VISIT OF JAPANESE
ATTEMPT ON RECORD i [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION'] DUNEDIN, Sunday Before a large attendance at tho Caledonian ground yesterday afternoon Kohei Murakoso, the visiting Japanese athlete, attempted to break the two miles record of !)m 20 l-ss. established in 1927 by R. A. Rose. Murakoso's time was 9m 21 4-ss. Although he failed he ran a brilliant race and received an ovation. The Otago man, W. A. C. Pullar. who was also off scratch, kept pace with the Japanese runner until there were three and a-half laws to go. Murakoso then opened np a «ap and won by about 111 yds. A. It. Geddes snatched second place from Pullar by inches.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22671, 8 March 1937, Page 15
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114VISIT OF JAPANESE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22671, 8 March 1937, Page 15
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