ATHLETICS.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 October 1921, Page 3

ATHLETICS.

NEW PLYMOUTH CLUB INAUGURAL MEETING. It was unfortunate that the weather conditions were not more favorable for the inaugural meeting of the New Plymouth Amateur Athletic Club, on the High School grounds on Saturday, for the excellent programme provided certainly deserved a large attendance. The conduct of the gathering was such that augurs well for the success of the club, complete arrangements having been made for the carrying out of the programme, which was got. off right up to time. The bleak weather conditions generally interfered with the attendance, only about five hundred witnessing the sports.

In the majority of the events fields were good, and there was a noticeable keenness among the competitors, which no doubt was heightened by the presence of a quartette from the Hawera Athletic Club, and also one or two competitors from Wanganui. Finishes in the majority of cases were close, and the form displayed by some of the competitors promises well for the future, though there were no records broken. This, however, could hardly be expected, as the ground, after the rain of the past week, was somewhat on the heavy side. All the officials controlling tbe sports carried out their duties faithfully. They were: Referee, Mr. L. B. Webster; track stewards, Mr. A. L. Moore and Mr. A. L. Humphries; finishing judges, Messrs. E. Jackson, L. A. Nolan and F. Whittle; field judges, Mr. M. D. Stagpoole and Mr. Connell; timekeeper, Mr. V. Dalgleish; starter, Mr. W. H. Moyes; dressing room stewards, Messrs. Pope and Eggleton; marksmen, Messrs. Papps and Diprose; press steward, Mr. A. K. Ryder; clerk of course, Mr. E. Jackson; standard judge, Mr. J. McLeod; survey and record steward, Mr. F. Willis. Mr. L. W. Andrews, as hon. secretary and treasurer, carried out his duties splendidly. At the conclusion of the meeting Mr. Moyes congratulated the Hawera competitors on their success, and also thanked them for coming up and assisting at. the meeting. The New Plymouth Club, he said, hoped to reciprocate by sending competitors to the Huwera meetings. It was also intended io run evening meetings at New Plymouth during the season. Mr. Wilkinson briefly replied. Detailed results are :

100 Yards Secondary Schools Handicap.— First heat: L Rawson (7yds) 1, H. Brown (2 yds.) 2; time, 11 l-ssec. Second heat: K. Mauri (10yds) 1, I). Ward (7yds) 2; time, 21 2-ssec. Third heat: C. Hawkes (2yds) 1, C. Drader (10yds) 2; time, 11 2-ssee. Fourth heat: S. Lealand (7yds) 1. T. Foden (3yds)

2; time, 11 l-ssec. Fifth heat: J. Lysaght (12 yds) 1, K. Elgar (3yds) 2; time, 11 3-ssec. Sixth heat: H. Erlandson (10yds) 1, W. O'Byrne (2yds) 2; time. 11 2-ssec. Final: H. Erlandson (N.P.H.S.), 10yds, 1; S. Lealand (N.P.H.S.), 7yds., 2; J. Lysaght (N.P.H.S.), 12yds, 3. A great race. Won by less than 2 yards, third man close up. Time, 10 2-5

100 Yards Primary Schools Handicap.—First heat: N. Beals (Central), 3yds., 1; C. Gilmour (High School Prep.), Iyd., 2; time. 12sec. Second heat: R. Sarten (High School Prep.), scr., 1; W. Taunt (Central), 2yds., 2; time, 114-ssec. Third heat: H. McNeill (High School Prep.), 6yds., 1: S. Smith (Central), 3yds., 2; time, 12 l-ssec. Final: N. Beals (Central), 3yds., 1; It. Sarten (High School Prep.), scr., 2; H. McNeill (High School Prep.), 6yds., 3. Won by three yards, with the third man close up. Time, 113-ssec. Putting 161 b Shot.—R. Syme (Ift), 30ft 21n., 1; J. Connell (Ift), 28ft Ilin., 2; F. J. Eggleton (scr.), 28ft 9%in, 3. Fourteen competed. 100 Yards Handicap.—First heat: G. H. Weir (6yds), 1: H. R. Julian (9yds) 2, S. J. Patterson (9yds) 3; time. 10 3-ssec. Second heat: H. T. Wilkinson (&yds) 1, Ed. Scott (6 yds) 2, G. R. Boswell (L2jmls) 3; time, 10 2-5 sec. Final: H. T. Wilkinson (Hawera), 9yds, 1; G. H. Weir (Hawera), 6yds, 2; S. J. Paterson (New Plymouth), Syds, 3. All qualified started except Scott. Won by a couple of yards. Time, TO l-ssec. 220 Yards Primary Schools Handicap.—N-. Beals (Central), 4yds, 1; R. Sarten (High School Prep.), scr., 2; S. Smith (Central), Syds, 3 ; time, 27 2-sscc. 440 Yards Handicap.—Ed. Scott (10yds) 1, H. T. Wilkinson (24yds) 2, F. E. Kelly (35 yds), 3. Time, 55 l-ssec. After about half the distance Scott had caught the field, and won by a-bout three yards. Broad Jump Handicap.—M. Sutherland (Ift), 20ft 2in, 1; H. Rickard (Ift 3in), 19ft lOin, 2; C. H. Wynyard (Ift Sin), 19ft sin, 3. 440 Yards Secondary Schools Handicap.— T. Foden (10yds), 1; K. Taylor (20yds) 2, W. O’Byrne (syds) 3. Won by a couple of yards. Time, 57sec.

