AMATEUR ATHLETICS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21186, 5 November 1938, Page 16

AMATEUR ATHLETICS

By “Relay” Season’s Fixtures:' Saturday, November 5: Official opening meeting South ' Canterbury Amateur Athletic Club, Ashbury Park, 2 p.m. Saturday, November 12: Inter-club scratch meeting, Temuka Domain, 2.30 p.m. Saturday, November 19: Inter-club scratch meeting, Fairlie, 2.30 p.m. B programme. Saturday, November 26: Inter-club scratch meeting, Ashbury Park, Timaru, 2.30 p.m. A programme. Saturday, December 3: Inter-olub handicap meeting; visit from Oamaru and Ashburton Clubs, Ashbury park, 2.30 p.m. Saturday, ‘December 10: Inter-club scratch meeting, Victoria Park, Waimate, 2.30 p.m. B programme. Saturday, December 17: Inter-club scratch meeting, Ashbury Park, Timaru, 2.30 p.m. A programme. Monday, December 26 (Boxing Day): Waimate Caledonian Society’s annual meeting, Victoria Park, Waimate. Monday, January 2, 1939: South Canterbury Caledonian Society’s annual meeting, Caledonian Grounds, Timaru. A programme, arranged for interblub scratch meeting:—Men’s events, 100 yards, 440 yards, one mile, 120 yards hurdles, relay 4 by 220 yards. Field events—hop, step and jump, high jump, throwing the hammer, putting the shot. Women’s events—7s yards, 100 yards, 90 yards hurdles, high jump, throwing the javelin, relay 4 x 110 yards. B Programme: Men’s events —220 yards, 880 yards, three miles, 220 yards low hurdles, medley relay 220, 220, 440, 880 yards. Field events: Broad jump, pole vault, throwing the discus, throwing the'javelin. Women’s events: 110 yards, 220 yards, 90 yards hurdles, broad jump, throwing the discus, relay 4 x 110. Hurdle events will be run where hurdles are available. THROWING EVENTS BRITISH STANDARDS AND WORLD’S RECORDS Putting the Shot (161 b from a 7ft circle): Standard 41ft. World’s record: 57ft lin, J. Torrance (U.S.A.) at Polo Norway, August 5, 1934. British record: 52ft 2in, H. Woelike (Germany), White City Stadium, 14th August, 1937. Throwing the Hammer (161 b from a •7ft) circle): Standard, 130 ft. World’s record: 189 ft 6Jin, P. Ryan (U.S.A.), at New York (U.S.A.), 17th August, 1913. British record: 183 ft 3in, H. Keln (Germany), at White City Stadium, on 17th July, 1937. Throwing the Discus (from a circle Bft 2Jln): Standard, 120 ft. World’s recoil: 174 ft 2Jin, W. Schroeder (Germany) at Madzeburg (Germany), on April 28, 1935. British record: 169 ft Ulin: H. Andersson (Sweden), at White City Stadium on July 13, 1935. Throwing the Javelin (hold in the middled Standard 160 ft. World’s record: 253 ft 4*in, M. Jarvinsen (Helsingfors) at Finland on June 18, 1836. British record, 224 ft Sin, A. Terry (U.S.A.) at Glasgow, on August 17, 1936. Throwing and Putting for Distance General Rules The circle or scratch line must be clearly marked on the ground by chalk, or otherwise, and all measurements made from the first mark in the ground made by the implement (in the hammer and javelin throw the head of the implement) to the inner edge of (a) the circle along a line drawn from the mark to the centre of the circle, or (b) at right angles to the scratch line, or that line extended. A steel tape should be used for measurement, and that part of the tape showing the feet and inches held by the official at the c’-cle or scratch line. A foul throw or letting go of the implement in an attempt shall be reckoned as a trial. If an implement break in a fair throw it is not reckoned as a trial. Each competitor is allowed three trials. A promoting body may, however, decide a competition by the result of the first round; in such case it must be stated on the programme. Each competitor shall be credited with the best of all his trials. In all throwing events from a circle it shall be a foul throw if the competitor, after he has stepped into the circle and started to make the throw, touches with any part of his body or the implement, the ground outside the circle or if he steps on the circle. The competitor must not leave the circle until the Implement has touched the ground, and he shall then from a standing position leave the circle from the rear half, which shall be indicated by a chalk line extended outside the circle. Putting the Weight (a) The weight shall be put from the shoulder with one hand only, and it must never be brought behind the shoulder. (b) The put shall be made from a Uircle 7 feet interior diameter. (c) In the middle of the circumference at the front half should be placed e. stopboard four feet long, four inches high, and firmly fastened to the ground. In making his put, the competitor may rest his feet against but not on top of the stop-board. (d) A fair put shall be one in which Wo part of the person of the competitor touches the top of the stop-board, the circle, or the ground outside the circle, until the weigh has touched the ground. The weight shall be of iron or a brass shell filled with lead, and spherical in shape, and shall weigh 16 pounds. Throwing the Hammer (a) The hammer shall be thrown from a circle 7 feet Interior diameter. (b) All throws to be valid throws must fall within a 90 degree sector marked on the ground. xc) The competitor may adopt any (position he chooses and use one or both hands. ,<d) The head at the hammer shall

