ATHLETIC NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20868, 7 November 1929, Page 5

ATHLETIC NOTES.

By Amateur,

SECONDARY SCHOOL SPORTS. Tha annual sports meeting o£ the Boys' High School is always one of tho most attractive events on the athletic calendar, and this year's meeting was no exception to the rule. The weather conditions were ideal, the organisation left nothing to be desired, and, above all, competition was refreshingly keen, and in. dicated that tho school has a number of promising athletes coming along. Several records were broken during thV day, the best effort undoubtedly being that of E. G, Jolly, who, in the cup lial£-uiilc, covered the distance in 2min 1 3-osec. thus breaking the existing record by 2-oscc. His performance was particularly good in that Manning and Hannah, the other two starters, retired after covering quarter of a mile, so that .Tolly had to do the final lap unpaccd. Nicholson gave a delightful exhibition of heel and toe work in tho half-mile walk, and succeeded, from the scratch mark, in clipping 2-5300 off his own record of Smin 28 l-3sec, established last year. Eastgate, who took second, place in this. race, although only a junior, plugged along gamely, and thoroughly deserved the ovation' that greeted him when be crossed the finishing line. His style was distinctly unorthodox, but there was no question- about his fitness or gameness. For the eighth year, in succession (says the: Sun) Christ’s College won the senior section of the Christchurch secondary school sports, and for the third time and the second successive year that school won the junior section also. Three new records were created, and one .record was equalled. The best athlete on the day was D. F. Anderson, of Christ’s College, who, after being. jostled out of h|s stride two or three times in the 440 yards open, and dropping almost to the tail of tho field, Unwound a really great run to win easily in 32 4-osec. equalling the record. This performance followed avery good run in the 880 yards open, which Anderson won as he pleased in the good time of 2min 6 4-ssec. Two records, over the same distances. went to another Christ’s College representative, T. M. V. Bain, a very strong junior runner. Who raced away from pis field to win the 440 yards under 15 in'sßsec, and'led all. the way in tho half-mile to win in 2min 19sec. The first record places- the 58 2-ssec that has .stood to the credit of H,. Lce, of St. Bede’s, since tho first meeting in 1922. Bain is a most determined runner, who should develop into a senior champion. I. Taylor, of St. Andrew’s, won the open high jump record. His winning leap of sft 4iin is a new mark by 4in.

EVENING MEETINGS,

The Sports Committee of the Otago Centre held a meeting on Alonday night, when it was decided to hold evening meetings on the Caledonian Ground on November 14, November 28, and December

The programme for the first meeting, which will be commenced at 6.15, will be as follows:—100- Yards A Grade Handicap, 100 Yards B Grade Handicap, 1000 Yards Handicap, Putting 161 b Shot Handicap, 120 Yards Relays (two men to run 400 yards each and two to run 200 yards), 100' Yards Ladies’ Handicap, Half-mile Open Cycle Handicap, and One Mile Open Cycle ’Handicap. On 28 tlra events will he;— 220 Yards, One Mile, Hop, Step, and Jump, 120 Yards Ladies.’ Race, Medley Relay (880 yards, 440 yards,-220 yards, and 220 yards). One Mile A Grade Cycle Race, and One Milo B Grade Cycle Race. The following events are set down for decision on December 12:—75 Yards. 440 Yards, One Mile and a-half, 73 Yards Ladies’ Race, Throwing the Discus, Relay (four 220 yards), A Grade Cycling Two Mile Invitation Lap Race, and Three Mile Open Cycling Race.

