FITZSIMMONS', TIME

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 38, 1 March 1937, Page 11

FITZSIMMONS', TIME

Sharpley in Form Over Hurdles ■ ii. . . i. / 8* DRISCOLI/S NEW RECORD W. J. Fitzaimmons equalled the New Zealand record. for the 100 yarde at the Hawke'g Bay-Poverty Bay athletic championshipa at McLean Park, Napier, on Saturday, beating as h© iid so the New Zealand ehampion, Graham Quinn, of Gisborne. The record wilt b9 claimed by the centre, althougn New Zealand records in the 12® yRtds hurdles and the 220 yai'ds low hurdles by Frank Bharpley, of Hastings, wili noh be claimed, as a light wind, which dropped in the evening for the 100 yards, favoured the runner in the straigfct. Other , records broken at the meefc. ing included the centi'e records for the mile walk which Ian Drisooll, of Napier, New Zealand walk ehampion lowered by 18 seconds. The meeting was finanoiajly the best ever, gEite reoeiptfj being far in advance of any meeting that has yet been held, while the standard of xuiming and the size of the fields left nothing to be desired. All events were keenly contested, and it was most noticeable that rarely a oornpetitor retired -,without finishing the distance. Following the conclusion of the eyenta it was announced that Napier, wjth 100 points, had won the Tom Parker Shield, previously held by Hastings. Hastings were runners-up, followed by Gisborne and Dannevirke. The trophy was presented by Mr A. Mclvor, Hastings, prcsident of the centre, who eongratulated the Napier club on the fine way that all arrangements had been made and events carried out at . the meetingi. He prophesied that if the meeting' s form was any indicatjon, the Hawke's Bay-Poverty Bay team would in the near future become not the baby pf the centre© of tho Dominion, bnt a force to be reckoned with i» the New Zealand championshipa. Several. of the oompetitore at the meeting were asaured of suecess at the championships at Auckland on Maroh 12 and 13. Napier gained 100 points in the athletic events, Hastings 73, Gisborne 44 and Dannevirke ll. In the oyeling events Napier won with 19, the Greendale Cycling Cluh gained 13, llamblers four and Gisborne three. Following are results. Initials of clubs afier nameg of coippetitprs signify N, Napier, H, Hastings, G Gisborne, D, Dannevirke, R, llamblers, GD, Greendale. — runninc. 100 YARDS MUN, First heat: W, J. Fitzsimmons (N) 1, F. Sharpley (H) 2, P. Begley (H) 3. Time, lOsecs. Second heat: G. Quinn (G) 1, R. V. Phillips (N) 2, J. Hare (H) 3. Time, lOsecs. Final. FITZSIMMONS 1 Quinn 2 Piiillipp 3 Time, 9 4-5sees. This was the race of the evening, both first and second men gaining a

iying start. They raced eveniy to the >0 yard mark, when Fitzsimmons gradlaliy drew ahead and stalled off a de^rmined challenge, to win by inches n tjine that is equal to the New Zeaand record for the distance. The track vas immediately resurveyed and found jompletely aecurate, and the§ recol'd , -vili be claimed. Phillips rau a particu- , arly good race, finishing less than a pard behind the New Zealand chamjion, Quiun. This record was estaonshsd in 1392 by J. H. Hempton, of H.B. »t Ghrifctchuroh, and was suhsequently equalled at later dates by M. Deadbetfcer, Oanterbury, and twice by A. J. Eliiott, Auckland. 100 YARDS JUNIOR. O. D. LISTER (N) 1 S. Gribbon G) 2 C. Arthur (N) 3 Time, llsecs. This event has not been previously held. Lister ran a fine race to win comparatively easily. WOMEN' S 75 YARDS. First heat; Miss R. Tong (H) 1, Miss I. Ohoveaux (G) 2, Miss E. Baker (H) 3. Time, 9sece. Second heat: Miss D. Swayue (H) 1, Miss Simpson (G) 2, Miss J. Prince (N) 3. Time, 9secs. Final. MISS CHOYEAUX 1 Miss Tong 2 Miss Swayne Time, 9sec8. Miss Chbveaux gained distance by a good start, but was hard put to it to stall ofi a spurt by Miss Tong, who finished very close up. 120 YARDS HURDLES. F. SHARPLEY (H) 1 E. Phillips (N) V, McCntcheon (N) 3 Timo, 15secs. Sharpley speedily gained ground with his fine action over the hurdles and found the tape several yards ahead oi Phillips in time that eelipsed the previous centre record held by Sharpley bj 4-5 eeconds. The time was also 1-5 of a second better than the New Zealanc record, but as the winner was assistec in the siraight hy a siight wind, tb time will not be claimed a & *> record.

