ATHLETICS
ANGLO-AMERICAN CONTEST CANCELLED
New York, April 6.
The decision of the English Ama- teur Athletic Association to give Sidney Wooderson, holder of the world's mile record, permission to run at Princeton on June 17 has resulted in the athletic contest be- tween Great Britain and the United! States, arranged for July 15, being cancelled it is understood.
THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 20, 1989.
ningham Would have been the draw- ling card."
Ferris added that British officials informed him last week that Wood- orson wished to compete at
American Amateur Athletic Union announced to-day that if Wooderson | Princeton, and they wanted to know decided to make his debut in the
if his appearance there would jeo- pardise the Anglo-American meet- Princeton invitation meeting at ing. Princeton Bowl on June 17, the in- ternational contest would not be
held.
"We told them to let Wooderson make his choice," said Ferris, “but we pointed out that, if he chose to ing arranged for New York would run at Princeton, the all-star meet-
off." Press Association.
"We told the British A.A.A. that less Wooderson ran his first race in we could not hold the meeting un-be
this country in it," said Ferris, "Na- with Glenn Cun-
Dan Ferris, secretary of the turally, his race
[Wooderson told a reporter last night that he would definite-
KENNERLEY'S BIG BREAK
K. Kennerley, of Birmingham, the holder, had a break of 368, the highest in the event, at the interval of his amateur champion- ship final match against, A. Spen- cer, of Rossington, Yorkshire, at Burroughes, recently.
ly compete in a mile race with Glen Cunningham at Princeton on June 17.]
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