CHAMPIONSHIPS

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1676, 17 February 1913, Page 8

CHAMPIONSHIPS

ATHLETICS—-1913. THE SHIELD EASILY WON BY WELLINGTON M'HOLM'S FEAT. PUIS UP NEW MWRECORD. WILTON'S FINE QUARTER. In glorious sunny weather and before a great crowd of people, the New Zealand Amateur Athletio Championships were decided on the Basin Reserve on Saturday afternoon. The customafy Wel- •' lington 'zephyr was at hand to interforo' with soveral of tho events, but otherwise . the day'was capital. The performers did not turn oh any sensation, but for the spectator,; who .follows athletics at all keenly there, happened a good deal;thai ,was of?great'interest-.-y' •• M'Holm, of "Napier, once more broke the Australasian . hammer-throwing record. The-record,, which stands in his own name, was 135 ft- 2in. On Saturday M'Holm threw 143 ft. Sin. This was the . only record,'.aitd on only two other occasions were standards broken—by J. Wilton in the 4%d5., and D. Cashinan, in . the three miles walk. ~ , Wellington easily won the otampionship shield, scoring 68 points to Auckland's 16, Southland's 16/ Canterbury's -7,-, and . The points were reckoned, at tho rate of ,Sve for a win and tiro, for a seconds -> Southland were the- shiild-hold-ers when .the'meeting commenced, -i.

Close Thing In the Hundred. Wellington led off with a good win in the 220yds.,,;.whichwas reckoned to lie between Mark, of Auckland, and Duncan, of Wellington. l Duncan ; ran a. fine race, ; And won'/' easing up, -by several yards from tho Aucklander v who just beat Messenger Pool (Wellington) seemed right off :colour ; in- this, and in other events, i The time (23sec.) is- slower than the .standard (22 4-ssec.), but Duncan ■would at .least have , equalled: the_etandnrd had ho been pressed. . . 'The 100 yds. .final was a great race, and; ■nearly ■ resulted in.', the. downfall of . the •Wellington sprinter, Duncan. , 'Either, \ figurine on the times in the: two heats, he held Mark too oheaply, or he ran a bad race;; i Duncan won his heat in 10 2-5 sec., and Mark has in 104-ssec., both slower than the .standard.' ' In the, • final, was expected: to'win with a' little ; to spare, but it wag' only by- the barest of margins that he won at/all, and this, isolely. owing to the:foot that-he' is -fast jjver the last 50yds. Going on what'.was wen of him on Saturday the 100 yds. is Mark's best distance, and in, some ways he ;really;:lo(iks: a better man for this race than Duncan. . -He, did'not' beat Duacan< off the mark by much,' but;by; the time, .they had gone-15 yards he ,was drawing, gradually,' <away, ■.from him. -Saunders, the Sonthlander, by the. way, beat thyn ,| .both! Ati the-sound of' the ; gun and led for 39 yards.' Moreover, he, was .well in the race' almost : the whole distance. . Mark led till the very/.last;stage of the race, but a few TOrds 'the tape Duncan drew level with :Kim, and in the few: remaining strides .contrived .to .hurl ;himself in front. :So' close was it-and so long had Mark. led. that'thb the spectators thought '.tKlfl? the man''from: north hod beaten, the favourite. The . time (10 2-sscc.) ,waS affected ;by the fact that the. race was run in, the' teeth of a.fairly strong,brMze.'.Nevertheless, neither Diin-' can nor Mark created : any suspicion of oeing ,break a record or beat even time.::,•; 1' ' > I

Great Quarter.

.' The was : the':occasion if tho ■ shown 1 during the day.';iWUarfc\ras fated to run another sec-ond-his third.'; Wilton; Mark, and Duncan ivere looked upon as likely to fight out. the business end .of the; event, and 1 ,w«re quite ' cer--ffSff-■ttat:,Jlork, c oiUdV.win. There was rnfit 1 ?' ai cation, as to what the field was . going to| do till the 220 yds. . mark was reached, and then ; Wilto'n shot, awnv with, a wonderful-turn- of- speed. .Mm was soon out aiter him, but ho erred in ever lotting.,the, Wellington boy "et X Wilton up - ' h?q fI,AI?r ,r i aS t tho l ittlo fell ° l7 made i' i i departure from the field. A hundred, yards later _ they applauded the wIS Mi n ? er ln j 1 } 10 ! 1 battled on «! 'A iA 6 ; yards', lead. Still they i V' j ll ® . not maintain' it to . the: end; tut, runhing the gruelliric distance, as gamely as if has ever 8 a ? between • ♦ AucklandeT "undiminSr!iii,S tie pair s ' r enked.along the etrmght Wilton waa grcetetl by a cheering and ft_shontmg. that surely . well repaid v] ra .'t I 6 r . lln , sonio fine quarters; this His, best. He judged the effort perfectly. and it y certain that none other than a real champion would overhaul him if they let him - get that remarkable five yards' break on at tho half-distance. He is a better quarter-miler than Mark, but, in fri. iS!?' , ho tho Aucklander. Xhelooyds. provided a great finish; tut fortiia crowd lao 110 was/tho race of tne.day, nnd nothing pleased them : eo much as to see Wilton win. • .

