AMATEUR ATHLETICS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22741, 29 November 1935, Page 14

AMATEUR ATHLETICS

SECOND EVENING SPORTS Excellent weather conditions prevailed last night for the second evening sports meeting to be conducted by the Otago Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, and a successful and interesting fixture was held. The tracks at the Caledonian Ground were in greatly improved condition -and the excellent fields and keen competition throughout presented much enjoyment for spectators and athletes alike. As on the previous occasion the meeting was ably controlled and the close finishes bore testimony to the excellent work of the handicanpers. The cycle races held in conjunction with the running and field events by the Dunedin Amateur Cycling Club also proved interesting, and close and exciting finishes were the order of the evening. It is gratifying to see the growing strength of this cycling body. Its members display a keenness and sportsmanship that must be highly pleasing to the officials of the club. The following are the detailed results: — 220 YARDS HANDICAP. First Heat.—L. K. Donovan (13yds) 1, H. Whitaker (14yds) 2, J. M'Lachlan (Byds) 3, Time, 24sec. Won by inches, with a foot separating second and third. Second Heat.—T. Kennedy (12yds) 1, S. Asher (14yds) 2. W. Pettit (7yds) 3. Time, 24 l-ssec. Won by a yard, with two vards between second and third. Third Heat. —H. D. Ramsay (7yds) 1, P. Souter (16yds) 2, R. Roxburgh (15yds) 3. Tune. 24sec. Won by a yard, with a yard between second and third. Final. Kennedy 1 Ramsay 2 Donovan 3 Time, 23 4-ssec, Won by four feet, with a yard between second and third. ONE MILE HANDICAP. G. L. Austin (55yds) .. .. 1 A. R. Geddes (40yds) .... 2 J. E. H. M'Laren (40yds) .. 3 Time, 4min 35 2-ssec. Won by 20 yards, with a yard between second and third. This was an interesting race, several competitors taking the lead before Austin took command and ran strongly to outdistance the front-markers, and to win fairly comfortably from Geddes and M'Laren, both of whom ran well-judged races from the back marks. WOMEN'S 75 YARDS HANDICAP. Miss M. Bragg (syds) .... 1 Miss S. Morton (scr) .. .. 2 Miss E. Sharp (2yds) .... 3 880 YARDS RELAY HANDICAP. (440 yards, 220 yards, and two 110 yards.)' Anglican No. 1 (G. Davie, T. Allen, W. Pettit, W. Pullar), 20yds .... 1 Anglican No. 2 (W. Donovan, E. P. Ombler, R. O. Johnson, M. Murray), 30yds 2 Mornington (R. Roxburgh, T. Kennedy, W. Taylor, D. Paulin) 3 Time, lmin 40sec. Won by eight yards. with three yards between second and third. Civil Service was fourth. HOP, STEP, AND JUMP HANDICAP. J.'Ramsay (lft 6in), 45ft lin 1 M. Murray (2ft), 44ft Ojin .. ..2 A. D. Lorden (6ft Gin), 43ft llin .. 3 Ramsay's jump of 43ft Tin was the best effort of the eight competitors. THROWING THE DISCUS HANDICAP. F. Wheeler (10ft). 104 ft lOin .... 1 P. Souter (scr), 95ft lOin 2 H. Litolff (15ft), 03ft Bin .. .. .. 3 Souter's throw was the beet of the 11 competitors. CYCLING. HALF-MILE HANDICAP. First Hoat.—W. Chalmers (GOyds) 1, F. Hobbs (50yds) 2, R. Sivertsen (25yds) 3. Time, lmin 4sec. Won by a length, with a length and a-half between second and third. Second Heat.—V. Laws (55yds) 1, A. Umbers (75yds) 2, D. Sinclair (15yds) 3. Time, lmin 4 l-ssec. Won by half a length, with a similar distance between second and third. Final. Sivertsen 1 Sinclair 2 Umbers 3 Time, lmin 4 3-ssec. Won by half a length, with a similar distance separating second and third. QUARTER-MILE DASH HANDICAP. B Grade.—S. Laws Fullerton (30yds) 2, J. Donovan (10yds) 3. Time, 34 4-osec. ' A Grade. —M. Hegarty (scr) 1, B. Laws (35vde) 2, D. Sinclair (lOyds) 3. Time, 32 3-ssec. TWO MILES HANDICAP. G. Homer (05yds) .. .. 1 A. Fletcher (65yds) .. ..2 R. Sivertsen (65yds) .. .. 3 Time, 4min 49 l-saec. This was an outstanding race with a thrilling finish,

