Wooderson Fails to Break Lovelock’s Record
EUROPEAN ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIPS United Press Association. —By Electrlo Telegraph.—Copyright. PARIS, Sept. S. In the European amateur athletia championships, S. C. Wooderson (Britain) won the 1500 metres in 3min 53 3-ssec, which is some seconds slower than J. E. Lovelock’s world record e£ 3miu 47 4-ssec, which ho is believed to have been attempting to beat. Germany was the most successful country at the meeting winning seven first places. Finland won five and Britain four.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 212, 8 September 1938, Page 8
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