EASY WIN FOR BOOT
IN NEW SOUTH WALES TITLE. FAST 880 YARDS RACE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. SYDNEY, February 11. Vernon Boot won the 880 yards championship of New South Wales today with consummate ease. Conditions were ideal and Boot was content to lie third for the first lap. which was run at fast pace. He strode away before the bell and had a winning margin of 15 yards. He was not at all distressed. When shown the clock which recorded 1.53, Boot smiled and said: “That's according to the schedule I set.” Results are:— 220 yards (women) Joyce Walker 1, Jean Coleman 2, Decima Norman (Western Australia) 3. Time, 25 1-5. 220 yards (men): E. Best (Victoria) 1, J. Mumford (New South Wales) 2, W. J. Burfein (Queensland) 3, D. B. Dunn (New Soouth Wales) 4. Time, 22. 880 yards: V. P. Boot (New Zealand 1, P. Eades (New South Wales) 2, C. Richards (New South Wales) 3. Time, 1.53. The hop, step and jump was won by D. L. Miller (New South Wales), 51ft 6§in.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 February 1939, Page 2
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