ATHLETICS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 214, 15 October 1909, Page 3

ATHLETICS

N.Z. UNION AND WHEELMEN I LEAGUE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchureh. Last Night. The main features of the agreement between the New Zealand Athletic Union and the League of New Zealand Wheelmen arrived at by representatives of those bodies in this city, are vesting the control of cycling in the League and of athletics in the Union, each body .to issue permits to bodies affiliated who desire to include cycling or athletic events in their sports programmes and the maintenance, upholding and endorsements of suspensions and discjnaliiications of one body by the other. The Union recommends clubs afiiliated to centres to approve of the agreement for twelve months, but to be inoperative till Wanganui and Southland Caledonian Societies have become affiliated to the Union.

NET PLYMOUTH CLUB. The recently formed Amateur Alhleiic Club is making giicul headway, and application for reinstatement ar" ei n'ng in well. Several applications lt".i' been received fin... ciiimiry runners, .mil tlie m.inageiiienl ~f the new clu'i hope to have other clubs formed in Ihe various country towns in the near future. It is understood that those runnc is who have competed in the professional ranks will, by reason of the isolated condition* in Tnranaki. have no li-nilile in being reinstated. Anv so ile si;..:is should make early application to th" li-it. secretary. Mr.'L. 11. Webster. We are informed bv the secretary tin I the applications of Mr. A. N*. Morey, ■M. «. Ward. 1". Jones. B. and' L. Stohr, J. !'. Grant, and ('. 1). Webster came up before tie.- council of the N.Z. \.A.A. on Mmiil iv lasl, and all were reinstated. The committee meets this afternoon, to arrange for the coining meeting on November 9th.

.Mr. F. McKean. an old athlete of note, has kindly donated the prize for (he half-mile event at the coming meeting.