COMBINED SPORTS CARNIVAL

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 334, 20 April 1928, Page 11

COMBINED SPORTS CARNIVAL

To-Morrow’s Big Event

LEAGUE, BOXING AND ATHLETICS

To Assist R. Stack Benefit Fund

SPORTING fans of Auckland are to be treated to somethingunique in the way of entertainment for to-morrow. The Stack Benefit Committee is staging a monster sports gala, including athletics, Rugby League and boxing, to be staged at Carlaw Park in aid of “Dick” Stack, the Newton Leaguer, who was badly injured last season.

T> ARELY is seen in any part of the Dominion such a carnival of combined sports staged in one big meeting as Aucklanders will be favoured with at Carlaw Park to-morrow. Undoubtedly the most pleasing feature of the arrangements is the fact that the proceeds are for the benefit of R. Stack, one of Newton Club’s most prominent leaguers of last season. “Dick” received a serious injury to his leg in one of the last big games of the year, and after spending som time in the ■ ' hospital attempting to make a com- R* Stack plete recovery, he found it necessary to have his leg amputated. LEAGUERS TAKE THE FIELD Although unofficial, it will really mark the opening of the Rugby League season m Auckland for this year. Matches have been arranged between the eight senior League teams, and each of these will be seen in action for oO minutes in the usual fast, open and spectacular style of play, so common to the code. According to the draw, Ponsonby is matched against Newton, and 'two such champion teams as these in contest should alone prove a big draw to the fans who witnessed such great battles on the Park last year. The complete draw of the football games for the day is as follows: Ponsonby v. Newton, No, 1 area. | Devonport v. Marist, No. 1 area. City v. Richmond. No. 2 area. Athletic v. Ellerslie, No. 2 area. BOXING EVENTS The boxing contests and exhibitions should provide good entertainment. Although most of the boxers are well known to followers of the game, they are only known by name to the general public, and therefore this benefit will provide an opportunity to see the boxers in action. Considerable attention should attach to the university champions, who so far have not appeared in the Auckland ring. The Auckland heavy-weight champion, McCarthy, will be opposed to Drear, the varsity champion, and Mayhill, light and welter-weight champion of varsity, will meet Willis, 1927 middle-weight champion. Promising Amateur Bouts Other amateur contests which should be of more than passing interest will be the meeting of Verrall, fly-weight runner-up in Auckland championships, and Fraei, cadet champion; Agnew, Auckland featherweight champion, and McPha.il, his runner-up; and Fraei and Thompson, both wellknown 1 i g h tweights. | Mutt Hatton, the undefeated Auckland professional feather-weight, will give an exhibition spar with Pearcey, F. Taylor Auckland flyI weight champion, which will provide a display of really scientific boxing. McLean, heavy-weight champion of the Territorials, will spar with Jim Broadloot. the Auckland middle-weight, and as both like hard fighting some husky work is sure to result. The other professional is Frank Taylor, the Auckland bantam-weight, who as an amateur was three times champion of New Zealand. He will give an exhibition with Uicloard. Auckland and New Zealand champion for the past two years. Both boxers arc well known as sci-

entific fighters and this exhibition will show the public* how it is done. HARRIER SEASON TO OPEN The Auckland Amateur Athletic Club is staging a long-distance race which will be marked as the official opening of the 1928 harrier season in Auckland. Sprinters will also be attracted by a 75yds dash event which has been put on the programme. Included among the competitors are some of Auckland’s best athletes, and the starting of J. TV. Savidan, Auckland’s champion distance runner and New Zealand representative who took part in some titanic battles with Rose ht the championships last year, will no doubt be watched with much keenness. Handicaps for the athletic events are as follow*. — _ Metropolitan Steeplechase, 15 miles.—J. W. Savidan, scr; N. F. Cooper, G. Kells, 6sec; T. E. Henry, Ssec; T. M. Wilson, E. C. Barker, lOsec; C. Scown, F. L. Witten, 15sec; G. W. Gilchrist, J. Crum. 25 sec: J. Green, 2Ssec; R. Izard, E. P. Ilenshall, W. Watt, COsec; C. R. Wilson, G. Rogers, G. Lawrence, 35sec; D. Elliott, A. J. Campbell. V. E. Comer, 40sec: F. .r. Kirkwood, 45sec; F. L. Adams, 50see; Alf. Clarke, 65sec. 75 Yards Carlaw Handicap.—A. J. Elliott, scr; T>. M. Gordon, E. T. Henry, 21yds; V. R. Walker, A. G. Bond, A. E. Butler, 3yds; IT. S. Roper, 4yds; D. McDonald, 6yds; D. Elliott, A. J. Campbell, N. F. Cooper, J. W. Shirley, D. H. Grant, 61yds; R. G. Kirkwood, C. Scown, 7yds; W. Watt, J. Green, A. Lamont, C. R. Wilson, 71yds; .T. W. Savidan, T. M. Wilson. 81yds: G. Rogers, G. Lawrence, 9yds; G. Kells, F. J. Kirkwood. E. P. Henshall, G. W. Gilchrist, 10yds; F. L. Adams, 14 yds; Alf. Clarke, 15yds.