 1; Barnes. 2; R. Byrne, 3. Time, BV,s. Second heat: Beeston, I; Clark, 2; Hammond. 3. Time, B'/ a s. Third heat: Mechlin, I; Sligo, 2; (~. Bvrne, 3. Time, S'/ a s. Fourth heat: Levin, I•' Leach, 2; Matthews. 3. Time, B'/ a s. Filial: R. S. Thaiii, B'Avds, 1; S. L. Lewin, (I'Avds, 2; W. J. Median, Oyds, 3. Time, Bs. Putting the Shot. —A. Clark, H!ft (>in, 1; G. Brown, I Oft, 2; W. H. Oliver, Bft Din, 3. Distance, 37ft Bin. ■ Throwing the Discus.—W. J. Neehani, 7ft, 1; A. Clark, Gift, 2; J. H. Smith, 42ft, 8. Distance, 115 ft n'/,in. 5000 Yds Steeplechase.—D. Martin, 1; R. Henshaw, 2; Matheson. 3; Evans. 4; McLeod, ft; Olwers, 6. Time, 20m 555. Fastest time was secured by G. McLean in 17m 325. 800 METRES RECORD WOODERSON'S TIME ECLIPSED (Received July 16, 5.5 p.m.) ROME, July 15 K. Harbig, the German runner, defeated M. Lanzi, of Italy, in an SOO.metres event. The time of lm 46 3-5s is a world's record, eelipeing "Wooderson's 193S fiffnrea by 1 4-8«. ■