Cycle Road Races at Mangere

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 141, 5 September 1927, Page 7

Cycle Road Races at Mangere

PRIOR S GREAT RIDE DWIGHT WINS TIME TRIAL Road-racing conditions were ideal ai Mangere on Saturday. The course was in fair order, although pot-holes ir many places made the going treacherous. Despite this, however, some fine performances were put up. In the Auckland Athletic and Cycling Club’? open event Frank Prior put up the best unpaced ride seen at Mangere this year, averaging over 224 miles an houi for the 14 miles.

The limit riders, Dean and Rhodes (7Amin), did not start in this event This left the 6Amin riders. Reid and Matthews, on the limit. They set a very solid pace over the first lap closely followed by Rickman, Archer Blythe, Lowdnes, H. and R. Pelham with Rae and Healey some distance back. Sutherland was at the head of a bunch which included Brennan and Storey. With Henderson and Frank Prior riding on their own, the latter having lost Slater Hayes, who broke his chain shortly after the start. Over the last hill Harry Pelham left the field and ran home an easy winner by six lengths, Blythe beating Rickman for second place in a good finish. Francis was fourth. Following is the result:—H. Pelham (4min), 1; Blythe (omin), 2: Rickman (smin), 3; Francis (4min), 4. Time, 40min lsec. Fastest time, Frank Prior (scr), 35min 45sec. There were 16 starters.

The seven-mile consolation race run by the Auckland Cycling Club drew nine starters. Dean (3min 30sec) was the first away, closely followed by Reid, Davis, Mathews and Rotliweil (3min). The latter missed his bell, and started 30sec later. The backmarkers, with J. Henderson on scratch, had no chance of picking up the limit bunch. Over the last two miles Reid was in charge, closely followed by Dean. This order remained unchanged till the finish, Reid winning by four lengths easily.

Following is the result: —G. Reid Omin), 1; J. Dean OAmin), 2; .T. Rothwell (3min), 3. Time, 23min 35 sec. Fastest time, J. Henderson (scr), 21min 30sec. There were nine starters.

MANUKAU CLUB EVENTS The 11-mile junior event drew a field of nine starters. The winner turned up in A. Rose (3min 30sec), who has had no less than three seconds during this season. He made no mistake on Saturday, clearing right out from the field in the last 200 yards and winning by six lengths. The scratch riders again argued the point about pacing, and missed fastest time prize, S. Lichfield (lmin) being the winner. Following is the result: —A. Rose (3 min. .30sec), 1; K. Keane (4min 30sec). 2; S. Lichfield (lmin), 3; L. Aldred (2min 30sec), 4. Time, 34min 19sec. Fastest time, S. Lichfield (lmin), 34 min 31sec. Nine started.

The 22-mile time trial and sealed handicap proved the most interesting one of the afternoon. Byrnes was the first rider away, the other riders following in or„der of merit at minuteintervals. When the first of the four laps had been covered, Byrnes had a lead of some seconds, but when two laps had gone Dwight, who was riding well, commenced to gain on him. and in the third lap had gained some seconds on Byrnes. Shortly after this Byrnes retired and Dwight, riding strongly, ran home an easy winner by lmin 27 sec, from L. Wilson, who beat K. Rowe by 40sec for second place. Following are the placed riders and their times:—H. Dwight (60min 15sec) 1: L. Wilson (Slmin 42sec), 2; K. Rowe (62min 22sec), 3; J. Wade and C. Galbraith (62min 26sec), dead-heat, 4. The following is the result of the sealed handicap:—R. Capp 1. H. Dwight 2, K. Rowe 3, L. Wilson 4. There were 29 starters.

Next Saturday’s big event, the New Zealand 50-mile amateur road championship, will be held over the Cleveland course, starting and finishing at Alexandra Park Trotting Track.

The 25-mile Auckland provincial cash road championship will also be decided at Mangere on Saturday, starting at 2.30 sharp.

