AMATEUR ATHLETICS

Otago Witness, Issue 3594, 30 January 1923, Page 44

AMATEUR ATHLETICS

OTAGO CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING. The Otago Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Centre was certainly unfortunate in the weather it encountered for the championship contest© on Saturday. So threatening were th© conditions in the morning that a meeting of officials was held to consider whether th© meeting should not be postponed. An almost continuous drizzling rain was falling, and any idea of a satisfactory attendance could not be entertained for a moment. But there were other things to be considered, and not -the least weighty of the reasons that determined the promoters not to postpone the gathering was the fact that a team from Invercargill wa3 present and it was almost certain that the members would not be able to make the journey again. At is was, the weather lifted somewhat, and only a little very light rain fell during the afternoon. The ground, however, was damp for spectators, and the going was heavy. This was to be regretted, as the form shown by several competitors led to the belief that one or two records might have been lowered under more favourable conditions. The visiting pedestrians acquitted themselves very well,, the result being that Invercargill ran a very respectable second to University for the championship banner, Anglican being a good third. The banner was awarded on points—3, 2, and 1 respectively for first, second, and third, points to be divided in case of a dead heat, and the totals were: University, 33i; Invercargill, 264; Anglican, 23; Pacific, 11; Caversham, 8; Artillery, 5. The Reid Cup was awarded to the competitor gaining most points in the championship events, the counting being, as in the championship contest, by 3,2, and 1. Morgan (Invercargill) won the cup with four firsts—l2 points. 'Harrington (Invercargill) was second, with one first and three seconds —9 points—while Lethaby (Anglican) was third, with one win, one second, and three thirds—B points. Patterson (University) and Aitken (University) came next, with 7 points each. Morgan won most of his events with something to spare, and, ijoesibly, had ho been seriously pushed, might have cut off something; from tli© times recorded. The management was all that could be desired, th© various events being run off well to

