INTER-FACULTY SPORTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2894, 1 September 1909, Page 58

INTER-FACULTY SPORTS.

A WIN FOR THE MEDICALS. A bitterly cold wind blew over the Caledonian Ground yesterday afternoon when the students of Otago University held their annual inrer-faculty 6ports, in connection with which a number of University championships were decided. There was only a small attendance of the general public, but the keenest interest was shown in the different events. The long distance track was in a bad condition, and the sprinters had to run against the strong wind, which affected the times recorded to the credit of the different winners. Each competitor represented a faculty, and the points gained by each winner counted in favour of his peculiar faculty: thus, as each race, etc., wa6 concluded, it was seen that there was exceedingly closo competition between the Arrs and the Medicals for the premiership of the University, and the result of the last race, which finally decided the matter, wa3 awaited by each side with the keenest anxiety. The premiership eventually went to the Medicals, who .scored 46 points to the Arts' 44. Law gained 21 and Mining 19. The different events were commenced well on time, and the arrangements made by the secretary and his officials for the comfort of competitors and public reflect greatly to their credit. The following gentlemen acted as officials : — Referee, Dr Marshall ; superintendent, Dr Scott; judges track events — Dr Gilray, Bro. Brady, Profe«or Richards, and Dr Roberts ; judges of fielct events — Dr Barnett, Professor Park, Dr Malcolm, Dr Benham: timekeeper, Mr A. Foster; starter, Mr J. Dreaver : blackboard, Mr P. H. White. A special word of praise is due to Mr G. Wishart Will, who acted as preee steward. The following are the results : — ONE-MILE CHAMPIONSHIP. 1908 champion, P. C. Davie. T. Haslett (Arts) 1 — Crawford (Miners) 2 O. O. Mazengarb (Law) . . 3 Aleo started : P. C. Davie. W. Stewart, S. Ilaslett. Crawford took the lead in the first lan. closely followed by Haslett and Mazcngarb. Stewart pulled out in the second round, and 3. Haslett and Davie ga\e it up at the end of the ihird. Mazengarb challenged Crawford, but made no impression, and in the last lap Haslett, making a remarkably well-timed sprint, drew ahead and won by five yards. Time, smin, 14 2-ssec. 300 YARDS HANDICAP (Open). A. T Pittaway, scratch - c „, t R. F. Mitchell, 4yds . .. f F. M. Anderson, 20yde ". ..2 Pittaway came away from his back mark, and fought his way quickly into the front ranks. He was jammed near the corner, and Mitchell, coming round the outside in great style, easily got a front place. He was some feet in front when Pittaway gofc clear and challenged, drawing level at the tape. Andereon ran well throughout, and was close up. Time, 37eeo. PUTTING THE SHOT CHAMPIONSHIP. 1908 champion, L. M. Taneey. C. Baigent (Medical), 31ft „. ... 1 A. Brookfield (Medical) 30ft lOin 2 W. Rutherford (Miners'), 3Q£t 6in 3 AKo competed : R. W. Edgar, M. Ongley, A. Hamilton, Adam Hamilton..

