ATHLETICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 37, 3 February 1908, Page 4

ATHLETICS.

KEW ZEALAND ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. Per Press Association. Wellington, Saturday. A conference of the New Zealand Athletic Association centres was held to-> day. Representatives were present from fckiuthalnd, Otago, Canterbury, and South Canterbury. .Ur. J. 11. Pollock, chairman, in tin- <-i.ii]-r of an addles?, eulogised the work which had been done by Various centre-.; lie regretted that the Auckland centre had liot given evidence of activity and that it was not represented at to day's conference. 1 lie unions urged that amateur athletic budie.i should follow in the footsteps of tile Trolling Association and relegate the making and amending of all rules to a conference of tlie centres, leaving the Council to act as administrators only. A tribute was paid to the (jaming Act. .Mr Coll'ey (Wellington) disapproved of the chairman introducing the matlei' as a private individual. It was not relative to the meeting. A motion liy the Wellington centre, that caps and badges nhould be charged again-t the Xc\v Zealand Council was carried.

Jt was ;Un> decided that Lhe Council should be.ir halt the cost of the championship ' A mutiun liy tin- Wellington centre that a clialk liiu- -liyuld In- »ul»stituU'd lor a wooden buuid as a taki'-oli' for tlie long jump wa> ivjui-ted 011 the voice*. A motion was carried that in tlie opinion of the conference tlie rule remum as iit present, viz., "That the New Zealand Council shall consul of nine members to elected annually by the combined vote* 0) tlie centres," in the place oi* the proposed new rule of tlie Association, "That seven members >hall be elected by the and the Council shall then appoint two outside members us president and vice-presid-ent.-''

AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING. Wellington, Saturday Night. The New Zealand championship athletic meeting was held in the Uasin Reserve this afternoon in line weather, with a fresh, cool southerly breeze blowing, t lie latter all'eeting the runners in the home stretch. About 401)0 were present. The in" the liehl events were pour, and both walking contests wen; robbed of a good deal of interest owing to a couple of contestants being disqualitied. In the Hat races there were some keener contests. In the hurdle events, .Murray, who won tilt), quarter under standard time, had hard luck to 10-e the 120 yds by falling at the lirst obstacle, and he merely ran oil for third ipoints, Wellington retains the championship shield, securing 7!H/ 2 points, Canterbury 41, Southland IS, Auckland l>, Otigo s >/ s . Results:— 7-1 Yards Handicap.—Cunningham 1, Cold 2, Budge 3. Just won. Time, 8 l-ssec. Half-mile Championship. Trembath (Southland) 1, K. Burge (Wellington) 2, Patrick (Wellington) 3. Also ran: Gosling. A good race, but Trembath came at the finish and won fairly easily. Time, 2min 2 1-usec. High .lump Championship.—C. L. Orbell (Canterbury), sft Tin; (1. Tliomasen, sft S'/jin, 2; Callaghun (Wellington), flft ."t'/C>iii, 3. 100 Yards Flat Championship.--Hen-derson (Wellington) 1, Kass (Canterbury) 2, Goodbehere (Wellington) 3. A good race, Henderson just catching Jlisb on the post, and winning bv a yard. Time, 10 l-ssec., which equals standard time. One Mile Walk.—ll. K. Kerr ('Wellington) 1, I'. H. StuWjcrfield (Canterbury) 2. The other starters, Gow and Fitzgerald, were disqualified. Won easily. Time, Gmin dtisec. Putting the Weight.—W- de Their (Canterbury), 3(ift Sin, 1; G. Thoniasen (Wellington), 30ft 2in, 2; L. McKay (Wellington), 34ft Sin, 3. McFarlanu (Otago) was disqualified, and Madilli (Auckland) retired.

120 Yards Hurdle Championship.—ll. Cook" (Wellington), C. Orbell (Canterbury), 2, 11. Murray (Canterbury) I!. The only starters. In tiie linal, Murray fell at the first hurdle ,otherwise he would have troubled the winner. The time, 1G l-ssec., equals the standard. One Mile and a-half. Handicap.—J. Finn (Wellington), liOds, 1; H. Hodgson (Dunediu), 4.lyds, 2; 11. T. Thompson, 100 yds) :j. I'oiir others ran. Won IJy four or fn'o yards. Time. 7mid 24see. 300 Yards Handicap.—D, Casey (Wellington), 17yds, I; A. Drake (Christchurch), 12yds, 2; H. Dawson, 'Jyds, 3. Ten others ran. Won by a couple of; yards. Time, :i3sce. One Mile Flat Championship.—A. ]£• ISurge (Wellington) I, S. \y t Moore (Canterbury) 2, T. A. Claughton (Canterbury) ". Five others ran. A good race until last lap, when Burge rushed through, and slipping his field, won easily by 15 yards. Time. 4min !>'» 2T} sec. I'ole .lump.—K. McKay (Auckland), loft :iin. 1: 1.. McKay (Wellington), llU't 2in, 2; 11. Cillaghan (Wellington), Oft Oin, 3. Also jumped: Evensen. Both the McKay's jumps equalled the standard, lint were not allowed, owing to their jumping with, the wind. The direction nf the poles was changed, and McKay (Wellington) jumped 10ft 2in, which give- liini the standard badge. 220 Yards Championship.—E. Fisher (Wellington) I, 11. Henderson (Wellington} 2, W. Trembath (Southland) 3. A splendid race; won 011 the tape. Time, 2o 4-ssec. j