WELLINGTON PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP

WEBBER FOR AUCKLAND Press Association. WELLINGTON, Saturday. The Wellington provincial cycle road race, about 50 miles, resulted: —Webber 1, Chenot 2, Stalkey 3. Carswell made fastest time. The winner will go to Auckland for the New Zealand championship meeting.

DOMINION AMATEUR ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP

Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. Seventy riders competed in the 53miles New Zealand amateur road race from Ashburton to Christchurch to-day. Following was the result: —L. .T. Pearce, 14m, 1; K. Nankevill, 7m, 2; C. O. Voice, 16m, 3. The fastest time was registered by L. G. Lukey, scr, who covered the distance in 2h 57m 37 l-ss.

DEMPSEY AND TUNNEY

BOXERS IN TRAINING JACK HAS NASTY FALL By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright CHICAGO, Saturday. The famous boxer. Jack Dempsey, who is training for his bout on September 22 with Gene Tunney, world’s champion, for the title, had a narrow escape from serious injury to-day while he was boxing with Benny Krueger. They were roughing it along the ropes in their training camp near Chicago when Krueger fe-ll backward through the ropes and Dempsey pitched out after him.

Both men missed falling on to a brick pathway. They were not injured and resumed boxing. Four sparring partners engaged Dempsey in a fourrounds sparring drill, and he finished the day with a cut lower lip, the result of a fusillade of left jabs to which he had been subjected.

Dempsey’s lack of defence against left-hand jabs was apparent throughout. He will continue boxing to-mor-row and on Monday, but will rest on the next two days.

Tunney, who arrived in Chicago yesterday, took up his training quarters in a secluded suburb near the city. He was idle to-day and will do no sparrng to-morrow, but he expects to begin ringwork on Monday. He has three sparring partners.—A. and N.Z.

MEN’S HOCKEY

PLAY AT REMUERA THREE SHIELD CONTESTS Little interest was displayed in the Devonport Shield hockey contests, played at Remuera on Saturday. Only three matches took place, and play generally was uninteresting and ragged. There was little scientific hockey and the stickwork generally was hesitant and poorly directed. ST. LUKE’S DOWN EPIPHANY

The final score of 5-2 in favour of St. Luke’s in its contest, with Epiphany was a fair indication of the play. The latter team lacked combination and for well on toward the end of the game, when it pulled itself together slightly, it displayed ragged hockey. There was little combination among the players and individual play was weak. Only two players exhibited any outstanding stickwork. Mills played a great game in the backs, his hard and sure hitting effectively combating a dangerous attack time and time again. Merryweather handled a clever stick in the front line.

St. Luke’s, largely as the result of creditable combination, displayed by the front line, confined play for the greater part of the game to its opponent’s territory. Even with this team, however, more attention could have "been paid to the finer points of the game. Wild and erratic hitting was prominent. The whole front line for the most part handled fair sticks, while Robertson was also seen to advantage. The backs had little to do for the greater part of the game. WESLEY TOO GOOD FOR VARSITY COLTS

Wesley registered its second win in the Devonport Shield series by defeating University Colts by 3 —l after a fast close game. The major part of the encounter could not be called first grade hockey, and little science was displayed throughout. The students held their opponents with determination until the last quarter, when tricky work by AV'esley’s van broke up the defence. Varsity’s trouble was apparent from the outset. The Colts seem unable to field the same side for two consecutive matches, and in consequence they have had no chance of learning to combine, particularly in the forwards, where the defect is most noticeable. Although it is too late in the season to do anything, it must be repeated that the services of a coach would have made all the difference between winning several matches and this year’s record of defeat.

Wesley’s backs, Frater and Burton have been the mainstay of their side this season, but they cannot be ex-

pected to bear all the burden of defence. Wesley’s bugbear has been its half line which, as a combination, is not up to second grade form. The team, like Varsity Colts, has been troubled by frequent chances in personnel. On that score alone it is well nigh impossible to achieve anything. On Saturday three forwards, A. B. Burton, Fitt and Oldham, gave a fairly useful display of combined work, but it was not until the closing stages that they got going and succeeded in passing Leonard and Watson, the Colts’ fullbacks, who gave a modern tely useful account of themselves. The halves gave a patchy exhibition in defence, while the forwards received only fair support from this department.

