SPORTS AND PASTIMES
MOTOR CYCLE RACING ISLE OF MAN CONTEST. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, June 17, Tiie Light-weight Tourist Trophy at the Island of Man contests was won by G. Walker with an average speed of 68.98 miles an hour. Forty-two started. , The foreign machines seemed to he outclassed. The Italian crack rider, Ghersi, came in sixth, but he was riding a British cycle. The little engines, with their piston diameter no bigger than a wine glass, stood the race with astonishing efficiency. BILLIARDS NEWMAN AND LINDRUM. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) MELBOURNE, June 18. Newman (rec. 7000) has. scored 8572 (including breaks of 436 and 430); Lindrum. 2115 (736 and 340).
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21365, 19 June 1931, Page 7
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