Canada got off to a flying start in the world's ice hockey championship, beating Austria, 3-0, here to-day Last night the Canadian team trimmed Sweden, 3-2.
A furious battle was fought between Czechoslovakia and Sweden, ending in a scoreless tie after three overtime periods were played.
The tournament, which started on February 11, will continue until February 20, with sixteen nations fighting for honours. England, holder of the title, will defend the championship. In addition to England, the United States, Canada. Germany, Holland, France, Italy Latvia, Norway, Austria, Poland, Rumania, Sweden, Switzerland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia are entered in the tournament.—United Press.
The Soviet swimmer Boitchenko, who recently broke the world's swimming record for 100 metres (breast-stroke), has beaten the European record for 200 metres breast-stroke th a time of min. 39.3sec.
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