London, Jan, 21.
he lifting is gaining in Popularity in England." For some years, the man who performed fea fof strength with the weights has been lod hee 'The Sydney cricket ground is full of memories, and recently a. discovery was made ina locker valuable shield which commemorates the first Australian side to visit England—the team' of 1878, "No tone can explain who presented it, to whom it was presented, or the rear son behind the presentation, hee Floodlit football scored a distinct success at the White City on December 14 when Leeds met Wigan under Rugby League rules. Akhough the game was unfamiliar to most of the Erowid of people who assem Died," the "show" Was evidently voted ""excellent, Four huge groups of floodlights had been erected on towers" at. the corners the field: the' light they gave is said to be equivalent to 85,000,000 candle, power, and yet the cost of illuminating such' a game ts 8 cee means of sphysteal (ruining. "The British © Amateur Weight-Lifting Association announces a. consider fable increase in membership and a recent display at a London hall aroused widespread interest.
Yorkshire is a particula® stronghold of the weightalifter.. Among other famous exponents of the game which this country has given ts, is Walker, for whom a. world-chai lon ship confidently" is "predicted.
or is this exacting sport to be confi to men, if the rise to fame of Miss Ivy Russell can be taken as a portent of the future, "Miss Russell ill be remembered by followers of the sport for her wonderful lifts of two hands clean and jerk with bar-bell of 150 1b. and two hands dead-lift of 340 Th. at body-weight of 9
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