Five Titles to Auckland

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 597, 25 February 1929, Page 11

Five Titles to Auckland

N.Z. AMATEUR ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Elliott’s Brilliant Double DESPITE tlie criticism of tlie original selection of the Auckland team for the New Zealand amateur athletic championships, concluded at Wellington on Saturday, the three men chosen, Elliott, Savidan and Wade, scored five outright wins among them, whereas several others who made the trip on their own accord or were financed to Wellington did not produce the form expected of them hy their supporters. Elliott’s sprint double was undoubtedly the outstanding feature of the championships.

WELLINGTON. Saturday

Before a large crowd in the Basin Reserve, the 38th Amateur Athletic Cliamiponships of New Zealand were decided to-day in fine weather, and with tracks in good condition. The wind was northerly, varying from slight to fairly strong. Taken all through it was* a splendid meeting, and although times generally were not so good as last year, the general standard was well maintained.

the best amateur of New Zealand on grass. Wade was two lengths behind after losing his position on the last bend. Tiie field events, with the exception of the javelin throw, were not oi a high standard. Hay broke the Australasian record, throwing the javelin with a great throw of 206 ft 6in. 880 Y DS FLAT L. C. MeLachlan (Otoga) l EL Leech < Wellington) -j W. Ogg (Wellington) Suckling (Canterbury) finished first, disqualified for jostling. Time. 120YDS HURDLES R. W. Lander (Wellington) i F. S. Ramson (Wellington) 2 L. A. Newall (Wanganui-Taianaki) .. J Time, 15 4-ss. 100YDS FINAL A. J. Elliott (Auckland) 1 C. H. Jenkins (Wellington) 2 B. Geddes (Otago) 3 Time, 10 l-ss. PUTTING THE SHOT P. Munro (Wellington), 42ft 4§in .... 1 D. Brown (Wellington). 41ft 6.jin .... 2 E. G. Sutherland (Wellington), 35i't sin 3 HALF-MILE CYCLE FINAL •T. H. W'ade (Auckland) 1 F. Oakley (Wellington) 2 T. O’Brien (Canterbury) ■ . . ;; Time, Ira 10 l-ss. 100 YDS WOMENS FINAL 'Miss F. Mantyn (Canterbury) l Miss Kench (Wellington) 2 Miss Wilson (Wellington) J Time, 12 l-ss. 440YDS HURDLES F. S. KaiAm (Wellington) 1 R. W. Lanaer (Wellington) .2 A. Laing (Canterbury) 6 Time, 58 3-ss. HIGH JUMP R. H. Neville (Canterbury), oft Sin .. 1 F. Brady (Wellington), sft Tin . . . . 2 E. G. Sutherland (Wellington), sft 6in 3 220YDS FINAL A. .T. Elliott (Auckland) 1 C. H. Jenkins (Wellington) 2 R. Cordery (Canterbury) 3 Time, 225. ONE-MILE CYCLE T. Oakley (Wellington) 1 C. Flett (Wellington) * F. O’Brien (Canterbury) * ’Dead heat for second place. Time, 2m 29 3-ss. ONE MILE FLAT .T. W. Savidan (Auckland) 1 C. Gibbons (Wa nganui-Taranak i) .. 2 H. McDonald (Wellington) 3 Time, 4m 29 l-ss. 440YDS A. W. Findlay (Otago) 1 W. A. Veitch (Wellington) 2 J. Fleming (Wellington) 3 Time, sis. ONE-MILE WALK S. Gudsell (Wellington) J W. Tonkin (Wellington) 2 Time, 6m 57 3-ss. THROWING THE JAVELIN S. A. Lay (W.T.), 206 ft 6in 1 E. G. Sutherland (W.), 364 ft lin .. ..2 P. Munro (W.), 144 ft s£in 3 THREE MILES CYCLE T. Oakley (Wellington) 1 J. H. Wade (Auckland) 2 Kf. Gane (Wellington) 3 Time, 7m 30 l-ss. LONG R. H. Neville (C.), 20ft 4Un 1 J. Lynch (A.), 20ft 3£in 2 A- J. Joseph (C.), 19ft llsin 3

Spriffting was excellent, and the Aucklander, A. J. Elliott, ran like a real champion to win the double. He was undoubtedly the outstanding short-distance runner of the day, and Auckland has the credit of producing the two finest runners seen at the meeting in Elliott and Savidan. Elliott ran with a beautiful style, and in the hundred showed that he is an exceptionally fine runner against

