ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 35, 11 February 1913, Page 4

ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

WELLINGTON CENTRE. ♦At last evening's meeting of the Wellington Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association there weie Hresent :— Messrp. M'Villy (in the chair), KAtto, Duncan, Cozens, Cook, Hardham, Turner, Leslie, Pollock, Dunn, Young, Thompson, and Scott (secretary). The New Zealand Methodist Young Men's Bible Class Union was granted permission to hold a sports meeting on 22nd March (Easter Saturday). It was decided that half the usual fee be paid by applicants. A similar permit was granted the Seatoun Athletic Club for an evening sports meeting to be held at Seatoun on Wednesday next. . t A communication from the newly-form-ed Marton .Junior Athletic Club regarding affiliation was held over pending further enquiries. Standard certificates were granted A.

T. Duncan,- L< M'Kay, G. Harvey, James Wilton, and D. Cashman for performances put up at the Basin Reserve on Ist February laßb. It was decided that the idea of the conference which was to be held at the suggestion of the Wellington Centre to discuss athletic matters be abandoned, as the Southland branch was the only one from which any response was received. SWIMMING THE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING FINAL EESULTS. (3Y TEI/BGIU]?H— TTItSd ASSOCIATION.) WANGANtFI, 10th February. The New Zealand ewimming championships concluded to-night in fine weather, and before a big attendance. The meeting throughout was a. great success, the principal factors in this being the remarkably fine weather experienced, the large attendances, and the splendid exhibitions. In all the championship events New Zealand records were beaten by substantial margine. ftesulte :—: — 440 yds Championship. — First heat : Champion (Waitemata), 1 ; Atkinson (Opawa), 2; G. Seymour (Hawkee Bay), 3. Champion won by about five yards. The third man was closa up. Time, smin 56 2-ssec. Second heat : Welson (Waitemata), 1); F. Seyirfottr (Hawkes Bay), 2; C. H. ftich (Opawa), 3. Welaon won by about five feet from Seymour. Time, 6min 2 3-seec. Final : Champion (Waiteraata), 1; Welson (Waitemata), 2; Atkinson (Opawa), 3; Fi Seymour (Hawkes Bay), 4; T. Thomas (Wanganui), 5. Champion won by about fourteen yards from Welson, with Atkinson seven yards behind third.' Seymour was fourth, two yards behind the Opawa man, Thomas finishing last. Tinte, smin 4Qsec'. This ,beat the' New Zealand record by 8 3-ssecN 150 yds Inter-Club "Handicap. — Final hjat'j Annand^OpaivaVlOsec, 1; Laing (Inglewood), 2. A 'good race. Time, 2min 40 3-seec. 50"yda -Scratch. — Final heat : Brice (Wellington), 1; Pfankuch, (Blenheim), 2; O'Hare (Waitemata), 3. Timo, 29sec. 100 yds Ladies' Handicap. — Miss O. O'Leary (Masterton), 12eec, lj Miss Ostler (Richmond), 17sec, 2; Miss A. O'Leary (Masterton), ecr, 3. A fine finish. Time, lmin 42sec. 400 yds Flvbg Squadron Championship. — Auckland Centre (O'Hare, Welson, Kerr, Taylor, and Champion) ,<, 1;| Ha.wkes Bay Centre, 2: Wanganui Cen- j tre, 3. Champion finished fifteen yards ahead of Hawkea Bay, Wanganui being i eight yards back last. Time, 4min 28 j iosec. Polo Final. — Canterbury v. Wellington : The team* were as follow—Canterbury : Pokbn, lUcn, Atkinson, Gem- , mell, Tasker. Annand, Sterling. Wellington : Jenkiiißon, Lev^, Brice, Fordham, Laing, Hanna, Bridge. The game resulted— Canterbury 4, Wellington 2. 100 yds Relay Inter-Club Handicap.— Final : Victoria B (Lampe, Bell, Thornton, Jones), lj Blenheim (Jackson, Cameron, Gridley, Leslie), -2. Time, 66 2-ssec. YaJdhurefc Shield, to be won annually by the province scoring most points in championship events : Auckland, 46 ; Canterbury, 19 j Wellington, 9, Hawkos Bay, 1. NOTES ON THE EVENTS i WEILLINGTON'.S ILL-LUCK., (BY IBLEOfiAPH— SPECIAL TO THE pqBT.) , ' WANGANUJ, .This- Day. Up till Saturday night Wellington's chances of winning the polo, banner ,from' Canterbury wei'e considered, excellent. It, was known that Healy, Smith, , and Stratford would not return W play" for' the team,, and Wellington's stock fell in value considerably. The difficulty of getting together a team then presented itself, 4 and after much difficulty, the following were chosen :— Ha'nna, Brice, Fordhaln, Jenkison, Bridge, Laing, and Levy. Wellington were beaten but they played a really excellent game, and did their best to contend against various difficulties and ill-ludk. With their full team Wellington must have won easily, for Canterbury played a game that was not in the least brilliant. Luck was against Wellington all the way through, and practically all the time they were one man short. First of all Brice was attacked with cramp, and left the water for a few minutes. Soon after' returning he had another attack and was on dry land for a longer ' time. He had no sooner returned than Bridge, who seemed as weak as a kitten, left the water almost exhausted, and did not return. The Wellington forwards were therefore poor, for it left Jenkinson, who played a grand 'game, as the only worker. The backs would not feed the latter, and numerous opportunities were thrown away. Hanna, in goal, played a great game, and earned frequent applause. Laing, a tower of strength,, worked hard arid willingly all tjj^e time. Levy must ta;ke the credit for keeping down 'the score, for he marked Atkinson wonderfully well': Fordhani also did very well under the circumstances. Champion was again in excellent form,, atid'hia time takes 8 4-Ssec off. the pievious record established last >ear. He was not troubled .in the least, and was quite unaffected when ho came out of the 'water. The heats Were decided in th© afternoon, and the winners of these did not rush tilings in thjs least, and gave no indication of what (the result of the final would be. Atkinson and Seymour secured standards.' In the final Champion went straight ahead, and led all the way. Wolson was not gieatly troubled by Atkinson for, second place, and his time was smin 51nec. The Flying Squadron Championship, not so interesting as usual, endqd in a runaway victory for Auckland. The most outstanding feature is that Champion was timed ab 60 l-ssec for his distance } which is the best time on record. He swam better last night than previously at ,the meeting. . The fifty yards scratch event was most exciting, both in the heats and the final. Brice swam very well. Pfankucli, who got second, also swam surprisingly j well. ' _ _ The competition for the Nordon Cup j between Canterbury and Wellington, consisting of water-polo, diving, and a, flying squadron race, has been fixe' 3 to take place at Te Aro on Wednesday afternoon. POST OFFICE CLUB. At the conclusion of office hours on Saturday thu General Post Office Amateitr Swimming Club got off the final heat of the 100 yards handicap race in Te Aro Baths, the result being : — J. GeddeS (llsec), 1; H. Little (scr), 2; W. Findlay (lSsete), 3. Also started : L. C. Forgle (Bsec), W. Al'Phail (13sec), A. W. Robertson (18kgc). Time, T7min l-ssec. A diving competition resulted — H. Little, 1; C. Cates and R. Ptillar, 2. Also competed s C. Gamble, L. C. Foreie, W. Findlay, W. Gilbert, G. Kdlaway, J. Geddes, J. C. Paul, C. M'Erlean, E. C. B. Wilkinson, and C. Davidson. Points for these event count for the Rfiodcs Bowl. Wellington drapers stock Warner's Hu«fc-proof Comts, and guarantee ©very pair.— Adyt. . '„ . .. . .