AMATEUR ATHLETICS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21569, 15 February 1932, Page 5

AMATEUR ATHLETICS

SOUTHLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS A. A. CAMERON’S SUCCESS Under ideal conditions the third Southland championship meeting since its revival in 1930 was held by the Invercargll Amateur Athletic and Harrier Club on Saturday at Rugby Park. The track was in good order, but a steady breeze which blew across the ground precluded fast times in the sprint events. There was an attendance of about 1000. A strong contingent of athletes from Otago, including A. A. Cameron (of Oamaru) and J. G. Leckie. attended the meeting. The outstanding athlete of the day was undoubtedly A. A. Cameron, who was recently reinstated from the professional ranks, and who made his initial appearance at an amateur championship meeting. His best effort was in the Hop, Step, and Jump event, in which he jumped 47ft 4in, only half an inch off the New Zealand record. As this was contested against the wind, it is probable that without this handicap the record would have been broken. In addition to this title, Cameron won the High Jump, Broad Jump, and Throwing the Discus, and was second in the Shot Putt and 120 Yards Hurdles Championship. With 16 points he won the gold medal presented to the athlete gaining most points in championship running and field events. T. Pickering was second with 8 points. C. Pierson’s performance in the sprint events was meritorious, and he showed himself to be in a class of his own. Pickering ran a great race in the Quarter-mile to beat A. L. Price, the present Otago champion, by three yards in the fast time of 51 l-ssec. E. A. Taylor’s Half-mile in 2min 4sec was very fair, considering that the Otago champion made the pace from the start and was not pushed. One of the best races of the day was the Mile, in which A. R. Geddes, the promising young Dunedin middle-distance runner, defeated J. G. Barnes by a small margin. In the hurdling events I. O. Manson stood out by himself, winning both races in decisiye style. R. Creeser’a exhibition throw in the Javelin (158 ft sin) constituted a Southland record. A. C. Derbie, in winning both the 100 Yards and 220 Yards Junior Championship, promisee to become a first-class sprinter. In the cycling events the Otago performers, J. C. Fogarty and O. G. Smith, won the Mile ana Three-mile Championship respectively. The meeting, which was a great success, was controlled by a very efficient band of officials. Results. — 100 YARDS CHAMPIONSHIP. First Heat. —G. M'Corkindale 1, H. J. Hall 2, G. Garden 3. Won by a yard, with half a yard between second and third. Time, Usee. Second Heat.—C. Pierson 1, W. Atley 2, E. Fish 3. Won by three yards, with a yard between second and third. Time, 10 3-ssec. Final. Pierson 1 M'Corkindale and Atley, equal 2 Won easily. Time, 10 3-ssec. 220 YARDS CHAMPIONSHIP. First Heat.—C. Pierson 1, T. Pickering 2, A. Price 3. Only starters. Time, 23 l-ssec Second Heat. —E. Fish 1, J. Gardiner 2. Only starters. Time, 27sec. ( Final. Pickering 1 Fish .. 2 Gardiner 3 Only starters. Won by one yard and a-half, with a yard between second and third. Time, 24 l-ssec. 440 YARDS CHAMPIONSHIP. T. Pickering 1 A. L. Price 2 J. Gardiner 3 Only starters. Won by thrbe yards. Time, 51 l-ssec. 880 YARDS CHAMPIONSHIP. E. A. Taylor •.. I T. Pickering 2 G. M'Burney 3

Four starters. The order from the pistol was Taylor, Pickering, Barnes, and M'Burney. At the bell the order was unchanged, except that Barries withdrew. Going down the back M'Burney dropped back, and Taylor, striding beautifully, drew away from Pickering to win easily. Time, 2min 4sec, ONE MILE CHAMPIONSHIP. A. R. Geddes 1 J. G. Barnes 2 G. Lindsay 3 Eight starters. M'Ara led from the pistol, with the rest of the field well up. Going down the back in the last lap Barnes went to the front, and with Geddes close, up, drew away from the rest of the field. Barnes led into the straight, but in a magnificent finish Geddes won by half a yard. Lindsay was well back third. Time, 4min 42sec.

