SCHOOL AND PLAYGROUND.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17180, 25 October 1923, Page 4

SCHOOL AND PLAYGROUND.

BY

"DEMON."

ATHLETICS.

Two more of the annual school sportc previous v, eauesuay nad made tte ground.. rather sodueii, out ne.ertueiets tile per jfoimaaoes ut both meetings were very good. At St Andrew’s three records were bro cnaznpionship equalled the existing recor-, of 5/sec. it. Daggo in tho open championship lowered his own record b. r three nt't us of a second, his time bo.n* 24 2-dsec. D. MT-rost.e, wno last year established a record of 18it inn in the long jump, added two inches to his previous performance. This jump of 18it Um is the best, registered tnis year by the four secondary schools which have already heLi their sports. St Bede's hold their meet mg today, but. it will need a very good jump to beat M’Crostie’s performance. Th ; -.remaining record which was broken wa= that for the 75yds Preparatory Champion ship. R. Andreae, the winner, covered the distance in 10 1-5 sec. The old record, which was established by B. Donovan in 1921 and equalled by R. Wood last year, was 10 4-Sseo. Andreae- i.s a runner ot great promise, and if he continues to take an interest in athletics should do well in the future. The contest for the senior championship was exceedingly close, being fought out be tween K. Bagge and D. M'Crostie. Bagg-.: secured 16 points, being first in the mile and in tbe 220yds and second in tho lonj. jump, the -140yds and the 880yds, and also securing third place in tho hurdles, th 100yds and the throwing of the cricke ball. M'Grosti© was placed in six event and scored 14 points. He was first in th putting of the weight, the long jump, th hurdles and the 100yds, and second in th--‘22oyu» and the mile. The junior champion ship was won by It. J. M’Laughlin with It points, the runner-up being R. Andrew lo points. At St Andrew’s there ia also a championship for the preparatory boys. This -was won by It. Anureae. who score-1 l£ points. N. Hamilton 6 points was tli« runner up. At tho Technical sports on© of the most pleasing features was the punctuality wim which the events were got off. the ram on the previous Wednesday prevented tim 440yds senior and junior championship an. being run previous to tho sports. These final position gives tli©' senior champion ship to E. J. Grafton with 33 points. M. C. Wilson, the runner-up, scored 18 points Grafton proved himself a very versatile athlete, compiling his points both in ha. and field events. He was first in botu jumps and in tho hurdles, whilst in ?.h.; handicap jumps lie secured two seconds In the flat championships Grafton was first in the 220yds, the SSOyds and th.mile, and was second in the 440yds, while, in the flat handicaps he was first in the mil© and second in the 22oyds. This boy can well be proud of his performances. Wilson gained most of his points in thsprint events, being first in the 100yds and 440yds and second in the 220yds. He was also second in tho long jump chain pionship. first in the long jump handicap and third in the hurdles championship. C. Wood, who secured the junior champion ship with 26 points, also proved himself an all round athlete, the only two chant pionships in which he was unplaced being the high jump and tho throwing the cricket ball. A. A. Smith, runner-up with 13 points, scored in the mile, the 440yds and the 880yds,. Four new records were established. Graf ton jumped 18ft. in the senior long jump and thus added eight inches to the record, whilst he cleared sft in tho senior high jump, beating the record by half an inch. G. Playle in the 100yds junior championship established a new record of 11 4 ssec. the old cne being 12sec. Wilson gained tbe other record in the senior 100yds. which he ran in llsec, the previous record being 11 *2-ssec. The results in the senior events at the two sports meetings are tabulated below The time in the Technical mile is that of the handicap which Grafton won from scratch. His t'me in the championship wa« 4 3-sseo worse, than his performance in the

The following were the results of the Technical events which were decided yesterday : •140 YDS SENIOR. CHAMPIONSHIP. H. O. Wilson 1 E. J. Grafton .... 2 J. .Smith 3 Grafton took the lead in the first 100yds, closely followed by Wilson and Smith. The same order held until iho straight wa, reached, when Wilson drew a head and won comfortably. Time—GOsec. 440YDS JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. , C’. Wood 1 A. A. Smith 2 B. Freeman 3 A good start saw the runners bunched until the last 100 yards, jvhen Wood drew to the front and won by * a yard. Time ONE MILE SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. E. J. Grafton I It. Henderson * • • • - J. Stanley » Tho first two laps were slow, Stanley gradually obtaining a lead of aoout mtyarns. He could not last, however, ana was passed by Grafton during tne .aal Dp Henderson drew ahead of Stanley m Ui Q last twenty yards. Time—sam 34sec. ONE MILE JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. A. A. Smith. \ C. Wood • • • • • - G. Da we * Charlcsworth led for the first two lays, after which he was never in the race. A line finish saw Smith Lo.it W and Dawe and Stevens tie for third place. Tim©— 6min 56sec. Tho Canterbury Boys’ Cricket Associatio i will open its competition next Saturday, the draw and grounds being as follow:Fifth Graue—Boys’ High School A v. Technical College ii. Hospital Corner No. 1. Boys’ High School D v. Technical College A. Hospital Corner No. 2; St Bede's Oo« lege v. St Andrew s College. St Bede s :-;o I; Boys’ High School B v. Y.M.C.A.. Hos pital Corner No. 3; Marist Brothers v. Boys’ High School, Hospital Corner No. -i. Sixth Grade—St Bede's College v. Boys High Bohol -A. St Bede’s No. 2; West Christchurch District High Schol v .Boys High School B. Hospital Corner No. 5. St Saviour's v. Technical, Lnsor s Road 1 SeventhOracle—Marist Brothers v. Cathe dral Grammar. Hospital Corner No. 6: Boys’ High School v. Bromley. Hosnit-al Corner No 7- St Andrew’s College v. Y.M.C.A., St Andrew’s No. 1 : Technical Col lege a bye. . The primary schools cricket coinneUDor. he° o playe'il *at Hospital ’ Corner, Lancaster Park and Sydenham Park. SCHOOL BOXING. Sir,—j-Iy attention has been drawn to the notes*Vubseq uent to the Secondary School© championships. I am nt a loss to under stand why, as stated, three of the decisions

