EVENING SPORTS.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume XXVII, Issue 1345, 17 November 1931, Page 3

EVENING SPORTS.

■ A glorious evening was experienc for the sports -on Friday, whi a very large attendance^ w present to witness keen racing ai V] novelty events by local competitor The keenest interest was shown m . the events and -.much unknown abili' t shown mi 'all departments. The o ganisation by the President, Secretai and executive memhers of the Otai tau Progressive League was excellei and the programme was gdt throug m good time. The entries were, vei numerous, but ,' the most attractiv part was the , fine friendly sportin " spirit evinced and the general acce_: tance of most of those who entefe • * for the events. 88 entries were re ceived m the 3-legged race, m whic' 53 couples accepted, the course beinj the full width of the football area The efficacy of the newly top-dresse< area was amply demonstrated here, a despite the heavy entry, only thre< spills were recorded. The threi children's events proved most novel the tyre race showing a good field o experts, who ' all saw the distanci <> out. The girls' and boys' walking race saw a divergence of styles, witl considerable skill appearing m more instances than the actual winners, , while the efforts to restrain from £ running were funny. The cycle events | were star -items, with ever-changing "positions among the leaders; all -com- " peting being full out all the time.. The Maiden Chop- was a fine event, " the contestants being excellently hant dicapped, .while the scratch man, W. ; f: Campbell,, got a reception on ? carving 'his out to gain* 3rd prize. . He cut. a beautiful log m fast time. The tug-o'-war was a strenuous item, which elicited tremendous excitement^ the result being one of the ysurpriz.es of the evening. * Credit is due. Mr Geo. Williams for his able handling of the bushcraft. events, Mr G. H. Stevens for his g-odd work as honorary starter andyMr A. ' A. Liddell as official announcer? The League is indebted to the following • citizens for donations and prizes for the 1 evening sports: Messrs "Otautau Standard/" Williams and Cull, Mathesons Ltd., R.-S. Harrington Ltd., W. J. F. McCulloch, W. J. Wesney, G. Sinclair, Jno Fisher, Jno.. WUlis, T. C. Stroud, H. Laing, L.J. Parmenter, R. Bird, Wallace Motor. and Tourist Co., Hazlett f Motors, H. Smyth, T. C. Muir, Mrs Keith,/ M. O'Brien, E. J. Leckie, Mfs McEwan, Stephens and Walker, Alan Brown, k. Aitken, W.R.lrelandi' Miss Hay and Mr T. P. Flynn. .-J. The funds are for the Progressive League and, as about £22. profit \vass secured,^ all debts outstanding will he paid ahd a credit balance established to meet needed improvements at the grounds as they arise. The gate- money actually amounted to £14 17s lOd, and speaks well for the liberality of citizens to an open charge of a silver coin. A novel competition of guessing the; name representing the fat lamb as presented by Mr 'Flynn drew a good entry, Mr Duncan McGregor winning . to secure the lamb as the prize. ■ . The, following are the results: — Bushmen's Chop, 12in., Under handy £. C-i Brown (ssecs) 1, E. Hibbs (scr) 2, L. Eason (14secs) -3. Also started^ J. Cook ssecs, S. Hibbs Bsecs, L. Chilton, 12secs, A. Thomas, 14secs and Max Harrington. (14secs). Actual time of winner, 56secs. '•-..-- Maiden Chop, 12in. Underhand— A. Matheson (Bsecs) 1, F. Thomson (11 sees) ' 2, W. Campbell (scr) 3, B. Perriam) (Bsecs) 4. Also started, J.. Pulley Bsecs, R. Hope Usees, W. Rowe Usees, R. Chilton ;i4secs,yp.;'C. Sutherland Usees, W. Laidlaw 'l4secs, and W. Low 14sees. Business Men's Chop, 6ini : , 'go-as-you-please'—W. H. Sadlier 1, T. C. Stroud 2. Also started, Messrs Geo. Williams, A.; A. Liddell, G. H. Hodges,- R. S. Harrington, A. A. Fishery J. C. Miller, R. Aitken, H. L. Chandler, E. J. Leckie. * - Half Mile Cycle— W. N.. Buxton, (10yds) 1, Alex. Browning (30yds) 2,; A. Bone (20yds)j 3. Also Started, F. McEwan, M. Paulin (scr), W. Smellie '16yds, W- Liddell, 30yds, T. C. Stroud and Alan Harrington 25yds. Browning led out from W. Smellie, who soon led out to make a. break. Liddell got a puncture and interfered with Paulin. Buxton paced up the back on the last found with Browning and Bone fighting out the leadership, Buxton gaining, m the straight to win by half a wheel, Bone a length back. Time, lmin. 19secs. Mile Cycle Race, M. Paulin, (20yds) 1, A. Bone (20yds) 2,. F. McEwan (20 yds) 3. Also started, W. N. Buxton (scr), Alex. Browning 30yds, C. Bulman 35yds, W. Ledingham 45yds, \V. Smellie and J. von Tunzelman 6Ch/ds, R. Hope 70yds, and R. S. Harrington 75yds. Von Tunzelman, m trying t° avoid W. Campbell, Hope's pusher-off, crashed, hut _ finished the course, though well behind the field. Harrington led Smellie with Bone and Bulman catching up. Bone took the lead m the second-lap from Smellie and Bulman with McEwan well up. • The third round saw the same leaders with Paulin making "ground, but Buxton lost his pedal 'when beginning tc impress. Bone led the last rounc with Paulin catching very fast tc ry lead /at <the top, Bone .knocking] 3 sticks, which slowed him up. Paulii winning by syds. Time,*2min. 41 4-, . w , ,' r ,. „ »A^ai

