ALL OUT IN A DESPERATE FINISH.—The second heat of 220 yards A. and N.Z. championship at Wellington, in which L. C. Parker, Queensland, just beats C. H. Jenkins, Wellington. Parker is on the extreme right and Jenkins next to him.
MAY BE NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST OLYMPIC CHAMPION.—S. A. Lay (Taranaki) threw the javelin 218 ft 2½in at the A. and N.Z. Championships at Wellington, his throw being within 6in of the world’s record. It cannot be allowed as a record, however, owing to the competitors being assisted by the wind.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 239, 29 December 1927, Page 16
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90ALL OUT IN A DESPERATE FINISH.—The second heat of 220 yards A. and N.Z. championship at Wellington, in which L. C. Parker, Queensland, just beats C. H. Jenkins, Wellington. Parker is on the extreme right and Jenkins next to him. MAY BE NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST OLYMPIC CHAMPION.—S. A. Lay (Taranaki) threw the javelin 218 ft 2½in at the A. and N.Z. Championships at Wellington, his throw being within 6in of the world’s record. It cannot be allowed as a record, however, owing to the competitors being assisted by the wind. Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 239, 29 December 1927, Page 16
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