SOUTH AFRICAN ATHLETES.
WELCOMED HOME. BY CABLE—P&ESS ASSOCIATION—COPYKIGHT CAPETOWN, April 25. The returned team of athletes were welcomed by the Mayor, who spoke with enthusiasm of their splendid sportsmanship and the warm hospitality encountered throughout their Australasian tour. The manager declared that the success., of th© team was little short of phenomenal. The only untoward incident was Johnson's collision with Tracey in the New Zealand relay race, which was entirely unintentional. It Tras caused hy Tracey staggering. The South Africans made every eUort to ha-ve the rac« re-run, Tnit without avail.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 27 April 1922, Page 5
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91SOUTH AFRICAN ATHLETES. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 27 April 1922, Page 5
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