WINTER ATHLETICS
PRELIMINARY MEETING SAVIDAN—NILSEN WINS Members of the Auckland Amateur Athletic Club are preparing for the j winter athletic season. At Onehunga on Saturday afternoon ■ events, controlled by Mr. W. Morton. | were decided as another preliminary j to the season. J. W. Savidan did best, j winning off scratch in a difficult j steeplechase and running second to N. J R. Nilsen in the dash. Nilsen also won the discus throw. Others prominent j in the events were R. B. Witten, first j in the shot-put; F. L. Witten and H. ! McNeil. There was an interested I atendance. Results: 75 YDS HANDICAP N. R. Nilsen (6yds) 1 J. W. Savidan (Byds) .. .. .8 2 ' H. McNeil (12yds) and E. P. Henshail (lljyds), dead heat 3 Time, 8 l-ss. I
ONE AND A-HALF MILES STEEPLECHASE J. W. Savidan (scr) l F. L. Witten (2Ss> 2 H. McNeil (90s) 3 Savidan's net time, 7m 40 2-5s. THROWING THE DISCUS N. K. Nilsen, 96ft 1 T\ L. Witten, 95ft 9in 2 R. B. Witten, 90ft 3 PUTTING THE SHOT R. B. Witten, 36ft 6in 1 N. R. Nilsen, 35ft Sin 2 K. S. Wills. 34ft 6in 3
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 649, 29 April 1929, Page 13
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