ROTHERT'S "PRACTICE."
SHOT PUTT RECORD
AMERICAN'S GREAT PROMISE
(By Teleg-rapli. —Own" Correspondent.!
WELLINGTON, this day
•Despite the. sea voyage and the fact that he was straight off. the ship, Rothert, in practice putts yesterday, without uiidue effort, for lie was merely exercising, sent the weight to a distance of 4Gft 10in, .which is O^in more than the Australian. and New Zealand record established by P. Munro in 1921. It speaks . wc].l; : for ; what .'-may; happen when Rothert js\ back- in form. Ho •holds the American, collegiate record of 52ft Oi'm. s .'-;: ; . . "
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 10, 13 January 1931, Page 10
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