The same old fault revealed itself in the forward line—wild stickwork in the circle, with its resultant missed opportunities. Up and down field stickwork was often quite interesting, and at times some promising passing bouts were seen, but on their performance in general there is room for a great deal of improved team work before the van, and indeed the whole side, is worth the label of senior graders.

ARETA JUST GETS HOME A hotly-contested struggle between Areta and Somerville Colts ended in victory for the former by the narrow margin of 3 —2.

Areta had distinctly the better of the first half, although playing one man short for the first ten minutes. By playing Davis, the solitary fullback, well up the field Areta turned the shortage in numbers to advantage by constantly putting Somerville’s forwards off-side and in that way broke up several likely attacks by the Whites.

However, before five minutes had gone, the Colts broke through and opened their account by the agency of Hunter.

For the remainder of the session Areta harassed the Colts, who wenkept busy defending. Gardiner and Gutry, fullbacks, were severely tested, and both performed well, though the former was not up to his best form. Chiplin, between the posts, had many anxious moments, and although he let three balls past his pads, he stopped twice that number.

In the second half, the Colts took a turn at the attack and gave Areta a hard battle. On several occasions they looked like bringing off a win, but they appeared to get excited and indulged in a lot of rushing about instead of playing strictly in position. Breaches of the sticks and ob-

struction rules were far too common on both sides, so that the whistle was much in evidence, and rightly so. If play was not openly “dirty” on some occasions, it was pretty near it.

The black jerseys were fortunate in not losing in view of the scratch eleven

fielded against the Colts. The junior players gave a creditable showing, especially Hughes. who had later joined Davis at fullback. Jack Carter. L. Carter and Savage were the pick of the five forwards, and Ashley ably supported them from the half line. Ninkie, who is developing along sound lines as custodian, was reliable and made good use of a lusty boot. Auckland University hockey teair visited Cambridge to-day. and in ; representative match defeated the locals easily by 10 goals to 1. The locals were outclassed, the visitors giving a fine exhibition of the combined game.

N.Z. GIRLS’ HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP

SATURDAY’S RESULTS Press Association. PALMERSTON NORTH, Saturday. The New Zealand ladies’ hoc-key tournament was continued this afternoon. Following were the results: Section A. —Eastern met Ruahine. Dannevirke, A, and, in a fast game, were defeated by 6 goals to 1. Section B.—Poverty Bay played Southland in an even game, distinguished by the excellent defence of both teams. Poverty Bay was decidedly unlucky in the fiyst spell, two shots hitting the post. The game resulted in a win for the Southern team by 2 goals to 0. Manawatu was opposed by King Country, and emerged the winners after a game of lost opportunities by 3 goals to 1. Section C. —Otago 5. v. Feilding 1 : Auckland 3, v. South Canterbury 1. The leading teams are:—A Section: Canterbury and Ruahine A, six points each. B Section: Manawatu A and Southland, six points each. C Section: Otago, six points.

REP. HOCKEY

NEW ZEALAND V AUCKLAND To-morrow afternoon at the Remuera grounds, Aucklanders will have an opportunity of seeing the New Zealand reps, in action against the Auckland team. The New Zealand team has just completed a very successful tour of Australia. The team played 14 matches, won 12 and drew 2. It scored 100 goals and only 15 were scored against it.

TRAMPING CLUB

WALK TO WAITAKERES A 14-mile tramp to the Waitakeres was undertaken yesterday by the Auckland Tramping Club, which was formed about two years ago. About 40 members left Henderson and walked over the Waitakere Ranges and back to Swanson. Though the day was a dull one, the trampers were rewarded by the beauty of native bush and fine panorama . The goal was the "trig on Pukematekeo, which is over 1,100 feet above sea level.