Athletics of To-Day 1929

---~- 34 Athletics of To-day The objects of the Club are set out in Rule 2 of the Con– stitution which reads as follows:- u (a) To encourage athletics among members of the O.U.A.C. and C.U.A.C. after they leave the Univer– sity, and to provide them with suitable training grounds, accommodation, and coaching. u (b) To enter teams for the A.A.A. Relay Champion– ships and at open meetings, thereby providing the opportunity for past and present members of the O.U.A.C. and C.U.A.C. to compete together. 11 (c) To encourage relay and team racing. 11 (d) To organise international matches with Dominion and foreign universities and teams. 11 (e) To arrange matches with the public schools." By 1929 the Achilles Club has acquired considerable influence, and practically all the aims and objects of its founders have been fulfilled. As a result of its example and initiative, inter-school, inter-college, and inter-club matches on the relay and team principle have greatly increased in number. Its members have gained many points for British Empire teams at the Olympic Games at Antwerp, Paris, and Amsterdam. A considerable number of Oxford and Cambridge athletes are now taking part in national athletics, and thirty-nine A.A.A. hampionship titles have been captured by Oxford and Cambridge athletes since the War. Achilles teams have carried out noteworthy tours in many foreign parts, including entral Europe, Germany, and Gre ce, but one of the most interesting events in the history of inter– national inter-university contests took place at Stamford Bridge, London, on July roth, rgz8, when the Waseda Univer– sity Team, of Tokio, Japan, met and were beaten by the Achilles lub, but only by the narrow margin of three points. At this meeting the performances of the Japanese field events men were truly remarkable, R. L. Howland, .U.A.C., who took the shot put, being the only field events Blue who was good