SWIMMING.
VISIT OF LUDY LAXGKit. Arrangements havs been made for Lndy Longer, mifldlc-distar.ee .swimming champion-' o? tho world, to appeal in Christchurch" on Wednesday and 'lhuraday next. Lunger 53 an expert exponent of the modern rating ,strc.':es, and, over distances from 220yd3 Ij SiOyds, is capable of better time tl:an any I. oijier present-day swimmer. Lange r is the or.ly swimmer. vrho has beaten Xounan Itoss, having b?ate)i America's Olympic champion j m the American 44Cydi championship, when: hn created a lieiv Tecard of 6mia ITcxo, thus | wiping off the books the long-standing record j of the Jite Harney Kicrar. In Cinistckurcl: J . Lan?er will bo seen ov-er his lest distances— j 1 220 yds ar.d 440yds—when he will copcede i sut-tantia! starts to the local The box plans are ,it The'BristoJ.
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17121, 16 April 1921, Page 12
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