ATHLETICS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1461, 8 June 1912, Page 12

ATHLETICS.

[BT "M.'KRC.U.RT;,*''] j THE CENTRg§-ATfENT!:fJ.Ni June 22—English A.A.A. .Championships, Stamford Bridge, Loudon.. July 11 to Js—AfujeKs' Section, Olympic Games, Stockholm.. August 10.—New jfeflailil CiS.ss-'Cb'untry Championship, Wld.l'ingioh, Waxing Impatient, Wherever two or three croSs-co'u'.ntry' enare gathered together 'locally: is to be heard one qu'esiioii—or r4.th:er'one series of question l ;'.' ,T.h;e two. ciVis.mpjo'ijships in view—the Wc.li.'.iiVgton' .p'rorficmi and Ihe N.Z.C.C. tho .geiieriil subjects of the inquiries: The acti'ia.i text, thereof concerns ,the: action, or, to be more precise, the .'lack/. ; Oi ,a*ti.'oii, of tTib Wellington Centre.Hi; the. i'naij'er.. 01 the provincial api'l- .harriers are wanting to know w'iio;ti.is:lVeiivg.dqn : 6 abo'.u.t the general arrangements, TJm■-(tats, of it is known, as alsg'.is tlie;:fnSt : that it is to be run at Palmer'ston' Nbrilt, but'tlie' conviction in the Jo'cal barrier iriind: is, that there should 'be. sonjelhing .f.ur.tliej— that, for instance',.'(the'.affair' should 'be. worked up out of We.iliiig.'t'o'n, .and,, gen'-' that more JhouHi',;be.:h€anl of it than is the case af.;(pr'e.4ent', ■ Of tlie N.Z.C.C. race/ou August 10 .there is already a strong,.fee!i)ig..;t.aking .liplil that the course should .:bc.' : c.li'6seii..«s..sb'6u as possible. tiuie'' and to spare to make-.fall' the necessary flr* raugements for thcC .actual, competition, but no harm, and 'probably:,.a lot iof' *boci> would be done were the course to^bo'ideciided'Spbiroi ail '. early date. It would: g.i'vc-' the. men,..from, whom the representatiy<s; fearn is" to, b'o' selected, a chance'" : tc(. ; 'train:, over ...timlfamiliarise themselves"., 'wiitlr tlie. country to be negotiated— whicii."tlie;. runners of the ;iri. .-previous: years' competitious.yiavevalw'ays'beeu: aS forded, and ono wiiich: .'falls- .quiteiegifis' mately within thp-'perquisites.'" :6f'":"'.-the centre controlling .tlie;""even'tf.fbr tho-'tiiue' being. }'"': ...''"■■' :