Champion Dormer. In tho longer -.distances nothing -unexpected occurred.: Dormer came from Auckland with the reputation of being able G - Hin. Ho win leave here with the reputation of'boing_th© makings a great distance run/ier. TJnforiunafcsly wo did not see' him extended on Saturday. _ Ho won . both his'rdces with such ease thathi3 opponents looked very secondrate alongside him.' In the half-mile he Bimply played-with Binnie and the others, and won witliont effort in tho slow time of 2min. 6 2-ssec." In the milo Bradbury made a game attempt to hold his longstriding, easy-moving opponent; but, after allowing tho Wellington representative to tiace him. for tho greater portion ,'of the journey,' Dormeir glided away , near the finish, and established a lead which Bradbury' vainly strove to reduce. Dormer's time (4min. 31sec.) was. a second slower than tho standard, and Bradbury did the mile in 4min. 34scc'., which, fpr him, is very good, and probably accounts for his being so distressed after the run.-. Dormer's style is very taking, and ono could wish for nothing better in the liho of-dis-tance running ill' Now Zealand, than-to see him and Hill matched. Beatson, the Otago distance man, had a comfortable win in the three miles. Byrne (Wellington), who was reported to bo under doctor's orders not to run, followed the big follow pluckily to the end, but did not make any very serious effort to 'overhaul tho southerner, who was a couple of hundred yards away from him at tho finish. Beat/son did the league in 15min. 25 l-ssec., and Byrne in 16.3, Tho itandard is 15min.' lOsec. Cashman's Fine Walking, D. Cashman, of Wellington, won tho three miles and the ono mil? walks with tho greatest ease. The other competitors wore completely • outclassed, and in the longer race Cashman actually lapped the necond man. . He beat the standard (23 minutes) in this event, doing the distance in 22miii. 125e0.; but in the milo his time does not read so well. ' Everyone must have regretted the absence of Kerr, for Kerr and Cashman in form would have nmdfi tho walk events worth witnessing. It is worth noting here that.two years ago thovgenial Kerr—a true sport' and a real champion—established a New Zealand rpcord of 21mln. '3G 3-ssec. for the threo miles, which is only 2-sseo. slower than Creamer's Australasian record. M'Kenzie's Hard Luck. Tlie hurdle events were both full of interest. Keddell, the champion, won without difficultv the 120 yds. event, bnt Halli- . gan, of Wollington, surprised everyone by winning his heat, and running ft good 'second in the ,final. Keddell simply flow 'the fences, nnd compared with his almost perfect flight, the hurdling of tho others was very iueffecual. In his heat tho

champion equalled the standard (16min. l-osec.), but he only did 16 2-ssec. in the final. His best is his Australasian record time of 15 3-iOsec., dono in 1911.

Tho ilOyds. hurdles, brought forth a surprise. Tho crowd looked to Keddell to ! win, but ICeddell, apparently, did not try. He allowed tho field to got away from him at the. start, struck the first hurdle, jumped very ordinarily,- towards tho finish got hopelessly behind the leaders, and. about 100 yds. from the tape pulled up at one of the fences. Doyle {Wellington) went to the front after clearing the second hurdlo, and, making the paco hot, led by ton yards when there was less than 150 yds. remaining to be covered. M'Kenzie thon judged it time to make his run, and ho went out after Doyle in fine style. Doyle tired so quickly that M'Kenzie caught him in the straight, and they rose at tho last hurdle together. One of tho pair (probably Doyle) struck it on the top, and tipped it over. M'Kenzie came'down with the fence, but Doyle remained on his feet, and, resuming the race, ran in a lucky winner, with the hardiy Woirarapo, athlete an unlucky but a smiling second. Nothing but ill-fortune' prevented M'Kenzie inscribing his name as champion for the year, and he stood a fair cnanoe of breaking the standard time. L. M' Kay, All-round Athlete. Tho announcement that M'Holm had again broke the Australasian hammerthrowing record . was loudly applauded. In the various other events—jumping, vaulting, putting tho 6hot—L. M'Kay was the most successful competitor. He was unplaced only in the long jump. ' At a smoke concert held at the Windsor Hotel in tho evening, tho shield and medals were presented. ' Detailed results of all "the events follow:— ■

CHAMPIONSHIPS.

