AMATEUR ATHLETICS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15892, 11 October 1913, Page 10

AMATEUR ATHLETICS

NOTES FROM'THE SOUTH. CFbou onu Own Correspondent.) LWERCARGILL, October 10. Southland could boast last season of some promising young athletes, and should these develop "in a manner which might be expected from their performances, we should get together a strong representative team. It .looks as if our strength would-again be in the field events, but there is hopo of some''Sprint runners and distance runners improving . this year, and perhaps also a walker. ■ With evoning si>ortß • most likely at In'vercargill, Otnutau, Winton, and Riverton, tho provincial chauipionsliips at Otautau,! the New Zealand championships probably at Dunedin, and the visit of the American team to Invcrcargill, and perhaps an annual sports meetins by each of the affiliated clubs, the season ought to bo a record one from a competitive point of view.

. An effort to form a dub at Winton is to bp'made shortly, ami in the meantime interest is. boinp worked up. When the time is ripe to call tile mooting, enthusiasts intend being present from both Invercargill nnd Otantau to hefo the cause, along. A number of athletes have already commcncod training locally and at Otautau. It is good news to hoar tJiat Keddol is going to don t.ho spiked shoe-again this season, and this news is not only welcome locally but to the whole of New Zealand. The contest between this great hurdler and the orack American Boeson over the sticks will be one of the titbits of tho year. ■ The Southland Centre is reported to bo in a bad state linanni.illy, having failed to raise funds to tho- extent of about, £20 o! the sum required in sending the Southland tenm to Wellington lost year. This amount was temporarily advanced by.a member of the ocntre on-approved occuritj..