little more than inches separating the first two men, with Sivertsen also in close attendance. PATTERSON CUP HALF-MILE. Three attempts to win the Patterson Cup by lowering the time of the holder (T. Guy) of lmin 10 l-seec, were made, the times being as follows:—V. Laws, lmin 10 2-ssec; W. Chalmers, lmin 10 3-ssec; W. Black, lmin 10 4-ssec. SCRATCH MEETING GRADINGS The following are the gradings for the Otago Centre's scratch meeting.. to be held at the Caledonian Ground to-morrow afternoon, commencing at 2.15: — 100 Yards.—A Grade: Anglican —J. G. Hannah, A. Price, W.Pullar, H.Ramsay, J. Shepherd, B. Tapley, R. Naumann; Civil Service—A. B. Thomson, J. M'Lachlan, H. Tyrie; Caversham, L. Smith; University—J. Watt, T. A. Watson, R. W. Haskell. B Grade: Anglican—A. Black, T. Allen, C. Bissett, I. Chandler, R. Johnstone, C. M'Gregor, E. Ombler, W. Pettit, E. Taylor; Civil Service—S. Longwortlr, E. L. Botting, J. Gerken; St. Patrick's, A. G.'Lovelock; Mornington, T. M. Kennedy. C Grade: Anglican—W. Burridge, G. Davies, W. Donovan, I. Gare, C. Irvine, R. O. Johnson, J. W. Johnson, L. Logan, A. D. Lorden, L. Laing, M. Murray, R. S. Moody, J. Meek, G. Morgan, T. Pullar, R. Scott, P. Souter, R. Stark, P. Ward; Civil Service, L. Wilson; Leith, E. Ashby, Thompson; Mornington, R. Roxburgh, M. Paulin. 440 Yards.—A Grade: Civil Service —J, M'Lachlan, H. Tyrie, J. Gerken; Anglican—A. Price, W. Pettet, T. Allen, E. Taylor, J. G. Hannah, W. Pullar, R. Naumann; Hanover Baptist, I. Craig; University, J. Watt. B Grade: Civil Service—R. M'Lachlan, R. Geddes, L. Botting, R. Barnett, J. Andereon, S. Asher, A. B. Thomson; Caversham —S. F. Corbett, L. K. Donovan, H. Whitaker, G. Austin; St. Patrick's, A. G. Lovelock; Anglican—J. Shepherd, R. Rockliffe, T. Pullar, E. Ombler, W. Donovan, G. Davie. C Grade: Civil. Service—L.Wilson, S. Ross, M. MTCinnon; Leith, A. Tarleton, A. Murray; Mornington, R. Roxburgh, Walter Pullar; Anglican—l. Curtis, J. W. Johnson, E. Johnston, L. Logan, A. Lorden, L. Laing, R. S. Moody, R. Scott, R. Stark.

