TRACK RECORD MISSED BY MATTER OF INCH AND A-HALF
(Rec. noon.) LONDON, June 25. When Sergeant-instructor Madden, of the Physical Training Corps, ran 100yds at Northern Command sports in 9.6 sec to-day he thought he. had beaten the Army sprint record of 9.Bsec and the British record of 9.7 sec, but officiajs measured the track, and found it 1 jin short, and disallowed the time
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Evening Star, Issue 26137, 26 June 1947, Page 8
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65TRACK RECORD MISSED BY MATTER OF INCH AND A-HALF Evening Star, Issue 26137, 26 June 1947, Page 8
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