Athletics

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IX, Issue 679, 12 March 1903, Page 7

Athletics

The Auckland Amateur Athletic and Cycle Club will hold a sports meeting on the Domain on Saturday. Various novelties have been introduced into the programme, and these should certainly have the effect of making the meeting far mor® attractive. The club has a very good name for the care which is- taken in properly carrying out the details of the racing, and with fine weather a very interesting afternoon’s sport should be witnessed. If only the weather prove fine there should be a good muster of the public on Saturday in the Domain.

The Public Schools Athletic Associatioa held the fifth annual sports meeting onthe Domain on Friday last, being favoured with the most glorious weather. As usual there were thousands of children present, and the committee had the utmost difficulty in keeping the tracks clear to hold the races. There was a lengthy programme of thirty-nine events, many of these including numerous heats, but good time was kept throughout. Twenty-four schools were represented, and interest in ~ the various events was very keen. 'Th® Championship banner was won by th® Newton East School with 41A points, Wel-lesley-street School coming next with 18, Beresford-street 12, and Point Chevalier 10. J. Hetet, of the Newton East School, showed the best performance of the day, the dark-skinned runner winning the 100 Yards Championship, the 440 Yards Championship, the 120 Yards Hurdles, and the Long Jump, besides being first in several heats, and the last dash of the Relay Race. The various physical drill

competitions were excellently, carried out, some of the prize-winning squao..-? showing really splendid work. A. very close contest was fought out uetwcei Newmarket and Beresford-street Schools for the Cup, the former winning by twenty points to nineteen. The gathering altogether was one of the most successful ever held.

The following notice has been issued by Mr George Rowland Hill, the hon. secretary of the Rugby Football Union “ The Rugby Union Committee have ■ reluctantly felt compelled to recommend the New Zealand Union ro postpone their visit until the season after next. They their fixtures for next season, it would be feel that owing to the clubs having made practically impossible to arrange a satisfactory list of matches.”

Want of space prevents me criticising the various performances at the New Zealand Championship Afeeting, held at Dunedin on Saturday. L. B. Webster, of the Wellington A.C., was in very fine form. He won the 100 Yards Championship by a foot in even time, the 220 Yards Championship in 22 3-ssec, and the 440 Yards Championship in 50 2-ssec, in the latter event just equalling the New Zealand record made by the Sydney runner, W. T. Alacpherson. W. F. Simpson did well for Canterbury, for despite a bad knee he won the One and Three Miles Championship, but the times were slow. Canterbury won the banner with sixty-seven points to Otago’s forty-seven, and Wellington’s thirty-six.

George W. Orton, the famous long-dis-tance runner of the University of Pennsylvania, is the originator of the scheme to go on tour with a team of athletes. They will visit Ungland, and most of the European countries. The make-up of the team has not been definitely settled, but in all probability the list of American athletes will include the names of A. 0. Kraenzlin, Pennsylvania’s world champion hurdler; George Orton, of Pennsylvania, the InterGollegiate mile champion; Alexander Grant, of Pennsylvania, the inter-Collegi-ate two and five mile champion ; Arthur Duffy, of Georgetown,, the world’s champion 100yds sprinter ; S. S. Jones, the New York Athletic Club high jumper; John De Witt, of Princeton, the inter-Col-legiate champion hammer-tbrower ; Moulton, the Yale sprinter ; end Maloney, the Chicago University hurdler. It is proposed to make Orton the captain and manager, and secure the sanction of the amateur athletic union, so that the scheme may be free from any suspicion of professionalism.

THE AMATEUR ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIPS.

CANTERBURY WINS THE BANNEB.

The fourteenth New Zealand Amateur Athletic Championship MeetingSJwas held on the Oarißbrook Ground on Saturday. The weather was pimply perfect, and the track and grounds were in splendid order. The attendance, though good, did not, come up to expectations, and was not equal to that of four years ago, when the championships were last held at Dunedin. Canterbury appropriated the shield for most pointe, the totals being—Canterbury, 67 j Otago, 47; Wellington, 36. The following were the results: — lOOYds Flat Championship. Standard, 10 l-sth seoli. B. Webster (Wellington A.A.C.) ... 1 F. Stubbs (M A.A C.) .. ... -2 A. O. Keating (P,B. and A.O ) ... ••• 3 Won by a foot from Stubbs. Time, lOsec. High Jump Championship. Standard, sft 7in. R. H. Graham (Dunedin A.A.0.), sft 7in ... 1 G. Tomassen (D.A.A.0.)... ... ■■■ 2 The latter hurt his wrist at sft 4in and retired. Half-mile Flat Championship. Standard’ 2min 2sec. W. H. Pollock (Wellington A.A.C.) ... 1 V. S. Jacobs (D.A.A.0.)... ... ... 2 E. T. Harper (P.A.B. and A. 0.) ... ... 3 Won a great race by about three yards. Time, 2min 4 3-sth sec. Omk-mile Walk Championship. Standard time, 7min. F. Bobs (Wellington A.A O) ... < ... 1 L. A. G. Bieh (P.A.B. and A.C.) ... ... 2 P. H. Stubberfield (P.A.B. and A.C.) ... 3 Other starters—O McAffer (Dunedin) and J. W. Stubberfield (Christchurch). Boss, walking in fine style, won by 20 yards, with P. H. Stubberfield 30 yards away third. Time, 6min 59sec. PUTTING THE 16LB WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP (from a 7ft circle). Standard, 38ft 6in. W. O. Bradley (Pioneer A.B. [and A-O.), 36ft Sin ... ... .. 1 G. Tomassen and A. Juries (Dunedin A.A.0.), tie, 35ft lOin each ... ... 2

