ATHLETICS.
UNITED STATES V. BRITISH
EMPIRE
LONDON, Sept. 5. The largest attendance on record at the Athletici sports in England witnessed ten ovonts at the Queen's Club bat.veen the> Ametican competitors in tho Olympic Game and. the British Empire, consisting of Olympic competitoi •» and university athletes. Dilvidson-■ and H. E. Wilson (New Zealand), Ken T. Hughes (Victoria), and E. V. Dmibar (Queensland) participatsd. ' . 15ach sido \yon five events, the .Americans taking the ; broad jump, 440 yai'ds hurdles, and three relay races' of four miles, t^vo miles, and 440 yards. The British won the high jump, one mile, two miles, and half milo relay, in which Davidson finished first by six yards. Thompson (the Canadian champion) won tho 120 yards hurdles in 14 4-osecs., creating a world's record on the grass.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 212, 7 September 1920, Page 3
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130ATHLETICS. Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 212, 7 September 1920, Page 3
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