ATHLETICS

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13726, 16 October 1908, Page 7

ATHLETICS

' AMATEUR ASSOCIATION".

Per Pre* Association. DUNEDIN, October 15. At the annual meeting of the Otago Centre of the Amateur Athletic Assocutmn to-night, a region was unatumouslv passed in favour of the removal of The headquarters of the to to write to the Council siting that the Centre had been informed tharihe Council had rejected the ] Otago nomination for the Council (a Wdtagttm man), and asking under what rule this had been done. the chairman said it was rather soon to talk of secession, but he would be prepared to go that length if they did not get satisfaction from the Council. PROFESSIONAL. DUNEDIX, October 15. 4. conference of the Caledonian Soc'ety, Xew Zealand Athletic Union, and l'ipe Dancers' Association, was held to-night to consider the be.-rt means of coming to a mutual arrangement between the newlyformed Pipe Dancers* Ampliation, and the Caledonian Society in regard to their rules. The question at is.ue was \ue matter of dealing with pipers and dancers_ disqualified for competing at the Kxhi-; bition meeting. It was decided that the operation of the rulvs of the l'ipe bancers' lion b=r su>pended till alter the ajiuual; meeting of the Xew Zealand Athletio Union, and that another conference .

held in Januaiy. . l'he game* and grounds committee of the Otago Caledonun Society has agreed to take over the Athletic Cuiou ,ciuimpioiiohip* thai year. "; *' » WOODBURY SPORTS.

Woodbury is the fortunate |»ossse;i>or of an extensive domain, mid ot late yeais several improvements have been made. Tbeie s a sports pavilion Willi ft good conciete swimming bath at the back. I\it- track for luuuiug and cycling is a ■ grass our, slightly banked. Un \» ednen- i day owing to the rahl of Tuesday men? were a couple of ttieiches on the noiili. side in a very ninddy state, and the cy-i clisls hud a hard parage there. The, oval » ill rather a lough mate, but a ioiler oi; concrete and iron ami neigh ng nearly two l««ii> hat jus! be«n made under local su- 4 privL ion and this J oiler will undoubtedly nuke 3 vast improvement on the j,urface «n ihe cricket giouud. A concrete pitch., wi.li a coir matting cover is used fori • rii'ketiiig purpuws. In the s.w. comer llie!e arc now two asphalt lenn s courts u> xciiml our having be;u laid down a short while ago) and a ueat pavilion. The 110 main hoaid deiivtt> its revenue from tents received lnun i:x leservcs.

SporU weir It. Id on the reserve on I.a hour Dav.

There weie huge fields in many of the -tioiig men events, tossing the caber and putting the neight attracting each about 15 entrW Janie.s Connell, of lWfield, won the putting Il41bs) with an actual put of 38ft 4in. The next best put was Metcalfe'* 35ft Bin.

Dan Horgan and George Campbell were among the high jump competitois. Campbell failed at sft sin, but he afterwards in an exhibition jump cleared it. Metcalfe jumped sft 4in. and with 2n handicap *«» the winner. W. Wharton with v., actual jump wus next. Dan Horgan came late for this event, but was allowed to compete. He had three trie* a; Sit 6iin, but failed to get over. The running events were interesting. The 440 yd» was a good go between Uor don (20yds), 1.. Wood (10yd-). and turn•><>n ?scr). Gordon, a Woodbury runner, won. He tuns with great determination. . I.ast year he won the half urle and the mile at the Woodbuiy sports, fn the 880 yds, Gordon bod lOydb from Ta vener t*cr). and after a keen htruggle for the last half mile Tavener proved the winner. G. T. Smart. Chertsey, won the mile handicap from .1. McKinnon |Bsyds>;. Sman is the best mile runner in South Canterbury in the cash rank.'. 1,. Wood ran well in the 220 yd;, hurdles, getting close up to the lenders at halfway, but he fell there and so was put out. tie would certainly have been second and probably woulil have beaten What ton 11 yds f'he winner* had he iWoodi not fal "len. K. Palmer, liellield ifmm 4ydsi. beat 1,. Wood .».ii and two others n tlie 100 yds. in 10.4 s»er. A Giuisnn ran without ».ui->v-s .-,11 day. Hi» iie.st tun was from scratch in the 440 yd*. he vta« beaten by inches by Wood tor seroud place. Among iho«- pte«rtit at the t,pott« was Jack Heney. a »e|| known competitor in tunning and jumpiug even'.* at ;»ll spotl» meetings in the northern par; "1 >ou;h Canterbury alrfiut twenty yeais jk«