AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 591, 20 August 1909, Page 7

AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

C } pq- OW MEN ;1N AUSTRALIA.'. "':': ; -•v>' ."-A-fLEASED PRESIDENT.-''- ;■ '.-. .-.Talking iOver..thA ; sUc«es"S of thd'littlo' band df.;New> Zealariders at ■ the < first:'day of: the Australasian Championships,'• Dr.. Newman, Bresidentof the Now Zealand Aiiiafceur Athletic Association, Stated t<s a DoaiSioS , rejiorter that, six ...weeks' 'ago,.-.he-: and his" colleagues. felt sangnirie that A'ew Zealand could hold the chaiiir pipnship banneVbut.,. at thp; last;'momelit Wallace, who was almost' ccrtain'to have wbn the hammer-throwing contest,.was unable to males the trip! 'That lost one championship. .Then the .ohampipn. high jumper. of. Aus.tra- ■ lasia/ whs uriablo to '.'ihase- the trib, and Hits* ltin's, :,whd should have accounted for the mile' and ' half-mile, ■'was unable to:, accompany .the. .team. ': This probably: meant {the loss of' four championships. Thp team .sent to ; ;Brisbaue was 1 undoubtedly a:good-one, : but w\hon 'they. left' : it seemed' doubtful , Whether so';:.' Small' a b,ody of men could retain' the."championship. :After,'the .first-' day's .'.efforts,- however, if apI peared'to: bo.,a certainty for New' Zealand. rKerr'was almost sure' to .'win the<mile walk, Keddelt lnusthave a big' say in the 120 hurdle's, and Wdodgor, ifhb repeated his 220 yards form, ISokea,'a) certainty for the 100 yards.:. "If ho p'nlyget3 off -tho'jimrk he will win/? , added Dγ, '.Sewm'au cpiindeiltly; ;DicksM'shdiiidfc able to acobunt ' for'th'a Marathon race-if he is fit. arid ' -Willi and he andM.'KiiiEht Svonld also bo running- 'iri,' tlio : rnile'.' , Dr. Newman '.-''considered that' : M'Kay' l :■ did very ; : well -in ; tyin? •• for.. the polo iunip, iit-yiew of'the fact .that the ■ wet ■Ne\y 'Zealand 1 hri.ve.'pr67entedihis get-, ; tirie'th:6 l riecessary practice^;'./'^'• ; '.'■ .- : ■.''livfact',' M cbh , clude'd Neivnittri; "the date bf'the'-NW'Zealand Ghanipionships, , coining: as it 'do&iftt tofnd' of^He'Wew 5 Zealand 'winter, Isriv'BiSat ,a Ka l ad!capI;t61;t6 ;K&w. ZSalnnd; 'athletes, and r'^reseiita'Vipns' , woitld' 1 probably :, bb : mado ■br''tlie- fipmjnion'Vthat' the /championships.be ■h'eld"in ■■th>' ! snnimeri''wheny the N.evy Zealand ''-J; f v.i v ::. ; J; '