LATE SPORTING

Evening Star, Issue 19665, 19 September 1927, Page 8

LATE SPORTING

AMATEUR ATHLETIC CHAMPIONS WORLD’S RECORDS BROKEN, ' Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright , COLOGNE, September 18. (Received September 19, at 11 a.m.) / At tho international athletic meeting Gumming, champion of New York, won the 100 metres in 10 3-ssec, beating Scholz, tho American Olympic representative, and Thcard, of Franco. The German, Pcltzer, won the 1,000 metres in 2min 24 4-ssee, a world’s record, defeating Mertin, tho French champion. ■ Lord Burleigh won the 110 and 200 metres hurdles, beating respectively Berthier, of France, in 15 d-osec and Alzar, of France, in 24 3-sscc. OSLO, September 18. (Received September 19, at 11 a.m.) Tho Norwegian, Anderson, won tho 100 metres in 10 3-ssec. STOCKHOLM, September 18. (Received September 19, at 11,30 a.m.) Tho Swede, Peitorson, covered 110 metres over the hurdles in 11 7-10 sec, a world’s record. LIMERICK, THE CHAMPION. A GREAT THOROUGHBRED. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, September 19. (Received September 19, at 11.30 a.m.) Tho 1 Herald,’ commenting on Limerick’s win at the Roschill Meeting, says: “His decisive victory silences all arguments as lo which is Dio best horse racing in Australia and New Zealand at the present time. That lie is a champion is undoubted, and there is every possibility of his proving one of the greatest thoroughbreds, if not tho greatest, that has graced the Australian tnrf. Apparently no distance is too great for him and none too long. The difficulty is only to urge him to greater effort.