AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19614, 19 October 1925, Page 2

AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

OTAGO CENTRE MEETING. AN INTERESTING PROGRAMME. An Otago Centre Sports meeting—b fine day ! For some years past the local centre of the Now Zealand Amateur Athletic Association has been singularly unfortunate in the weather conditions during meetings. Time and time again, both during sports meetings and the running of the Otago Five Mile Championship, and the Edmond Cup Steeplechase, the weather has been showery, or heavy rain has fallen prior to the day of the event, making the track conditions more arduous than before. Even Saturday’s fine day was far from perfect for running and cycling, as the strong north-east wind which swept across the Caledonian Ground, was an added handicap to the competitors, and very unpleasant for the spectators, who numbered nearly 1000. An interesting programme was provided, and a number of exciting finishes were witnessed. The meeting was controlled by a capable group of officials under Messrs E. L. Macaseey (referee), and P. W. Breen (superintendent). The results were as follow: — TRACK EVENTS. 100 YARDS HANDICAP—First Heat: G. D. Wise (syds) 1, P. B. Levy (syds) 2; time, ]2seo. Second Heat: H. J. C. MKenzie (10yds) 1, R. N. Campbell 2; time, 11 2-ssec. Third Heat: R. D. Donaldson (10yds) 1, J. C. Green (11yds) 2; time, 12sec. Final; R. N. Campbell 1. H. J. C. M'Kenzie 2. Time. 11 2-ssec. 880 YARDS HANDICAP (nine starters). L. Douglas (15yds) 1 J. W. Tapp (25yds) 2 H. A. Ashby (Byds 3 At the commencement of the second lap Tapp opened out and forged well ahead, maintaining a good lead right round the back straight. Turning for home Douglas put on speed and a fine finish resulted in hie heading Tapp by _a foot, with Ashby 6yds away. Time, 2min 7sec. ONE MILE, uuder IS (15 starters). D. F. Inglis (45ycls) 1 M. M'lndoe (70yds) 2 D. Fraser (55yds) .. .. 3 Though 15 faced the starter only two were in the race. At the start Inglis and M'lndoe took the lead, and were several chains ahead of the field throughout. Entering the straight M'lndoe challenged Inglis, but just failed to beat him. Fraser was a long way back. Time, 4mln 59sec. ONE MILE HANDICAP (10 starters). B. L. Brown (scr) 1 W. N. Connell (100yds) .. .. 2 H. A. Ashby (70yds) 3 Brown maintained his usual form, and won easily by about 70yds from a fairly evenly bunched field. Time, 4min 35 4-ssec. 120 YARDS HUKDLES (first and second in each heat to start in final). —First heat: R. W. Lander (scr) 1, F. J. D. Bolfe (10yds, one hurdle down) 2; time, 18 l-ssec. Second heat: R. A. Malone (7yds, one hurdle down) 1, C. H. Duff (Byds, one hurdle down) 2; lime, 18sec. Final; Malone 1, Duff 2, Landers 3. Time, 17 2-ssee. Malone, who took the lead from the start, won by four lengths. Lander was another three yards away. 300 YARDS HANDICAP (nine starters). A. Fraser (ICyds) 1 W. J. Gibbs (Gyds) 2 J. C. Fraser (15yds) .. .... 3 This was a close tussle, all the competitors being well up. Gibbs made a bold bid for first place when coming up the straight, but A. Fraser was too fast. J. C. Fraser was a close third. Time, 34sec. THRF,E-MILE HANDICAP (seven starters). B. L. Brown (scratch) 1 J. W. Tapp (70yda) .. .. .. 2 C. R. Warrington (230yds) .... 3 After several laps the race become a contest between Brown and Tapp, who have had many events between them on previous occasions. Brown, however, forged well ahead, and won by a considerable distance. Warrington, the third man, put. up a good race. Time, 16mln 52 l-ssec. RELAY HANDICAP (four runners, 880, 440, 220, and 220 yards) .