THREE-MILE CHAMPIONSHIP AND SEALED HANDICAP. J. J. Morris 1 J. G-. Barnes 2 E. Moyle 3 Nine starters. M'Ara led from the pistol, and at the end of the first lap the order was M'Ara, Morris, and Barnes, with the rest of the field close up. The order remained unchanged for the next two laps, when Moyle moved into the lead. Morris now moved up, and lengthening his stride, opened up a gap on the rest of the field. In the eighth lap Morris laped the tail of the field and went on to win by 150 yards. Time, IGmin 3sec. SEALED HANDICAP. E. Moyle 1 R. Duncan .. 2 ( R. Murray 3 Morris waa second in the Sealed Handicap, but was unable to take the prize. 120 YARDS HURDLES CHAMPIONSHIP. I. O. Manson 1 A. A. Cameron 2 R. 0. Johnson 3 Only starters. Won by five yards. Time, 10 3-sscc. 440 YARDS HURDLES CHAMPIONSHIP.

I. O. Manson 1 E. A. Taylor 2 S. F. Corbett 3 Four starters. From tho > pistol Manson raced away from the field and /won easily, with two yards between second and third. Time, OOscc. 100 YARDS JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. First Heat.—-A. C. Derbic 1, W. Pollar 2, N. Mitchell 3. Five starters. Won by three yards. Time, 10 4-sscc Second Heat. —R. Reid J, I. Campbell 2, 3. Four starters. Time, 11 2-sscc. Final. A. C. Derbie 1 W. Pul lav 2 R. Reid 3 Won by two yards. Time, llscc.

220 YARDS JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. First Heat.—A. C. Derbie 1, N. Mitchell 2, W. Pullar 3. Four starters. Won easing up. Time, 25sec, Second Heat.—W. Ford 1, R. Reid 2, • 3, Won easily, with half a yard between second and third. Final. A. C. Derbie , 1 N. Mitchell \ 2

W. Ford 3 Time, 24 3-ssec, ONE MILE RELAY CHAMPIONSHIP. Anglican (Taylor, Price, Johnston, Stuart) 1 Combined Team (Petrie, Loudon, Manson, Pierson) 2 Only starters. The Combined Team consisted of runners from the Invercargill and St. Paul’s Clubs. Taylor opened up a gap of 30 yards in the half-mile. Price held the advantage in the quarter, and R. O. Johnston was able to hold bis own Jn the first furlong. Pierson ran a dashing last 220, but the gap was too big. Time, 3min 57sec. FIELD EVENTS. HIGH JUMP CHAMPIONSHIP. A. A. Cameron, sft Sin .... 1 D. M'Donald, sft 3lin .. .. 2 , J. G. Leckie, sft 2|in .... 3 POLE VAULT CHAMPIONSHIP. B. Provo, 10ft lin 1 R. O. Johnston, Bft 7in and L. M. Wright, Bft 7in (deadheat) 2 Johnston later did 10ft lin. BROAD JUMP CHAMPIONSHIP. A. A. Cameron, 22ft Sin .. .. 1 v D, M. Stuart, 20ft lin .... 2 J. T. Gardiner, 19ft sJin .. 3 Eight competitors. HOP, STEP, AND JUMP CHAMPIONSHIP. A. A. Cameron, 47 ft 4in .... 1 R. O. Johnson, 43ft lin .. .. 2 K. Miller, 39ft Him 3 THROWING JAVELIN CHAMPIONSHIP.

R. Creescr, 157 ft lOin .... 1 P. Ward, 156 ft 6in 2' J. Loudon, 134 ft Sin .. 3 In an exhibition throw Creeser threw 158 ft sin—a Southland record. THROWING DISCUS CHAMPIONSHIP. A. A. Cameron, 110 ft 3Jin .. 1 J. G. Leckie, 105 ft OJin .. 2 B, Provo, 99ft Ijin 3 Seven competitors. PUTTING SHOT CHAMPIONSHIP. J. Purdue, 34ft 9in 1 A, A. Cameron, 34ft o|in .. 2 J. G. Leckie, 31ft lOin .... 3 Eight competitors. THROWING HAMMER CHAMPIONSHIP. J. G. Leckie, 145 ft Sin .... 1 B. Provo, 75ft 2in 2 P. G. Ward, 69ft 7in 3 • LADIES’ EVENTS. 100 YARDS LADIES’ CHAMPIONSHIP. First Heat.—Miss M. White 1, Miss A. M'Leod 2. Three starters. Time, 12 4-ssec. Second Heat.—Miss M. M'Leod 1, Miss C. Garth 2. Four starters. Time, 12 3-ssec.

