FOR OLYMPIC GAMES .
N.Z. REPRESENTATIVES
OTAGO CENTRE PROTESTS. J [ Per Prc.sA Association. ] i DUNEDIN, March .1. . The Otago Centre of the New Zea- 1 ■ land Amateur Swimming Association, ; at its meeting," opposed the order of lselection for the Olympic Games, urg- 1 ing that the order should be ’ Miss i Miller, Miss Stockley and D. P. Lind- ' The chairman pointed out that the 1 girls should certainly have preference < over Lindsay if swimmerS were to be 1 sent with a chance of reaching the finals. Miss Miller, with a disadvan- e tage of a 110 yards hath, had swum 1 440 yards in only seven seconds out- < side the world’s record. t In the 25 yards both Lindsay’s time t for the 440 yards was 32 seconds out- b side the record, and he would have no ‘ chance against men like Borg and Weismuller.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20085, 2 March 1928, Page 4
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