WORLD’S FASTEST PROFESSIONAL RUNNER. Tim Banner, of Australia, 24 years of age, 5ft 6in in height, and weighing I Ist, has a record of 10¾sec for 110yds. He has run 130yds in 9¼yds under “evens” and 100yds in 3yds better than evens evens, of course, being 10yds per second. 220yds in 22sec is another recent achivement. Sun Feature Bureau, photo.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3829, 2 August 1927, Page 40
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60WORLD’S FASTEST PROFESSIONAL RUNNER. Tim Banner, of Australia, 24 years of age, 5ft 6in in height, and weighing I Ist, has a record of 10¾sec for 110yds. He has run 130yds in 9¼yds under “evens” and 100yds in 3yds better than evens evens, of course, being 10yds per second. 220yds in 22sec is another recent achivement. Sun Feature Bureau, photo. Otago Witness, Issue 3829, 2 August 1927, Page 40
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