New Evangel for :Ch'risteinir.cM; "Mercury's" harrier °J the past fhreo or.-.tour;.years—of yfh'osevaluable offices this.'cblunvn. ,has- beeii'-de-prived this scasprijtlirpughUack ■;bf''.''.'tim'o, not enthusiasm— •'ay.hat.if wili'i'ch bears good news, incidental that Jio is still kceniiig-in touch : ; iv : ithv.th'6 : ' sport. Ho writes:-^yy ; .'V;;,yyy ; i "-" :; -'- "ilr. Lloyd H.r.Hendcrson-,.formerly a member of tlip.;fEaciffß : ' Earners;. Duncdin, and ' church, placed me recently iu ovder};Xors;et;a;;ipsv tips' to assist him iri.'settirig/'.fho/ohiii'in'er, movement goiiig-.yin-.Chnstchur'cli;...He" spent last aud took part -tlip. Club's run at -He;- hopes to call a iif/thjpy . Cathedral City ;-\v'iLliin'...Jhe : ; , ''ne.xt ifew 1 days, and assures dent of being a'club- .■; on a sound fpotiugSJ;i\iiy ; ;■. It is to be hopedftiiat-' : : iilr> Henderson's efforts will ;nieet\with.. ; t!iej.r'..:duori"eward. It .is sfa'ange.x,tKat:LtKe y:liirr ; ie"i: movement has languislicd i jja--;Chi!TifcliuX'p'lf-. It certainly is notJdueJ-tpitji's' topography of the surroun(ling;iconntry, :^fOTi ;'if:--cfpr Nature intended li'. pJaeei"toyibe;:'sui tables for-cross-country running>ttiat ; vplaMSis\GliristV church. Perhaps,i-thfi."lack '■■kithertb; lias: been the could give the mpvcnicn.i?...»>.tjar,t : b , ir;. ,, e# ample as well as "long felt \vant'\"Ji i , as';bre'n^%ipplie,di.',pfe , rr. haps we shall hcar*islibrtlyHp^:a : '--VpSpi J ..'iK. harrierism in Clmstchurcjvi-.',. ■■','7.- . Will England Awake?'-'!';:. At various timesi;raferehclr;;:has;fbeehmade in this columu.;:to;,tlie.;apatliy : ;of;-t.lie' amateur athletic a'uthorities;iri : (Grea't'-'.Br'iy tain, and, more lattorl'yj'rtto'/t'k'p-Vie'ndeaY-ours that are bei])g.,made;byytUe:'ffior'c;.iip-to-dato of the Homeyerithusiasts; to.' .put; matters on a niorbA-s'atisfabt'bry-'Mjas.is'.'- It is extremely gratifyingi;^tft.Uearh;i ; ;;that these como effect, and eptitude that hayje£beeri\jo; characteristic., of English amateurism;, .forf.'.thei-ipas.t'.'iile.-;, cade are in a fairo.vf.ayi-, tovtieirisv shaken;' off at last. *;fi y '■■■'

These seem BusypTTimes,.-my.,Masters!'. That there is , a>f<i'aM'h , abl l e: ll , p^osi)ecfc°■)j.f , this happy consiim'mViioh;■jy'ould: : Eeem. .to be the case, juilgihg};from/'the'..follokingcomment on tlio situa'tionvlfromithepefrof "Ktrephon," the athletic autliority of*tlie Manchester "Sporti3ig.:.Tirrk-.s"'iir : '::' ■■"'' "'""' Thsse seem The dolce far nwntSilajyoMtliletica-i-ap-..... pear over. to work keenly -£o:r>theJreyivat;bf vEbgri:■ lish athletics; ■ is boiny done tis.flje ■aeveloprjjcii.t.'-■ of the ability =-!o[r >.o,iit; ;'riuiri.e'r'S' and jumpers. Engla'ifitdffis -.at jlast. waken- . cd up! It is lVo.t:■before: time, .giiice190S the far-seeing.vpWctiCal;.:hian .l^ifd''' been calling ■ ■ ening as would tehd;tp v set:\tliis;cbunfry; . ; once more at thc;;h'pad:;o^t.lie : Kv:63 : id's ■:■ athletics, but procrastination' : has:un-' : questionably been :;preva lent? ''.Pr'acficr.-' ally on the realisation of t!ie' : pfl;yity>pf'tlie"sitiia- ; tioii has happened;'■.. "/,;'■':. ..'.', ..". \ Jfr. A. B. George. : ; 6h'. : beli'aiif-'jof Hie; ■ Athletes' A(lvisbiHvGlui>;'!ras. ; :.t.lus';!vrcek' ''. sent out a cirey 1 iir■'tellin"^:'of.;thi tir--- '. rangements render asMstaHC l c;:antfig^y.e■Mriyr,^Q^i.o , r^ , to young fellows' ed'regarding spme"v:detalls: 6 iny''the'ij° training. TTnd ; suchj;a : socidts*:b.e.en : . in-' ■' stituted three oivvfo'urr.years- aeq <an«. had it been cbritmue'di'it wouldhivkbeen all the bcttOT<te:.Ehglisii'' 'sport. • to-day; but—better ''lafe't'tlrari.' h'eveTv and one may siirely-'ex press :the : hope. : that whatever British .experiehcesnriiV ■ bo at Stoclcho]m{:JiiXMl2.; ; s'uclr ■aT'chio; ' will be maintained:/ Jt> some good; and; "is dated to take ,place''ihKia.lji;' '' !: ":''':."'

