ATHLETICS.
THE HUMAN. BULLET. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. NEiW YORK, March 8. At Buffalo Nurmi clipped a second off the world’s record when he reaced one mile in 4 minutes 12 seconds. HASTENING SLOWLY. WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. A great crowd watched the Finnish athelete. Nurmi, hold the watch on himself while covering 3000 metres in 7 min 46 2-osec. Presumably Nurmi did not wish to break a record, because every time he glanced at the watch, which he carried in his right hand, he slackened pace. The crowd, however, gave him an ovation.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 March 1925, Page 3
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