ATHLETICS.
A DAY OP RECORDS. (VBES3 ASSOCIATION" TELEGRAM.) DU.NEDIN, November 6. The Boys' High School sports took place yesterday afternoon in. beautiful weather and on » good track. The 220 yards Senior Cup produced a good ■ finish between Wise and HcQueen, the time, 24sec, beating the school Tecord of 24 1-Bsec. G. D. ■Wiseadded three inches fo the school record of 20ft lin for the long jump, and L. Ashhy 'lowered the ..half-mile open record of 2mia 9sec by one second. The same Tunner finished the mile with a fino sprint, lowering tbe record from 4min 59 3-oeec to 4min 48soc. A fifth record was G. Dickinson's putting the shot, Soft OJia. The old record was 34ft lliin. In an exhibition throw Dickinson r«»ch«d 36ft 3ifi. I. Jolly, in an exhibition cricket ball throw, reached 100 yds 2ft. HOP, STEP, AND JUMP RECORD. (By Cable—Presa Association—Copyright.* (Awtrahan and N.Z. CaMa Assooiatioß.) (Received November 7tih, 12.5 a.m.) i, SYDNEY, November 6. ' WintaT, of the South Sydney Club; created a new Australasian hop, atop, and jump record of 43ft lDlin.
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17296, 7 November 1921, Page 11
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