Athletics.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7967, 25 November 1911, Page 17

Athletics.

By ‘'Equitas." Fixtures: November 29.—Karori A.A. Club, even! meeting. \ November 30.—Civil Service Shorts. Bai Kcserve Deceinbc- 6. —Athletic Football Spoi Club, evening nmning. Basin Deserve. 1 December 16.— Wellington A.A. Club aft noon meeting. ; December 26ih anti 27lh.—Auslralasi Championship Electing. i January 1. Vva-Lrarapa. Caledom boc;c:y. at Mactcrton; amateur events. Janmuy 22 Wanganui Caledon! M/eiOty at Wanganui; aU running ever auw^iuir. January £7.—Civil Service Amateur Spoi ’ Club, altcrno >n meeting. Basin Deserve. . Ecbruary.—Provincial OJiaiupionahip ilc IL g at Ba.s»!i Kojer Wellington. February.—New Zealand Chamnionsh i'ccting. .it Invercargill. Harsh. 23.—'Victoria College - A.A. Cb Annual Sports. The Opening of the Season. LAhON 1911-12 wilF be opened by t ivarori A.A. Club's evening meetij ou Wednesday next. The open over set down lor decision are Iboyas and mile. Tne entries axe numerous and t > Karon A.A. Club —riie junior club of t ‘ Wellington Centre —is to be congratuic ed on Doing the first to hold a mcetu this season. Tfi© cavil Service meeting is to . r held on the Basin Deserve on the folio* ing da3 r , and trom the manner iu with tho various departmeuts are supportu the meeting, a very sucoetsiul day's epo should result. A largo number yf oi best known local competitors are mei bers of the Civil Service—iu fact X t tho Civil Service Club us tho first hoi era of the Me Willy Challenge Shield and the most of them have been in a tive training for some time p>ast. Woo ger, Hubbard, Uoard, Wilson, Ellilf Bunn, Walsh, and Tentenborg a! amongst the number who will bo coi peting. < On December 16th. A programme is to hand of the We lington A.A. Uiub'e afternoon meeting- c tho Bason Xteserve on Saturday, Decor her ftith. Tlhe meeting coming as j does only ten days ‘before the Au&traL sian championsiup meeting, will be * special interest showing as it will tl form of our local competitors who me l>e selected to represent the Dominic in the Australasian championships. Ti events sot down lor decision are: 50yc handicap ; 100yds handicap; President j handicap), 22tiyds (open to club membei ! only); 419yds* .handicap; SSOjds handica : (Ladies' Bracelet!; 1 mile run handicap 1 mile walk handicap; 2 mil walk handicap; 'SM yards hurdi handicap; hign jump handicap; step, and jump) haud.icap); pole vaultxo handicap; throwing hammer handicap putting shot handicap); bicycle race v mile (amateur); bicycle races, land2mlle (amateur); musical chairs on bicycles boys' half mile walk; boys' 229yds dael Entries close on December 9th. Support for Amateurs. Bight royally is tho Wanganui Caledo man Society supporting tne amateur* It is now lor the amateurs to euppoi the society. Tho programme of its.meet ing to be held on Anniversary Day ha been Issued, and moat liberal trophic are being awarded for the running even! which are for amateurs only: Tno rut nlng events (with values of trophies i parenthesis) are; 120yds (60s, 40s, 20s) 220yds (60s, 40s, 20s); 440yds (60s, 40s 20o); BSoyds (60s, 40s, 20s); one mile (100 s 40$, 20s); 220yds—Ladies' Bracelet; 120 yd hurdles (50s, 40s, 20s); 220yds hurdles (oOs 30s/20s).* -Last season’a number of loca enthusiast made the trip to Wanganu by motor car, and it is on the tapiis that tne trip is to be repeated. /

Good News and Bad. At the next meeting of the centre, twi pew oiubs are applying for affiliation viz., the tseatoun Amateur Athletic Club and tffe Central Harriers.. The tonne has, been started by a number of entnu siasts who reside in the seaside resort and they propose to hold evening meet ings on Seatoun Park, and progabty i carnival (similar to tue old M.ranur tea Side carnivals) on Anniversary ■ Day. The Central Hamers is really tni Wednesday section ot the Brooklyi Club, wlno have decided to go on thcT