880 YARDS. R. LONGLEY (N) 1 V. Hallifan (H) 2 R. Gollop (N) 3 Time, 2mins. Ssecs. Longley was not troubled by Halligan, and won comfortabiy. ANNIE HOLDEN RELAY HASTINGS (Misses R. Tong, D. Swayne, N. .Henderson, E. Baker) 1 Napier (Misses J. Prince, L. Climo, D. Grainger and N. Wyness) 2 Time, 52 l-5eeca. The time equals the exiating record for the event, put up by Hastings in 1932 and 1934. The Hastings team won b'y a eomfortable margin. 220 YARDS MEN. First heat: G. Quinn (G) 1, R. V. Phillips (N) 2, Time, 22 3-5secs. Second heat: W. J. Fitzsimmons (N) 1, C. H. Dawson (G) 2, R. Tueker (N) 3. Time, 23 4-§secs. t Final. FITZSIMMONS 1 Quinn . 2 Phillips 3 Time, 22 l-5secs. Fitzsimmons was the favourite for the event, and raced strongly, to win by yards in time that equalled Quinn' s 1935 reCord. Phillips was a close third. 'MILE WALK. I. DRISOOLL (N) 1 H. Atkinson (N) 2 A. Beatty (D) 3 Time, 6.35. Driscoll took the lead at the gup and walked strongly awa y from the field. At the end oi the first lap he was 80 yards in front, and he doubled this distance at the half-way mark, inereasing it to 200 at the third and won easily. It was obvious that tho New Zealqnd ehampion was putting up record time, and it was not surprising to spectators to hear that his time was 18secs. better than the centre rqcord he put up in 1935. 220 YARDS JUNIOR. D, LISTER (N) 1 O. Arthur (N) 2 S, Gribbon (G) 3 Timo, 25*ees. This event has» not been previously held, Lister winning by a short distance ahead of Arthur. 90 YDS. WOMEN'S LOW HURDLES. First heat : Misg R. Tong (H) 1, Miss M. Plowman (D) 2. Time, 13secs. Sepond heat: Miss &. Thow (H) 1, Miss D, Foreman (N) 2, Timo, lfigecs. Final. MISS TONG 1 . Miss Thow 2 Miss Plowman 3 Time, 13 2-5seps. TUo finnl runa was rirvE nn.rf.innla.l'lv

exciting, Miss Toug wjnning easily, In her heat she establisbed thq time of 13 seconds in an event which has not been held previously. WOMEN'S 100 YARDS. First heat: Miss R. Tong (H) 1, MiBs J, Prince (N) 2, Mis© L. Climo (N) 3. Time. 11 3-5sees. Second heat: Miss I. Choveaux (G) 1, Miss D. Swayne (H) 2, Miss N. Henderson (H) 3. Time, 11 4-5secs.

Final. Miss TONG 1 Mdss Choveaux 2 Miss Swayne 3 Time, 11 4-5secs. Miss Tong stalled off a d^sperate ohallenge by Miss Choveaux tp win the event by inches. 440 YARDS HURDLES. P. BEGLEY (H) 1 V. McCntcheon (N) 2 A. C. Bird (N) 3 Time, 57 2-5sec». Begley won. the race easily, in the record time of 4 l-5secs, better than the record. ONE MILE. H. KANE (N) 1 J. Mclntyre (D) 2 Taylor (H> 3 Time, 4mins, 4j3 !-5secs. Kane stayed with the tail of the field in the beginning of the fourth lap, chased by Mclntyre, Taylor and Gollop, but over the last 220 yards he bolted to leave them 30 yards behind by the time he had breagted the tape. The time was four seconds outside the record. 880 YARDS JUNIOR F. PYCROFT (N) 1 J, Harper (G) 2 , L. Beatty (D) 3 Time, -2mins. 11 4-5see$. Pyoroft ran to the front at the outset and showed very good form in a fast race, to win well by 20 yards. MILE MEDLEY RELAY. NAPIER 1 Hastings 2 Time, 3mins. 47secs. Napier gained a le^d in the 440 and Phillips and Fitzsimmons further increased this in the two 220 distances, i so that Longley started the 880 about i 30 yards in front of Wrigjht, Hastings. : He gained ground steadily, and won - by 60 yards. The time clipped three r seconds off the previous record. J field events. 1 SHQT PUTT. 3 ,, %. PHILLIPS ,(N) 86ft, 8ins, 1