Final. Miss M, M'Leod 1 Miss M. White 2 Miss A. M'Leod 3 Time, 12sec. 75 YARDS HANDICAP. First Heat.—Miss White (4Jyds) 1, Miss I. M'Donald (3Jyds) 2. Won by a yard. Seven starters. Time, 9 3-ssec. Second Heat.—Miss J. M'Donald (2Jyds) 1, Miss M'Leod (scr.) 2, Miss Garth (2yds) 3. Five starters. Time, 9 3-ssec. Final. Miss White 1 Miss M'Leod 2 Miss J. M'Donald 3 Won by a yard, with two yards between second and third. Time, 9 4-ssec. 100 YARDS LADIES’ HANDICAP. First Heat. —Miss M-. White (4j|yds) 1, Miss M. M'Leod (scr.) 2. Four starters. Time, 13 2-ssec. Second Heat.—Miss J. M'Donald A. M'Leod (2iyds), equal, 2. Four starters. Time, 12^sec. Final. Miss M. M'Leod 1 Miss M. White 2 Miss J. M'Donald 3 Five starters. Time, 12 3-ssec. HANDICAP EVENTS. 100 YARDS HANDICAP. First heat; I. 0. Manson Conley (6yds) 2.. Time, 10 4-ssec. Second heat: C. Pierson (scr) 1. G. M'Corkindale (2Jyde) 2. Time, 10 3-ssec. Third heat: W. Atley Time, 10 4-ssec. Final. Atley 1 Conley 2 M'Corkindale ;. .. 3 Time, 10 2-ssec. 300 YARDS HANDICAP. E. Fish (scr) 1 R. Conley (14yds) 2 W. Atley (7yds) 3 Six starters. Won by a yard; with half a yard between second and third. Time, 34 3-ssec. CYCLING EVENTS. ONE MILE CYCLE CHAMPIONSHIP. First heat: J. C. Fogarty 1, L. Bloy 2, N. Buxton 3. Seven starters. Won by a length. Time, 2min 43eec. Second heat: L. Johnston 1, R. Souness 2, G. Smith 3. Six starters. Won by half a length, with a similar distance between second and third. Time, 2miu 42 3-ssec. Third heat: A. Hagerty 1, G. Milligan 2, J. Dillon 3. Four starters. Won by a length. Time. 2min 40sec. Final. J. C. Fogarty 1 R. Souness 2 A. Hagerty 3 Won easily, with two lengths between second and third. Time, 2mm 44sec. THREE-MILE CYCLE CHAMPIONSHIP. First Heat.—G. Smith 1, L. Bloy 2, R. Souness 3. Seven starters. Smith, sprinting down the back, won easily. Time, Sinin 58sec. Second Heat.—J. Fogarty 1, A. Hagerty 2, R. Duncan 3. Eight starters. Four riders fell in this race. Won easily. Time, Sinin 40sec. Final.—Smith 1, Fogarty 2, Souness 3. Five starters. In a great finish, Smith beat Fogarty by half a length. Time, 9min Bsec. TWO-MILE CYCLE HANDICAP. First Heat.—V. Flynn (120yds) 1, A. Hagerty (25yds) 2, M. Wilson (120yds) 3. Time, smin 29 2-ssec. Second Heat.—A. Insall (140yds) 1, J. Dillon (110yds) 2, L. Johnston (25yds) 3. Time, smin 23 2-ssec. FINAL. Insall 1 Dillon 2 Flynn 3 Six starters. Won easily, with a length between second and third. Time, smin 22seo. COMPLIMENTARY DINNER. On Saturday night the visiting competitors were entertained at the Federal Tea Rooms by the Invercargill Harrier and Amateur Athletic Club. After proposing the toast of “ The King,” the chairman (Mr T. Rodger) addressed the gathering. The following were the toasts;—“ The Otago Centre,” proposed by Mr Rodger and replied to by Messrs Holley and Johnston; “ The Visitors” (Mr I. O. Manson—Messrs R. Dimich and J. G. Leckie); “ The Officials ” (Mr R. Creeser); “ The Ladies ” (Mr J. Morris —Mr B. Brovo); “ The Competitors ” (Mr M'Kerran—Mr A. A. Cameron. During the evening several musical items were rendered, and the function was concluded with community singing.