ATHLETICS

Taranaki Daily News, 23 March 1922, Page 5

ATHLETICS

j INTER-UNIVERSITY CONTESTS. ! A WOBLDAVIDE SCHEME. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, March 22. • When Mr. Emery, manager of the ' Springboks athletic team, was in Christchurch, he referred to a project for periodica] athletic contests anaeng the universities of the world. The scheme came up for consideration at a meeting of the Canterbury College Athletic Club. The secretary of the club said Mr. Emery’s proposals included sending a New Zealand team to South Africa at the end of this year to compete against representatives of the English, Australian, and South African universities. It was impossible to send a New Zealand team this year, but proposals had been formulated which it was hoped would further the project. These were that one body, to be called th© New Zealand University Sports Union, should be formed on the lines of the Australian Universities’ Sports Union; (2) the body to represent past and present students, with an executive in Wellington; (3) finance to be derived from paat and. present students. The objects would be to improve the physical standard in New Zealand universities and to provide adequate representation at inter-university games. ! In reply to a question the secretary 'said the idea was to start the games among the British Empire Universities, and eventually to extend the scheme to the universities of other countries. A resolution was carried that delegates to the Auckland Conference at Easter be asked to consider carefully whether the games should not be restricted to the British Empire.