THE 220 YARDS EVENT. Present champion: R. Opie World's amateur record, 21 l-ssec.—B. J. Wefers, 1896. English amateur record, 21 4-ssec.rr-E. G. Woods, 1887. Australasian amateur record, 21 l-ssec. —Nigel Barker," 1905. New Zealand amateur record, 22sec.—R. Opie, 1911. Standard, 22 4-ssec. A. T. Duncan (Wellington) ......... 1 L. J. Mark (Auckland) 2 R. Messenger: (Wellington) .................. 3 Also started: F. M. Perkins (Otago), M. Pool (Wellington), F. Hubbard (Wellington,), land'N. C. Saunders (Southland). Tixoc* 23sec. Duncan shot out of the bunch about 15' yards from the start, and in the (straight he was leading comfortably by four yards. He eased up near the tape, and won by three yards. Mark beat Messenger by a yard. .

, PUTTING THEI6LB! SHOT, Present champion: A.-S. Reid (Southland). : World's amateur record, 51ft. ■ Jin.—B. Rose, 1909. British amateur record,' 42ft. 2in.—D. Horean,. 1897.- .. Australasian amateur record, 44ft. Sin. —W. O'Reilly, l 1902. New ' Zealand ; amateur record, '40ft. 3in.—B. G. ■ Rains, 1906. Standard,' 88ft. Gin. • W. de Thier (Canterbury), 80ft llin. 1 L; M'Kay (Wellington), 36ft. 6in. ...... 2 G. Jarrold. (Southland), 35ft. 2{in. ... 3 Also'competed: A. Bissett (Wellington). J. W. MTlolm , (Wellington), and A. Reid (Southland). > ' M'Kay's throw of 36ft. 6in. led till near, the finish, when do Thier beat it by two inches, and in the next throw exceeded the-Wellington man 'a best by five inches. M'Kay's last efforts were fruitless. . THREE-MILES WALK. Present champion: D. Cashman, 'Welling- ■ ton., World's amateur record, 20min. 25 4-ssec.—G. E. Xarner, England, ; 1908. Australasian amateur record, ■ 21min. 36 l-sseo.—A. O. Barratt, 1897. > New Zealand amateur record, 21min. 36 8-ssec.—H. E. Kerr, 1911. Standard, •. 23min. ■. .'. ■ . . ■■; ..

D.',Cashman v (W.) i T. E. Johnson (W.) 2 Also started;-:,5L- Tracy (W.)., -Tiny?,, 22tiin', 12soc.> r. * The Wellingtonians were the only competitors. Cashman had to walk the distance alone. He did the mile ; in 7min. G 2-ssec. Tracy dropped out towards the finish, and. by a fine effort Cashman lapped Johnson a few yards from the tape.

120 YARDS HURDLES. Present champion, G. P. Keddell (Southland). World's and British amateur record, 15sec.',' F. C. Smifhson, 1908. ■ Australasian: and New .Zealand, 15 3-10sec.,-G. P. Keddell, 1911. Standard, 16 1-556 C., '

