PELTZER RETIRES
A report from Cologne states that Dr. Otto Peltzer, the German champion athlete, who set up a world record of lmiri 51 3-ssec for the halfmile, in the A.A.A. championships at Stamford Bridge in 1926, has announced his retirement from the track. He has'taken part in international athletics for fifteen " years. Peltzer's thrilling race at Stamford Bridge, when he gained a narrow victory over D. G. A. Lowe, the English champion, who later beat the German in the Olympic Games, has been described as the greatest half-mile ever run in Great Britain. Despite his age —he is 35 —Peltzer took part in an international sports meeting in Germany last year, and surprised the critics by .winning; the haiirualr
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 98, 27 April 1935, Page 22
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120PELTZER RETIRES Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 98, 27 April 1935, Page 22
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