AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1122, 9 May 1911, Page 7

AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

' RECORDS HELD OVER. THE OLYMPIC GAMES. A meeting! ot the Council of the New Zealand.Amateur Athletic Association was held last evening, Mr. A. Marryact (Utago) presiding. There were also present: Messrs. J. ll.'Pollock (Otago), F.. Ross and W. Larkih (Wellington), J. F. Thompson and C- E. Uritfge (Auckland)', E. L. Chaffey and M. it. Oram (Canterbury). Tlio Newtown Harriers (Sydney) wrote stating that th.ey were holding their annual Marathon championship on Juno' 22, and asking tho .New. Zealand Council to give its permission to the event being made an Australasian championship. It was decided to reply tnat, provided tho -Australasian■ Union had-no oDJection, New Zealand would not object. Mr. Ross urged that a stipulation should bo made that Now Zealand be afforded the same privilege if it desired to exercise it later- on'. - The. chairman did not think that this was necessary. The Queensland Amateur Athletic Association wrote stating-that the most convenient time for holding -tho Australasian championships, as far as Queensland was concerned, would be the month of January. The'writer added that Queensland hoped to send a strong team to fhe championships. •''..:. The chairman read a letter stating that the council's share of the profits of the New Zealand' championship meeting would be about »C2O. An application was made for recognition o. R. Opies New Zealand arid Australasian record for the 220 yards championship -at the New Zealand championship meeting (22sec.) held in Christchurch. A -number of certificates as.to the track measurements, watches, etc., were received. Two . separate watches made Jpie.s time 22sec., and a third made, - it !2 1-lOsec. The..official measurement of ihe„ course showed that Opie actually ran !2Q yards 1 foot 2 inches. A Hlmiln':- application was made "in regard to G. P. iveddull'H record (15 3-10 sec.) in. the 120 fa'rds hurdles championship at the same meeting. Two watches made the time 15 3-10scc, and a third 15 l-s=ec.' It was remarked that the third timekeeper's certificate had.not bej.n forwarded in either case, his figures (22 l-10sec. and 15 l-ssec.) being given by. a- member of tho council. It was decided to hold the applications over pending receipt of the certificate as to tho third timekeeper's figures. In tho menntimt. the. certificates in hand were referred to a sub-committee, consisting of Messrs. Ross and Talbot, with power to ask for any particulars that might be necessary. On (he motion of Mr. Ross it was decided that each centre be requested te give the council, if possible, a calendar of their meetings for the season. It. was decided that it was inexpedient to fix any sot date on which the championship meeting should be held each year. A sub-committee consisting of Mossts. Davis, Oram, Chaffey:, and Ross was appointed to go into the question of financing representation at the Olympic games Another recommendation of -the conference was that New Zealand should have separate representation nt the'.Olympic Onmes.. The chairman did not s?o that they could do more- than ask- Mr. Coombcs to raise the question at the meeting of the council to be held at

Buda Pcsth. At the present time Australia was the- only ono of the British dependencies which had separate representation. Referring to the experience in collecting funds to send men Homo to the Festival of Empire sports, Mr. Marryatt stated that double the money could have been raised at half the trouble if tho team hail been a purely New Zealarfd team and not in combination with Australia. Any representations that they could make through Mr. Coombes, however, would only bo on behalf of- the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. lie thought the first thing was to endeavour to get unanimity amongst tho governing bodies of amateur sport in New Zealand. Mr. Thompson moved:—"That this council is in favour of application being made to the Olympic Council for separate representation 'at the Olympic Gaines." The motion was lost. A donation of ,C 5 ss; was voted towards the funds of the Festival of Empire Sports Committee. The secretary was instructed to institute further inquiries for the half-mile chamnionship cup, which canuot be traced at present. ' • HOW DO THEY STAND? OTAGO DELEGATES AND THEIR :. _ CENTRE. A matter which has stirred athletic circles lately came up at last night's meeting of the Council of tho New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. The point was tho disagreement between the Otago Centre and its delegates (Messrs. A. Marryatt and J. H. Pollock), the latter _ having voted against certain instructions given by their centre with regard to the locale of the championships. Tho secretary read a letter from the Otago Centre, revoking the appointment of the delegates in question on the ground stated.

Mr." Marryatt, chairman of the council, vacated tho chair when the letter was read, Mr. W. F. Larkin being made chairman pro tem. Mr. Thompson moved:—"That- the ' revoking of the appointment of Messrs. Marryatt and Pollock is ultra vires, and that this council regrets that petty parochialism—(cries of Oh! No!)-should be introduced into a matter which is purely ono for the council." Mr. Ross: I don't think that the chairman should accept a motion like that, ,? m? the P r i«ito feeling may be. Mr. Thompson: Is Mr. Ross in order? Ine Chairman: Yes, certainly. I would prefer, he added, that the motion was not so worded.

