ATHLETICS.
VISIT OF AMERICANS. (fBESS ISSOCUHOK TSUSXAK.) WELLINGTON, September 2. Further advice regarding the proposed tour of New Zealand next season by the two American athletes, George Bullwinkle and George Simpson, waa received at a meeting of the council of the Amateur Athletic Association. A cablegram was received from G. O. Krogness on August 22nd, stating that Simpson would , decide after the Chicago meeting, and ' that Bullwinkle was still in Europe. It was reported that the profit on the New Zealand championship meeting was £127. Official recognition was granted' J. G. Lcckie's hammer throw of 151 ft 6in for the 161b hammer, at Hilton, on February 15th, as the best performance on record by a Jjfew Zealande*,
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20023, 3 September 1930, Page 9
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