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EASY VICTORY FOR H.G. CHURCHER

London, April 18.

The seven miles walking cham- pionship and the ten miles running championship of the Amateur Ath- letic Association were held at the White City yesterday afternoon.

Both of last year's winners were absent and, as had been expected, H. G. Churcher, of Belgrave Harriers, who has put up many fine perform ances this season, gained a fairly easy victory in the walk. There was a strong breeze blowing throughout the racing.

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(Norway), the only foreign challeng- cr. These four soon opened up good margin from the rest of the the Nor- field, but after two laps wegian, in attempting to take the lead, was disqualified. At one mile, com- had a lead of twenty yards from ploted in 6 min. 55.8 sec., Churcher

Staker, with J. G. Coleman a similar distance away, third. Staker hold miles, in 14 min. 18.4 sec., but from Churcher to this margin at the two that point Churcher forged ahead to win by about 200 yards from his nearest opponent, Staker, in 52 min.

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There were eighteen starters for Churcher, the Inter-Counties Cham- the ten miles championship, and J. pion, went into the load from the Chapelle, the Belgian challenger, set gun, closely followed by E. A. Staker the pace from the start, followed by (Highgate Harriers), J. G. Coleman S. O. A. Palmer (Mitcham A. C.) and (Belgrave Harriera), and Hammer | Partington and Whittle), the Salford

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VERITY FOR SOUTH AFRICA

Hedley Verity, the Yorkshire and England cricketer, will go to South Africa as a coach next winter. During his recent visit with the M.C.C. team he received an offer to coach at King Edward's School, Johannesburg. Now the Yorkshire County Committee gave him permission to accept the en- gagement.

H. pair. They raced in this order for the first two miles, covered in 9 min. 52 sec., when McIntyre (Achilles Club) went forward to second place, the Belgian meanwhile having gained a commanding lead. The Salford pair then dropped behind and Carter (Bel- grave H.) moved up into third posi- |tion, with Palmer a close fourth.

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These positions were maintained at the half-distance, for which Chapelle's time was 25 min, 25 sec, Palmer, who had after two miles been less fident than usual, retired at 54 miles, Weatherill moved well up and dis- placed McIntyre for second position. At nine miles McIntyre had dropped- to fourth place, Carter being third. The Belgian at this point was some 200 yards in the lead, and main- taining his strong running finished with this margin to spare in 51, min. 56 sec, from Weatherill, while Mc- Intyre, with a strong finishing 100 yards dash, took third place by ten yards from Carter.

Seven Miles Walk.-H. G. Churcher (Belgrave H.), 52 min. 37 sec., 1: E. A. Staker (Highgate H.), 53 min. 31.4 sec., 2; J. G. Coleman (Belgrave H.), 54 min. 32.2 sec., 5.

10 Miles Run.-J. Chapelle (Bel- gium), 51 min. 55 secs., 1; L. H Weatherill (South London H.),

52, min. 25.2 sec., 2; L. R. McIntyre (Achilles), 52 min. 51.8 sec., 3.

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