ATHLETICS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2150, 16 May 1914, Page 12

ATHLETICS.

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NOTES HERE AND ABROAD, Something Uke a G.ttt. . So-mo indication ■ of, the extent to which iiio Olympic Games hsvo capttired the im»iguuui<M of the Continental iMitians wiurnkiied L'-y a recent cable published in' Sydney, 'fhe wossuge ttdvises that a certain M. Basil Zar-.-thoiT has donated so that l<'riuico may be worthilj- represented afc lieritii itt I'M. It is this fls. well ■as foreign track and fielu" prowess/ that Eiiglawl is up against i,u the struggle for uitei , - natimial athletic supreniftoy, add it is sa4!y to bfl i'cai'ud tnat, so long us this spirit , is lacking in England, tho measure of lion-suocces tliat lias attended lwr hiilf4wartpd Olympic endeavours so far will remain with 'her representatives. V/onterful Sprißti ' Says the American correspondent ot tho Sidney '•iietcree"-aiwut. a w-ttiidw-fui sprint riiij of a woll-knownviiVmei'i-oa.ii college ttthkrte:-— "Tiio iast H\t days has seen' many sensational performattces in the track and ftetd world, as well as in the boyiug arena. Jlost p-r-eminent of tija fornwi , was tlw ' woiTOfful . ran <jt Howard Drofi-, the coloured sprinter (torn tho Unive-rstiy of So'Uthcra California, who on Saturday, March 28, equalled, l)an Kelly's (INs.A.) world's record tor tlio 100 yatcte ii-Ssec.—with . tho eqnsumnijvte oaso that spoils powoir to lower it wlieii }ie deems- Jit. J>row is Hie boy who raced his way isto the iinal at the Stockholm Olympiad, but who was prevented from conjpetiiig in tho final By reason of « stiaified don.

"Trie cote Wed c&an:p:io;n gei& his speed with little or no effort, and excites wonderment on tho part.of all on* lookers. His record St the 'Varsity games was ehai-iffligtsd ininicdiatuly it whs Made o«. the ground that the wind' favoured him. That this was all moonsliiito ivas proven by the starter of the race, John O. Miller,- who told »io just after the -event that ho reckons Drew idnquestjoa.abty tho greatest sprinter he has ever seon, and lie has seen most of them. Miller purposely held the race until the gusty wind left a quiet interval, so he told me, and there Was a - soJutely.no breeze when he fired tho gun. He fojloired- the race, and thei'o was no wind at half-way. Tho judges state there was no wind at the finish. The record committoe of the Amateur

Athletic Union in New York has taken tho matter up, and it is certain that it will bo aHov,ed. "Drew is a splendidly proportioned athlete;, his iivuseles being ■woaderfully symmetrica]. Great things arc expected of him, both at tiro fortkeeminj; conference games in this city, a : fe the Exjmpasitinn next year, jj.nd: at Berlin in 1916." Heel and Toe in New York. Walking, Jiiiberto a branch of track 'athletics noglectcd, if not absolutely ignored in America, is to bo taking <m treiswiiQOWsly in Now York. Kficent American files firing scceunto of a recent race in that city in svhtch a iietd of 109 starters cMtestcd a lia.ndicap over 11 miles, the course bcii'ig from the City Hall.to Coney Island. In another cojitcat reported, an indoor event, the steingeney of the judging gaVfl rise to nracli oomment, Oiie of tlio oflieinjs, a Mr, H. Obert-nbessiiis;, described as one 6f Now York's fores most osperts in tho lieel-and-too os-er-eiso, disqualified jio loss than 21 oui of a field of 23 walkers, which makes it fairly apparent thnt Wflfttovw eodo> tlio A.A.U. of Ainerica is using, it is insist' ing on a strict adherence to its rules. l&r. Talbot Retiring. Mr. W. G. Talbot, after tunny years of georl fieiTfco in i-lie crhsq, liaa beep forced through , pressure of private tasi)h.'ss to rolinqnbh his positiba as hc-Bor-ary socretnry-treasnrer of tho N.'Z.A.A.iV It is understood .thai the eounoi! has keen nblo iv »ait.o _ very sstisfactfli-y arrangemenis-s for a stiitahlo suecossov to Mr. Talbot, and thnt thp. gap will be filled at Us next monthly meeting. To CJiiij Se.Gre!arios, "Mercury" has been asked 'o stato t fov tins in'farmaiion of Huh officerr> in i the WoUingtai district that Jlr. \V. L. btinn is at present aeting-sccretary of ths local centre, vice Mr, C. T. Young, rcsifiiied. Sir. .Dunn's nddross is cars of Edticciioi) Deiwrtrwiit, where nil communications should be addressed. HarrMrs. The Wellington Hiirriers run to-day fforii tho Tltoriiflmi Baths, ! fte fail-iu is timed tot S- <j'clock.