■** Boys' Walking Race — Rex Row ). (scr) .1, Peter Bone, Keith Laidl; and Cartwright 2nd equal a Bruce Brown 3rd. Also started, Mj ed ters Hazlett, lan Sutherland", All en Fisher, Harry and Stan Willian as Kennedy, Ted Baker, B. and nd Lynch, R. Ballam, McLeod, Har rS * Chandler, Lex Liddell, Tom Row 111 Affleck, Brown (2), Browning ( *y Brooker and Wesney. Once roui r " time 2min. 20secs. l 'y Girls' Walking Race— M. Kennec v " (30yds) 1, Joyce Perriam (30yds) at Mavis McMillan (25yds) 3. Ali • n started, Misses M. Whittlestoi l * y 90yds, Jessie Rowe, M. Ballan r& Hibbs 75yds, ' Sutherland- 60ydi S Whittlestone 30yds, Chilton, Sear! > 25yds, Williams 15yds, Campbel d Maxwell, Butler and McLeod sci -" Once round, won by 15yds. , Time, " mm. 7 2/ssecs. 8 Tliree-le'gged Race — Mr and Mrs A v H. Lindsay, Ist, Miss O. Stroud an d Mr Colin Bulman 2nd, Miss G. Mc s Fadgen and Mr Alex Matheson ' 3rd c "88 entries, 53 starters. c Ladies' Potato Race — Ist Heat, Mis ' E. Bone Ist, 6. Stroud 2nd, G. Mc f Fadgen 3rd. Time 3Ssecs. Othe c starters, F. , Paulin, M. Thomas, D ? McFadgen and J. McEwan. ? 2nd heat— Miss P. McDougall Ist 3 Mrs L. J. Brown 2nd, Miss McLeoc >' 3rd. Other starters, Mrs M. Coulter, 1 Mrs A. H. Lindsay. Time 37 3/ssect>. '' Final, Miss Bone Ist, Mp jL . •J. 'Brown 2nd, Miss G. McFadgen 3rd. ' Time 34/lrssecs. .Relay Race, Town v." Country, entrants 30 yrs of age and over. "440 yds. \ Town Ist: Messrs W. J. Wesney, AI. Milne, W. Tressler, G. H. Hodges, D. --'p.: McCrostie, E. J. Leckie, A.- A. Fisher and Alan . Brown. Other starters: Messrs Ray Chilton, A. H. : Liiidsay, J. M. Lindsajy E. C. Brown, -A. S. McCrostie; J. Cook, R. Chilton and^W. D. Anderson. ;: Tug of ' War. Ist pull, Scotts Ga^, ' Messrs E. C. Brown, J. Cook, L. Chilton, W. Ridder and. E. King beat Lindsay's team, Messrs T. Norman, A. W. Moore, S. Clouston, R. Baird • and J. Lindsay. 2nd pull, South Otautau, Messrs T. C. Muir, D. , Clark, W. Anderson,*- A. F. DennistOn and R. Chilton beat North Otautau, Messrs W. Frkser, Ewan Matheson, H. Connell, Joe Dickson and~H. *AtkiiJson. . .- Final— South • Otautau beat Scotts Gap. Married Ladies' Race— Mrs M. Coulter 1,- Mrs Athol Lee 2, .Mrs R. W. Janson 3. Also started, Mesdato.es Brass, Sadlier,-.. Fisher v Kennedy, Chilton and Lindsay. Children's Tyre Race, Once roundHarry Williams 1, Harry Chandler 2, Ted Eason 3.. ~~ Also started, Rex Rowan, Browning, Eason f Brown, Lynch (2), Laidlaw and S. Williams. '