—Otago Boys’ High School 1, Anglican Harrier Club 2, Civil Service 3. Time, 3min 58sec. ONE MILE WALK HANDICAP. Five Starters. J. A. Wilson (scr) ... R. Herum (15yds) 2 G. S. Cabot (60yde) 3 Three competitors completed the event. Wilson, the scratch man, came on well in the final lap and passed Cabot who led most of the way before entering the straight the last time. Herum, the third man, put up a good attempt. Time, 7min 17 l-sseo. 100 YARDS SECONDARY SCHOOLS HANDICAP (first, second, and third in each heat to compete in final). First heat: J. W. M'Arthur (scr) 1, L. O'Regan (syds) 2, W. A. Priest (2yds) 3; time, 11 2-sseo. Second heat: L. E. Macassey (Byds) 1, E. R Comer (7yds) 2, W. Rudkin (6yds) 3; time, 11 2-ssec. Final: Macassey and Comer, equal. 1, O'Regan 2. Time, 10 4-ssec. Macassey and Comer led the field, and breasted the tape together, wdth O'Regan about a yard away. 880 YARDS SECONDARY SCHOOLS HANDICAP. Fourteen starters. N. H., North (40yds) 1 A. Jolly (20yds) 2 J. R. Eon (15yds) ... 3 Won by 20 yards, with two yards between second and thiro. Time, 2min 9sec. LADIES’ HUNDRED YARDS. Three starters. —Miss W. Rudkin 1, Miss E. delle 2, Miss O. Barnes 3. JUVENILE RACES. 100 YARDS PRIMARY SCHOOLBOYS (under 14).—First heat; A. White I. V. Cusack 2; time, Usee, Second heat: L. O'Reilly 1, B. M'Kenzie 2; time, 14sec. Third heat: H. Manion 1, E. Plank 2, Y. Stokes 3; time, 15 2-ssee. Final: O'Reilly I, White 2, M'Kenzie and Cusack, equal, 3 Time, 13sec. 75 YARDS PRIMARY SCHOOL SKIPPING (girls under 14). —R. Boil 1, M. Kirkpatrick 2. Time, 15 3-ssec. 75 YARDS PRIMARY SCHOOLBOYS (under 11). Seven starters. —De Courcey 1, J. Macassey 2, N. Hall 3. Time, lOsec. 100 YARDS (Girls under 14). —D. Bannatvne 1, B. Le Conteur 2, M. Kirkpatrick 3. PRIMARY SCHOOLS RELAY (Scratch race). —North-East Valley 1, Christian Bros. A 2. CYCLE RACES. ONE MILE HANDICAP.—Seven starters. C. M. Nicholson (230yds) 1 W. F. Moir (200yds) 2 I. H. M'Millan (230yds) 3 Nicholson and M'Millan kept together for most of the way. Wills (scratch) made a plucky effort to overtake the leaders, and put up a great spurt on coming up the straight for the last time, but the effort was too much for him. Nicholson won by almost a length. Time, 2min 24seo. THREE MILE CYCLE HANDICAP. Seven starters, A. C. B. Wills (scr) 1 • W F. Moir (200yds) 2 I. H. M'Millan (230yds) 3 The race aroused considerable excitement. Up till half the distance Wills took things steadily, end then gradually overhauled his opponents. For several laps Nicholson, M'Millan, Wills, and Moir rode steadily, but with two laps to go the order was M'Millan, Wills, Moir, and Nicholson. At the commencement of the last lap Wills forced the pace, and rode homo three lengths ahead of Moir, who was a length in front of M'Millan. Time, Bmin 31 l-sseo. OTHER EVENTS. THROWING the JAVELIN HANDICAP. Four competitors.—E. V. Dunbar (scr) 131 ft 6in, 1; W. A. Smith, 129 ft lOin, 2; E. P. Spencer, 119 ft 6in, 3. BROAD JUMP HANDICAP. Eight competitors.—D. A. Ashby (Ift 9in), 21ft 4in, 1; N. Blackwood (2ft), 19ft llin, 2; G. Williams (Ift), 19ft lOin, 3. FOOTBALLERS’ RELAY HANDICAP. (Four men to run 200 yards each, in football togs). Four teams entered. —Pirates 1, Otago Boys’ High School 2, Otago University 3. Won b v two vards, two yards between second and third. Time, 36seo. BANDSMEN’S RACE.—J. Raison 1, J. Doig 2.