Swimming.
Tims W. F. Corbott, in the Sydney " Referee " : —" We must now take off o,ur hats to this splendidly-built so-n of Uncle Sam (Norman Ross). He is, indeed, the greatest swimmer the world has seen. -To my mind the' mile is the. supreme test of the powers of a swimmer. He cannot be referred to as really great till he shows a good turn of. speed, at, and stays over that distance.'' "The happening- that this comment was the fact that 'Norman Ross had set up a new record for the mile (22mins. 58 2-ssecs.), beating the late Barney JLLeran's time of 23mins. 16 4-ssecs., which had stood the test since March 4th, 1905.
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Free Lance, Volume XIX, Issue 1029, 17 March 1920, Page 28
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114Swimming. Free Lance, Volume XIX, Issue 1029, 17 March 1920, Page 28
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