CYCLING
LAWSON VERSUS 11UTT. United Press. Association—By Eiecirio Telegraph—Copyright. j SYDNEY, January 12. Ivor Lawson, tho American champion cyclist and winner of the 1904 World's Professional Two-kilometre Championship, easily defeated Walter Rutt, tie German rider, in a series of teSS matches. Lawson later on broke the world's record for one mile, covering the distance- in lmin 47 4-ssec. . Keen interest is being shown < in the Tai Tapu Road Race, which takes place to-morrow. The distance is" tenmiles, and intending competitors havebeen in hard training. _ Forty-one nominations have been received. '
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIII, Issue 13646, 13 January 1905, Page 5
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89CYCLING Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIII, Issue 13646, 13 January 1905, Page 5
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