ATHLETICS.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20170, 24 February 1931, Page 13

ATHLETICS.

i 1 BTATEMEST BY AUSTBAUAN i '• .y J- I ' f trruir t T*r«Tr>xr Wl,™ M "¥' ■v In, regard to the report by cablegramUtat r.a a strong bid to indues James sj!sug|Ua to turn professional, the Aw* J tiralian «bimpioi printer '4|a||d jtd : dßfe|j , that he W&* received offers- pjs!nsu&y| i to leave the rank&.of the' of them being very tempting. 'fie hadno desire toj apcißpt ,them, and" f ; i tioa of accepting the-latest'one if was made to him on hia return to Aup- . .. , C&Tlton]inaipfti^d 4^a 'J& r^ o< wffli£ i. fomard^to*taiifcsfi» : in. Amateur athletic., and he is aiming ' & '**? ® t lea6t oJie 'mglre «ija f Wppl? ,QamM,. \ j In regard,to the different of ' tracks, the Australian visitor said that,, W was' the ! ca'se in New- - ksAustralia was done on grass" tracks; He considered that the ath&tea.of these countries squired a once on Binder tracks, in order to fit ' them properly for competing at big meetings, at which cinder, tracks were the rule, with those athletes ■'of other specialised m cinder* track'^n^jE^^buitwelve A^tEg,, " thought, to ' become w>.cln«t der-twck ; ; ; ruatii»g. % , » "It jls, pinch ,eawer t<) go' fro^the-; 3'-, der track to° the grass track >than. to go I .grass! cinders," Carlton added. ® , i*. »J . 'wmn i t i' >" i t * I MEETING OF CANTERBURY J ■ . * CENTRE. t f —' * iiiiiii t / e Exception to the action of Ihe St. Patrick's q oport» Afigooiatlon In printing the ptogramms o of their shorts meeting before sit "'ha4 f approved toy'the Centre was taken a beta ot tha ft* th« Canterbury Caaba a of <ke Kew Zealand 1 (Am*t?up" , AtW<jt)ef A jjtation < held last evening. t / 0 .Mr B. i. H. Cross aaid n Committee was not satisfied with tfce -iraxu'i . ber of cycling eventsj or with their orawf. 1 There was. one event in the- afternoon aft4 L i, one in the evenins. Tba committee reeomi e mended (hat the programme aa auMnitted be h not approved,,' and .that «jt l«&st three' oyallng , races,) two la tha< evening," he arranged. 11 Mr 0. 0. X*ockwood"said 'it -would be'a s pity to deal too drastically with tba Aeao> e elation, as it ,had always encouraged nma> 2 teur - s ' >, " *. It statsd tbat if' the Oyolinf OonunH* '* tee's recommendation waa upheld, so craliac e perinlt wpuld'be issued. 1 > , t. Mr T. Grose said the whole trouble was >q that the pronamme hajd been printed -bwore . ' th? had s to'pHw jt, tod ' .no■ peroit,ijhOTldT>,e granted. -o.fv. Mr U. •.Pttr»e,'«a^d, 1 ha fayonwdy ,:'|£r g v opinion, and the Centre ahottld ■be careful - bow ( it > dealt with tba Auoglatipn. Mr VT. 0. Flewellyn said the programme was'.printed ' every yqa? before'the Centre had ''Approved it. The Association merely did not know the procedure, and meant no disrespect to the Oeatr£. f ln any easn, the Centre could not dictate to - the Bt, Patrick's Sports Aaeoolation. ' * f, Mr Locltwood moved that the prommme , r bo approved, and permission to bold the meeting , granted,. , but/thai-It -he suggested r that'the cycle''events • would .not brine,/a is good entry, and that at least three 1 cyolt in events,'two'-Inn the evening;, lje .arfrneed, a . H ■ Mr. R. »'Bwttje pointed out.that GW.Pat-

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