SECOND EVENING SPORTS

Southland Times, Issue 23675, 25 November 1938, Page 12

SECOND EVENING SPORTS

AMATEUR ATHLETES IN FORM

GOOD PERFORMANCES ON ' HEAVY TRACKS

Although drizzling rain fell throughout, the Southland Amateur Athletic Association’s second evening sports meeting, held at Rugby Park last evening, was an unqualified success. Dig entries were received, competition was keen and the standard of performances was high, making the evening an enjoyable one for the good crowd ot SP That°R S Mahony, the Southland high hurdles champion, is also a sprinter of more than'average ability he showed by winning the 100 yards °P 8 !J. handicap on a heavy track from a big field. Handicapped on three yards, he won both his heat and the. final in a very convincing manner. K. Laidlaw, of the Collegiate Club, Southland s most promising ‘ junior sprinter, put up an excellent performance to run second off the two-yards mark. Ho won his heat in 11 seconds and was only half-a-yard behind Mahony in the final. The 220 yards junior handicap went to L. Chambers, of the Southland Boys’ High School, who just beat W. Eastlake, of the Invercargill Club, by a stride in the final. It was a fine race and one that showed that there is good material among the junior sprinters of‘lnvercargill. Although he is more at home in halfmile and mile events, F. W. Mayne, of the Invercargill Club, made no mistakes in winning the quarter mile open handicap. Starting from the eightyards mark, Mayne gathered in the limit men early, ran with them for a furlong and then came away with a great finishing burst to win by a yard. W. Donaldson, the scratch man, ran well and crime within striking distance of Mayne at the top of the straight. Lack of training told when he attempted to hold Mayne in a sprint, however, and he faded over the last few yards. G. McLachlan, another Invercargill Club runner, was close up in third place. The men’s and women’s inter-busi-ness house relay races again provided the highlights of the programme. Good entries were received for both events and racing was keen. The women’s event was won by the Technical College team, which just beat Thomson and Beattie’s in an exciting finish. The Invercargill Football Club won the men’s relay after a great tussle with Poole’s team.

The .Calder Mackay cycle handicap of one mile and a-half attracted a big entry, two heats being necessary. The final, to the winner of which goes a bicycle given by the firm, is to be held at the next evening meeting. ' Two events were staged by the Invercargill Amateur Cycling Club and they provided some keen racing. A. Drury showed excellent form to win both the one mile and one mile and a-half handicaps from scratch. Following are the results:— RUNNING EVENTS 100 YARDS OPEN HANDICAP. (14 entries). —First heat: K. Laidlaw (Col. 2yds) 1, R. Atley (St. P. syds) 2, R. Dalton (Inv. 3|yds) 3. Won by inches. Time, 0.11. Second heat: R. Mahony (Inv. 3yds) 1, J. Sinclair (6yds) 2, L. Small (Inv. 3yds) 3. Won by inches. Time, 0.10 3-5. Final: Mahony 1, Laidlaw 2, Sinclair 3. Laidlaw got a “fly,” but Mahony caught him at the 75 yards mark and carried on to win by half-a-yard. Inches only separated second and third. Time, 0.10 4-5. 220 YARDS JUNIOR HANDICAP. (10 entries). —First heat: W. Eastlake (Inv., 10yds) 1, T. Jenkin (St. P., 18 yds) 2, A. Edwards (Col., Byds) 3. Won by one yard and a-half. Time, 0.25 4-5. Second heat: L. Chambers (St. P., 5 yds) 1, W. Barrett (St. P., Byds) 2, D. Robb (Inv., 3yds) 3. Won by two feet. Time, 0.25 1-5. Final: Chambers 1, Eastlake 2, Edwards 3. Won by a stride. Time, 0.25. 440 YARDS OPEN HANDICAP. (Six entries). —F. W. Mayne (Inv. Byds) 1, W. Donaldson (Inv. scr.) 2, G. McLachlan (Inv., 10yds) 3. Mayne took the lead early and finished strongly to win by a yard. Donaldson put in a challenge at the entrance to the straight, but could not sustain it. A foot separated second and third. Time, 0.54.

ONE MILE OPEN HANDICAP. (Eight entries). —R. Dixon (St. P., 100 yds) 1, M. von Tunzelman (Inv. 25yds) 2, R. Hughes (St. P., 95yds) 3. Dixon, who was running easily, took the lead in the second lap arid gradually drew away. Von Tunzelman, who took the first two laps very easily, lengthened his stride after the half mile had been reached and began to break down the lead of the limit men. He moved into third place in the last lap, but had no hope of catching Dixon, who went away to win by 25 yards. Von Tunzelman put in a great finish to-'beat Hughes for second place by a yard. Time, 4.42 1-5. WOMEN’S INTER-HOUSE RELAY. (Six entries). —Technical College (scr.) 1, Thomson and Beattie’s (scr.) 2, Collegiate (3yds) 3. A good finish. Won byinches. Time, 0.41. MEN’S INTER-HOUSE RELAY. (13 entries).—First heat: Invercargill Football Club (7yds) 1, Education Board (scr) 2, Combined Printers (25yds) 3. Time, 0.48 1-5. Second heat: Poole’s (18yds) 1, Calder Mackay’s (15yds) 2, Waikiwi (20yds) 3. Time, 0.48 1-5. Third heat: Europa (10yds) 1, Boys’ Brigade Association Football (25yds) 2, Sargoods (20yds) 3. Time, 0.49 4-5. Final: Invercargill Football Club 1, Poole’s 2, H. and J. Smith’s 3. Won by two yards. Time, 0.48 2-5. H. and J. Smith’s, the trophy holders, competed only in the final. BROAD JUMP. (Eig"ht entries).—R. Jenkins (St. P., 9in) 20ft 2Jin 1, A. Walker (St. P., Ift) and W. Barrett (St. P., Ift 9in) equal 19ft lljin 2. JUNIOR HIGH JUMP. (Five entries). —A.' Walker (St. P., scr) sft OJin 1, I. Muirson (Inv., scr) 4ft HJin 2, T. Jenkin (St. P,, 4in) 4ft sJin 3. CYCLING EVENTS ONE MILE HANDICAP. (Seven entries). —A. Drury (scr) 1, N. Hazelmore (110yds) 2, K. Jones (30yds) 3. The scratch men caught the field after half a mile had been* covered, and in the last lap Drury and Hazelmore went into the lead. Drury won by three lengths. Time, 2.33 3-5. ONE MILE AND A-HALF. (Eight entries). —A. Drury (scr) 1, K. Jones (35yds) 2, C. A. Robinson (80yds) 3. Drury in a great last lap took the lead and carried on to win by a length. Time, 3.51 4-5. • CALDER MACKAY CYCLE-HANDI-CAP. (14 entries). —First heat: W. Smith I, H. Smith 2, A. Duncan 3. Second heat: M. Toole 1, R. Henderson 2, N. Munnings 3. The final is to be held at the next meeting.