120Yds Hurdles Championship Standard,

16 4-sth see. F. S. Harley (Pioneer A.B. and A.C.) ... 1 W. J. O’Kane (D.A.A.0.) ... ... 3 E. T, Harper (P.A.B. and A.O ) ... ••• 3 Other starter—P. H. Buck.

Harley, jumping cleanly, took the lead, and won by 2 yards, the same distance separating the second and third men. Time, 16 4 sth sec. One-mile Flat Championship. Standard, 4min 32aec. W. F. Simpson (P.A.B. and A.C.) ... 1 W. C. Flewellen (P.A.B. and A. 0.) ... 2 A. W. Peters (Invercargill Harriers) ... 3 Scratched—Burke and Davis. Won by 2 feet. Time, smin. Throwing the 16lb Hammee Championship (from a 9ft circle.) Standard, 130 ft, G. Baird (Ashburton A.O. and A.C ), 120 ft... 1 A. Juriss (D.A A. 0.), 107 ft sin ... ... 2 W. G. Bradley, 78ft 5in... ... ... 3 B. Martin also competed. 220Yds Flat Championship. Standard, 24 4 ss. L. B. Webster (Wellington A.A.C.) ... 1 F. B. Wise (P.A.B. and A. 0.) ... ... 2 P. Stubbs (Wanganui A.A. and O.O.) ... 3 Other starters —J. Stalker and G. Nicholson (Dunedin). Won by. 2 yards, Stubbs a yard behind Wise. Time, 22 3-sth sec.

Long Jump Championship. Standard, 20ft 6in. S. H. Buck (Dunedin A.A.C.), 21ft 3fin ... 1 J. Tomassen (D.A.A.O ), 20ft ... ... 2 F. S. Harley (P.A.B. and A. 0.), 18ft ll|in 3 E. M. Bundle also competed.

Three-Mile Walk Championship. Standard,

23min 20sec. L. A. G. Rich (P.A B. and AC ) ... ... 1 W. H. Stubberfield (SAB. and A. 0.) ... 2 P. H, Stubberfield (P.A.B. and A.C.) ... 3 Other starters —O. McAuffer (Dunedin) and F. Ross (Wellington). . Won by 5 yards. Time, 24mm 30sec.

Pole. Jump Championship. Standarl, 10ft. A. O. Keating (Pioneer A.B. and A C.), 7ft Sin 1 G. Tomassen (Dunedin A.A.C.), 7ft 3in ... 2 Rich also tried, but retired.

440Yds Flat Championship. Standard, 52sec. L. B- Webster (Wellington A.A.0.) ... 1 J. Stalker (Dunedin A.A C.) ... 2 V. S. Jacobs (D.A.A.0.)... ... ... 3 Other starters —P. Hubbs (Manawatu), W. H. Pollock (Wellington), and M. Kain (P.A B. and A. 0.).

Won by half-a-dozen yards. Stalker beating Jacobs on the post. Time, 50 2-sth sec.

Thbee-mile Flat Championship. Standard,

30min 15sec. W. F, Simpson (P.A.B. and A C.) ... 1 P F. Bennett (Dunedin Harriers) ... 2 K. J. Davis (W.A A 0.)... ... 3 Won by about 120 yards. Time, 16min 3sec. 440 Yds Hurdles Championship. Standard,

-63 sec. >( W. J. O’Kane (Dunedin A A. 0.) ... ... 1 E. T. Harper (P.A.B. and A. 0.) ... ... 2 F. S Hadey(P.Aß and A.O) ... ... 3 O’Kane beat Harper by an inch or two in the splendid time of 61sec. Harper’s time was given as 62 1 sth sec. > \