First heat: A. Halligan (W.), 1; F. Cook (C.), 2. T. Hazlett (S.) also .Tan. Tim®, 17 l-ssec. Won by five yards. Second heat: G.'P. Keddell (S.), l; E. M'Kenzie (S.), 2. ' F.. V. Robinson (C.) also Tan. ' Won by 15 yards. Time, 16 l-sseo. ■ • Final; - . - Keddell (SO • I Halligan (W;) ; 2 M'Kenzio (W.) 8 . Time, 16 2-ssec.; ICeddell'won tar 5 yards in' the final. His bird-like flight over the hurdles/was very' pretty and exceptionally effective. Halligan, ,the Wellington representative, ran a great race to get within 5 yards of the champion. HALF-MILE. * Present champion, A. W. Dormer (Auck- ■ land).' Worlds amateur record, lmin. 52 •l-sseo., I E Lurighi, 1909. English amateur record, lmin. 45sec., M. H: Sheppard, 1908. Australasian ■ amateur record, lmin. 56 4-ssec., G. A. Whieatley, ' ■IXS. New Zealand amateur record. lmin. 58 l-ssec., H. G. Burk, 1905, and. - A. W. Dormer. 1912. Standard, 2min. A. W. Dormer (A.)" ..... 1 D. Binnie (W.) 2 R. Swinney (0.) 3 'Also-stared: E. B. Smith (W.). Time, 2min. .6 2-ssec. ' Dormer: won with great ease by 8 feet. POLE VAULT Present champion, G. Giller (Southland). , American and world's amateur record, 12ft. 10 7-Bin., L. S. Scott, at Stanford, . Max 27, : 1919. Australasian amateur record, lift, ljin., L. M. M'Kay, at Hobart, March 2, 1908. New Zealand amateur record, lift. OJin,, Hori Eruera, 'Auckland, February, 1897. Standard, 10ft. 6in. L. M'Kay (W.), 10ft. ljin. 1 A. Whitaker (S.), 10ft. 2 G. Harvey (W.) and G. Giller (S.j, 9ft. 6in. each ; 3 'Also competed: C.'C. Laurie (A.) and G. Harvey (W.). The event occupied avery long time. M'Kay and Whitoker both failed at 10ft.' 3in., after numerous attempts. The bar was lowered, and ' M'Kav cleared 10ft. l-Jin., but Whitaker could not get over. The competitors said that the wind prevented their rising properly. HIGH JUMP,' Present champion, R. F. Mitchell (Otago). , World's amateur record, 6ft.'6 l-Bin., Geo. Horine (U.S.A.)-. British amateur Tecord, 6ft. 4-Jin., P. J. Leahy, . . 1898. Austr»lasian and New Zealand amateur reco.'d, 6ft. I 3-16 in., L. H. Kelly, 1911. Standard, sft, 7in. P. E. Doylo (W.), sft. sin 1 F. V. Robinson (C.), sft. 4in 2 L. M'Kay (W.), sft. 3in 8 M'Kay and Robinsm jumped off for second place. .100 YARDS. Present champion, R. Egglestone (Otago). World's amateur record, 9 8-ssec., D. ,T. Kelly,. 1906. ■ English, 9 4-ssec., A. F. Daffy, 1901. Australasian, 9 4-sseo., W. T. Macphjrson, 1691. New Zealand, 9 4-sseo., W. T. Mncpherson, 1891, and J. H. Hcmpton, 1892. Standard, 10 l-sseo.

! First heat: A. T. Duncan (W). lj N. 0. Saunders (S.), 2; M. Pool (W.), 3. F. M. Perkins (Otago) also started. Time, 10 2-ssec. Duncan won very easdly. Second heat: L. J. Mark (A.), 1: G. P. Keddell (S.), 2 S F. HubbaTd (W.), 3. R. Messenger (W.) also ran. Tims, 10 Msec. j Keddell ran Mark fairly close. final. Duncan (W.) 1 •Mark (A.) ' 2 Saunders. (S.) 3 Keddell did not start. Time, 10 2-ssec. Tho final was unexpectedly close. A man quick off the mark would have got a big break on tho field. Duncan was slower than tho other,? to get well under full steam. Saunder9 led for. the first thirty yards, when both Duncan and- Ikri,

passed him. Mark was then going faster than Duncan, but the latter showed his real poco over the last 50 yards. Ho got even with Mark in tho lust. few yards, and at the tape was a foot ahead. Saunders was fairly closo up.

ONE MILE. Present champion, G. N. Hill (Auckland). World's amateur Tecord, Imin. 15 2-ssec., J. IP. Jones, 1911. English amateur record, tain. 16 l-ssec., J. Dinks, 1902. Australasian and Now Zealand, Imin. 22sec., Alfred Shrubb, 1905. Standard, imin. 30sec. A. W. Dormer (A) 1 J. Bradbury (W.) 2 Also started: T. R. Robertson (S.) and T. Seddon (S.). Time, ,4min. 31sec. The two Sounthland men dropped out in tho sewnd lap. Dormer allowed Bradbury to pace him until 300 yards from home. Ho (hen passed Bradbury like a flash, and went well to the front. Tho Wellington representative's efforts were very ineffectual, the big Aucklander striding away in tho straight and winning by a dozen yards, j Bradbury's time was Imin. 3-lsee. •• LONG JUMP. : Present champion, G. P. Keddell (Southland). World's and English amateur record, 21ft. lljin., P. O. O'Connor, 1901.- Australasian amateur record, 23ft. 7}in., 11. Rosengrave, 1896._ 'NewZealand amateur record, 23ft. 3in., G. P. Keddell, 190 G. Standard, 21ft. G.'P. Keddell (S.), 21ft. 1 P. Hubbard (W.), 20ft. Uin. 2 T. Robertson (S.), 19ft. lljin 3 Also oomneted: L. M'Kay (W.), F. Haz--lett (S.), iLP. Calcinai (WJ, F. V. Rob. inson (C-), F. M. Reid (O.), A. Reid (S.), M. Kean (S.), and F. Cook (C.). HAMMER-THROWING. Present champion, M. Kean (Southland). World's amateur record, 187 ft. 4in., J. J. Flanagan, 1909. Australasian and New Zealand record, 135 ft. 2in., J. M'Holm, 1912. Standard, 130 ft. J. M'Holm (W.), 113 ft. Bin. 1 M. Kean (S,), 127 ft. ...'. 2 A. Bissett (W.) also competed. 'M'Holm broke the Australasian record.

