Swimming AMERICANS SET TWO RECORDS
Schollander Beats Own Time (N Z.P A -Reuter—Copyright) TOKYO. August 18 Two world records fell on Saturday as the United States took a firm lead in the ooening events of the sixth JapanAmerica swimming match in Tokyo. The 17-year-old American student. D. Schollander. broke '■is own pending world record time for the 200 metres free-] tyle with Imin 58 ssec. Hlsi irevlous best w.s tm’n 58 Bsec ; An 18- - ear-old Californian, student, R Saari broke the l world 1500 metre freestyle, -eccrd. which had stood since; 1930. with 17min 5 asec. The -irevious record was set by J 1 Konrads, of Australia. America’s 17-man teami finished the day with 21 points while Japan's 25-man team, scored only 6. '
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30213, 19 August 1963, Page 13
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