ATHLETIC NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21146, 2 October 1930, Page 4

ATHLETIC NOTES.

By Auaxeoe.

NORTHERN, ABBOTSFORD, AND LEITH. Last Saturday a triangular sports meeting between Leith, Northern, and Abbotsford was held on the University Oval, Logan Park. The event was a very successful one, and will be held annually from now on. Each club picked its two best men for each event, and as a result some excellent races ensued. The honours of the day go to the Leith Club, with Northern second and Abbotsford third. The results were:— 100 Yards.—M'Rae (Leith) 1, Smith (Leith) 2, Armishaw (Northern) 3. 220 Yards. —Smith (Leith) 1, M‘Rae (Leith) 2, Armishaw (Northern) 3. 440 Yards.—King (Leith) 1, Watson (Northern) 2, Knox (Abbotsford) 3, 880 Yards.—Anderson (Leith) and Masters (Leith) 1, Watson (Northern) 3. One Mile.—Masters (Leith) and Anderson (Leith) 1, Dunn (Northern) 3. High Jump.—M'Naught (Northern) 1, Ashby (Leith) 2, Davidson (Leith) and Watson (Northern) 3. Broad Jump.—Fraser (Leith) 1, Trochon (Northern) 2, Sells (Abbotsford) 3. Hop, Step, and Jump.—King (Leith) 1, M'Naught (Northern) 2. Bucnanan (Abbotsford) 3. Relay.—Leith 1, Northern 2, Abbotsford 3. ANGLICAN ACTIVITIES. The Anglican Club held their first sports meeting at East Park on Saturday under conditions that were far from perfect. The state of the ground prevented any very fast times in the races, but, nevertheless, some , good were witnessed. Most interest centred around the 100 yards event, in which two new members, Webster and Silvester, made their first appearance, starting from scratch. Both performed well in their respective heats, finishing first and third, but they failed to gain places in the final, which was won by Ward (6yds). .The best performance of the day was that, of J. C." Robertson, who gained two firsts, a second, and a- third. He won the’ Broad Jump with an actual jump of 18ft 2in, and was second in the Hop, Step, and Jump and 100 Yards. He also won the 880 Yards Handicap. Robertson is a young member, and new to the sport. He is one of the . club’s best distance runners, and should do even Letter in field events with proper coaching. E. Taylor put up an excellent performance to secure second place in the 880 Yards, being beaten for first place by a narrow margin. Owing to the nature of the ground, it was necessary to run this race round a football field. On a proper track Taylor would probably have won. He also finished first in the Hop, Step, and Jump with 38ft 2in and third in the Broad Jump, H. Leary, a new member, performed well in the Hop, Step, and Jump to secure second place, W. Burridge made good use of his handicap m the 880 Yards event, having a good lead on the field for most of the J"® ce »but he failed to last the pace over the final stages, finishing third. Metres Hurdles, 100 Metres, and 400 Metres of the Decathlon Cham-pionship-will be held on the Caledonian Ground to-day at 5 p.m. ST, KILDA SIDELIGHTS, The annual triangular sports meeting between the St. Kilda, Mornington, and Cargill Road Clubs brought to a close the club s harrier season, and it was pleas. r 0? n( fie that St. Kilda were successful in retaining the shield. . The events oh Saturday were well contested, and the issue was in doubt until the field events took place, when St. Kilda drew ahead to win by a margin of 12* points from Mornington. The points cSnE’oSm 14 ' Aif he rds resulted in a win for f«l ay Tr^ glll Ro J ad) with H - A - Brown (bt. Kilda) second, and after a close race J- Churchill (St. Kilda) was first in the 220 Yards. m The 440 Yards proved an exciting race. T. Thorburn (St. Kilda) setting the pace fi;om the start, with D. Henderson (Mornington) chasing him. With about 10 to go Henderson drew level, but the St. Kilda man won by about three inches. Chirnside. and Miller (Morningotn) were too .experienced for the rest of the field in the 880 Yards. Orange (St. Kilda) made the pace, hut was unable to keep it up. Miller and Chirnside passing him to finish in that order. At this P° int s were: Mornington 24. SL Kfida 25, and Cargill Road 35. Kilda showed marked superiority in the field events, gaining a first in the Broad Jump, first and second in both the Hop, Step, and Jump and the Shot irutt Handicaps. . ~ Tbe successful St. Kilda competitors in the field events and their distances were as follow;—Broad Jump—J. M. Rodtrer--2°Bft Saffin. 28ft 9m, l L. Hitchcos, 28ft 3in, 2. Hop. Step, and _ Jump— -T. Thorburn, 35ft Din. aw Jump- . The clubs annual dance and presentation of prizes wilt be held in the Embassy Salon on Thursday, October 16 It_ is-hoped that there will be a good attendance of members and friends. B OTAUTAU SPORTS. annual sports meeting of on flo w'i Athlet * c Society will be held Dav h 27fh ;^f Creat Tt n ground on Labour ■JJay, 27th inst. The programme compgises 10 track events, including two for amateurs, the distances ranging from !i^ rd * U P to one mile, two chopping events, one sawing event, three pining compeUtioM, and nine dancing events Matheson has donated a tronhv valued at £1 Is for most points in dancing j tne? for ., al l events except piping and dancing will close on Friday. I7th gust., at 8 p.m. The snorts 3’ evenin'** fol lowcd’ a ball in the AUSTRALIA’S NEGOTIATIONS. the negotiations which are taking att,wif r + th w VISI V °f American amateur athletes to New Zealand and Australia, it is interesting to note (says the Wei* “Ot 6. Simpson, a champion spmnter, who has accepted an invitation to visit New Zealand, is also being sought after by Australia.. The hon. secretary of the Australian Amateur Athletic Association was urged recently q- B ® nd invitation by cablegram to oimpson, H. M. Osborn, and Ray Conger t o,Y l ® lfc Australia this season, these three athletes haying been recommended to the Victorian A.A. Association by Mr H. R. Weir, the manager of the Australian, team which competed at the Empire Games in Canada. The New South Wales Association" is supporting Victoria in its negotiations for a tour by the Americans. Since Simpson has consented to visit New Zealand, it is pro•ii ,*uat the Victorian authorities will also seek New Zealand’s co-opera-tion. At any rate. New Zealand has first, claim on Simpson, and is at present awaiting advice as to another athlete to accompany Simpson on the tour to the Dominion. ■ . The Victorian Amateur Athletic Association also has eyes on two of New Zealands leading athletes, R. A. Rose and J. W. Savidan, and is hoping that they will accept an invitation to visit Australia this season in the event of the negotiations for a four of an American team breaking down. NOTES. The Otago Boys’ High School sports will be held on the 29th inst. The Anglican Club is, likely to hold two short evening meetings in the near future. There are several Christchurch runners who are expected to make a good showing this season (says the Press). George Hart, the .411 Black, who started last season off the six yards mark, finished up by being narrowly beaten for the Canterbury championship. It is expected that he will be in better form this season. , There should be some great competition among The distance runners in Auckland during the coming track season, when most of the harriers will be competing (says the New Zealand Herald). Two fine runners in G. Kells and F. L. Whitten will also be making a reappearance. A likely-looking lad who is expected to run well during the season (says the Christchurch Press) is A. Bullivant, who 1 won the Quarter-mile Championship of Canterbury last season. D. Anderson, formerly of Christ’s College, is also expected to put up some good performances, and there are others who give promise of turning out wall. j Arthur Silvester and James Webster, I two American athletes, have taken up their residence in Dunedin, and have joined the Anglican Club. It is stated that on a cinder track two years ago Silvester ran 100 yards in 10 l-ssec, cleared

