ATHLETIC.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13336, 27 March 1911, Page 6

ATHLETIC.

'CAMBRIDGE v OXFORD. Press Association.:—Telegraph.-Copyright. LONDON, March 26. At the Inter-University sports, Cambridge won six events and Oxford four. RECORD MAKING IN MELBOURNE. MELBOURNE, March 25. At the Victorian Amateur Athletic Association’s championship meeting Davis won the 120yds’ hurdles in 16secs,. establishing a Victorian record. Murray- won' the mile walk in 6.40 4-s—a Victorian record. Kelly won the running high Jump, clearing 6ft. |in;—an Australasian record. Wheatley secured the verdict in the mile run, covering the diManie in 4.50. WELLINGTON ;CENTRE’S MEETING. THE GILLIES CASE. The Wellington, Centre of the New Zea- ; land Amateur . Athletic Association met on 1 Friday evening, Mr E. W. McVilly presiding. , A reply,.was received from the Auckland Centre in regard to ‘the Wellington Centre’s inquiries respecting the Gillies case." - ' .: ■ Harrison, a professional, was alleged to have competed in amateur .events 'at the Wanganui Caledonian Society’s meeting on January 23 under the name of W. Davis, and W. H. Gillies, an amateur, was alleged to have competed against him. knorving Min to be a professional. ' The matter'had been reported td. the Wellington Centre, which wrote to the Auckland Centre asking that inquiries he made. The Auckland Centre now stated that W. I[. Davies wag the man in Avhose name Harrison presumably ran at Wanganui. . The name that Harrison ran in was. “W. Davis,” but the performances : quoted in the letter of nomination were suspiciously like those of W. H. Davies. At. the time of the previous inquiries into the matter made by the Auckland Centre neither Hayward'nor Davies was in Auckland, hor was any evidence forthcoming from either of them. The, Auckland Centre had held two further meetings in regard to this affair. On March 16 W. H. Gillies attended at the request of the Centre, and in reply to the chairman gave a.general denial to the statements’made by Haytvard and Davies. At a later meeting it had been decided that, in view of additional evidence being addiiced, ■ and- the non-compliance-of Gillies -with the request Of. the Centre to furnish declarations from himself and Harrison that they were, not known to eaclr other previoris to'the Wanganui meeting bn January 23, the Auckland Centre was of opinion that Gillies had been guilty of a violation of the amateur-.definition’. 1 : Letters sent to the Auckland Centre by F. A. Hayward, AV. H. Gillies, and A. ti. Gyllies were enclosed. The chairman moved that Gillies be formally reported) to the New Zealand Aathletic Council, and that copies of the evidence given at the inquiry held by the Auckland Centro be enclosed;— This was agreed to. . It was also decided to thank the Auckland Centre' for the investigations it had made.—N.Z. Times. ,