AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 718, 18 January 1910, Page 7

AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

BATCH OP MISSTATEMENTS. , A .the Com-' mittee.of' the JJew Zcalaiid Amatouv' Ath'- : lctic Association •; was'* held last evening,;' Mr. W.,; F. VLarkm'rEresidiiig. ;. .There' .were'also present:; Mcssrs:'J. It. Pollock, H. t -Ilenders6h,-'.W.,,H.-, Pollock;.-. Chaffey, C.'li; 'Bridgp, Thompson, Davis, and ,\V. O. Talbot, secretary. >^'-v < The secretary of tae.Oamaru Club wrote' stating that tn?, cliib: ha4«just (lisliaiided; through want'of-support.- It-was/stated that an effort was being made to rcvivo; the club," so. tho,letter was "held . overpending the receipt .of further information.

, A letter was recoiyed'from tbo Amateur Athletic Union of .Australia notifying the reinstatement, of Mr.-T. W. Leslie, ;, of Wellington, It was dpoided to forward Mr. Lesjio a ccrtiiicato of reipstatomeiit," dating from January 1. .. . Mossrs, A; •Whe.atley....- V and . J.;. L. Davis, of Australia, wrote intimating that they would not be able, for various reasons, to undertake the propost.d visit to the; Dominion . early this year. Davis stated that :he might Jjj.a competitor, at the . championship: meeting at Auckland, or else at the next Australasian championship 1 meeting tp be held in New Zealand.-' ■ ■ . ■ -■-■

A 'communication was received' from tho Invercargill Centre disapproving. the idea "of a kpeciiil levy'being made on club : metnliers lor the -purpose of., financing representatives.; at. -tbo': Olympic Games; The: letter was received. ' -

Tho" Auckland Centi'p-intimated that the championship meeting would be held at Auckland on February; 2(1, -Tho. centro stated that' it recommended that a levy of fid. from each member; be niade -, on dach .- cliib representation at future Olympic Games. .. .The: Canterbury CputTo.',advised that they, could-hardly seCvtlieir w(iy. to agree to the spccial levy towards representation .at future Olympic Games.; At the saulo 'time they ,wPre still odnsidefing the matter, and would advise,.definitely later, Tho Hutt:Keereatioii -A.A.' Club :iyas granted .adlliation to the Jv'.Z.A.A.A. -'"A subHionimittee,:cpusisting-of Messrs, J. H. Pollock, Jlarryatt, Bridge, .and Thompson, 'was set up to complete- the revision of the rules. The rules wore gone into, recently by a special cpmhlittpe; and wore revised up to a certain point,..but never cokpleteu'aii'd'.printed. i ' : ■ - It was ueoided to support the Tasmain I.iau Association iii-the. mail vote to be. taken on tlie suggestion to alter the Australasian orpss-cgunti'y phampionsliip ruies so as to allow of the distance,- 5 or: 16 miles, being fixed by the. association coiitroiling the event, .. • An application was received-from Walter C. • w'oodgeiy Paliuerston North, applying for reinstatement as an . aniateur, it was decided that'the'application could not : lie granted, and that the applicant should bp advised to' apply again at the expiration of three years froiii the date' on whioh he last competed ill the professional ranks. A siniilar.i.application from Chas, AV. Mexted, Palmerstop North, was referred 'back: to the ' Wellington Centre for further information,' Tbo reinstatement of Henny Gardiner,' Cambridge, was confirmed as t'rpm January 1. An application for' reinstatement from J.'E. Falconer, "Oamaru; was forwarded by -, (hp Otago:-Centre.. Tlip application jas granted. • Alfred M'Donald, Strafford,. was. reinstated as an amateur on condition that lie joined either tlie Taranaki or Ne\v Plymouth Clubs, ' " Thp reinstatement of K. Wr-Eglinton, Pajmerston North, Leonard J, Furric, Wanganui,' and A," W. > Hall, Palmerstbii North, was eonfii'ined.

A m'otioii was put forivard by Mr. Davis tp the effeot that; the ,'clajise in tlie rules dealing with tho representation of clubs, on centres (one delegate for each 50 members or fraction thereof) bp deleted, .and provision "made "for- each, cantre .tp deoide on the basis of representation which lvould best suit . local conditions. After somp discussion Mr. Davisi (Vithdrew thp 'motion on the understanding that , the sub-<!omriiittee -set up to revise the rules, would make an addition providing, that the smaller centres plight have larger representation if they deem it advisable. .