NOTED ATHLETES

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 38, 15 February 1937, Page 9

NOTED ATHLETES

TWO JAPANESE ARRIVt Tin* first .lapiincnc iitlilci. ~ , ».* < vi-it New Zealand „t,-|,|„.,| ~«i i 1,,. ,\ >»• ten from Sydney I hit- a linn • inriicc n i,,nr of the Momiir il \ti.-i land. They arc Kohei Mui.il .. a. di tanee runner, and keiishi 1'0;..,mi u 1,,,|. utep and jump ii/i.I l.rond jii'ii |. i-x|i-rl The pair, who me keenly' look'.njj I'm ward to (heir sojourn j n tin- 11.mi,in, m will iiuikc their first appearance „t Car law Pmk next Saturday, when, t IncreiHii of Auckland's athletes w ili ~,i deaxour to extend them, and milim' 'luently they w. I undertake a tour of the South. Both Japanese competed H l Ihe l.i-l Olympic (ianics in llerlin, when- limy iiuprcsaeii in their re»peet h ,. depaii ments. Murakimn lini-hcl C,,h> 11, m both the* .-.IKM) metre, an, l liiniin „„i,,. events, while Topmii ~■■:. I. ri ,| r„r I l„final* of the hijrh jump and 1.,...,, I ~,,.,), Tile xisitors Mete m, l ~ii aiii\al l,y ofliciaU ami Miipfmrteis ~| at hlei i,-«, in' eludin? Mi. M. !, 'lower-, president of the Auckland Centre of I lie New Zea land .Amateur Athletic Assoeiai ion, and were accorded a cordial welcome to the Dominion.