HOP, STEP, & JUMP. Present champion, F. Hazlett (Southland). World's amateur record, 49ft. B}in., J. J. Bressinham. Australasian amateur record, 47ft. 3in., D. Lane. 1911. New Zealand amateur record, 46ft. U in. Standard, 44ft. L. M'Kay (W.), 42ft. 2in. 1 F. Hazlett (S.), 41ft. 6in 2 Also competed: P. E. Doyle (W.), T. Robertson (S.), and R. M'Kenzie (W.j; " MILE WALK. Present champion, H. E. Kerr (Wellington). World's amateur record, Gmin.' <221-ssec., G. H. Goulding. Australasian and New. Zealand record, 6min. 27 2-ssec.,.F. H. Creamer, 1897. Standard, 6min. SOscc. D. Cashman (W.) 1 P. Fitzgerald (W.) 2 K:B. Johnson (W.) 3 Also started: M. Traoy (W.). Time, 6min. 54 3-sseo. Won by 100 yards. i 440 YARDS HURDLES. Present champion, F. Cook (Canterbury). ■ World's and-Australasian amateur record, 572-ssec., J. L. Davis, 1911. New Zealand, 58 l-ssec., A. H. Holder, 1897. Standard, 61seo. P. E. Doyle (W.) ......j................. 1 E. M'Kenzio (W:) 2 P. V. Robinson (C 0..; 3 Also started: G. P. Keddell. . Time, 65Msec. ■■ ■' _ Doyle led till within 150 yards from home,, where -M'Kenzie began to ioverhaul him. They rose at the last hurdle together. One of them touched the fence and ovor t it ' went. JX'Kenzid fell;, but Doyle remained on his feet, and toftorja momentary delay went ahead and won. Otherwise it would have been H'Kenzie'a race. THREE; MILES RUN. Present G.'.N, Hill (Auckland). •• World's amateurWocord,. 14mm. '17 •8-sseo., Alfred Shr'ubb; 1903.- Australasian and New Zealand record, 14min. : 49sec., W. P. Simpson, 1901.. Stand- • ard, 15iijin. lOscc. ... ; J. Beatkin (O.j ......... 1 J. P. Byrne (WJ .......:............ v ....' 2 Also started:! J. Bradbury (WO, C. Pugh (W.), T. Seddon (S.), and G. Cook (WO. Time, 15min. 251-ssec. ' It was Beatson's race throughout. Byrne, stuck to the Otago champion closely until the last half-mile, when Beatson went away and left a big gap between the pair. Byrne had; 200 yds. to go when-Beatson breasted the tape. Botu had a good sprint left for the run up the straight.

440 YARDS. ■ 1 Present champion: A. ,W. Dormer (Auck- . land). World's . amateur ! record (straight track), 47sec.—M. N. Long, 1900. English amateur record, 48 &ssec.—W. Halswell, 1908. Australasian amateur record, 48i-eec. —Nigel • Barker, 1905. , New Zealand amateur record, 50 2-ssec.—W. T., Mncpherson, ■ 1891, and L. B. Webster, ,1903. Standard, 52sec. J. Wilton (W.) 1 L. Mark (A.) ,2 E. E. Fisher (W.) ! 3 Also started: lit. Swinney (0.), N. C. Saunders (S.), and A. T. Duncan (W.). Time, 51 l-ssec. Wilton' went to the front half-way through, the race, and established a 'lead of several yards. .Mark went out after him, but was both out-generalled and outrun. Wilton won by 6ix yards, amidst great cheering.