ATHLETICS.
AUSTRALASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. I>y Cubic—l'ress Association—Copyright Melbourne, January 20. Parker, a runner with a deceptive style ■and a strohg finisher, drew the inside running in both to-day's events and regards this as his finest achievement. For his victory in the <piiivtcr-mile lie received an ovation. Keddell lost lii~ j titles to the 120 yds and 440 yds hurdles Ito a South Australian. Dormer run 'much below form. Pender, Adelaide's • choice in the 120 yds hurdles, was unuble to start owing to an injury, but Wallman, the second string, effected a surprise, winning «nd breaking Keddell's Jlecord of Saturday.
The mile produced a brilliant ncck-and-neck finish, Power and Thorpe making a. thrilling dash up the straight. Jt(: crowd showing tremendous enthusiasm. The American broke Shrubb's record of 1905 by several yards. The three-mile walk was a great battle. from start to finish between Pickard and Murray. Cash mail walked indifferently.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 179, 28 January 1914, Page 6
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149ATHLETICS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 179, 28 January 1914, Page 6
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