ATHLETIC TITLES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 March 1940, Page 7

ATHLETIC TITLES

CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING OPENED

W. A. C. PULLAR WINS MILE. AFTER EXCITING CLIMAX. : ißy Telegraph—Press Association., WELLINGTON This Day. There were 4000 people at the Basin Reserve. Wellington, last night for the opening of the forty-ninth track and field championships of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. The highlight of the programme was the mile championship, in which there was an exciting climax. First there was the fierce spurt of the title-holder. W. A. C. Pullar, Wellington, and the young challenger, L. V. Dickison, Otago, over the last 200 yards. Pullar had asserted himself 70 yards from the tape, but then Dickison came at him again and forced the champion into a second finishing effort over the last 15 yards. He won by a yard. The third man was well clear and the others out of the picture. The sectional times were 63. 3-ssec. 2min 16 4-ssec, 3.19 3-5 and for the mile 4.18 1-5 sec. 1 4-ssec better than Pullar’s time last year. D. Weichart, West Coast, North Island, in winning the pole vault, bettered the previous best New Zealand performance, but failed by 3 inches to break the New Zealand record set by the Australian, Winter, in 1936. Weichart, when in the United States, once held the world record for three days, vaulting 14ft 2in. The record then went to 14ft Bin, and is now 14ftllin. Points at the close of the night were: —

N.Z.A.A.A. championship shield, for most points at the meeting: Wellington 15, West Coast North Island 7. Canterbury 5. Otago 4. Auckland 2. _,/ Queensland jubilee commemoration shield for most points in records, best New Zealand performances and standards: Wellington 2, West Coast 2, Hawke's Bay-Poverty Bay 2. Canterbury 1, Otago 1. The championships will continue today. In the following results the abbreviations are: A, Auckland; C, Canterbury; W, Wellington; W.C.. West Coast, North Island; H.8.-P.8.. Hawke's BayPoverty Bay; O. Otago.

120yds Hurdles.—First heat: P. F. Sharpley (H.8.-P.8.), 1; L. C. Woodward (C), 2. Time, 16 1-5. Second heat: C. R. Bradwell (C), 1; K. Brown (W), 2. Time, 16 2-5. 100yds Championship. —First Heat: J. Sutherland (W), 1; P. F. Sharpley, 2; H. Emus (A), 3. Time, 10 2-5. Second heat: G. C. Gordon (C), 1; R. A. Mottram (O), 2; W. R. Mansill (A), 3. Time, 10 3220yds Hurdles.—First heat: P. F. Sharpley (H.8.-P.8.), 1; R. B. Joyes (A), 2; L. C. Woodward (C), 3. Time, 25 1-5. Second heat: C. R. Bradwell (C), 1 1; H. D. Ramsay CO), 2; K. Brown (W), 3. Time, 25 2-5. 220yds Championship.—First heat: J. Ford (W), 1; Adcock (W), 2; R. Mansill (A), 3. Time, 22 4-5. Second heat: C Robinson (W). 1; H. Emus (A), 2; H. J Tyrie (O), 3. Time, 22 4-5. Third heat: C. Knight (C), 1; J. P. Eastwood (W), 2. Time, 23. Mile Championship: W. A. C. Pullar (W), 1; L. V. Dickison (O), 2; S. J. Wade (A). 3. Time, 4.18 1-5. Three Miles Walk: N. McCarthy (W), 1; R. J. Watson (O), 2; F. Dumble (W), 3.’ Time, 22.53 4-5. 440yds Hurdles.—First heat: W. Evenson (W), 1; J. Gerken (O), 2; G. I. Bickerstaff (H.8.-P.8.), 3. Time. 57 4- Second heat: H. Ramsay (O). 1; R. B. Joyes (A), 2; D. Tossman (W), 3. Time. 57 2-5. 440yds.—First heat: C. Robinson (W), 1; A. W. Lohrey (C), 2; G. Morgan (H.8.-P.8.), 3. Time, 51 2-5. Second heat: J. P. Eastwood (W), 1: L. W. Smith (O), 2; W. J. Christiansen (C), 3. Time. 51. Third heat: H. J. Tyrie (O), 1; S. J. McKenzie (W.C.). 2. Time, 51. Throwing Discus: E. L. Todd (W), 124 ft Olin, 1; A. E. Redmond (C), 120 ft 2in. 2; J. D. Morgan (W.C.), 117 ft Ilin, Broad Jump: H. W. Wilkins (C), 21ft 7in, 1; C. A. Calvert (A), 21ft, 2; J. B. Prendergast (W), 20ft 6in, 3. Pole Vault: D. Weichart (W.C.). 12ft, 1- F S Barraclough (W.C.), lift lin, 2; L. Grey (H.8.-P.8.), 10ft IQln. 3.