220 Yards Handicap.—First heat: C. H. Wynyard (15yds) 1, A. Moyes (24yds) 2; C. Barnett (25yds) 3; time, 24 2-ssec. Second beat: S. J. Patterson (17yds) 1, L. Lovell (20yds) 2; G. H. Weir (10yds) 3. Third heat: G. Hughson (28yds) 1: W. O’Byrne (17yds) 2;

time, 24 2-ssec. Final: S. J. Patterson (17 yds) 1; G. H. Weir (10yds) 2; J. Lovell (20 yds) 3. Won by about a yard. Time, 23 3-5

880 Yards Primary Schools Handicap.—F. Knuckey .(High School Prep), Syds, 1; N. Smith (High School Prep.), syds, 2; Warner (Central), 12yds, 3. Sixteen started. Won by several yards. Time, 2min 32scc.

High Jump Handicap.—C. Collins (scr.) and M. Sutherland (scr.), equal, sft 1 Cains: H. J. Boon (lin), sft o*4 in, 3.

JOO Yards Club Championship.—T. L. V. Hoffmann 1, S. J. Paterson 2, R. J. Whittle 3. Also started: G. R. Boswell and C. H. Wynyard. Won by a couple of yards, Whittle being just beaten on the tape for second place. Time, 10 4-ssec. 880 Yards Handicap.—L. Lovell (50yds), 1; M. C. Brown 2; J. H. Nicholson 3. Won by about 6 yards. Brown just beating Nicholson for second place by about 6 inches. Time, 2min 12 4-ssec.

Relay Race, Primary Schools (two laps).— Higa School Prep. A team (R. Sarten, N. Smith, T. Syme and M. Goldstone), 1; Central (S. Smith, W. Taunt, J. Maxwell and N. Beals) 2; High School Prep. B (E. Jeffries, H. McNeill, S. Collier and H. Stephenson) 3. Also started: West End (Woodham, Thomp-

son. Haughey, Christiansen). A very close finish. School just winning. One Mile Secondary Schools Handicap.—A. Rumball (40yds) 1, M. Taylor (scr.) 2; E. G. Smith (30yds) 3. Twenty-two started. Won by about 10 yards. Time, smin 10 2-ssec. 100 Yards Open Championship.—G. H. Weir (Hawera) 1; T. L. V. Hoffmann 2; Ed. Scott (Hawera) S. Won by about half a yard, with the others close up. Time, 10 4-ssec.

One Mile Handicap.—F. C. Kelly (85yds) 1; C. Drader (85yds) 2; M. C. Brown (30yds) 3. Kelly, running nicely, held the iead all the way, and won by about four yards. Time, 5m in llsec.

120 Yards Hurdles Handicap.—H. Wilkinson (owe 10 yards) 1, E. D. Colson (owe 6yds) 2 W. O’Byrne (owe 6yds) 3. Six started. Won by about 3yds. Time, 18 3-ssec. RcL'JJ’ Race, Open (4 laps) .—Hawera Club (Wilkinson, Weir, Scott and Julian) 1, High School (Stephenson, Foden, Mackav and Brown) 2; Old Boys Football Club '(Paterson, Hoffmann, Whittle and Sutherland) 3 Also started: N.P. Technical College (O’Byrne, Al uar, Dixon and Rumball). a fine race. Wilkinson started the last lap about 5 yards in front of Brown, who was unable to catch the Hawera man. Won by three yards. Time 3 min 11 2-ssec.