THE OLYMPIC GAMES.
! ! j DAVIDSON 'WINS HIS HEAT IN THE 200 METRES. (Receive.! II a.m.) ANTWERP, August 22. . In the final of the tug-of-war. the city police team, repre .enting Great Britain, beat Holland by two pulls to one. Patrick Ryan (America) won the final of the hammer-throwing, with a throw of 52 metres 87* centimetres. The final of the 1..00 metres resulted— Hill (Britain) I, Baker (Britain) '_, Shields (America), ii. Time. 4m 1 4-/9. G. Davidson I New Zealand! won the third heat of the 200 metres, with Paddock (America, who won the 100 metres) second. Time, _•_ --_..— ( Reuter 1. In his heat of the 10,000 metres event Hewitt, of Victoria, retired when half the distance had been covered. The final of the 1500 metres was a great contest, which resulted in the first and second places being filled respectively by Hill and Baker, both Englisii repre-; aentatives. Parker, of N.SAV.. was second in the "3000 metres walk. It was a great race, the winner being: the Italian. Frigereo, the brilliant National walker. Time, , 13m 14 l-.js. I-'rigereo was the winner of the 10,000 metres.—(.|. and N.Z.) j
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 201, 23 August 1920, Page 5
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