1908 OLYMPIC WINNER TO TRAIN AGAIN FOR 1940 GAMES
Mighty Matt McGrath, who won the Olympic Games hammer throw way back in 1908, is about to be retired by the New York Police Department. And what is Mighty Matt going to do now? He’s going into training fcr the 1940 Games. “I’m only 62 and I can throw that iron pea just as far as I ever did,” says McGrath. * * * * GUTHRIE REMEMBERED Germany has erected a memorial stone at the spot where Jimmy Guthrie, the famous British motor cyclist, crashed and was fatally injured during last year’s German Grand Prix. Guthrie was leading the field in an attempt to win for the third successive year when he crashed rounding a dangerous curve at a terrific speed.
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Northern Advocate, 1 March 1939, Page 4
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