GOOD PERFORMANCES

Chronicle (Levin), 6 March 1946, Page 3

GOOD PERFORMANCES

NATIONAL SPORTS MEETING j AUCKLANDERS SUPERIOR | Bv tlio clear nmrgln of 49 poiuts ! Auckland won the championship | diield at the amatour athletie meeting ! .n Wanganui Iast Friday and Saturday. j diie Auckland- represeutatives clearly | lominated the gatheriug, and, competi-^ ! .i>ely, they assured its success. Otago" j ..ere second with 21 points, Cauterbury j innl wiili 20, Wellington 19, West ; .Jonst 12 and ilavvkcs Bay-Poverty Bay 1 j Altliough the Auckland teain won all ! ihe fiat events, with the exception of j . he three-miles walk, the tliree hurdle ruces, the pole vault and the broad jiuup, the outstanding individual c-om-petitor was without doubt Hyslop, of vllago. A brilliant walker, lxe set Ihe ■ >ue record at the meeting when he .-lipped 2 1-5 see. from the three-mile ligures of 21 miu. 36 3-5sec. made by J ii. l\err back in 1911, and eame witliin I .in ace of making uew time for the ' rnile on the second day. His 6min 261 ' t-5sec. was 2-5sec -outside I. Driscoll's t record — a really great walk on a grouiul ■j . iiat liad been softened by rain, j Had tlie Otago man been pressed in j ; the straight, or had he known with aj ' lap to go that he was close to the re- ! ! i-ord, he would undoubtedly have low-j ! ered Driscoll's time. Small but coin- j ; pa'-tly built, and with a flowing stylej | the young Hyslop will develop into, if j ; he is not at tlie moment, the fmest I j walker New Zeaiand has x^roduced. R. : C. Brow'n (Cauterbury), the previous,'. cliampion, also walked very well. He j I was 25yds back and must have done ' j 6miu. 35sec. j , D. M. Harris (Auckland) was au-' ' other distinguished xierfonuer. H'e . aever tlireatened his own records, but ; ! he siutply outclassed his opponents in j ihe lialf-ruile aad the quarter. In tlie : lornier event his team-mate, J. C. ' Griersuu, who won tlie niile tlie first; day, severn] tinies endeavoured to wrest 1 tlie lead from iiini, but Harris never' pemitted tliat, and eventually won by ; ^5 yards from Waller, who caught tlie; [ badly-blown Griersoii in the straight. ■ I The timo, lniin. 55 4-5sec.( was not fast for Harris, but a fair enough run for' all that on a spongv turf. j In tlie quarter-mile he was just coh i tent to bowl along in the outside lane l aud wiri by 10 yards in 50 2-5sec. He ] obviously reserved liiinself for tlie re- . j lay. Agate, wlio had qualilied for the' j final, did not start owing to a puiled | tendon. | Fox (Cauterbury) rau uii exception | ally tine marathun. Tlie (lefeuding • ; cliampion, he won ny teu minutes from I A. Broivne (Auckland) and returued 21ir. lOiiuii., tlie best tiuVe' ever maue I for the eveut in New Zealaml, and live I t niiuutes uuder tlie standard. Fox lin i ished very strougly, and was in no way i distressed. i Agate retained his sxu'int double, but : he was not as inqiressive as his recent • | Auckland form suggested he would be. Ile just got up in tiic last f'ew striiles to I beat Bherborne iu tlie J 00yds., tliougii . he won the l'urloug well enough iu the outside station from Sheerin, who was clear of Bherbourno. The two Auckland sprinters were not well placed turning into the straight (Sherbourne ■ was Jast)- butr they were going.gust as well as Agate over the final 60 yards. Sherbourne, who was a juuior last sea-' son, is a strong rnnner and should de- j velop a lot wlien ihe rough cdges have; ; been rubbed oif his style. j Fine Finishing Effort. The tliree iniles was notable particu larly for the line (iuishing effort of Ihe . Jlago representative, \V. N. Burrows ; A very awkward mover — he shuffles J raiher tinui runs — Burrows was (i0 ! ' yards behind the