ATHLETICS

Hokitika Guardian, 10 February 1920, Page 4

ATHLETICS

AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS.

i AUSTRALIAN & N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION 1 ; SYDNEY, February 9. j The details of 'Saturday’s Athletic i Championships show that N.S.W. won the shield with 7 firsts, 9 seconds, and 9 thirds. N. Z. was second with 4 firsts, 5 seconds, and 3 thirds. Victoria was third with 4 firsts, 1 second, and 3 thirds. The results were : Hammer ■ Thowing:—McHolm, New Zealand, 130 ft 9in. 1, Munro, New Zea. land, ilGft 7in. 2, Ferguson, New South Wales, ll2ft. 2ih. 3. Two Hundred and Twenty Yards.— first heat—Hunt (New South Wales) 1, Lineham (Victoria) 2, Houston (New South Wales) 3. Won by two yards. Time 23 4-5 secs. ...... Final —Hunt 1, Leadlev 2, Lindsay 3. A perfect start. When the men straightened up for the final dash, Hunt had two yards advantage, and

finished strongly. He won by five yards. Time 22 2-5. ' Half mile run.—Piggot (New Sauth Wales) 1, Dormer (New Zealand) 2, j Lineham (Victoria) 3. A hard run race, j Piggot winning in a resolute finish by , two yards. Corrected time 2.2 2-5. Hurdles, 440 yards—Edmunds (Victoria) 1, Frazer (New South Wales) 2, Almond (Victoria) 3. Wilson when leading fell exhausted, within twenty yards of the tape. The accident threw Frazer out of his stride, enabling' the fast finishing Edmunds to snatch a victory by three yards. Time 1.2 4-5. Mile walk.—Parker (N.S.W.) 1, Austin (N.S.W} 2, Stakes (N.S.W.) 3. The first two were together at the bell, ; when Parker made a determined sprint J and passed Austin and won easily by sixty yards. Time 6.49. Running high jump—W. A. Harhison (Victoria), corrected height sft 10 1, J. H. Harbison (N.S.W.) oft 7in. 2, Potter (N.S.W.) sft. 6in. The winners performance was remarkable. He only arrived in Sydney on Saturday morning after travelling from Wednesday night and scored his first success in Australasian Championships. Three mile run—Grandemange (N. S.W.) 1, Cain (N.S.W.) 2, Sheaves (N.S.W.) 3. The winner made -a remarkable sprint for fully three hundred yards in the final lap, scoring easily by forty yards. Time 15.54. Ideal weather conditions favoured the concluding stage of the Athletic Championships Friday’s rain giving place to a bright, crisp day. The tracks were in perfect condition. The keenness of the last week’s competitions and the evenness of the contest between New Zealand and New South Wales excited tense interest in to-day’s events, and brought together a record crowd. As anticipated, New Zealand’s champion hammer-thrower McHolm. easily outdistanced local men, heating Munro the Dominion’s wonderful shot putter by 14ft. 2in. Lindsay, who had already beaten the great Englishman, Applegarth, over 220 yards, had to content himself with third place, behind the New South Wales fliers, Hunt and Leadley. The manner in which Hunt shaped in the 100 and 220 yds caused his name to he seriously considered in connection with the Olympic games. Dormer made a good showing in the 880 yards, being narrowly beaten by the New South Wales representative, Piggot. He usually shines over the last stages of the half mile, whereas Dormer appears to have lost at the finish. Wilson, New Zealand’s champion 120 yds hurdlier, was beaten out of place in the 440yds hurdles, Edmunds securing the event for Victoria and defeating the New South Wales competitor by three yards. New South Wales occupied the three places in the mile walk, Parker repeating the victory obtained last week in the three miles walk, easily downing Austin by 60 yards. New Zealand was not represented in the running high jump and three miles run, the former going to Victoria, H. W. Harbinson topping sft. 10in. against two New South Wales competitors, sft. oins.