KNOWS HOW
* Lay Can Throw j Javelin - (From "N.Z. Truth's" Athletic Hep.) Q• < Saturday was no day for break--3 ing records m Wellington, but 1 Stan. Lay didn't worry about that — he simply took up his javelin and broke one. TN spite of the disability of a strong head wind he hurled -the. spear 2O6ft. 6in. and his own Australasian record of 205 ft. ll%in. went out on the wings of: the wind. . • Ben. Rydbeck (Wellingrton) captured the national hop, step and jump championship with the fine effort of 46ft. 9in. and then his ankle gave way. Roger Lander (Wellington) retained "■ his 120 yds.. hurdles championship and * Stan. 1 Rainsoh (Wellington) •■ the 440 yds. I Tonkin (Wellington) won the three it miles walk and Gudsell (Welling:on) the one mile, but the standard was low.
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NZ Truth, Issue 1213, 28 February 1929, Page 16
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