SURPRISES

NZ Truth, Issue 1147, 24 November 1927, Page 14

SURPRISES

Rose Goes Down

To Bayne

(From "N.Z. Truth's" Wellington Rep.) Splendid running and oyoiing was m evidence m Wellington over the week-end. On Saturday afternoon, the secondary school championships provided a fea6t of clean sport which was continued by a full programme of soratch events at night on the Basin Reserve, THE sensation of the latter meeting was the mile event m which Randolph Rose, Don. Priestly and G. Bayne all toed the mark together. Three years ago Lloyd Hahn, U.S.A., defeated Rose over a mile on the first meeting at Masterton. He didn't repeat the performance. BAYNE DOES IT That remained for Bayne, a young athlete who hails from Waikanae, to accomplish. True, it must be conceded that the time was nothing like the Rose v. Hahn recordings, but 4min. 33secs. on a dead track is not a bad performance for a boy of 18, who was also loaded with the psychological handicap of facing "the Australasian champion and a public idol on his own jousting ground. For Rose, It is only fair to state that he was obviously not fit. He has had little real training and when , extra steam was wanted at the business end it was not forthcoming. It is pleasant to record that Rose was not one whit taken aback by the reverse, but stated that he will come again very shortly and is good for five years yet. There is no doubt that he is, too. Charlie Jenkins demonstrated that he has lost none of the ability that placed him m the front rank of New Zealand's sprinters two years ago, by cleaning up the fields m both the 100 yds. and 220 yds. events m brilliant fashion. The former was cut out m 10 2-ssecs. without Jenkins being pushed and the furlong took only 22 2-sseos. This latter is a particularly good performance. Fleming and that promising runner, Cunningham, filled the places. RAN BOMB! Yet another champion had his colors lowered when Roger Lander succumbed to Ram son m the final of the 120 yds. hurdles. There was only a touch between them, but the result came as a great surprise. Jack Fleming gave the lie direct to those Pecksniffian prophets who have been announcing that, his lapse from form was permanent. He came away m the quarter-mile event and won with consummate ease. A few more runs and he will knock seconds off the time tl\at was turned m viz., 522-ssecs. The half-mile race waß a beauty. Three yards from the tape Gilmour was leading by a fraction, after having run a well-judged race, when he stumbled and fell headlong m sheer exhaustion. Priestly came away to win from Tommy Cole who headed Campbell off with a strong late run. It was hard luck for Gilmour, but he will have another chance. THE WHEELMEN » The cycle events were well split up. Carswell headed off Scarfe by the barest of margins m the three-mile scratch race. Gane collected the mile event by a good margin and McFrederics had little trouble m taking the quarter-mile honors. In the field events, Sceats annexed the high jump with sft 10in., Sutherland, the long jump, 20ft. 7 m.; and Peter Munro, with little trouble, put the shot 40ft., and whizzed the discus a mere 119 ft. 4in.