A Fine Win for W. J. Young in Record Time: N. Webb a very Close Second Beautiful weather favoured the International walking match on Sunday and the event proved in every way, as great a success as last year's, despite the fact that the entries were smaller. However, had been pointed out before, the competitors, though fewer, were 2 much hotier state of training than in 1028, they provided a far more exciting contest and the leading men's times were greatly improved.
Norman Webb started a strong vidual favourite and the Eng: lish team also. generally were ex-ceted to win, but the public fancy was wrong both ways," for the winner was found in W.'J. Young, an Trishman, and the Irish also captured the' team honours, Web) and the English being second. The French occupied third position and fowed it to the plucky walking of quite a youngster. Older and stronger, men had given the team 12 good chance by capturing seventh, ninth and twelfth places. and everything depended "upon whether young.A. Peniguel could stay the course, He did not have to bother about where he finished, but of course he did not know this and eventually he came swinging along Ju the twenty-seventh position, to the great delight of his countrymen, and he was going great guns at the nish.
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