ATHLETICS

Wairarapa Daily Times, 18 January 1932, Page 5

ATHLETICS

RECORDS BEATEN. SYDNEY, Saturday. Athletes from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, and South Australia assembled on the Sydney Cricket Ground for the biennial championships. Tho Aveather Avas perfect. Results: —

Hundred Yards.—First heat: J. Carlton (New South Wales) 1, N. Dempsey (Queensland) 2; R. C. Smith (New South Wales), 3. Time, 9 9-10 see. Second heat: T. S. Hampden (New South Wales) 1, R. A. Yates (Queensland) 2, E. M. Davidson (Victoria) 3. Time, 9 9-10 sec.

Final: Carlton 1, Hampson 2, Davidson 3. Smith was fourth. Won by three yards. Time, 9 4-ssec. 120 Yards Hurdles. —First heat: C. S. Wallace (New South Wales) 1, A. J. Watson (Victoria) 2, W. H. Cooper (New South Wales) 3. Time, 15 2-ssec. h State record. Second heat: E. J. Baler (New South Wales) 1. R. M. Ward (Queensland) 2, I. 11. Loel (Victoria) 3, but disqualified. Time, lo 2-5

see. Final: Watson 1, Wallace 2, Ward 3. Time, 15 3-ssec. Watson won by inches. One Mile. —A. J. Hillliouse (Victoria) 1, R. J. Triado (Victoria) 2, E. F. Graham (Victoria) 3. Won by a yard and a half. Time, 4min 21 2-ssec. —a Staterecord.

Women’s 100 Yards. —E. Wearne (New South Wales) 1, C. Dahm (New South Wales), 2; A. Smith (New South Wales) 3. Time, 11 1-osee.— an Australian record. Quarter-mile.— F. W. O’Brien (New South Wales) 1; G. A. Golding (New South Wales) 2; A. R. Elliston (Victoria) 3; K. S. Jones (New South Wales) 4. Won by inches. Time, 49 4 Three-mile Walk.—J. Mulcahy (Victoria) 1; G. Houghton (South Australia) 2; T. H. Daintry (New South Wales), 3; F. O. Chapman (New South Wales) 4. Time, 22min 30 3-ssee. Mulcahy is aged 35 and was gassed during the war. He has been ordered by bis medical advisers to abandon competitive walking owing to bis war injuries. Pole Vault. —F. I. Woodhouse (\ ictoria), 12ft oJin, 1; W. G. Harper (Victoria), lift. Sin., 2; J. Winter (New South Wales), lift Sin., 3. Putting the Shot. —A. D. Mclntosh (Victoria), 42ft 6jfin., 1; G. A. Bronder (Victoria), 42ft 6Un, 2; W. C. Plummer (N ew South Wales), 42ft sAin 3. Throwing the Javelin. Bronder (Victoria), 176 ft. 2in., 1; J. F. Bojee (New South Wales), 168 ft Bin., 2; K. M. Ward (Queensland), 160 ft 34in, 3. Progress points for the Coombes Shield: Victoria, six wins; New South Wales, two;- Queensland, one.