LAND & WATER.
RUNNING RECORD BROKEN HELSINGFORS, June 2. A Finn named Lehtinen covered a mile and a-lialf in 6min 24 l-10sec, beating Nurmi’s record of Gmin 424 sec at Los Angeles in 1929. ENDURANCE SWIMMING RECORD BROKEN BY ZIMMY. SUVA, June 4. Zimmy, the legless swimmer, completed a record endurance swim in the Suva municipal baths this morning, remaining in the water for 81 hours. BILLIARDS NEWMAN v. LINDRUM. SYDNEY, June 6. Newman (receive 5500) has scored 10,730; Lindrum 9110. LAWN TENNIS. DAVIS CUP CONTEST. JAPAN ELIMINATES EGYPT. LONDON, June 3.' In the third round of the Davis Cup Japan eliminated Egypt. ENGLAND PLAYING SOUTH AFRICA. LONDON, June 4. In the Davis Cup (third round) Austin (England) beat Kirby (South Africa). 6—2, 6—S, 2—6, 10—S, 6—3; Perry (England) beat Farquharson, 6—2, 6—3, 6—3.
THIRD ROUND PLAY.' LONDON, June 5» In the third round of the Davis Cup Britain eliminated South Africa, Czechoslovakia eliminated Italy at Prague by 3 matches to 0. AMERICAN TEAM CHOSEN. NEW YORK, June 4. Shields, Wood, Lott, and Van Ryn have been selected as the United States team in the interzone finals at Paris.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4030, 9 June 1931, Page 48
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