One Mile.—A Grade: Anglican—T. Pullar, W. Pullar, E. Taylor. Caversham— J. J. Morris, 6. L. Austin. Hanover Baptist, I. Craig; Civil Service—L. C. M'Lachlan, A. R. Geddes. J. G. Barnes; Pacific, J. M'Laren. B Grade: Anglican —I. Curtis, G. Davie, W. Donovan, L. Logan, T. Pullar, R. Rockliffe; Caversham —R. Abernethy, A. J. Barr, S. F. Corbett; L. K. Donovan, R. Knox, L. Lemon, E. P. Brown, H. Whitaker, S. I. George, G. R. Colston; Civil Service —G. Garbuttj C. Gibbon, L. M'Millan, C. A. Broad, S. Aeher, R. S. Anderson; St. Patrick's, J. Woods; Roslyn, D. Scott. C Grade: Anglican—E. Johnston, R. S> Moody, R. C. Stark, L. Tointon; St. Patrick's—G. W. Lovelock, R. M. Carroll, M. J. Brady, A. J. Daly; Mornington, M. Paulin, F. Crooke; Leith, R. Dalton, N. Strachan; Caversham, R. Frew; Civil Service—T. Toner, S. Ross, R. Lumb, A. Swain. 120 Yards Hurdles.—A Grade: Civil Service, R. Barnctt; Caversham, J. Ramsay: Anglican—J. Meek, M. Murray, R Malioney: University, T. A. Watson. B. Grade: Civil Service, J. Gerken, G. Garbutt: Caversliam. 11. Whitaker; Anglican—W. Pettet. W. Pullar, H. Ramsay, E. Taylor. P. Souter, J. Shepherd; University, T. M'Donald. 440 Yards Hurdles. —A Grade: Civil Service, J. Gerken; Caversham, H. Whitaker; University, T. A. Watson; Anglican. W. Pettit, W. Pullar. B Grade: Civil Service, R. Barnett, M. M'Kinnon: Anglican—J. Shepherd, E. Taylor, M. Murray. Shot Putt. —A Grade: Anglican—L. Coughlan, H. D. Morgan, W. A. Black; Civil Service —J. Anderson, J. Tither, D. Crawford, F. Wheeler; North Otago, A. A. Cameron; Pacific, A. G. Holt; St. Patrick's, G. W. Lovelock. B Grade: Anglican—W. Burridge, R. 0. Johnson, G. Blue, I. Chandler, J. Johnson. J. W. Johnson. M. Murray. J. Meek, R. M'Cunn, J. W. Moynihan, V. Newall, P. Souter, L. Tointon. P. G. Ward: Caversham —H. Whitaker, K. Miller. L. Wilson; Civii Service. S. Longworth, L. Leask; St. Patrick's, N. Hall; Mornington, W. Taylor.

Javelin Throwing.—A Grade: Anglican: W. Burridge, V. Newall. P. Ward; Caversham, R. Creeser; Civil Service, F. Wheeler; St. Patrick's, J. Henderson; North Otago. A. Cameron; University, T. M'Donald. B Grade: Anglican—J. Johnson, J. W. Johnson. R. O. Johnson, C. M'Gregor, J. Meek, J. Moynihan, R. M'Cunn. W. Pettet, T. Pullar. H. Ramsav. J. Shepherd. R. Scott. P. Souter. L. Sceats; Caversham. K. Miller. 11. Whitaker: Civil Service —J. Anderson, D. Crawford. L. Leask; St. Patrick's, N. Hall. G. W. Lovelock.

Pole Vault.—A. Grade: Anglican—R. O. Johnson. W. Burridge, P. Souter; Toko—J. Arnott, L. Fagg. B. Grade: Anglican—J. H. Johnson, J. W. Johnson, A. D. Lorden, J. Meek, R. M'Cunn, J. W. Moynihan, W. Pettet, L. Sceats; Caversham—H. Whitaker, L. Smith;

Civil Service —F. Wheeler, R. G. Gibbs. Broad Jump.—A. Grade: Anglican—C. N. Bissett, I. Chandler, R. O. Johnson, M. Murray B. Tapley; North Otago, A. A. Cameron; Cavcrsham. J. Ramsay, K. Milk-r; Civil Service, J. Gerken; St. Pat. rick's, R. J. Henderson; Uuiversity, T, M'Donald; Mominuton, A. Chirnside. B Grade: Anglican—P. G. Ward, W. Burridge. W. A. Black, J. W. Johnson, A. Tj. Lorden, L. Laiug, J. Meek, R. M'Cunn, J. W. Moyr.ihan, W. A. C. Pullar, W. Pettet, J. Shepherd, R. Scott, P. Souter, L. Sceats, A. Beadle, E. M'Laughlan; Civil Service, S. Longworth; Caversham, H. Whitaker; St. Kilda, H. A. Brown. Competitcrs in the walking event will be graded on the ground. Any competitor not included above will also be graded on application.