One cannot bu't'',:share;'in '."Str.npHon'S'' satisfaction, but,'''withVu{:Vn^'ln i ii".''to ; 'ii'b pear pessimistic.,- ' '"-Mercury^. lo a certain nmduht of .foreboding ""pi td tlio permanency .''pf • '"iW loh'gid'cfcrrcd' awakening. England, ire the. .past through many of';tl]eso'':;reviva:iMih :: st)6rt-. ing as well as ■ and experience has:■■■■shown'.:t!ie dpi ; "er'of a return to tlie.g6od:;6ld policy, when the .immediate' cause of "'Hieshr has departed;?;-As"^Streplioiv^. ■saw there is another-'.Olvihpia'd. iii ,1915—it--'"i incumbent on "grrephoh" "and' ;his ; fellow knights of the psii to. -see- Mat the, «Iben ing sickness doesfViot./ajjaih. doeorid Vpbii British athletes ■■before : Uiat."date comas' round. ' "■"■'* "■ """■''- " "" ■"■ Two Imnortant Events, The English niail (lii'trigs parfieidafs of two English c]iariipibh'slii'ri-. , -.'ibii(*icli.y:'anc& events—the •snven , imile ; >,ilfc. i iiiiil'tlie to'iinnlo rim, which;,were-decider! upon iii" classic course at^StanYfbrd. 1 ''Bridge: on April 9. Tlio walk: was .werv.'ljr'one I? Bridge, a lad from" Lancashire; "from a lield of 26 star-tors; of .wlio:n'''-2i: finished and only one was'.p.ii|lc';l :off; : 'T'he'rft rclirod, among them; -being. j3rnest%eb'b the Olympic winhe'r,.ond'for..''three; year's winner of the present 1 time was , r )2min. Jj 3.--.isj>c,; about a miiuitc worse, than E. W obb\sur.c'e.oid' ,for iho race of 1310._ A pecidiar:-fpaiufe abbUt'tlie winner is that he ii'as'bu.t'.qiie. fliiiii—:!iiiving lost the left through. aiv acqi'dent «ini» years ago. Presumably,, however, i|j e ,. 0 must bo 'some of lho: ; liijib^effc;"else it'ls hard to understand:' li.oiv ltit rciains' 'liis balance when sprinting. ' The ten-mile run; was worr by last;year's champion, W. Sept.t;' liy'oyer., a lair, in 52-iniii. ilascc. ScAtjf. j? .als.o: a North Countryman, bei'iigj'a. member, of tlio gtfiford Harrier Club; " '••'■;""; These events -Tvero; jirifended, 'as. part eft a series of "try : 6nfs" fpv'Mllj?' Oljvtnnic learn, and writing. ..Of ffiphi ''froiii iJii's view-point, a 'jv'rjl:eii,,iii: 'the'. '"Tvaniion Sportsman" says ' tCgretfli.i l'y:''' "Apart from tlia..perfqrnj'iihce of. ft. Bridge in the 'AY-alk',' arid "hi \V..' Bcof'.i in the 'Tiiin,* however:, noliiiirg very great occuvred in eili.ie'r of thn'so two events last Palurday. .'iii'tt, lli.e first of wiiaf: is regarded as 'trial?* -for the fel'e'F.iioii of men for the (.ilyijipi!,' Riijues," In light very lilllfc liioi:?. Ijiiin: ivfl,", alicaifv known. Thai we liii've j large-.h.iiiiijj.ei: .Of-good-cla=s dislariee: wallcers 'ii'iuj. runners was clearly (lein.onslViibM.]':, bi'.if ye'rv appear l« po*soss- iliSv nT.i.liji(...s iif 'wiiji,] healer.--.' " The Xew Soulh jrnraljiniv was rim lasl Alondav, u-nleVs. sohH.Jh-iii.* 1n,,, ])-ne.l In iip.-el 't.hf- Si-ii w tiiled s?r.«l ineiils. Twcnlv-lU-.f* en'i.'ries. Juid iieen |-V'•••'iveil. . ~". . '