THROWING THE HAMMER
GERMAN SETS WORLD RECORD. (Recd This Day, 10.5 a.m.) BERLIN, August 22. Karl Hein, winner of the 1936 Olympic hammer throw, broke the twentyfive year old record with a throw of 190 feet 10 inches. The former record was held by the American, P. Ryan, with 189 feet 64 inches.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 August 1938, Page 5
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53THROWING THE HAMMER Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 August 1938, Page 5
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