THE W. A. A. C. SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1652, 20 January 1913, Page 3

THE W. A. A. C. SPORTS.

——« M'HOLM & HAMMER. RECORD EASILY LOWERED. ~~ j Quite a successful sports meeting was hold on tho Basin Reserve 011 Saturday afternoon, under the auspices of tho Wellington Amateur Athletic Club. There were good fields ill all the track events, but poor entries for the field events. The runners were all ill excellent. trim, but tho wind marred the sprint races more or less,, and tho times recorded in these events were all slow. Tho best performances were D. Dinnie's run in tho halfmile, from' 15 yards, in 2min. 3 4-ssec., and in tho mile with Byrne, at tho rato of about four forty for the whole journey.' The greatest happening of the doy was the breaking of tho Australasian hammerthrowing record by A. M'Holm. The record has 6tood for some years at 132 ft. 2in., but li' Holm threw 138 ft. He proved conclusively enough that even this by no means represented his true form, for he subsequently threw the &ame. hammer 145 ft. 6in. Unfortunately this latter throw cairn 01 go on to the records, because it was not made- in competition. M'Holm is one of those athletes who can always perform better in private than in public, and lie may never register such a fine throw' at a sports meeting again. Following are-tho results:— 100 YARDS MAIDEN. ' First heat: L. Murphy, 1; L. Afery, 1. heat: 8., Thomas, 1; R. fa'elby, Final: Murphy, 1; Avery, 2; Thomas, 3. Thomas, 3. 100 YARDS HANDICAP. First heat: C. Ramsden, 4yds., 1; T. Hubbard, 4yds., 2. Time, 10 4-ssec. Second heat: J. Wilton, syds., 1; R. Messenger, 4yds„ 2. Time, .10 4-ssec. Third heat B. Thomas, 10yds., 1; L. Murphy; 9yds., 2. Time, 10 2-ssec. , Final: Wilton, 1; Hubbard, 2; Messenger, Z.j Time, 10 3-ssec. . V HALF-MILE. ' D. Binnie, 15yds., .1; J. Bradbury, scr., 2; C.- La Roche; 60yds., 3. Time, 2min. 3 4-ssec. PUTTING THE SHOT. . L. M'Kay, 35ft. 4in., 1; A. M'Holm, 3411. 2in, 2; Bissett, 33ft. llin., 3. 220 YARDS,'BOYS. , R. H. Blair, 1; M. Pollock, 2; C. Nash, 3. . MILE WALK. \D. Cashman, scr., 1; A. Sievwright, 150 yds., 2; G. H. Bacou, 180 yds„ 3. Time, Cmin. 46sec. 120 YARDS HURDLES. , L. M'Kay, owes syds., 1; X. "Halligan, owes 15yds., 2; P. Doyle, owes 10yds., 3. Time, 19 4-ssec. HIGH JUMP. P. Doyle, scr., A-. Halligan, lin., and F. C. Hubbard, 4in., all dead-heated at sft. 3in. MILE HANDICAP: J. F. Byrne, 20yds;, 1; 1). Binnie, 25yds.', 2; P. J. Shields, 135 yds., 3. 'lime, 4iuin. 37 3-ssec. . . i ' ,220 YARDS; First heat: R. Messenger, 6yds., li F. Hubbard; 7yds., 2; J. Wilton, Gyds., 3. Time, 23' l-ssec. Second heat: G. Heley, 14yds., 1; P. -51'lnerney,- 16yds., 2; E. Fisher, 6yds., 3. Time, 2-ssec. 'Final: J. Wilton, 1; Hubbard, 2; Fisher, 3. Time. 23 l-ssec. ' ' : > THROWING HAMMER. ' A. M'Holm; scr., 138 ft:, 1; A.' Bissett, hep, 3ft., 120 ft, llin., 2. M'Holm's throw is well outside tho previous best recorded in Australasia, that of IV J. Morgan, 132 ft. 2in.' ' Subsequently, Jl'llolm threw the hammer 145 ft. Gin., but as the throwwas'not in actual competition, it cannot go on the records. • POLE-VAULT. - ' ." G. Harvey (Ift. hep.), lift., 1; L. M'Kay, scr., 2. ." ; , BOYS'HALF-MILE: WALK. AV. Hickling, 1; G. Sickling, 2. HOP,'STEP, AND JUMP. P. Doyle (iidp. 6ft.), 43ft. llin., 1; G. Heley (hep. sft.), 43ft. Till., 2; D. Calcinai (hep: sft. Gin.), 43ft. lin., ,3. ,< TWO-MILE WALK. T. E. Johnson, 280 yds., 1'; D. Cashman, scr., 2;'' M. Tracey, 300 yds., 3.. Time, 14min. 20sec. y ' ' ■ THREE-MILE''FLAT. •' P. F. Shields, 3doyds., 1; J. F.'j'ByrneV Gsyds., 2: .T. Kerr, 300 yds., 3. Time, 16min. ssec. 440 YARDS, v . A. T. Duncan, syds., 1; C. La Roche, 35yds., 2; P. M'lherney, 30yds., 3. Time, 52sec. / ——