leader, W. Wells, of the West L'oast, with two laps to go, | but he reduced the gap rapidly aud was j only live yards uway at tlie liuisli. At | tlie* saiue time Wells probably could ! Iiave goue laster .in tlie early stages. ile was told to take tliings easily — i rathei mistakeu advice. The Welling- ! tou meii, T. Bartlett and D. Gillick, : .rere not up tu siandard. The Jevel of perfonuaucc in tlie' iiurdles was very disappoiuting, with Ihe exception of A. R. P. Eustace's run iu the 220 yards final. Kustaee won; the liigh liurdlcs by a toucli from an-, ' other Aucklaudor, J. Devcicli, with ti. 'Hunter (Wellington), who Iooked the' i probable wiuucr after his effort in his! ■ ueat, right up third. Hunter Jed for: several llights liut rould not quite hold : tlie advantuge. The time, .16 l-5sec., , was very poor. Cust ace, though brilliant as a juuior, I is nqt at liome over the high hurdles. : His forte is the lovv hurdles, wliich he j uuii in the splendid time of 25 l-5sec. j Had tlie g^ouud been hard he would' have gone Very close to P. F. Sliarp-. iley's record f 24 4-5sec. The only | inan to sliow auy kind of ubilitv in tlie I quarter-niile hurdles was A. Hill : (Auckland), who won iu 59 l-5sec. Tlie i others were not even inoderate. r ! Hunter, who vvou the high jump t-itle last year, was unfurtuuate this timo. In tlie hurdles he rapped au obstacle : and his ankle swelled badly. Ile tried . to .jump, did reach 5ft. 8in., and then 11 ^ had to call it a day. It was an excel- ; , letft cff'qrt under the circumstances. | i Tlie was J. C. Borland, of Can-! i terburv jecond to Hunter 12 months 1 ago, anV wTio" 4vas competing iu Wel-j lington earlier in Xke seasou. A west-j ern roller, he cieared 5ft. I0^in. and uarrowly failed at 6ft. Uii11- j Junior's Notahle Success. The hop, step and jump was notable j for the success of K. Forsytke, a ; Hawfve's Bay juuior. A fine allrounder, he was third in the 100 yards I aud was in the final of the furloug. ; Forsytlie may go a long way if"jie is not hurried. He cleared 45 feet. Stan Lay won the javeliu for the eleventh time, though he did not have , mucli to spare from liis teain-niate C. ! P; Clegg, wlio took the title 011 a couple of oceasious befoi'e tlie war ■ fcJtill Lay retaius liis form wonderfully well in view of the fact that it is nearly 20 years since he first won the event. J. Leckie (Otago), anotlier veteran, ' and oue of the most popular athletes at the meeting, liad 110 trouble in retaining tlie hammer-throwing cliam- , pionship. He is almost as good as ever. : He threw J45ft. 2iin., five feet bettei 1 tkan last year and nearly seven feet ■ further tlia*n the well-performed all- ; rounder M. Carr (Canterbuiy). j, The shot put yras won^ as antici-^

(nited, by Herman, but lie was little aliead of a t'ormer uational juuior champion, K. Morgau (Otago). Herman reacked 40ft. 9iu,, with Morgan only six inc^es away. It was not Herman 's best form. , Meeting Well Run. Tlie meeting was excellently conducted aud there was a ref'reshing absence of unnecessary officials fffom tlie ceiitre of the field. A word of coniniendation is due the starter, Mr. treorge Benson, presidout of tlie N.Z.A.A.A, He got liis lields away perfectly. There was not oue break 011 tlie second day. The .Wellington team did as well as. perhaps better than, it was generallv anticipated it would. Certainly, only two titles were won. both in the field eveuts section, while D. Herman was successful 111 the shot and A. E. Ked inond with tlie discus, but sprinters R. Sherbourne and P. J. Sheeriti performed with distinction against tlie noted R. Agate, and G. Waller was second ii) the half-mile. G. Hunter, but for an aeeideut, might have won the high , jump. ^