ATHLETICS.
Till': OLYMPIC GAM.ICS. ADVIiKTISINi.i AUSTRALIA. By Cable Press Association -Copyright ' iHydiicJ-i February 10. Mr. Brnddon, tllnlinisil of t'ie Xi-w South Wales committ-.* "'ll'thW- beei. formed lo raise funds to send a f'^' ll to the Jlerliii Olympic Games in 11) Hi, says the question of the national advertisement of Australia arouses interest in being represented, and the belter this representation is carried out the highar witi : Australia be held in the estimation of the older countries. 'Mk HANDICAPPING SYSTKM. oboRTKD TO BY AMERICANS.
Melbourne, February H. The' "'nVerican athletes object 'to the handicaV system. They complain that i in order to 'win in most of the race* in j which they liaye competed it has been necessary for them to break the world's records. It was difficult to convince people in America, where all races arc scratch events, that they are not a badly beaten team. Parker's opinion is that the handicap system tends to keep second raters in that division.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 191, 11 February 1914, Page 7
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162ATHLETICS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 191, 11 February 1914, Page 7
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