AMERICA AND PROFESSIONALS.
SPORTS IN GERMANY
(Received Sept. 2, 8.5 a.m.) NEW YORK, September 1
Mr Sullivan, secretary of the American Olympic Committee, interviewed, said that if the British Olympic fund was used to take men systematically from their employment and make it. worth their while to train, the next Olympiad would be one of flagrant professionalism, which America would not tolerate, and m which she would refuse to compete. j BERLIN, September 1. At the Sporting Club's International Olympic meeting, England won the 100 metres race, Barker being first m 10 9-10 sec. D'Arcy was second, and. i Applegarth third.
England also won the 200 metres and 300 metres race. Germany won the relay race. Applegarth's time for the 200 metres was 20 9-10 sec, a German record.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XL, Issue 13170, 2 September 1913, Page 3
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