A. J. ELLIOTT, who won both the 100 yards and 220 yards events. the wind. Although J. H. Murphy (Canterbury) was the fastest man out of holes on the first day, he had nothing on Elliott in the final, and Elliott took the lead from the start and simply outclassed his field. In the furlong lie had a harder task, for both C. H. Jenkins (Wellington), second, and R. Cordery (Canterbury), third, ran splendidly. But here again Elliott showed out best from the start to the finish. Jenkins got a good start, but was beaten out of the holes by Elliott, who was never seriously menaced by the other two after the straight was reached. Cordery straightened up too quickly in his start, and at one stage was well behind Jenkins. The race dow r n the straight for second place was a wonderful tussle, and although Cordery was in front at one stage, the Wellingtonian drew level with him at the finish and there, his experience told, for the manner in which he threw one shoulder forward got him an advantage of inches. The quarter-mile showed that New Zealanders have yet a good deal to learn about running this distance in lanes. A. W. Findlay (Otago) put in a remarkably fine run to win in 51s, and L. C. Veitch (Wellington), who ran second, also put up a rattling good exhibition. J. T. Fleming (Wellington), holder of the title, threw the race away. He had the outside lane, which is a big disadvantage, and he ran too easily over the middle stages of the race. A. E. Tideman (Canterbury) also threw his chances away. He ran a different race altogether from that of the first day, taking things easily in the first half and then he had to put in such a burst of speed to get near the leaders that he could not stav on over the last 20 yards. McLachlan (Otago) dropped out and Suckling (Canterbury) was not in the hunt. Probably, both these men were affected by the great half-mile race they had to run earlier in the day, when Suckling beat McLachlan to the tape by a foot after a wonderful tussle along the whole length of the straight. The rest of the field was w*ell back. Suckling was disqualified for jostling McLachlan.

Points for the championship shield

Savidan ran a similar race in the mile to that which he ran last year, and although H. McDonald (Wellington) broke himself up in a very plucky attempt to catch the Aucklander, Savidan raced on unperturbed to win by 15 yards.

The cycle racing was a big disappointment to Canterbury, and when Grose fell in the half mile he was unable to recover sufficiently to start in any of the other two races. He was not seriously injured, but was too shaken up to ride again. J. H. Wade (Auckland), riding under instructions from that master track tactician of other days, George Sutherland, scored a well-deserved win in the half-mile. His jump when he broke right away from the field, was a brilliant effort. Grose’s fall seemed to unsettle the rest of the field, and Wade hung on grimly down the straight to beat Oakley (Wellington) and O’Brien (Canterbury). O’Brien did not ride with his usual dash at any time during the day. Mackie was unable to pull up when Grose fell, and he went over the top of him, somersaulting and landing on his head. It was a terrible fall, and it looked as- if the plucky Canterbury colt must have broken his neck. He was unconscious when he was unstrapped from his cycle, but later it was discovered that his injuries were not as bad as at first feared. He was carried from the track on a stretcher and taken straight down to the ferry boat with injuries to his neck and one side. Oakley rode a fine race to win the mile, timing his sprint at just the right time, and Flett and O’Brien deadheated for second place three-quarters of a length behind him. In the three miles Oakley rode another very fine race to earn'the title of.

were: Wellington. 73: Auckland. 22: Canterbury, 17. Otago. It. Wansra nui-T.ua-naki. 7. PROFESSIONAL SPRINT BIG MELBOURNE RACE (United r.A. —By Telegraph — - MELBOURNE, Sunday. The 130yds "Melbourne Thousand” sprint race resulted:—Hunter (South Australia). 1; Cosiin (Victoria). 2. Lynch Cooper, the winner of the last Stawell Gift race, gained the highest aggregate of points (19). in the sprint series, and was declared the world’s professional sprint champion.

SEMI-FINALS REACHED CRICKET AT CHRISTCHURCH Prfs? A ssocia t ion CHRISTCH URCH, Sun day. The senior cricket competition was resumed yesterday. The results leave Old Boys, Sydenham. Riccarton and West Christchurch in the semi-final. Sydenham, beat Old Boys. 233. Old Collegians, S 4 and 245 (Lester 67. Burroughs 72). beat Riecarton, 207 and 66. St. Albans. 224. lost to West Christchurch. 416 (Haynes 110. Hayes 89). Hast Christchurch, 18S. lost to Linuood, 417 (Condliffe 165, Smith 103). PLAY AT WELLINGTON Press Association, WELLINGTON, Sunday. The senior cricket matches were continued yesterday in tine weather. Results were: Hutt, 238 (Ross 51). v. Wellington, five wickets for 169 (Robertson not out 58); Kilbirnie. 162, v. Midland, live wickets for 252 (Doneghue not out 130, Patrick 66); Petone. 149. v. University, live wickets for S 9; Institute, seven wickets for 323 (Dempster 173, Foley 61). v. Old Boys. REP. MATCH AT THAMES HAURAKI PLAINS BEATEN THAMES, Sunday. Tiie representative cricket match for the Court Cup between Hauraki Plains and Thames elevens was played on the Thames High School grounds on Saturda5 r . The holders were successful in defeating the Plains by four wickets. Details: Hauraki Plains, first innings 118 (F Woodbridge 23, R. Green 34. T. McKav 18, C. Laurence 12, A. McMillan 10). F. Gibson took six wickets for 28 run«. Thames, first innings 175 (R. Cleave 47. W. Sowerby 20, F. Gibson not out 33. A. Brokenshire 40, G. Twentyman 12, K. Wells 10. Plains, second innings 111 (F. Woodbridge 29. C. Laurence 18, E Gill 13, A. Cranston 13, W. O’Neill ' 11). Thames, second innings six wickets for 58 (F. Gibson 16, A. Brokenshire 17. J. Moran not out 13). Thames B eleven defeated Hauraki B by 10 wickets.