sffc Ilia in the high jump, and threw the discus 110 ft. Webster, it is reported, has been credited with 9 4-ssec for 100 yards on a cinder track, and has thrown the discus 100 ft, these performances also being' .registered two years' ago. ' Not long before the Empire Games were held at Hamilton, Ontario, Percy Williams, of Vancouver,' winner of the 100 Metres and 200 Metres at the 1928 Olympic Games, ■ won the 100 Metres event in the Canadian track and field championships. ' Williams sprinted the 100 metres in 10 3-lOsec, which is onetenth of a- second better than the recognised world’s record held by Eddie Tolan (U.S.A.), who was an unsuccessful competitor in this event. According to present arrangements (says the Press), the - Americans are to appear in Christchurch on a Saturday afternoon late in February. It has been decided that Randolph Rose, the Dominion champion, will meet- Bullwinkle at Lancaster Park, and remembering the wonderful-contest that Rose had with Lloyd Hahn when the latter and Jackson Scholz visited Christchurch in 1926, the New Zealander proving the winner, the public may look forward with the keenest interest to the meeting of these two great athletes. ... Run over a course of 12 miles, a Modified Marathon Race was held for Christchurch harriers on Saturday (says the Press). The first, to finish , was A. D. Park; the Canterbury'cross-country champion, who for practically ’the whole distance had run in behind J. D. Pascoe, going out into the lead only for the last mile. Paacoe’s run was a particularly game effort, for he set the pace from the start and led throughout against a heavy wind in places. ' His hard run told oh him,, and ne was forced to let Parkaway atlne last. The tSlrd man, G. H; Watson, ran himself all out to keep with the two leader*. About 30 runners started, and 24 finished. The winner’s’time was 67min 33see. Christchurch No. 1 won the teams’ race for the Hart Challenge Cup, with Baptist, second and Christchurch No. 2 third.