Xhree-miJe Walk Champ ionship.—l\ 11. IStubberlicid (Canterbury) 1. Kerr (Wellington) ami Hogbcn (Wellington), the other starters, were disqualified for lilting. Time, ->Bllllll 7 4-usec. Throwing the hammer.—l. Wallace (Wellington), 111 ft Sin, 1; ,). ti. Anderson (Wellington), UOft Bin. 2; 0. Thomasen (Wellington), 83ft 9in, 3. Four others competed. Wallace was far 100 good for his opponents, but his put was l!)ft below the standard.

44U Yards Cliampionship.—Trembath (Southland) i, L'ollocfc (Wellington) 2, E. T. Fisher (Wellington) 3. Also ran: Cunninghame (Wellington). Won fairly easily. Time, 53 3-ssee.

Three Mile Flat Championship. CI. Sharpe (Wellington) 1, S. W. Moore (Canterbury) 2, J. Frew (Otago) 3. Seven others started. A splendid race; I and an excellent finish, being wofi in the last lap by three or four yards. Time, ir>min 40sec. Long Jump.—.McKay (Wellington), and li. .Mitchell (Otago) tied with l!)ft •*!"'. 1; ro,lot 'k (Wellington), l!)ft lin. 3. Eight others jumped. 440 Hurdle Championship.—H. Hurray (Wellington) 1, 11. C'ook (Wellington) 2, V. .Mcfirath (Wellington) 3. Al>o ran: Bogle (Wellington) and Bust (Niulhlandl. Won very ea-ily in r>'J 4-5 sec., which is 1 l-'>sec. under standard time. O'nii'e Championship Relay Race.— Wellington 1. Canterbury 2. No others ran. Each of the four men had to run ;i quarter of a mile, and the time for tin- mile was :{inin 41 3-ssec. The vKitois were entertained at a social to-night, at which the prizes were presented.

THE TKA.M FOK AUSTRALIA. i Wellington, Last Night. Ifeiidersoii (Wellington), Trembath (Southland), Murray and Ol'bell (Canterbury) have been selected to represent New Zealand at Hobart, in the Australasian amateur athletic championship. The fifth man will be either McKay (Wellington), 01' Stubberfield (Canter, j bury). At the smoke concert last evening, Dr. Newman said in any case money would lie forthcoming to send McKay. b DISSATISFACTION IN WELLINGTON Wellington, Las? Night. The "all-round championship" awarded to the coni|K-(itor scoring points ill putting the weight, 220 yards flat, mill' (laf. throwing tlie hammer, and long jump, re-ulted:—L. McKay (Wellington) 1. r.. L. Paul (Wellington) 2, C. T. Thoina<seii (Wellington) :l. Tiie condition- attached to this event uive. 'MO leal idea as (o the best athlete" on Hie ground, and the item should either lie eliminated from future programmes or tlie conditions altered >o that the middle di--tnices and hurdle events are

included. Ihe announcement that Henerson, Murray, Stuhhcrlield, McKay (Wellington), l'remhath and Orbell have been selected to represent the Dominion at the Australasian championship meettag has caused some feeling here, and it meeting of the Wellington Centre will be held on Tuesday evening to consider the matter. Kerr's omission is objected to, and it is not unlikely lie will lie sent across to Hobart, as it is considered he is far ahead of Stulibersliold in walking. The Seeling here is that Wellington centre alone, with the addition of j Trembath, could send a team worthy of upholding the reputation of the Dominion at the meeting. The shield lias again been won by Wellington, and the question of points was freely discussed on the ground, opinions being expressed that the chance of winning the shield was all in favor of the town in which the meeting was held, owing to the large number of competitors it could put on the track, and thus scoring minor points, Tt was openly admitted in the championship events that only firsts should count. Had ibis system been in vogue it could not have effected the result, as Wellington scored 7>/ 2 wins, Canterbury 4, Southland 2, Auckland 1, and Otngo %. The question of points is one which should receive the earnest, consideration of the New Zealand Council.