Australia's chances in the sprint events in the Olympic Games are improving daily with the excellent form displayed by J. A. Carlton, has. s0 far equalled ewo world in the Australian Athlet Championships. Canton yesterday did" the 100-yards in 9% sec. and today he won the 220-yards in 208 fee, equalling the world record time made at Nebraska in 1938 by am American, Roland A. Locke, 'Miss Clara. Dennis, a fourteen-year-old Australian swimmer, t0- day' broke the world record for the 300 metres breast-stroke, in, 3 min. 82 see, the previous. best. cing 3 min. "112. see, established. by Fraulein Lotte Muke, at Berlin, on Suly 15, 1928. Miss Dennis is now certain'to go to. Los Angeles to represent Australia in' the Olympic When the first report Irish Hospitals Grand National Sweepstake was. checked actual sterling on Jan. 19 the ganisers cheerily annoineed th money -was coming in 39 fast that they were forced to enzage_an extra staff to take care of it: They said that, acco: present subscriptions, total should ag3 about
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