A SPEEDY SPRINTER
100 METRES IN 101 SECONDS,
SCHOOLBOY’S FEAT.
VANCOUVER, July 15
At Hamilton, Bert Pearson, an 18-year-old school student, Broke the Olympic 100 metres record in the semi-final of the Canadian trials in 10J seconds, being -a flfth of a second slower than Williams’ world record.
Williams was permitted to go to, Los Angelas without competing in the trials.
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Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18691, 18 July 1932, Page 2
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