fh^y;i} l?mpS 2 n 4 : u I Wlll movc then that virbi kl i ng « of t t t, e a PP oi «tments is ultra vires, and that the council regrets the tntf 0 V ak , ell H th ° otago CS and m? b ?, lnfOT r d that the matter is not one for the centre, but for the council The Chairman: The subject matter of heir.resolution is that the dele** os in question voted contrary to the instruct tions of the centre. msirucJTho rule under discussion providec centro shall be represented, bv two deleting.]' 0 'be ° lecteil at tho « could Jnf h T npMn ," , ; Becl an office „A tr - P oss h°P e(l that the council would not act on the motion. He trusted that the council.would not lower its d gn hcentres that might reflect on the centre c Tied nlV'f a " OlV ' t'Mveslobo cau led away by any show of feclin" It would be more dignified to merely gVo the ruling of the chairman on. the rule in question. He asked the chairman to E"c his ruling as to whether or not under the rules, the -revocation-could be

Mr Thompson agreed that this might be the better wnv. from tho^rule, that.we are not in order m accepting tins intimation from the Utago Centre, and I rule so. I rule that wo cannot accept the intimation. , Mr. Ross:.l movethat.,Uie:.clmirman's ruhng be forwarded to-thc Otago Centre. This was agreed to. ' Mr. Marryatt; in the course of-an explanation somewhat on the lines of ■ the statemeht'Avhich'heniade in. Dnnedin recently, stated that, in the event of the Otago Centre's ruling being declared out of order, he and Mr. Pollock had decided to resign that night, but he had received word that the Otago Centre had a notice of motion to rescind their motion, and, that being so, and 'on account of representations made from the south, he had decided to withhold his resignation until tho matter was settled. An attemnt had been made to show that tliev (Mr. Pollock and himself) had-been influenced to voto for Wellington. This was not so. They had voted for Wellington simply as the most suitable place. He had always exercised • a free hand on some masters as the, Otago delegate, and he always would. On a question such as the venue of the Australasian championship .there was • only one bodv that could decide, and that was the New Zealand Council. He had broken no pledge or trust, and he and his confrere had acted as they considered best for the ' sport. They had received support in regard to the attitude they had taken in Otago, and from many other quarters. His future action hinged on tho action of the Otago Council wh«n it considered the motion to rescind the resolution. Should tho resolution be rescinded, very well. .'lf not. he would treat, the matter, as'he had intended to do that night, by handing in his resignation. If Otago adhered to its resolution ho honed that a special meeting would bo called at.once, so that Otaro would not' be disfranchised for even the shortest space.

Mr..Pollock stated that, he had nothing to add to what his colleague had said. ."His action," said Mr. Pollock, "is my action." It was decided to hold a special meeting on Tuesday next if it was found necessary. ENDURANCE CLUB SWINGING. BURROWS'S NEW RECORD. At the Electric. Picture Palace, West Maitland, recently, Tom Burrows lowered his own club-swinging world's record of IS hours 6 minutes. He started on his task at C.45 p.m. on the Wednesday, and finished at 10.53 p.m. on the Saturday, having broken his record by two minutes. During the whole of the time he was under the personal .supervision of members of a special committee, which included representative citizens. The weary monotony of the work was broken at.night by picture shows, and during the day, and late at night by impromptu concerts, etc. Tho rules governing the work were rigidly enforced, and at no stage did Burrows swing under 40 revolutions, with either liand. As the last few minutes were counted off the large audience cheered heartily. Inthelnst 2 minutes he went at his swinging with great vim, doing -17 revolutions in the second last, and 49 in the last. Amid a scene of great enthusiasm, he sat down and was examined by Dr. Hollywood, who declared that the champion's heart and pulse were normal. Tho right hand was badly swollen, but otherwise the man showed no ill effects ot his weary work. BOWLS. TARANAKI TEAM IN SYDNEY. By Tclegrapti--l'res3 Assneiation-CopyriEht. Sydney, May 8. At bowls a New South Wales rink defeated four T'aranaki players—Macfie, Dudley, Lambic, and Gray—by 20 to 14. (Rec. May 9, 1 a.m.) Sydney, May 8. Tho Tarannki bowlers in the final match defeated Ramlwick by 40 to 43. Petono v. Hutt (on Hutt green).—Po-tone-M'Ewen, Battersby, Gilmour, Mclhuish (s.), 20; Unit—Sinclair, Humphries, Barlow, Hodgins (s.), 20. Petone—Stephens, Smith, Coles, Henry (s.), 27; Hutt— M'Kenzie, Allport, Pole, Mncaskill (s.), 10. Petor.e—Eivine. Castle, Marsden, Wylic (s.), 19; Hutt-C'cok, Seymour, Cudby, Trevethick (s.), 21. Petone—Firth, Hedd Wilmshurst, Ross (s.), 13; Unit-Casey, Goring, Mowbray, Jones (s.), IS. Petone —Walton. Griffiths, M'Arthur. South<\ite (s.), 25; Hutt—Judd, Rishworth, Palmer, Nicholson (s.), 10. Totals—Petone, 101 ■ Hutt, 91. For Influenza, take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Never fails, la. Cd. S*. Cd.—Advt.