BORG IN AMERICA
BEATS WEISMULLER’S TIME. ; Elite WOMEN SWIMMERS.
Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. NEW YORK, February 27. At Miami Beach, Florida, Arne Borg (Sweden) set. a new . world’s reqordfor 300 metres in' 3min 38 l-ssee, -or 6 4-5 seo below J. Weismuller’s !: Honolulu time in 1922. ,>nV.» 1,1 Miss Gertrude Ederle, ant, American, by swimming in the first -220 yards, of an 880 yard relay race, set amew record of 2min 44 3-ssec, or 2sec under the time set by Miss James, of Eng-
land. This-, relay team, the other members of which. Wer.6 Misses Oramara, 'McGary, and Wainwrjght, set a new record of llmin .22 ,2-osec for. a women’s relay race. 1 - AUSTRALIAN TITLES MISS WEHBELAU WINS AGAIN. B* . Telegraph.—Press issn.—Copyright ;• . (Received March 1, 6.6 p.m.) i MELBOURNE, March 1. The women’s 100 yards championship of Australia resulted : Miss M. Wehselau (Hawaii) 1 Miss BeryrWalpole (N.S.W.) 2 Miss. Vera Pawley (N.S.W.) 3 Won easily.- Time, Imin 5 l-ssec.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12076, 2 March 1925, Page 11
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