ATHLETICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 319, 19 February 1910, Page 8

ATHLETICS.

xkw zlalaxd athletic union". By Telegraph.—Press' Association. Jnvercargill, Lust Night. .„The following remits arc to be forwarded by th;> Southland centre to the N.Z.A.U. conference: That centres pay the expenses of selected competitors io . championship mrctings: that the dis stance of championship quoitin« be an uniform 21 yards: that the rules of eateh-as-cntch-ean wrestling be amended; thai at least a quorum of the executive reside m the centre where the ' secretary lives. I Mr. G. W. Woods, the president of the Union, intimated to the meeting that he would not seek re-election to the oflice, and announced that future aspirants to the presidency woitla probably be Messrs Thos. Duncan (Wal- '• lington), Jas. Clarke (.New Plymouth), ! John Kennedy (Gcraldine) and C. E. Keast (Dunedin). , THE N.Z. AMATEUR CHAMPION- , SHIP MEETING. Wellington, Last Night. L. M. McKay, pole vault champion, is unable to get leave to attend the championship meeting at Auckland. Hubbard is likely to take his place. \ M. Ward, the crack local sprinter, has been chosen as a member of the Wellington representative team, and will probably compete in the 220 and 440 yards events. He is rapidly getting into form, and should uphold his reputation even against the redoubtable Woodger. Harry Kerr, of Tariki, who also represents Wellington, is in fine walking condition at pres'ent. Kerr will probably leave for Auckland early next I week, but Ward will not go north till ' Wednesday night. , ; >-., )