G. AlHftgham (H) 33ft. 2in. ... 2 S. Dunstall (N) 31ft. 7in 3 POLE VAULT. R. JOHNSON (N) lpft. 8^in. 1 E, Phillips (N) 8ft. 6in 2 iS. Dunstall (N) 8fti 3in. ...... 3 Johnsqn sbowed- considerably improv^ ed form and heat by 4J inches "the previous oentre recqrd made by L. Grey, Gisborne, la^t year. BROAD JUMP. E. PHILLIPS (N) 19ft. 9£ins. i G. Tiffen (G) 19ft, 7fing 2 A. Bird (N) 18ft, 4iins 3 HQP, STEP AND JUMP G. TIFFEN (G) 43ft. lOin. ... 1 E. Phillips (N) 43ft 2 E. Shuker (H) 41ft,. 2ins 3 WOMEN'S HIGH JUMP. MISS M. PQNALDSON (D) 4ft Sins.v 1 Miss N, Hutehinson (G) 4ft 3in 2 Misg G. Thow (H) 4ft, 2in. ,,, 3 Miss Dgnaldspn showed a very pleasing style and approachcd the jumps confidently, but her mark was three and a-half inohes behind Miss M. Turton's centre record. HAMMER THROW G. TIFFEN (G) 108ft. §in. ... 1 & Phillips (N) 96ft. 19'm. ... 2 R, Jehnagn (N) $2ft, §in. 3 JAVELIN THRQW. G. ALLINGHAM (H) 148ft. din 1 S. Gribbpfi (G) lg4ft. 7in 2 G. Tiffen (G) 122ft. 4ins, 8 HIGH JUMP. E. PHILLIPS (N) 5ft. lOin. ... 1 G. Tiffen (G) 5ft. 9ins 2 HIGH JUMP, JUNIQR S. GRIBBON (G) 4ft, lOin. ..." 1 D. Lipter (N) 4ft, 9ine, 2 ' R. Soott (G) 4ft, 7ins. 3 cycling. 1000 METRES CYCLE SPRINT. First heat: Attwoud (R) i, Sutton (G) 2, Wilson (D) 3. Second heat: V. Manning (GD) l, Dooney (N) 2, Callaghans (GB) 3- Third heat : W. Williams (N) 1, S. Parler (G) 2. Hanaep (D) 3. Fourth heat: Hutchinspn (N) 1, Wilson (D) 2, Redwerd (D) 3, Final. HUTCH1NSON 1 Time, 15secs for the final 220 yards. The ev6nt has not previously beeh held. ONE MILE JUNIOR CYCLE H. WILLIAMS (GD) 1 B. Engert (N) 2 E. Manning (GD) 3 Time, 2mins. 456 l-5secs, 10 MILE CYCLE. V. MANNING (N) 1 Caie LG) 2 WellsvN) 3 Time, 54mine. 48s«cs.

Manning took the lead imme. diately, and in several of the laps found that the pacemeker was going too slowly for him and spurted. ahead. In the 27th. lap he was. unfortunate enough to fali as he was about to lap the rest of the field, but immediately reraonnted, and although the spill .had cost him half a lap, sped on again to lap the field and beaf them by one lap and 20 yards, gaining the well-merited applause of the epectators for a skilful and pluoky ride. The event had not been previously held. TIKOKINO SPORTS The annual Tikokino sports will be held at Matthews ' Memorial Park, Tikokino, on Saturday, March 27. AU sporting events ara listed on tfie programme and the club has this year increased the pri^e money to £245. Athletic and cycling events, hors.e events, chopping, Highland dancing, b,oxing and greyhound and tin haie racing all feature on a prograoame which is of outstanding merit. Special attention is drawa to the 15in. open standing chop and the 12in. Gwavas Maire jigger handicap chop, the main events in chopping competitipns, while the hOrse and athletic events are attracting interest as far north as Napier and as far south as Woodville. The gafhering should be an outstanding suecess and the spectators shofild spehdan enjoyable day, .. TAKAPAU SPORTS A comprehensive programme combining all classes of sports and entertainments, will be provided at the Takapau Caledonian Sports to be .held on Wednesday, March'3, at Takapau, coaimencing at 12 noon. Events will include amateur events, members'evehtSj horse events and piping and dancing events, Novelty events include a 25 yards' wheelbarrow race for boys and girls under 15 years, and sheaf tossxhg, always a popular event on the programme. The horse events will ;bf judged by Mr. A. J, Ayres, of Dannevirke, and the piping' and dnncing by Mr. Donald Ross, of Kai-iwi, Wanganui. The Ruahine Pipe Band will be in attendauce, and a. danee will be held in tbe Takapau Hall in the evening. A tea and luncheon booth will be station od in the ground, proceeds of which will be in aid of the Takapau branoh of the Plunket Society,