UNDER ELECTRIC LIGHT

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 923, 17 March 1930, Page 6

UNDER ELECTRIC LIGHT

A large crowd watched the concludj ing events under electric lights, and ; features of a sensational evening were l Grose’s triple win in cycle-titles and | the record-breaking run with which Wellington beat Canterbury in a wonderful relay championship. In the relay Canterbury took the lead in half a mile, Suckling running a great race and Harley ran his quarter in a tick under 50. The mile championship was a really great race in which Evans moved up when Bell went and fought out a finish with Bayne. Evans uncovered a remarkably strong sprint down the straight to win by four yards. Gibbons was five yards back. Lovelock fourth and Savidan fifth. Barnes was running a splendid race in third place until the third lap, when he had to give up and collapsed on th- track, recovering later in the evening. The three miles had taken the edge off Savidan. Detailed results are: PUTTING THE SHOT. IP. Munro (Wellington), 43ft lin . . 1 ! E. G. Sutherland (AVellington), 24ft Yin o L. Hunt (AVangunui-Taranaki), 33ft s^in 3 The only competitors. ONE MILE CYCLE. First Heat.—F. J. Grose (Canterbury), l: T. Oakley (Wellington). 2; H. !J- Kel.-en (AVanganui-Taranaki), 3. •Also started: L Ross (Wanganui-

Taranaki). Won by four lengths. Time. 2min 17sec. Second Heat. —T. O’Brien (Canter- j bury). 1: L. Pearce (AVellington). 2; M. Gane (A\ r ellington). 3. Won by a wheel. Time, 2min 16sec. Final. —F. J. Grose (Canterbury). 1: T. O’Brien (Canterbury). 2: L. Pearce (Wellington). 3. In a good spurt at the finish. Grose won by a narrow margin, with Pearce close up. Time, 100 YARDS FINAL. A. J. Elliott (Auckland) 1 M. Leadbetter (Canterbury) . . .. 2 C. Jenkins (Wellington) 3 Also started. —E. K. Cambie (Wanga-nui-'Taranaki), O. R. Morgan (Auckland), M. Strange (AVellington). AVon by a foot, with six inches be- , tween second and third. Morgan and Cambie were close up to the placegetters. Time. 10 l-ssec. ONE MILE WALK. A. Hill (AVellington) 1 j J. Driscoll (AVellington) 2 Also started.—D. AVills (WanganuiTaranaki), who was disqualified. Hill finished a foot in front of A\ r ills, with Driscoll 15 yards back. Time, 6 min 51 3-ssec. 880 YARDS. D. Evans (A\ r anganui-Taranaki) . . 1 AV. J. Suckling (Canterbury) .... 2 AV. Ogg ,(Wellington) 3 Also started. —J. Pawson (AVanganuiTaranaki), G. Saunders (AVanganuiTaranaki), G. L. Nicoll (Canterbury), L. Plack (Wellington), H. McDonald (AA T ellington), E. B. Smith (Auckland). Finishing strongly, Evans won by 10 yards, with Ogg a foot behind Suckling, and Nicoll another foot back. Time, lmin 58 4-ssec. 120 YARDS HURDLES FINAL. F. S. Ramson ( Wellington) 3 L. A. Newall (AVanganui-Taranaki) 2 F. C. Gilmour (AA r anganui-Taranaki) 3 Also started.—G. McGregor (Canterbury). who fell before reaching the last hurdle. Ramson led all the way, and won by a foot, with Gilmour two yards away. Time, 16see. HOP, STEP. AND JUMP. G. Sullivan (AVanganui - Taranaki), 47ft 4in 1 R. O. Johnson (Otago), 46ft 6-lin.. 2 D. W. Parata (Wellington), 44ft lOin 3 Also competed.-—R. H. Neville (Canterbury), 42ft o£in; D. Barker (Wellington), 38ft lOin. Sullivan was only three-quarters of an inch short of the New Zealand record. 100 YARDS, WOMEN. First Heat. —Miss E. Martyn (Canterbury), 1; Miss T. Kench (Wellington), 2; Miss J. Greager (AA'anganuiTaranaki), 3. Also started: Miss E. Toy (Wanganui-Taranaki), Miss M. Barrow (Wellington). Won by a foot, with Miss Greager two yards away. Time, 11 3-ssec. Second Heat.—Miss N. AA’ilson (Wellington), 1: Miss M. Boyd (Canterbury), 2; Miss J. AVilson (Wellington), 3. Also started: Miss V. Allan (Wanganui-Taranaki), Miss K. Calli- ; nan (Canterbury), Miss C. Miller (AVellington). Won by two yards, with | a yard between second and third. ; Time, 11 3-ssec. Final.—Miss Kench (Wellington), 1; Miss E. Martyn (Canterbury), 2; Miss I N. AVilson (AVellington), 3. Also started: Miss Boyd, Miss Greager, Miss : J. AVilson. In a close finish, Miss Kench, finishing strongly, won by six inches, with Miss AVilson nine inches away. Time, 11 l-ssec. 220 YARDS FINAL. G. A. Golding (Australia) l C. Jenkins (AVellington) 2 A. J. Elliott (Auckland), .. 3 Also started. —J. Fleming (AVellington), M. Strange (AVellington), E. K. Cambie (Wanganui-Taranaki), L. H. Meredith (Auckland). Golding, running in the outside lane, which constituted a severe handicap, won by four feet, with inches separating Jenkins, Elliott, and Fleming, with the other three*in a bunch close ' up. Time, 22 2-ssec. THROWING THE JAVELIN S. A. Lay (AVanganui-Taranaki), 199 ft 9Mn l E. G. Sutherland (A\ r ellington, 158 ft 2 A. Hart (Wanganui-Taranaki), 144 ft 3 Also competed.—A. Pollock (AVanganui - Taranaki), 130 ft. I Apart from Lay’s performance, the efforts were not striking, as the competitors were assisted by a good breeze. 440 YARDS HURDLES. F. Ramson (AA’ellington i F. C. Gilmour (AVanganui-Taranaki) 2 T. E. Henry (Auckland) 3 Also started.—A. H. Malcolm (Otago). Ramson led all the way, clearing out in the straight to win easing up by two yards. Gilmour came fast over the final stages to beat Henry by three yards for second place. Malcolm was eight yards back. Time, 57 3-ssec. POLE VAULT. J. AA r . Batstone (Canterbury), 10ft 9in R. O. Johnson (Otago), 10ft* .. !! 2 E. G. Sutherland (AVellington), 9ft 6in, and B. Roberts (AA'ellington), 9ft Bin, dead-heat 3 Also competed.—J. Pruves (Wanganui - Taranaki), 9ft; K. Brady (AA’ellington), 9ft. The winner gave a finished performance, being much superior to the others. In an exhibition vault afterward he just failed to improve on the New Zealand record of lift 3in. 440 YARDS FINAL. G. A. Golding (Australia) 1 J. Fleming (Wellington) 2 ! Pickering (AATellington) 3 1 4 *V so Ktarted —O. C. Harley (Can- ; terbury), L. A’eitch (Wellington), E. K. ■ Cambie (AVanganui-Taranaki), A. L ; Price (Otago). Again running in the outside, Gold- : ing had a decided lead when they ! straightened for the run home, the i Australian finally winning by four . yards, with Fleming three and a-half ! yards in front of Pickering. Harley