PACIFIC CLUB,

On Thursday evening, November 21, the Pacific Club will open its summer programme by staging the following open cycle races bn' the Caledonian Ground;— Half-mile Handicap, One Mile and a-half Handicap, and Three Mile Handicap. On December 10 and 11 the club will hold its postponed sports.meeting on the same ground.' On the evening of the lOtli the .following events will, take place;— 100 Yards, 440 -Yards, Shot-Putt. Hop, Step, and Jump, and Half-mile Walk. The events for December 11 are:—-220 Yards, 880 ' Yards, Long Jump, and Javelin Throw. All these events are handicap competitions, and all open to • all active members of thre club who have put in three club runs. •

LOS ANGELES GAMES,

Representation at the next Olympic Games is a. matter receiving , a good deal of attention in'other countries; but interest has not yet been stirred in New Zealand, although, it is understood (says the Wellingtinr Post), the New Zealand Olympic Council has not been inactive. The Games are to be held at Los Angeles in 1932 during the last week in July, and the first week in August. This location will m“an that New Zealand will have a better opportunity than ever before of being adequately represented, at the Games, that is, of course, if the necessary preliminary work in securing the means to send a team is carried out in good time It is expected .that the New Zealand Olympic Council will shortly he giVmg a lead to the various sports organisations as to ways and means of getting representatives away to the Games under more favourable circumstances than in the past. At a meeting of the International Pjl’nUiL o Committee; held at Lausanne, Mr W: M Garland (U.S.A.) detailed the steps taken to secure the comfortable housing and transport of athletes competing aff the Games. As a result,of .the discussion which followed,' the committee expressed tire -opinion- that- the various National Olympic Committees should be made aware df the cost of'taking athletes u the Games and of housing and feeding them there. Arrangements .were made for negotiations steamship and railway companies with a view to obtaining" a reduction in fares to and, from the Games, and the organising country was asked to furnish as soon-as possible - the agreed cost of the.lodging and transportation of each athlete visiting America. The committee discussed a proposal by Count Bonacossa (Italy) which had for its object the awarding of a, special badge to be .called Le Brevet de ]'Athlete ”to all winners ] of .Olympic events, of other international competitions and of certain national competitions, the said distinction to be worn by the athlete. General Kentish (Great Britain) strongly opposed the motion, and, in doing so, pointed out that an athlete who was .an .Olympic winner received to-day all the publicity and reward necessary, and it was not desirable to add to their awards. He further opposed it on the ground that it would Be an extremely difficult matter for the |-G'D. to deal with, and would place the i.O.C.jn difficulties with the International and National Associations. decided to refer the proposal to the International Associations for their opinions on the subject.

NOTES. The Otago Centre will hold a dance in the Embassy Salon on Saturday night, when the prizes won during the winter reason will be .presented.. Amongst the prizes to be presented will be those for the Edmond Cup race, the Otago Cross* country Championship, the Otago Junior Cross-country Championship, the EortDunedin Road Race, and the Modified Marathon Road Race. It is -worthy ot mention that certificates will b e presented to all competitors who completed the course in either of the road races c. A - ?• , Le Seur - a 60n °f Detective’ Le f>eur (who was at one time a well-known professional rider), has joined the Ota~o Amateur Cycling Club. . ° The Southland • Times slates' that the Caledonian Society of Southland will undergo a revival this coming season after a period of inactivity. It is the society? intention to hold a sports meeting in January. .■ °

The Otago Amateur Cycling Club will hold the following races on the Caledonian Ground this evening:—One Mile (open to all riders). Half Mile A Grade fclnb members), and Threc-quarter-milo Novice (club members). A start will be made at 6.15.

Mss B. Pressow, who comes from South Africa with a reputation as a snvinter, has joined the Athletic Club, Wellington, and made her first appearance on Labour Day. She can run all right (says the Dominion), but she must learn to wait for the pistol. The Christchurch Times states that G. Hart, who did a lot of good work as ■Wing-three-quarter for Canterbury dur-

ing the last football season, intends to join the ranks of amateur sprinters this season.

