ATHLETIC NOTES.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20184, 12 March 1931, Page 7

ATHLETIC NOTES.

A COACH PROPOSED. ■ .OUTSTANDING MEETING.' . (BT MILER.) . ,The visit of the Americans has drawn the; attention of all-interested in-ath-letics,. actively or otherwise, to the grea. necessity for the cultivation of correct style, a necessity always realised, but brought home forcibly to us ,?* the of such faultless stylgts as Bothert, the £elds exponent, and Simpson, American champion sprinter, it now appears that the controlling athletic body is seriously considering a scheme aiming at the importation of an ° V °"T athletie Coach > through whose work it ls.anticipated that athletic stan.B in the Dofloinion may be greatly improved; The idea is sound, and other sports have proved the success of expert coaching. One need instance only cneket, for it is generally agreed that vV coaching of New Zealand's young cricketers by English professionals has been the cause of the marked imfcove«a?Le in the Dominion in recent years. Here coaching has undoubtedly been ■ 1 has always been plenty of ath- * Ifew Zealand awaitog stmolation inch as well-directed" coach® 81 T e * Harlow »othert has relation I*,! 11 **™ tMs ' P ar ticularly in ?® ld while in a conJ™*? n w i^ the Simpson said something ofthesame thing when asked his opinio hon a promising vouni? runner in tho North Island. 7 8 tinna ®° ur ? e .. on ® °f theprimary funcisTrlnnft?! 1 ! 8 ® f , ov «r« eB » aen of note pionn^Si many P° tentia l champions will have benefited through see- , ing the Americans in action. A fortunate few were ablet to listen to Both- ; Park on Saturday exA ll6O " 68 about the shot put, at which the. cultivation of a, perfect style under America's ablest coaches has enabled him to attain remarkable perfomanceß. Iu New Zealand a fieldsman particularly learns his style from experien.ee only, in the majority of cases, 18 la tber pitiful to have to admit that the styles of many of our most promising track men and perhaps all of our fieldsmen are hopelessly out of date. Bothert himself gives the best example of the latter assertion. His methods,- have amazed New Zealanders, and contrast strangely with those of our fieldsmen. \ | : TllA'lafflnt. ■ I

.7J7 0 development in connexion with the coaching proposal was a sug gestion made at the annual conferenc« of delegates of the New Zealand Amq 4eur Athletic Association at Dunedir recently, when an Auckland delegate suggested that another effort might be made to secure a coach from oversea! if" sufficient money could be raised. The suggestion met with general support and it was deicided to ask the Council of the Association to make enquiries concerning the cost of importing a coach. Another proposal, emanating from Mt 6- I*" Austin, secretary- of .the Canterbury, Centre, and the Centre's' delegate at the meeting,, was that slow motion films of famous athletes in action be procured. This will also be considered by the Council. ? ■ < All the delegates agreed that the proposal was sound, but that the matter of finance was the' greatest obstacle to overcome, 'there-'haa- rnrplv

!>een,such public interest ».athletics as it the time, appeal enough response, - ** pro,miging*yonngtfEers who' art aTTowt" il to 'leave- school 'and the coaching 'th( w got' there,- and relinquish theiir Interei ft in athletjca. • These'are the runners wl h need to be taken in haitd by an exjpe; 'e_ .coach, ■> - < *" ' „ ' / e; * It is certain 'that until proper coael r ing methods - are introduced New Zet 3 land athl|€ica cannot hold' their otv ft internationally. Certainly a few N& !?' acquit themselves jwell i other.countries, and against in term tional visitors, b'nt even they have an: fered through lack,of coaching. f . . , • . ■ ■ I. Americans at OhriatdMych. •» '" »<fyeater success -than was anticipate ■jj. the ap ?; of'the American' stars,. Simp 8 j ton, Kisfir, and Bothert, at Lancaste JPajk on Saturday,, and those who at * tended,- theC meeting were treated to i - JjjpljHidftl. afternoon'a mort. Thanks t< of .the Canterbury Ath & tetfe"-Centre, the > men in th< £ s6niinioii were pat the field again er 1 4jha and the/opposifcion' offeree J them resnlted in sensational perfqfm oveiy' *th< , events. ') It is not oftei ; sce «76yajds sprint don< 'time,' 1 *2-ssee ft hundred toyeiedipthe Australiananc rseordtime, 0 a £ -y*rds,:- a'" 44C ' »iite#7j6j»e; 380. yards in 3min 68 K mile 3n .4mitt. 20soc, and on i theK .nuaie, see a potential •world cliampion? put the shot within two r feet of the world's record. , net only in-the. major event; I tl?e !of' Outstanding per" ' - handic&pand' there were thTjTUwg, flxri&heg. >< r ■' J - : V '■ Bayne?a win in/the niile - against i themeeting,and the " i»Ae : is stated to be the fast- . «stjm|le rnnaince the BTahn iconteitfi Bayne ia'uiidoubtedly a ] judgment,, of Kiser Atactics ad- \ 1 ; were ,&8 „ enthusiastic ever Leadhetter's ilhe run in, Jhe 75 yards, as theyWvere about ,thefaet that Kmpaon had w<)n the race' in. LeaSbettep <seeend place, and demonatr»t^d"itha|; he has still'the attributes which made ' - him an v international "*'• '? v I. " } Simpson^lin'showed his tremendous Thirttratidrgjieieft when' he coveted the 2eaUnd record tiipej lß^S&ec. 1 There; "Were expectations,"' tmudly - that he , would 'the bnt 'his terrific' burst i of "Bp^edrtwas" satisfying; enoughs Many of saw theirvfastest huu- , 1 jfiart <' again. retomed the v good" time of/10 l-6is<aCfin winding r the 100 yards tte-irfM&telWiUys; C«p- ' V " \ ' Mitch Sas already been written of ihe E the 4 American, Harlow Both- - who ftßW ? his .reeord-break-effort:, on - caff, quite rea^ 1 lise J with' Vmch optica I ®'" - * 1 •iwfiirfrrid whe hP3|srouKht,hiii to* perfection.,f >The7-toeri««aS inake their ; last track, et Tai^ape. on. March *, 'V < v J 2' V I', 1 :i'i - - of' German athletics: since 1 'of r th'e ttK \ and ia iiiefieeuoii youth wiiieh Has M>rtuiff up in that' 'coiai|rjiL ,< ; jof the. ChampimMh^s^at-^^^^d. Bi^ge%4n s f *tA,x* 'P , t }

