AMATEUR ATHLETICS.
[PRESS ABSOOIATION.] MELBOURNE, 12th November. At the Amateur Athletic Association Championship Meeting, Shea covered 220 yards in 22 3-ssec. [The world's record for the distance is 21 l-ssec, held by Tewkesbury, of Phila- ; delphia, America.] , '| (Received November 13, 9.8 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. At the Championship Meeting Shea also won the quarter-mile champions-hip in 53£ sec, and tied with' Morris for the 100 yr.rds in 10 l-sscc. Other events wero won as follows: — Half-mile, O'Hanlon, in 2min 0 l-3seo; mile, Duncan, in 4min 40 3-ssec; 120 yardls -hurdles, M'Lean, in 17 l-ssec ; mile walk, Puirbrick, in 7m>in 11 3-ssec ; three miles, Barrett, in 23min 6sec ; high jump, M'Duigian, sft s^in ; weight-throw-ing evetnts, Maher. i
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Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 116, 13 November 1900, Page 5
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