v.cio nard to follow when the contests wer, oo c.uaiiy aeukcu by reepuu oven a. guou juugo of iwniug, .1 am uiways cimiupiuiibiiip* mat anoulu ua\e Dee. moi© \aUamc if coußtrucme and .-ot. no lour contributor states that in the fina now tile juuges lo -ae.r won n is easy u> tt« now uiey urine, t„a.ued Lite \eraiCL. op .° i*.eu • h»» on were amns.pauug uie success Foiwaiv, iiu.ua wed, teemed io mop ana cover up xor ttie l *uiumat© winner, wno put in luuk ousted tho oout wun a very c-apamo juugv. before luc announcer's uecision was given— Technical i.uiiege represeurfiuv© nuuuounOU ms attack no must ua*e gamed valour correspondent then states that the .ne bout wen, but oviciemiy Mussed vmai «oic© l certainly nad much iho better ox .ne contest in the opening round, and looked as if the bout would not, go the .ull distance. But what happened m the second and third rounds? The uoclimcai College reproseni .ative seemed quite poucent to let Ins opponent no all the lean .ug and connecting and, acting chiefly 0.. the defensive, allowed his much iigbtei opponent to outpoint hun in the thinround. There was not the slightest doubt as to who won. I was of opinion tba. someone had suggested to the Technical College youth to go easy after the firs, round. It appeared eo from his action, as when he led and carried the fight- 1-, his much lighter opponent it was quite one-sided. But oue does not give decision on appearances, and Uie winner quite de served his success. Your contributor mug. evidently be prejudiced aga.nst K. Nixon, as ho states that in tho final ho appeared to bo well beaten. Though he met a clever boxing youth in the High Scliooi reprosentative in the final, the St Andrew's the iiual than he did in tho prelim.nary It was apparent to all good ju..gus that th_ High School youth was beaten half-way through the third round. Without discussing the oilier criticism, wh.ch was by no means accurate, your contribu.or did statu that with th© exception of Forward (Tech meal College), suriiug (r>oya’ xi.gh fcchoo. showed the be.st form of tho evening. Doe.-j no mean boxing lorn? Taking mat. as iu. acnool? U f rum 'boxing point view, evening. 1 beneve 1 will, have tne endorse znent of moot good judges present in mak naturally each of tho various schools sup ports its own school in all pastimes. Foi these youths to read that three judges made mistakes in the boxing champion ships will tend to encourage some school enthusiasts to think that their represea tatives have not received fair play. Tm general tone and criticism cf your con tributor suggests ;such, but in fairness to both losers and winners mike, and their army of supporters, I can but state tha in my personal opinion your contributor has not exercised discretion, let alone judgment, in his criticism. Even if the officials. to his mind, were wrong in tliei view ho should have commented on that basis. Might I suggest to your contributor tha' it will be of advantage. if, in anv futurboxing championships, the decision give:: does not agree with his opinion, he ghoul inquire from any of the judges as to wh the verdict was given? I feel sure tha any judge would, be quite willing to giv a reason. It will be to the advantage o' the competitors and the supporters cf thi very excellent pastime if the suggestion is acted ueou. —I am, etc.. W. S. E. MOYLE.

handicap. FLAT EVENTS. St Andrew's. Technical 1 OH yds . - 11 sec lltvc ‘200yds . - 24 2 6sec 25sec. 440yds • • 57&ec BOseo __ 88C*yds • - 2.26 2.25 1-5 Mile . . 6.2 1*5 5-29 2-5 FIELD EVENTS. Hurdles . . 18 2-5sec 16 2-5sec* Putting weight . 28ft Tin No event Cricket hall . - 86.1.5 74.2.105 High jumo . 4ft, lljin oft Om Long- jump . . 18ft llin 18ft Jin *Six flights of hurdles.