SWIMMING.
NEW WORLD’S RECORD
NEW YORK, July 5. Miss Gertrude . Ederle established a world’s record for the 220yds. free style swim, covering the distance in 169 sec, breaking her owll international recoid.
HENLEY REGATTA. GOLLAN BEATS HOOVER. LONDON, July 4. The Henley regatta opened to-day in perfect weather. . In the third heat of the Diamond
Sculls, Gollan beat Hoover by threequarters of a length. ! Time, 8111111 defeat Avas the biggest surprise of the opening day. Gollan led all the way, and Avas a length and a half ahead' at the stewards’ enclosure. Hoover then made a, big spurt, boon his boAvs reached Gollan s stern, and crept within half a length but Gollan’s lead was just too much. The “Daily Express” says Gollan has been deaf and dumb since Ins birth, but can “lip-read” perfectly. [W. M. Hoover, of Duluth, U.S.A., won the Diamond Sculls last year in 9min 32sec.’J
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLIV, Issue 9860, 6 July 1923, Page 3
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