ATHLETICS.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 March 1922, Page 6

ATHLETICS.

N.S.W. CHAMPIONSHIPS, SOUTH AFRICANS AND NEW ZEALANDERS COMPETE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received March 12, 5.5 p.m. Sydney, March 12. For the first day of the New South Wales amateur athletic championships the weather was hot and the tracks good. In the 100 yards Oosterlaak (South Africa) went ahead at the fifty yards and held the advantage to the finish. Results : One Mile.—H. Grandemange 1, L. Tunley 2, M. Grandemange 3. Won easily. Time, 4min 36 2-ssec. Leathern (South Africa) made the early running, but finished last. Five comThrowing the Javelin.—E. G. Sutherland, 174 ft Tin, 1; Payne, 165 ft Bin, 2; Reid, 162 ft 51n, 3. Running Broad Jump.—S. Young, 23tt 4in, 1; R. White, 22ft 6%in, 2; A. Winter, 22ft 2in, 3. Quarter-mile.—-W. Hutton 1, Johnston (South Africa) 2, T. Ferguson 3. Hutton led throughout, though Johnston put up a great fight to the straight. Won by six yards. Time, 51 4-5 sec. Putting the 161 b shot. —D. Munro, 38ft s%in, 1; W. Payne, 36ft 2; C. Ferguson, 34ft 6Ln, 3. Three Miles Walk.—G. Parker 1, A. Kitchen 2, M. MacNamara 3. Time, 23min 5 3-ssec. 100 Yards —Oosterlaak 1, Hunt 2, MacNamara 3. Won by a yard and a half. Time, 10 l-10sec. 120 Yards Hurdles.—A. Winter 1, S. Young 2. Time, 16 *4 sec. Pole Vault.—R. Hurdison, lift, 1. One-Mile Relay Race.—South Africa beat New South Wales by ten yards. Time, 3min 43 l-10sec.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.