WORLD RECORD
FOR HOP, STEP AND JUMP
(Australian Press Association.)
(Received this day at 10.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, December 16. Competing in the State athletic championships, Jack Metcalfe broke the official world’s record for the ho,p. step and jump by 2 3-8 inches, registering 51 feet. 9 3-8 inches. While this .performance breaks the existing world’s record, two Japanese have been credited with better figures, which are not yet recognised. They are Harada, 52 teet, and Oshima 52 feet 6 ins*
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 December 1935, Page 5
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