AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 30 December 1927, Page 3

AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

KESKINEN WINS DECATHLON. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WE LLINGTON, Thursday. The Australian and New Zealand amateur track and field championships concluded at Athletic Parle to-day, when the second stage of the decathlon was decided. The competitors had to contend with a strong northerly wind, rain and a slippery track. E. Keskinen. (Queensland) did very well under the circumstances. He won the event with a total of 6455.78 points and established a now decathlon record for Australia and New Zealand. E. G. Sutherland (New Zealand) gained second place, scoring 5942.60 points altogether. Sutherland, who represented South Africa at the Olympic Games in Paris in 1924. was below his best form. At the last Olympiad he gained fifth place in the decathlon, scoring 6794.142 points. The winner on that occasion was 11. M. Osborne (U.S.A.), who established a world’s record for the event. To-day’s results were as follow: 100 METRES HURDLES. Time. 'Points. Sutherland (N.Z.) 18 l-ssee 696.00 Keskinen (Q.) .. 38 8-osec 658.00 Walker (N.S.W.) .. 25sec 240.00 THROWING THE DISCUS. Distance. Points. Keskinen 3.13 ft 6in 596.62 Sutherland ... .. 115 ft ljin 592.52 Walker ......* 63 ft 6in 7.12 THROWING THE JAVELTN. Distance. Points. E. Keskinen .. .. 166 713.92 E. G. Sutherland 148 ft OAin 566.52 POLE VAULT. |E. Keskinen , 10ft 9in 636.56 E. Cr. Sutherland .. 10ft 512.92 1500 METRES. Time. Points. Keskinen ... 4min 57 2-ssec 641.20 Sutherland 6min 4see 236.50 AGGREGATE POINTS. E. Keskinen .. ... 8246.10 E. G. Sutherland .. 2604.76 A. Walker .. .. .. 247.12 TOTAL POINTS. E. Keskinen 6433.78 E. G. Sutherland .. 5942.60 A. Walker .. .. ... 2881.13 W„ Hunt 2649.70 J. W. ,Shirley .. .. 1005.26 SHIELD COMPETITION. The contest for the championship shield concluded with the decathlon result to-day, though it did not affect the issue between the main contenders, New Zealand and New South Wales, decided on Tuesday. Pinal plaeings (first only counting for the shield) are as., follow: — Eirsts. Seconds. New Zealand 10 10 A New South Wales .. .. 7 5 Queensland - Yietoria 1 Tasmania .. ... .. Since the inception of the championships of Australia and Now Zealand in ]S93, New Zealand teams have carried off the honours on seven occasions. The shield was last won by the Dominion in 1911, since when Victoria has held it three times and New South Wales twice.