ATHLETICS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2097, 3 May 1894, Page 32

ATHLETICS.

NOTES BY AMATEUR.

"Onlooker" telegraphs from Wellington on Tuesday .—Our Amateur Athletic Club has been hauled over the coals relative to its action in managing the Auckland Schools Athletic Association, whereby it lost £108. There can be little doubt that the conveners of the meeting had ample grounds for inquiry, and were studying the interests of the club 3. The conveners of the meeting thought that a cinder track might have been made, thereby placing the amateurs of Auckland on an equal footing with southerners— which idea I entirely coincide with. Futhermore, the A.A.A. aud C.C. should see to it at once.

The annual competition between the London Athletic Club and Oxford University was held on March 10. B jth path and tu'f were suffering from the effects of rain, and to some extent this explains the poorness of more than one performance. The London Club won by six events to four, the 100 yds Race being gained for them by A. Ovendon (time lO^ec), the Oje Mile Eaca by H. Wade (4min 34sec), the High Jump by R. Williams (who won at Sffc 6m and afterwards did 5f t; 8111), the Half-mile Race by E. C. Bredin (2min 1 3-53 ec), the Quarter-mile by A. Ovendon (53£ sec), and the Tnree-mile Race by H. A. .Munro (15min lsec). For Oxford, G. S. Robertson won the Hammer event with a throw of 101 ft lin ; T. G. Soott, beating G. B. Shaw on the flat, won the 120 yds Hurdles by a few inches (time 17£ sec) ; D. H. Meggy won the Weight-putting, his performance being 35ft ; and W. G. Oakley, the Long Jump with 19fb 6iin.

The annual inter-University sports were held on March 17, and resulted in Oxford winning six events out of sine, the seconds being equal or practically so. The best performance at the meeting was in the Mile Race, which W. E. Lutyens won in 4min 19 4-ssec, the fastest ever done at tbe sports. W. H. Greenhow, who was second, completed the distance in 4min 22sec, which has only onee — by W. Pollock Hill in 1890 — been beaten. Results :

100 Yards Kace.— G. Jordan (Oxford) 1, W. Attlee (Cambridge) 2, G. Gomer-Williams (Cambridge) 3, C. B. Fry (Oxford) 0. Won by half a yard. Time, lOg-itc. Hwn Jump.— IS. D. Swanwick (Oxford) 1, G. A. Gardiner (Oxford) t, S. G. Lubbock (Cambridge) +, Jb\ M. Jennings (Cambridge) t. Kwamvick won at sft 7in, and afterwards cleared sft 10} in. These tied at sft 6in.

Putting the Weight.— C. 11. Rivers (Cambridge) I, A. F. Maling (Oxford) 2, D. Meggy (Oxford) 3, E. J. Watsen (Cambridge) ((. The winner started with a put of 37ft 2in ; he then put 35ft, but his best waa 37ft Biin. Maling put 34ft 7iin, Meggy 33ft lOin, and Watßon 33ft 6iin. Hurdle Race.— W. J. Oakley (Oxford) 1, L. E. Pilkington (Cambridge) 2, T. G. Scott (Oxford) 3,

T. Leese (Cambridge) 0. Won by a yard. Time, 16 3-ssec. One-milk Race — W. E. Lutyens (Cambridge) 1, W. H. Greonhow (Oxford) 2, G. M. Hildyard (Oxford) 3, J. A. Batt <Cirabridge) 4, V. W. Rathboue (Oxford) 0, A. W. Goodman (Cambridge) 0. Won by rather more than 10 yards. Time, 4min 19 4-53ec. Quauter-milb Race — G. Jordan (Oxford) 1, W. j Litztlerbart (Cambridge) 2, C. H. Lewin (Cambridge) 3, S. K. Christie Miller (Oxford) 0. Won by four yards. Time, 50 4-ssec. Long Jumi\-C. £ Fry (Oxford) 1, W. J. Oakloy (Oxford) 2, A. J. I>. War-low (Cambridge) 3, H. M. 'iapper (Cambridge) 0. Fry was seriously troubled by a bruised heel, and hia first jump waa 2lft Bin only ; at his second attempt, however, he cleared 22ft 4in ; and at the third 22t't. The last distance was equalled by Oakley, who also did 21ft 2.} in ; Warlow cleared 21ft 2in, and twice jumped just over 20ft lOin ; Tapper's best jump was IDft lHin. f bis was the third time that Fry had won "the Long Jump. Throwing the Hammer.-G. S. Robertson (Oxford) 1, A. B. Johnstono (C'-ambridge) 2, R. L-arr-Bosanquet (Cambridge) 3. E. G. Hoinmerde (Oxford) 0. Robertson's best throw was 101 ft 4£in. Johnstone threw 99ft SJin ; Carr-Bosaoquet, 95ft 10m ; and Hemmerde, 87ft 7in. Three-mile Race.— I 1 . S. Horan (Cambridge) 1, W. S. Lee (Oxford) 2, C. A. Reynolds (Oxford) 3, G. H. Todd (Cambridge) 4, h. Edmunds (Oxford) 0. Won by 20 yards. Time, 15inin 7sec. Oxford have now proved victorious at tho sports on 13 occasions, wnile" Cambr.dge have won 17 times, the result in 1864 having been a tie. Of "liratß" Oxford have taken 140 against 139, the number of "seconds" bsing respectively 141 and