ATHLETICS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVI, Issue 12, 22 March 1911, Page 8

ATHLETICS.

NEW ZEALAND ATHLETIC! I CHAMPIONSHIPS. CHRISTCHURCH, 'Saturday. Despite the ttireaTening clouds -frod light rain of Friday night, ttee weather beautifully fine for the New Zealand -at!!* letic chainpjonship meeting to-day. the meeting opened there was a decidedijfi sparse attendance dT the ’putoHc, but m tM afterne-on wore *on the ii-Unsbor of wttaiued a somewhat more satisfactory pco-j portion, although it did not number 'mortf than 15(H). The officials had devoted *a go>ow deal time and attention to tlhe marlung oil the various distances, and the ♦anh-iMlid order. Tlhe competitors iuclndeg ,ra<-ks from uU parts of the Dominion. coutlnginits being present from AucMsunL Wellington, and Otago. It was to be iqj created that snrti well known champion# a* ®urk, Guy Haskins, and Woodger werq absent, the last two named betng taniß way to uphoM the honour of New at the Festival of Empire sports in the Old 1 Ummtry. The fields for the various eventsj ws-i-e salisfa. tory, the largest n $ entrants being in the mile UM hamtlcMPu W competitor having entered for that even** K-efWell did net start In the LObydsflaiO . hampKn.sMp, a fart whlrti evoked mm”? sloes of iW-t. tor ship sliield were awarded as fottows. First place, five pslnts; second placn, po-totfl, Wellington wm bolder of the >»hieW, _ _ The <«fficrtls for the meeting e<-?i“lury, Mr H. E. Hamilton; aortrtnt* hoti. w-errtnry. Mr T. R jHr A. Murrywtt; Muoswi

Aach'man and G. H. Mason; track judges. Messrs C. J. Cooper, D. Hoare, and E. L. Chaffey; field events judges, Messrs H. 8. Batchelor, A. E. Fkm-er, and J. F. Grierson; walking judge, Mr Joseph Ellis (Ei>g< hand); starter, Mr P. Menzies; standard timekeeper, Mr R. Wallace; timekeepers, Messrs R. j. Mason, J. Pollock, and F. W. Johnston, Following are the results: —■ . 100 YARDS FLAT CHAMPIONSHIP. i F j rs t Heat - —Simpson (Auckland) 1, Hu tn bard (Wellington) 2,, Egglestone (Otago) 3. McMaster (Canterbury) also ran. Won by a yard. Time, 10 l-saec. Second Heat. —Opie (Canterbury) 1, Dunean (Wellington) 2, Stohr (Wellington) 3. Patterson (Canterbury) also ran. Won by. two yards. Time, 10 l-ssec. The final resulted:—« Opie . 1 Hubbard * 2 Duncan » 3 .Won by three yards. Time, 10 l-ssec. 120 YARDS HURDLES. First Heat. —Cook (Canterbury) 1, Evensen (Wellington) 2. Won by a yard. Time, 16 3-ssec. Second Heat.—Keddell (Southland) 1, Robinson (Canterbury) 2, Mackenzie (Wellington) 3. Won by six yards. Time, 16 1-5 sec. The final resulted:—. Keddell 1 Cook 2 Evensen 3 Won by 12 yards, easing up. Time, 15 7-10 see. HALF-MILE. Harding (Wellington) 1 Wilson (Wellington) 2 Dougull (Canterbury) 3 Also ran: Wright (Canterbury). Won by three yards, two yards between second and third. Time, Im in 58 4-ssec. THREE-MILE WALK. Kerr (Wellington) 1 Cashman (Wellington) 2 Stubbertield (Canterbury) 3 Won by nearly a lap. Time, 21min 46 2-5 Bee. 220 YARDS HANDICAP. Thomas, 9yds . 1 Menelaus, 12yds 2 Egglestone, scratch , 3 Won by two yards. Time, 23 2-ssec. POLE VAULT. McKay (Wellington), 10ft 2in 1 Batstone (Canterbury), 9ft 7|in 2 Evensen, Oft 3in 3 MILE FLAT. Hill (Auckland) 1 Baxter (Wellington) 2 Pugh (Canterbury) 3 Also started: J. F. Wilson (Wellington), L. A. Dougall (Canterbury), E. J. Steele (Canterbury), and W. J. S. Smith (Canterbury). Won by 15 yards, Baxter being 10 yards ahead of Pugh. Time, 4m 25 2-ss. Hill immediately took the lead, closely followed by Smith, Baxter, and Pugh. At half-way Hill was leading Baxter by a yard, with Pugh 10 yards away. One hundred, and fifty yards from home Hill spurted, and easily leaving Baxter behind, finished strongly with 15 yards to the good, Baxter easily beating Pugh for second place.