time, and there was nothing in th© proceedings to mar the pleasure of the spectatoi® The following officials supervised the arrangements:— Referee, Mr E. A. Kosevear; superintendent. Mr P. W. Breen; track judges, Mr E. L. Macassev and Dr S. Batchelor; field judges, Messrs J. V. Hanna. A P. Rovdhouse, B. H. Kosevear, U. Benneil, tV. J. Benn©n, and P. Northev; judges of walking, Messrs Geo. Galloway and Alex Bain; timekeepers, Messrs T. I*. William son, H. A. Hogg, and A. Burk; standard timekeeper, Mr J. B. Nelson; track stewards, Messrs H. J. C. Mackenzie, R. Thompson, and J. Richardson; starter. Mr W. Rudkin; handicapper, Mr B. R. M’Keman; assistant handicapper, Mr W. J. Bennett; marksmen, Messrs H. Clark and B. Munro; result steward, Mr J. Reynolds; megaphonist, Mr G©o. Luckhurst; call stewards, Messrs A. G.' Allen, and J. Hoy; press steward, Mt R. Monaghau; sport 3 committee -Messrs E. L. Macassey, F. J. D. Rolfe. B. R. M Kernan, iv. Thompson, J. Reynolds, C. W. Clark, H. J C. MacKenzie, J. Richardson, and G. H Luckhurst; sports secretary, Mr G. Luckliurst; hon. secretary, Mr R. Swinney. Details of the contests axe as follow: rnree starters.—H. D. Morgan (Invercargill) 1; A. W. Simpson (Anglican). 2; J. A. Paterson (University), 3. Morgan took charge at the third flight, and left Simpson atid r aterson well behind. He showed greater pace than his opponents between the juui)w, and cleared the obstacles cleanly. Won by 20yds. Time, 17 2-ssec. •• • HALF-MILE CHAMPIONSHIP. Five' starters.—E. S. Gale (Anglican), ]; F. J. D. Rolfe (University), 2; J. G. l-’oibes (Anglican), 3. J. G. Forbes had charge for th© greater part of (he first lap, being followed by Rolfe -and Boddy. The latter pulled out at the beginning of the second round, and Rolfe took the lead from Gale. There was a great finish over the last 50yds, Gale fighting hard for the first place ‘ and just getting up in time to arrive home with less than a foot, to spare. Time. 2min 8 2-ssec. MILE WALK CHAMPIONSHIP. Four starters. —J. A. C. Mackenzie (University) 1, G. M. Clegliorn (University), 2; Pj R. Greenslads (University), 3. Won easily. Time, 7min 41sec. 100yds CHAMPIONSHIP. Five starters. —H. D. Morgan (Invercargill), I; A. G. Harrington (Invercargill), 2; H. H. Lethaby (Anglican), 3. Morgan won easily by a dozen yards. There was a close race for second place, but the rest of the field was not in the picture. Time, 11 I-ssec. MILE BICYCLE HANDICAP. For Post and Telegraph bovs. Ten starters —M. Quinn. 1; R. A. Callander, 2; J. L. Stewart, 3. Time, 3min 14 2-ssec. BROAD LEAP. Six competitors.—G. Huston (Pacific), 20ft 6(in, 1; J. Harvey (Pacific), 20ft 24iii, 2; G. Proctor (Oaversiiam), 18ft sin, 3. 440 YARDS HURDLES CHAMPIONSHIP. Tive skirters.—A. G. Harrington (Invercargill), 1; A. W. Simpson (Anglican), 2; J. Hamilton (Invercargill), 3. Thera was a great finish between Harrington and Simpson. The latter led all th© way until a few yards from the tape, when Harrington threw himself in front to win- by inches. The other competitors were well behind. Time, Imin 0 4-ssec. MILE CHAMPIONSHIP. Five starters.— L. A3.hby (Caversham), 1; E. S. Gale (Anglican), 2; W. H. B. Hobbs (Pacific), 3. Forbes led over a quarter of the distance, but at halfway lie had dropped back into fourth place in a spread field, which Ashby led. Gale kept nexl to him, running nicely. Gala evidently mistook the distance covered, and made a sprint at the finish of the third lap. Ashby then came again, and won comfortably by 30 yards, with Hobbs well ‘ behind. Time, 4min 51aec. 300 YARDS HANDICAP. Six starters.— J. Richarson (Artillery), 9vs, 1; J. E. Stevenson (unattached), 12yds, 2; G. R. Kingston (University), scr, 3. Time, 34 3-ssec. Ladies' 100 Yards Handicap. Five starters.—Miss Rudkin, 1; Miss Duff, 2; Miss Gray, 3. Time, 13sec. POLE VAULT CHAMPIONSHIP. Two entries.—A. C. Aitken (University), Bft, I; J. A. Paterson (University), 7ft Din, 2.. Two-mi'e Bicycle Handicap. Six starters. —A. C. Wills, 50yds, 1; T. Brosnan, 80yds, 2; R. E. Graham, 190yds, 3. There were a. number of accidents, and the race was a poor one except for a close finish between the first and second men. Time, 6min 55sec. 220 YARDS CHAMPIONSHIP. Five star, ters.—H. D. Morgan (Invercargill), 1; A, C. Harrington (Invercargill), 2; H. H. Lethaby (Anglican), 3. Morgan had an easy win. getting in before Harrington by half a dozen yards, in the good time of 24sec. THROWING THE DISCUS CHAMPIONSHIP. Four competitors.—J. Richardson (Artillerv), 100 ft, 1; H. H. Lethaby (Anglican), 83ft 2in, 2; J. A. Paterson (University), 67ft 4in, 3. THROWING 16LB HAMMER. Four competitors.—G. R. Kingston (University). 92ft, 1; W. J. Bennett (University), 81ft, 2; J A Dewar (Anglican), 3. THREE-MILE CHAMPIONSHIP AND SEALED HANDICAP. Six starters.—C. W. Frye (Caversham), 1; W. H. B. Hobbs (Pacific), 2; J. W. Tapp (Caversham), 3. "Hie race wa3 between Frye and Hobbs, the former ending by getting home fairly easily. Time, 16min 38sec—The Sealed Handicap resulted in the places being filled as follows: Frye, scr, 1; Tapp ( Bsec, 2; H. Ormrod (Anglican), 45sec, 3. 440 YARDS CHAMPIONSHIP. Six.starter H. D. Morgan (Invercargill), 1 ; A. G. Harrington (Invercargill), 2; A. W. Simpson (Anglican), 3. There was a great race between Morgan and Harrington over the last 10 yards, the former coming from behind to win by inches. Simpson was well hn.uk Time. 56 l-ssec. PUTTING THE SHOT CHAMPIONSHIP. Five competitors.—W. J. Bennett (Universilv) 37ft 74in, 1: J. Richardson (Artillery), 35ft’tin, 2;"H. H. Lethaby (Anglican), 3t!ft 11 HIGH JUMP CHAMPIONSHIP. Four competitors.-A. C. Aitken (University) sft 2in, 1; J. A. Paterson (University) and J. Hamilton (Invercargill), equal, sft ljin, 2. RELAY CHAMPIONSHIP. Four starters. Invercargill 1, Anglican 2, University 3. Pacific also sjarted. Morgan just snatched victory from Gale in an exciting finish. The distances were 880, 410, 220, and 220 yards. The time was 4min 4 3-ssec. THROWING THE JAVELIN CHAMPIONSHIP. Three competitors.—H. H. Lethaby (Anglican), 111 ft Bin, 1; J A. Palerson (University), 98ft 3in, 2; A. C. AitKea (University), 92ft Bin, 8.