SPORTS AND PASTIMES
BILLIARDS FINE BREAK BY LINDRUM. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph —Copyright.) LONDON, January 12. (Received Jan. 13, at 5.5 p.m.) Newman has scored 18,184. including breaks of 390 and 345 (unfinished); Lindrum 15,676, including a break of 1111 coinpiled in 35 minutes. He reached 1000 in 32 minutes, equalling the record, which he failed to break owing to his control being less effective than usual. He fluked potting the red at 939. Other breaks were 641, 478, and 761. AMATEUR ATHLETICS OLYMPIC RECORD BROKEN. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) SYDNEY, January 13. (Received Jan. 13, at 11.50 p.m.) Jim Carlton, the Australian sprint champion, ran 100 metres on an unprepared track on the Sydney sports ground to-day in lOJsec, beating the Olympic record by a tenth of a second. Two timekeepers checked the trial, which was specially arranged by an evening newspaper preparatory to the Australian athletic championships, which will be held shortly.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21542, 14 January 1932, Page 9
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