■ j o ” a. I , 1 These clubs will be heartily welcome! Inna a -b fei'aaiyuig . to see new clubi being, formed. On the , other hand, how . ever, some ot our other clubs are detune or moribund. The Port Nicholson Club which had at one time the largest mom : hersnip of any local club, is in a very precarious state. The club lost heavily on account of the postponement of ib last sports meeting, and the present i members are not showing much interest in the club's affairs, and are somewhat ! unwilling to accept office, evidently be- . cause the club is in "low water, ’ its Ha , bin tics being in excess of its assets, j What this club needs is a good hardworking secretary, and an increase oi the fcUDicription to ss. T’he present sub- ! ecription ot 2s 6d hardly covers working j expenses. X hope that the dub wiU soon rise to its former level. The Haw era A. A. Club, formed by H. Burdebin. when in that town, has not had a very successful career since ha had to relinquish the secretaryship on removal from Hawera. The late secretary (Mr Bussell) states that there is no hope'of the club existing this season. ; The New Plymouth Club is in much the same position as Hawera. and must i also be posted on the "defunct" list. j Local Candidates for the New Zealand Team. ■; The following have been nominated by I the Wellington centre for inclusion in the New Zealand team lor the Australasian championships: 100yds—W. A- Woodger, V. S. Williams, F. C. Hubbard. ' 220yds—W. A. Woodger, A. \ . Stonr, ! E. is. Fisher. ■ ~ ! 440yds— W. G. Harding, J. Wilton, E. p PicllAT ikiOyds—W. G. Harding and J. F. Wilson. 1 Mile—J. F. Wilson. 3 Milos—C. Howberry and F. Byrne. Walks—H. B. Kerr, D. Cashman and G. Turner. . _ Hurdles—K. McKenzie, A. Evensen and A. Halligan. „ , High jump—L. McKay, H. A. Hodge,; A, Evensen. N. G. Winkelmann. Polo Vault—L. McKay and A. Evensen., Dong jump—F. C. Hubbard. Patting the shot—L. McKay, A. Bis '■ Tiirowing the hammer—A. Bissett. Hop, step, and jump—L. McKay- and P. C. Hubbard. A.A. Union of Australasia. The Board of Control of the A.A.U. of Australasia will meet in Wellington in December. The agenda paper contains the following: Filing if n, adq iartcre, 01.0-tion tion of officers; Olympian Games at block-. holm, 1912; consideration and adoption of records passed bp executive during 1910-11; consideration of position of the South Australian Amateur Athletic Association; reception of the pres.dents report on the suggested alliance with the Lag-, llsh A.A.A. and Canadian A.A.D.; con-,; sideration of corrtsjxmdence from tne. Swedish Amateur Athletic Association re : International Amateur PiMe - , t’on, and appointment delegate to con- . ferencc to be held at Slocknolm. July . 191© - consideration of amateur definition; rums, especially clause (Bj of exceptions : as applied to games; suggested revision of reinstatement rules; presidents report of "Festival of .$®P| re t<mr *.. 1 Th : s programme will take some time ! to get through, and some of the items,; ~

will no doubt bo productive of very considerable discussion. That relating to rules in particular has been a bono of : contention in Australia for moutlis past. Clause .(B) reads: “Amateurs shall not loso their status by competing with or against professionals in any game, for which no money prize is oiler fid. “Games” recognised are baseball, cricket, football, hanci-ball and fives, golf, lacrosse, tennis, quoits, racquets, hockey, and bowls, in Australia a number cf' players in Rugby League football (the professional game) are stated to be really “amateurs,” in that they receive no pecuniary benefit whatever from playing League football. The Amateur Sports Federation of Australia treats ail who play in League football as professionals, but certain members. of the Amateur Athletic Association of New South >\ales consider that so long as a man can sign tho amateur declaration, he should be allowed to gompete in events under A.A.A. rules, irrespective of whether he plays League or Rugby Union football. So far the question has not cropped up in New Zealand, but with the growing numbers of players in Northern Union football, a case may arise at any time. Jottings. Mr 0. Anderson has been, appointed lion, secretary of the Canterbury’ Centro N.Z.A.A.A., vice Mr H. E. Hamilton, resigned. Tho belated new rules of the council, over which there has been &o much trouble, have now been planted and issued to the centres. T. Rigg, the Victoria College crack over one and three miles, who ran very prominently in open events two seasons back, is going to start training in earnest after Christmas. Rigg stands a good chance of selection in the centre b team tor the next New Zealand championships. . Several country clubs arc trying to arrange meetings so as to secure the visiting Australian athletes at Christmas as competitors. It is - rumoured, however, that the “Haris Cup” at Christchurch will interfere with the attendance of. the Australians at any meetings that might be arranged. The Athletic Football Amateur Sports • Club is holding an evening sports meeting on the Basin Reserve on Hecemlper Gth. The events set down ior decision are: 75yds club, 220yds and Bbo yds ojieu, .