The .Wellington Centre intends to hold a big sports meeting on Boxing Day. Invitations have been sent out to A. J Elliott (Auckland), F. Grose (Canterbury), T. Oakley (Masterton), M. Leadbetter (Canterbury), and Miss Barron (Poston) to compete. There is every likelihood 1 of Highland events ■ being included in the programme. Grose, Oakley, and Miss Barron have’ already accepted the invitation. -

. A. Mazairae (Holland), who won the World's' Amateur Sprint Cycling Cham* pionship at Zurich recently, was the chief attraction at the N.C.U. meeting of champions at Herne Hill. He was beaten in the final of the 1000 Yards Invitation Scratch Race by J. E. Sibbit (Manchester Wheelers), who put in a ' thrilling burst - to win By inches. Southland’s sports circuit- for the Christmas' holidays, includes the following meetings;—Edendale, December 25; Lime- **• Balfour and Longridge, December 28; Orepuki, December 30: Lumsden, December 31; Tuatapere, January 1; Dipton, January 1; Waikaia, January !• Kiversdale, January 2. i The-Dominion states that amateur athtaken a new lease of life in the Taranaki district. A good club has been formed in Stratford, and Eltbam is following_suit. There is some dissatisfaction in that district with the control of affairs by the head body in Wanganui, and steps are being taken to form a separate Taranaki centre. The cycle races at a sports meeting in Ucl ling ton on Labour. Day provided exciting finishes. A splendid ‘performance was registered by M. Ganc, last year’s winner of,.the Wellington all-round championship senes. Gane scored a treble from scratch mark—first 880 yards, first one mile, and. first three miles. J. Morris was a good second in two of these events, the mile and three miles. At the Labour Day sports in Auckland A. J. Elliott,’ the Auckland and New Zealand sprint champion, showed that he has lost none of his old dash, though it ■will require a few more races to put him in his best trim. He won his heat in the 100 yards with a great finish in 10 2-ssec, but, though he finished strongly in the final, was just headed by Cambic. To many it appeared as though Elliott had won' (says the Auckland Star). Considering the fact that the track was slightly on the heavy side after the morning rain, the time’of 10-l-ssec was remarkably good;

The forty-third annual sports gathering of the Balfour and Longridge Caledonian Society will be held at Balfour on Saturday, December 28, when a programme comprising 22" track and field events, including a car-driving competition, and nine piping and dancing events, will be got" through. Entries "for the principal events will close on December 20.

After many years as a. professional sports stronghold (says the Wellington correspondent of the Christchurch Times) the West , Coast is now showing a partiality towards the amateur side of athletics. Enthusiasts are now actively engaged in forming a new club in Greymouth. and the Canterbury authority will take the club under its wing. Both the cycling and athletic sides are receiving attention, and among those associated with the movement are Mr Alan Adams, the president of the New Zealand Rugby Union, Mr F. Steel, a brother of the better-known Jack of the same clan, and the headmasters of the Grey High and Marist Brothers’ Schools. Under these sportsmen the" araatetur side of athletics should flourish on the Coast.

Bengt Rydbcck, one of. the most popular amateur athletes ever seen on .the playing fields of the _ Dominion, left Wellington last week, with his New Zealand wife, en route to Sweden, his home country. Rydheck arrived in Wellington about i2 mouths ago, and it was not long before his presence was felt. He was” not as successful as he deserved to be. because of leg injuries, but he won the Hop, Step, and Jump title at the New Zealand meeting with his first jump, but injured his leg in his next attempt. He holds a New South Wales title and-record. Before Le came to the Southern Hemisphere he was a Swedish junior champion. South Canterbury runners did well ;n the amateur races at Ashburton on Labour Day. R. Smithens, of the Timaru Boys' High School, won the "Furlong. R. C. Holmes, a Timaru harrier, won the Mile, and A. Cormack, of Waimate, won the Half-mile. Most of the places went to runners hitherto unknown in open racing J. B. M’Farlanc, who established a record when he was at the Christchurch Boys’ Hmh School, won the 100 Yards Handicap, and A. Bullivant won the Quarter-mile. Never before has a sports meeting produced such a bunch of promining and Bullivant. who is only 17 years old. and who had never had a spiked shoe on until about six weeks ago, looks like a coming national champion. If the form shown by Smithers. Holmes, and Cormack is a fair indication of the class of performers South Canterbury is producing (says the Christchurch Sun), that district will be the home of champions in a few years. ••