AUSTRALIAN BEATS HAEGG’S TIME
(By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Special Australian Correspondent.) SYDNEY, July 27. George Campbell, 19 years old Sydney athlete, has been timed to run the mile in four minutes three seconds. Thia • is three and one-lifth seconds faster than the world record established by Gunnar Hacgg at Stockholm a fortnight ago. Campbell’s time cannot be accepted as a record. He had two instead of three timekeepers, and the course was measured with u cloth instead of a steel tape. Officiate, however, say they are certain no mistakes were made.
’The Sydney sportspiau, Mr. George Nathan, has offered to guarantee Campbell’s expenses for a trip to America to meet the world’s best in races for patriotic purposes. Campbell bolds the State native record of 4 minutes 18 2-5 seconds for the mile.
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Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 257, 29 July 1942, Page 6
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132AUSTRALIAN BEATS HAEGG’S TIME Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 257, 29 July 1942, Page 6
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