PUTTING THE SHOT. ■De Thier (Canterbury), 36ft lljin .... 1 Reid (Otago), 36ft 4in 2 Bissett (Wellington), 34ft 7£in 3 220 YARDS FLAT CHAMPIONSHIP. First Heat.—Opie (Canterbury) 1, Hubbard (Wellington) 2, Egglestone (Otago) 3. Won by two yards. Time, 22 l-ssec. A New Zealand record. Second HeaL—Whitney (Auckland) 1, Stohr (Wellington) 2. Won easily. Time, 23 4-ssec. The final resulted:— Opie (Canterbury) 1 Stohr (Wellington) 2 Hubbard (Wellington) 3 Won by 10 yards. Time, 22sec. HIGH JUMP. Mitchell (Otago), sft 6Jiu...... 1 Robinson (Canterbury) 2 Evenson (Wellington) 3 MILE FLAT HANDICAP. Thomson, 100yds 1 •Farrow, 75yds -. 2 Joh<nson, 95yds 3 Won by 4yds. Time, 4.32 1-5. THREE-MILE FLAT CHAMPIONSHIP. Present <• ham pion, J. Beat son (Otago). World’s amateur record, 14.17 3-5. A. A. Shrubb (England). Australasian and New Zealand amwteur records', 14.49. W. F. Simpson (New Zealand), 14.49. Standard time, 15.20. G. N. HHI (Auckland) 1 M. Dickson (Canterbury) 2 J. Beatson (Otago) 3 Also started: S. E. Baxter (Wellington), W. J. L. Smith (Canterbury), W. O’Grady (Canterbury), and Page (Canterbury). Won by 30yds. Time, 14.53 2-5. Smith and O’Grady made the running at first, but soon all the other competitors, except Hill, Dickson, and Beatson, had dropped back. fTbe trio kept together for some dfataure, and then Beatsbn was left behind by the other two, who stayed together until the final lap. Hill making the paw. Three hundred yard#* from home HUI drew away from Dickson, and 300yds from the finishing-post put in a strong sprint, winning easily by foyde. Beatson finished a bad third. 440YDS HURDLES CHAMPIONSHIP. G. P. Keddell (Southhind) 1 H. E. Hamilton (Canterbury) 2 S*. Cook (Canterbury) ..... 8

Also started: R. F. Mitchell (Otago), R. McKenzie (Wellington), and W. Page (Canterbury). After half the distance had been covered the race resolved itself into a struggle between the three placed men. A hundred yards from the finishing posit Keddell was leading, being hotly pressed by Hamilton, who was closely followed by Cook. Hamilton gradually forged to the front and was first over the last hurdle, but, although he made a game sprint, KeddeH was too speedy for him, and breasted the tape a few inches in front. Cook was close up in third place. The race was probably the best one of the day. being won in the last few yards. Time, 60 3-5s —two-fifths of a second better than the standard.

ONE MILE WALK CHAMPIONSHIP. H. E. Kerr (Wellington) 1 J. Fitzgerald (Wellington) 2 A. Stubberfield (Canterbury) 3 Also started: D. Carline (Otago), D. Cashman (Wellington), and R. Twyneham (Canterbury). Stubberfield took the lead at the start, and set up a strong pace, Kerr being the last man. In the second lap Kerr took the lead, while Cashman retired. Kerr easily drew away, and then Stubberfield was challenged for second place, and was beaten by Fitzgerald, Carline being the only other competitor left. This order of procession was maintained till the finish, Kerr win* ning easily by 50yds, the same distance separating Stubberfield from Fitzgerald and Carline from Stubberfield. The result of this event was to ensure for Wellington the continued possession of the championship shield. Time, 6.46 3-5. THROWING THE 16LB HAMMER CHAMPIONSHIP (from 7ft circle). 'A. Bissett (Wellington), 122 ft 31n 1 J. Me Holme (Canterbury), 115 ft 6in .... 2 The only competitors. RUNNING BROAD JUMP CHAMPIONSHIP. G. P. Keddell (Southland), 21ft 3shi ...» 1 F. C. Hubbard (Wellington). 20ft Ilin .. 2 V. Robinson (Canterbury), 20ft 4in 3 Also competed: R. F. Mitchell (Otago) and A. Deans (Canterbury). Keddell broke the New Zealand standard. HOP, STEP AND JUMP CHAMPIONSHIP L. McKay (Wellington). 46ft liin 1 F. Cook (Canterbury), 42ft s|in 2 Also competed: R. F. Mitchell (Otago), 40ft lOJin. McKay’s distance was Ift 3in better than the standard. 440YDS FLAT CHAMPIONSHIP. R. Opie (Canterbury) 1 W. G. Harding (Wellington) 2 J. C. Whitney (Auckland) 3 Also started: F. C. Hubbard (Wellington), A. V. Stohr (Wellington), E. 11. Wright (Canterbury). From a good start Whitney got the lead, which he maintained for half the distance, with Opie as his nearest attendant. Then Opie drew to the front with a spurt, and about 100yds from home Harding passed Whitney. Opie maintained his lead, and won with splendid dash by about 3yds amidst loud cheering. The Auckland man was about the same distance behind Harding. The other competitors did not finish. Time, 50 4-ss.—l l-5s better than the standard, and two-fifths of a second more than the New Zealand record. The takings at the gate amounted to £llO. CHAMPIONSHIP BANNER. Wellington, last year's winders*, retained the shield with 46 points. Following are the points scored by the various provinces:— Wellington «... 46 Canterbury 34 Southland 15 Auckland IO Otago 7 AUSTRALASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING. CHRISTCHURCH. Saturday. A conference of delegates of athletic centres to-day defeated a Wellington Inotiun •‘That the allocation of the Australasian

championship meeting is entirely a matter for tlie Amateur Associations’ Council,” ami agreed that the next meeting be hold at Dunedin. It was derided to recommend the Council that the New Zealand championship meeting be held In the month of February, and agreed that the next New Zealand championship meeting tee held in Southland. Otago's suggestion that the Athletic Calendar be published win unanimously endorsed. A motion to establish a new centre In Westland was allowed to lapse. A motion to permit amateurs to compete with pixifeaslouals at trade picnics was defeatetL “ -'