er for the first time since 3878. It was at the same meeting that Otto Peltier, Germany's groat middle-distanco runner, and known to New Zealand through his successful visit :to the Dominion, won the British half-mile title in world's record time. In 1927" Germany again carried off the British 100 yards, and won the furlong; in: 1928 they were second and third in.{the former race and won the latter. In the. same year at the Amsterdam , Olympic : Games the Germans carried all before : them in the sprints. Last year the co,untry produced a re* mar tabid galaxy of sprinters—two, Lammerg and HeliSuth Koernig, capable of 10 2-ssec for the hundred metres, ono, Arthur Jonath, with 10 2-ssec to hia credit, and five who had returned .10 3*ssec. Several men. very fast .over lqnger ; distances, make with the eptiiit-' ers an 'array of track-men Buch as tnoother nation could point to in 193 '/ Germany's optimism regarding th» 1932 Olympio Games (at Los Angeles) seems well .founded.

.A proposal that there 'should be' i standardised order o£ events for. Nei Zealand-championship meetings-wag con ■ sidered and approved by the eonferena of delegates to the- New Zealand Ama teur Athletio Association • at Dunedii l ~ recently, a committee being appointei to draw up a standardised programftni ® and submit it to the New Zealand Coun " cil and the Centres. n The New\ Zealand inter-Universitj J" track and field 'athletic championship; •" wil} be held 'at Dune din on April Jttr.- . ~ 1 Another All Black footballer > hai emulated G. F. Hart, the/ Canterbury and New Zealand 100 yards champion I and "successful debut as a track r man. Betejntly D. J. OUiver, the 193( New.Zealand Bugby representative, wai r "the outstanding competitor at a'flood' light , athletic 'meeting .at Taihape t where'he won' the 100 yards,'22o yards. > and 4AO yards handicaps.. .The .engagement ,waa announced last , week of J. W. Savidan, the Auckland l distahee runner and' British' Empire [ Gamfes champion,over, six miles. , . At a meeting of athletes recently .-in ( thti south there were present three of the finest middle-distance.runners New Zealand' has • developed—Hector ~Burk, one of the Dominion's greatest ' half* | milers,:and the first man to .beat Alfred l ' Shrubbover the .mile; C. H. Taylor. 1 whoSprtinning against tile South Afri--1 caja.quarter-jmler,„Johnstbn,,some years 1 agomade athletio history here: and D. Evans, the present New Zealand quarter and half-mile champion. The-Auckland 'Centre'a championships will be decided on March 21st, a full _ programme of events having,been ar- ~ ranged for. Fixtures. r v " J 1 March I^—St. Patrick's Sjports, March 21—Ashburton Amateur Athletic -dab's Meeting at Aahljurton. Mareh Spores. ,'April 6—lnter-University Championships at Dtmedin. * , - t - April €—Waikftri Sports. " »<" - " [AMERICANS AT MOTUEKA. \ ', * <FSESS ASSOCIATION SEIJSCBAI£.> ,"' MOTUEKA, March 11. J -The'athletio meeting favoured with fine weather and a' good trsckl Simpson did not run. Rothert was-in good form. - He-put-the'.shot. 48ft llin and threw the javelin 185 ft 9in, his best throw in New Zealand. I. Crowe (scr) beat. Rothert (scr) in the |iigh and long jumps, doing sft Sin and 20ft 6in respectively. , Jenkins jWm the 100 yards and 220 yards from, scratch. Wise, Mosueka (116 yds) beat .Kiser (scr) in the mile handicap.