ATHLETICS.
THE AMERICAN TEAM
RECORDS BROKEN. [Per Press Assr-ciArioN.] MASTERTOK, March 5. The American athletes appeared here to-day and' competed at the Wairarapa Amateur Athletic Club’s meeting. The attendance was large, tho track was in perfect order, and the weather conditions were ideal. In the 440yds Parker (America) broke the Australasian record, his time being 49.1-ssec. The .American made, short work of. the opposition, winning easily liy ten yards. A feature of the meeting was Power’s (America) mile run, the tance being covered in 4min 18 2-ssec, a fresh Australasian record.
Both Parker and Power had a great reception on returning to-the pavilion. Templeton was too heavily handicapped but showed to great advantage in both the 120yds ■ hurdles and the pole vaulting. In the former he was just beaten though giving away, a big start.. In the pole vault lie cleared lift lin. and just failed to beat his own record of-lift 6in.
Caughey (America)' in putting the shot contest covered 44ft 9Jih, also an Australasian record. Special gold medals were presented to the four visiting Americans in recognition of their sterling performances. The party left by the evening train for Palmerston North, en route to Hamilton, for their final meeting.’
THE DUNEDIN SPORTS. [ From Our Correspondent.]
DUNEDIN, March 5. W. F. Trembath- will compete in the Caledonian Society’s sports on March 23, to endeavour to break his Dunedin half-mile record of Imin 58 l-ssec.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16492, 6 March 1914, Page 8
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235ATHLETICS. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16492, 6 March 1914, Page 8
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