was close up. The time, 49 2-:.sec. was one-fifth of a second outside the Xew Zealand record. HALF-MILE CYCLE FINAL P. J. Grose (Canterbury) 1 L. Pearce (Wellington) 2 T. O’Brien (Canterbury) 3 Also started.—M. Gane (Wellington), T. Oakley (Wellington), I. Ross (Wa nganui-Taranaki). Won by a length and a-lialf. with O’Brien two lengths back. Time, 64 3-ssec. * OXE MILE. D. Evans (Wanganui-Taranaki) .. i G. Bayne (Wellington) 2 C. Gibbons (Wanganui-Taranaki) .. 3 Also started.—J. G. Barnes (Canterbury). IT. McDonald (Wellington), F. Silver (Wellington). J. W. Savidan (Auckland), J. Lovelock (Otago). Silver made the pace for a lap, and then retired. McDonald showed the way at the end of half a mile to Lovelock and Bayne. The last-named was in front after going three parts of the distance, with Savidan and Barnes next, but entering on the final section Savidan and Lovelock were just ahead of Bayne, with Evans still well back. Evans commenced his run down the back stretch, and worked his way to the front by the time the turn for home was reached. He won by three )*ards from Bayne, who was six yards ahead of Gibbons. Lovelock was two yards away ahead of Savidan and McDonald. Time, 4min 23 2-ssec. THREE MILES CYCLE FINAL. P. J. Grose (Canterbury) ] T. O’Brien (Canterbury) 2 L. Pearce (Wellington) 3 Also started.—M. Gane (Wellington). T. Oakley (Wellington), F. Wilcockson (Canterbury). In a great finish, Grose won nicely by a length, with a length and a-half between O’Brien and Pearce. The • other three were in a bunch three lengths back. Time, 7min 52 3-ssec. WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP RELAY. Wellington (Misses N. Wilson, J. Wilson, C. Miller, T. Kench) .. 1 Canterbury (Misses Boyd, Callinan, Neligan, Martyn) 2 Wanganui - Taranaki (Misses Higgins, Toy, Allan, Bishop) .... 3 Won by eight yards. Time, 52sec. CHAMPIONSHIP RELAY. Wellington (Ogg, Fleming, Strange, Jenkins) 1 Canterbury (Suckling, Harley, Ensor, Cordery) 2 Auckland (Savidan. Henry, Meredith. Elliott) 3 Alsb started.—Wanganui-Taranaki and Otago. Won by two yards, with live yards between second and third. Time, 3min 35 2-ssec, which beat the Xev/ Zealand record by one-fifth of a second.