THE VISITING ATHLETES.
Arrival at Fromantie. (Beceived 10.2 a.m.) FREMANTLE, this day. The athletes Shrubb and Duffey are among the passengers by the Ortou* : from London. Shrubb, in the course, of an interview, said that he employed no special method, but went into . iraining. He believed in eating what he 1 iked, ami in taking p'.enty of cold baths. He make ; his first appearance at Melbourne on the 12th inst.
SYDNEY, fr-vbruary 2. The New Zealand .4, .. t ~u l - Athletic Association has requc/ ~ thu president of the Australasian .. j;1 ( O secure, if Kejtffc l _,;• Barker, of New 'SU Wales, to cfwnpote with Duffey in the sprints, and Suttoii or VVheatley, of Victoria, to meet Shrubb in the distance events at the New Zealand championships at Christchurch. on March 17 and 18. Neither Rowley nor BarKer will be able to get away, but Widmer, the 100 yards and 440 yds champion of New South Wales, lias been selected. No reply has yet been received from the Victorians.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 29, 3 February 1905, Page 5
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