t 100 YARDS -FLAT CHAMPIONSHIP. 1908 champion, L. H. M'Bride. First heat: L. M'Bride 1, A. J. Heighway 2. Also started : O. J. Reid, O. W. Sham. Win easily and all the wav by M'Bride. Time, 11.2-ssec. Second heat: H. M'Chesney I, N. Millard 2. J. Hyde also ran. Millard got away well with a big lead, but was gamely challenged by M'Chesney, who won on the tape Time, 11 4-ssec. Final. L. M'Bride (Medical) 1 A. J. Heighway (Arts) 2 H. M'Cheeney (Arts) . 3 M"Bride, in spite of an injured knee, took charge of the race from the jump and won by two yards. Heighway just got into second place after a very hard tussle with the other two competitors. Time, 11 3-ssec. 440 YARDS CHAMPIONSHIP 1908 champion, P. C. Davie. 'A. Brookfield (MedicaJ) 1 H. M'Chesney (Arts) ..; 2 J. Norrie (Law) ... . - : 3 Also started: R. W. Edgar. Brookfield took the lead from the start, and won all the way. He tired in the last 50 yards, however, and M'Chesney was close up when the race finished. Time, 58 2-ssec. LONG JUMP CHAMPIONSHIP 1908 champion, F. Rands N. Millard (Law) 18ft lOin 1 • W. Alexander (Miners). 17ft lOin 2 W. Sham (Medicals), 17ft Bin -• 3 Also competed : J. Hyde A J Heig-hway. * THROWING THE HAMMER CHAMPIONSHIP. 1908 ohampion, J. Wilson W. Rutherford (Miners), 78ft 9in 1 Adam Hamilton (Art's). 78ft 2in 2 Andrew Hamilton (Arts). 75ft 6in 3 Also competed : P. C Davie, A. Rutherford. HIGH JUMP CHAMPIONSHIP. 1908 champion: A. W. P. Brookfield. A W. P. Brookfield (Medical), sft 2in .1 N. Millard (Law) . . 2 E. Brown (Arts) 3 W. Sham also competed Only one jump was measured. HALF-MILE CHAMPIONSHIP. 1908 champion: T. B. Davis P. C. Davie (Arts), ... .1 T. Haslett (Arts) .... 2 C Baigent (Medical) ....". 3 Ako started: W. Wishart and W. H. Thomas. For fully half the distance the competitors were bunched. Then Davie drew out, but Haslelt and Baigent kept close up, and they finished in that order. Time, 2min 27 4-ssec. 220 YARDS FLAT CHAMPIONSHIP. 1908 champion : L. H. M'Bride. L. H. M'Bride (Medical) 1 H. M'Chesney (Arts) . . 2 N. Millard (Law) 3 Also started: A. J. Heighway, J. Norrie, and O. J. .Reid. M'Bride had little ap- ' parent difficulty in winning by about a yard. Second and third men were close together. Time, 26 3-sfiec. ONE MILE AND A-HALF HANDICAP, open. Wilson- (30yds) . 1 A. South (60yds) 2 There were 17 starters in this event, but only some five finished. At the fourth lap Foster (scratch) gave it up, and Wilson and South fought out a fierce finish, the former winning by about a yard. The third man was 25yds away. Time, Bmin 55 2-ssec. MILE WALK CHAMPIONSHIP. 1908 champion : Andrew Hamilton. Andrew Hamilton (Arts) . .. 1 L. Widdowson (Medical) 2 W. Wishart (Medical) 3 These were the only competitors. Hamilton won easily by three-quarters of a lap. Wishai-t took things easily. Time, Bmin 32 2-ssec. 120 YARDS HURDLES. 1908 champion: F. Rand^. First Heat: W. H. Thomas 1, T. M. Hasletfc 2 W. Alexander ako ran. An easy win. Time, 19 3-ssec. Second Heat : N. Millard 1. A. J. Heighway 2. A walk over, Sham, the other competitor, striking a hurdle and falling. Time, 21 2-ssec. Final :— N. Millard (Law) . ... I W. H. Thomas (Medical) ... „* 2 'A. J. Heighway (Arts) ... + T. Haslett (Arts) t Won easily. A hard fight between Heiajhwav and Haslett for third place resulted in a dead heat. Time, 19 2-ssec. THREE MILE CHAMPIONSHIP. 1908 champion : O. C. Mazengarb. — Crawford (Miners) 1 O. C. Mazengarb (Law) * . 2 T. Haslett (Arts) . ...... 3 There were only four starters, of whom J J. Murdoch dropped out farly in the race T. Haslett ran by h'mself more than half a lap behind the other two, who fought every inch of the way. and ran a close and most excitinsr finish. Crawford managed to place half a dozen yards between himself and his opponent in the last half lap. Time, 17min 39sec. 440 YARDS HURDLES CHAMPIONSHIP. H. MChesnev (Arts) 1 A. Brookfield (Medical) ... 2 W. H. Thomas (Medical) ... 3 A. J. Heighway also started, and, lea9ing, looked a winner during: half the distance. He struck the fourth hurdle, however, and fell heavily. Brookfield took the lead then, and led easily until the last hurdle before the tape, when he also fell, giving M'Cheeney first place. He sprang up and finished second. Heighwav ako re-entered the conteet, challenging Thomas, but was beaten. Time, 67eee. TUG OF WAR. Faculty of Arts -,-, . —. T Faculty of Medicine rJ ~ < . sk 2