be of lead or a brass shell filled with lead or cast grey iron and spherical in shape. The handle shall be a single unbroken and straight length cf spring steel wire not less than I inch in diameter, or No. 36 piano wire, 1-10 inch in diameter. The handle may be looped at one end or both ends as a means of attachment. The grip may be either of single or double loop construction, but must be rigid and without hinging points of any kind. A competitor can submit a single or a double loop different from the official grip, and, if legal, the referee can allow the use of same. Any competitor may use such hammer. The handle shall be connected to the head by means of a swivel, which may be either plain or ball bearing. The grip shall be connected to thenandle by means of a loop. A swivel may not be used. The weight shall be not less than 16 pounds, and the length not more than 4 feet complete as thrown. Throwing the Discus (a) The discus shall be thrown from a circle 8 feet 2Jinches interior diameter. The discus shall be composed of a smooth metal rim, permanently attached to a wood body, brass plates set flush into the sides of the wood body and, in the exact centre of the discus, a means for securing the correct weight. The brass plates shall be circular in form, having a diameter of not less than 2 inches or more than 21 inches. Each side of the discus shall be a counterpart of the other side, and shall have no Indentations, projecting points, or sharp edges. The sides shall taper in a straight line from the beginning of the curve of the rim to a line a distance of 1 inch from the centre of the discus.

The largest dimensions shall be a circle not less than 88 inches in diameter. The thickness through the exact centre, on a line perpendicular to the diameter, shall be not less than IS inches. The thickness at 1 inch from the centre shall be exactly the same as at the centre. The weight of the discus shall be not less than 4 2-5 pounds complete as thrown. The thickness of the rim at a distance of i inch from the edge shall be not less than J inch. The edge shall be rounded on a true circle.

A metal discus complying with the official measurements, conditions and weight, may be used. In other respects, the rules for Throwing the Hammer apply. Throwing the Javelin (a) The javelin shall be thrown from behind a scratch line marked on the ground, at least 12 feet in length. (b) The javelin must be held at the grip. (c) It is a foul throw if the point of the javelin does not touch the ground before any part of the shaft, or when the competitor crosses the scratch line or its extension. (d) The javelin shall be of wood with a sharp iron or steel point. It shall be constructed in such a way that the space between the foremost point and the centre of gravity is not longer than 3ft 7ain or shorter than 2ft 112-51®. It shall have, about the centre of gravity, a grip formed of a binding 6 3-10 inches broad, of whipcord, without thongs or notches in the shaft, and shall have no other holding than the above mentioned binding whose circumference at either edge shall not exceed the circumference of the shaft by more than 1 inch. The length shall be not less than Bft 6in the weight not less than 11b 12ioz complete as thrown.