ATHLETICS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 February 1926, Page 1

ATHLETICS.

[by TEX KG RAP lI—PEII PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

IJAIIN v. BOSK. MAKTFBTOX. Fob. 7

The American athletes made their first appearance at Alastorlon on Saturday. when ti complimentary meeting was staged in their honour. Sobol/, gave a brill unit: exhibition of sprinting, lie was second in. the first bent of the 1(10 yards, which was won in 9 9-10 see., it ltd he handsomely won the final by a yard in !) 4-3 seconds. The exhibition of Schulz in the -20 yards was another line performance in which hi' accounted for the opposition ill 21 1-3 seconds, lie overhauled the leaders 21) yards from the tape and won by a margin of two yards. Great interest centred in the meeting of Rose and Hahn, 'flic American dwelt at the start and Rose made the pace a cracker for the lirst half mile, the first, lap taking 30 seconds. and Ibe lirst halt mile 2.0 .'l-3. Al the bell, llalnt displaced Bose, and led him by two yards. When they were 300 yards from home, it looked almost impossible lor them to catch Seller, a 90 yards handicap man. but Halm lorgcd abend and forty yards from the tape he was in front. Bose disputed every iiu-lt ol the ground, but the pare ol the early laps had spelt defeat, and tile American ran in IrrilliaotTy to win try to yards from Bose, who reducer! bis pace over the last twenty yards to a jog. Softer was seven’yards further hackthird. 11 alms’s lime was Ruins. 18 U-osocs, which is one-fifth slower than the Australasian record, established on the Malsorton track by the American. .1. A. Power, in 1913. Halm stated, after race. that he never imagined that lie would do better than 4.2-1, but when he heard the time of' the first two laps called, he was confident, that Bose could not see it. out. at such a pace. This was Halm’s only appearance al the meeting.