ATHLETIC.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10753, 26 April 1913, Page 5

ATHLETIC.

AMATEUR. The following ' table, which shovg the times, distances, heights,, etc., of the "winner .of the recently-decided championships of New Zealand t Tasmania, Victoria and New South "Wftlss, Gliould prove of interest to readers-., Of course, it does not really show the relative merits of the performers, for.jtho reason tliat track and weather condi- • tions were nbfc the same, whilst in a number o$ events the winner could have done mneh better had occasion demanded, a notable example being the'case of A. W. Dormer in the New Zealand half-mile championship. \ The Tasmanian programme was not so extensive as the others, there being no fieldgame events, and no pole vault. Furthermore, the Tasmanians had :bt far the worst weather. ■"•'•V

Beven, who won the high jump championship of New South Wales. with sft- 11 Jin, is credited with having • cleared 6ft sin in practice. CASH.

Charles E. flolway, who will.be well j remembered oil. account of his tour of ~ the dominion while champion sprinter. ' of the world, writes as follows to . a - Sydney friend: —" No doubt you will be surprised to hear from me. I hare been going to write you for a long time, bat kept putting it off, as I have been very busy. I have been Director of Athletics here at the University of Nevada since January 1, and have about 200 athletes on my hgnda —basket-ball players, baseball players, /' and track and field event men—and I ;;

have some fairly good material. This is the first year of basket-ball at this _ University. We have played four games, and won three, including our t>ig game with Santa Clara College of California, whom we defeated last Saturday night by 38 to 18. That wa« our last game. Now I ain devoting; all my time to baseball and track work. A few of the good men cannot compete, as they are behind in their studie# ,' —and they are very strict on that; point at this college. You will, perhaps, ask, ' Where did Holway learn anything about basket-ball a.nd baser ball?' Well. I will tell you. Before I ever put on a running shoe I wag a - champion baseball player, and I have not forgotten those games, as I was a natural-born baseball and basket-ball plavor. and only when I hurt my knee did" 1 {rive those 6ports up. " I suppose you have been interested - in the Jim Thorpe case. Someone must have been ' sore' on him, and given him away; but. believe me, he is not half as bad as fully 25 per cent supposed-to-be amateurs that I have known —only they are shrewd enough to 4 get away with it.' " I am of the opinion that at the. next Olympic Games amateurs and professionals should be allowed to compete, as a whole lot of people think that the men that competed at Stockholm were the best in the world. They don't understand that, no matter how p;ood a man is. if he be a pro. he cannot compete. I don't say pay the pros., but if a. pro. wants to compete, and is ' good enough,' that he should be allowed to. And he should fee,. treated the same as the amateurs in * regard to expenses, etc. I think Aubj tralia would make a better showing u... that was the case, don't vou? "The climate here in fieno is beau tifnl. We are 4500 ft above sea level, and we havo one of the finest athletic. , fields m the West—a 440 yds cinder track and a 220 yds straight, also a fine football field. I was here when the- W aratahs played, and they said I it was the finest football field they had played on in this country. " I expect to turn out a fair track team, although most of the boys ay©/., green : but T have a man who will do ; 49sec for 440vds, a shot-putter that , will put the ld>lb shot. 47ft, a couple of 10 l-ssec men for 100 yds, and a broad- s jumper that will clear 22ft. The die- . tance men don't seem very 4 classv.' • l „, am trying to develop a hammer-throw-- ; er but find it hard to get a man 'buteA * enough." - „*. , _ 'v. «(g

300 220 44G 880 Yds. Yds. Yds. Yds'. Now Zealani •10 2-5 23 511-3 2 : 62-5 Victoria . .10 23 51J 1 58;' New South Wales 10 24J 53 i_5 2.0i Tasmania . . 11 24 53i-5 9 15.4HJ Mile 3-Mile Mile. 3-Mile. Walk. Walk. New Z. 4 34 lo 25 1-5 G 54 3-5 m 13 Victoria 4 34 15 35 3-5 7 11 22 54 - N.S.W. 4 43 2-5 15 58 2-5 7 lb 23 14<Mf Tas. . 4 42 2-5 15 59 7 10 3-5 w.o. 12Q 440 I'd' V Yds. Hdls. Shot.' 55 1-5 36 11 Han> Hdls, New Zld. 16 2-o mer. - 143-8 - Victoria . iGJ GOi „87 6£ 1021^N.S.W. . 17 . : 63 § 38 55 129 3$ Tasmania ... ..'16 2-5, w.o. , . Nil. Nil.,,, Pole High Broad. Vault. Jump. Jump. New Zealand "'. . 10 1J 5- 5 21 9J ' Victoria . 9 G 5 11 21 New -South Wales . 9 6 5 11J 21 H Tasmania . . Nil. 6 1 ' 17 2 ,