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OFF FOR TEXASBetty Robinson Left Mond Night For National Athletic MeetMi and man day, lanti offiei T Yi mgWill Defend Her Title As World spri, Champion Girl Sprinter—Big Meetat Dallas, Texas heldwho]There is to be a big time in Dallas, call Texas, July 4th, Avhen the National I firstX, j n OC* TT'l 1 1 Vp IOx uciAACsx'wb ‘ I WellOver 200 girls from nearly every state I ^jjle in the union will enter the contests. I p]ac Betty Robinson, our own world’j ^ye champion, has a prominent place in of a the events. The swiftest girl runners I neSf in the country are anxious to beat I T Betty, but they’ll have to go some. | onC( She broke the 100 yard dash record last Saturday at Ogden Park, when she steeped down the cinders in 11 seconds flat. IThe following will represent Chica-1 Mr. go in the big meet: I lan1Elizabeth Robinson I JunNellie Todd, captain I CmHelen Filkey JieEvelynne Hall I ‘lellt;Genevieve Valvoda I *ngAnnette Rogers j hovFlorence Wright I s^r'Catherine Rutherford |theEvelyn FerraraAll but Miss Valvoda are members of the Illinois Women’s Athletic Club. I 1 She is a representative of the South J Mr Parks system—Cornell Square, to be I terexact. I GoThe nine girls wall take part in all whof the ten events on the program, and rep ■unless something goes amiss should score in all of them, too, says the Chi- ab; cago American. I j-jjIn the 100-yard dash will be Betty la£ Robinson, holder of the world’s record, hg; and Evelynne Hall. Nellie Todd and1 Annette Rogers are entered in the, fifty-yard dash. Helen Filkey, the Th present champion, and Miss Hall will ju go after hurdle honors. Florence' Wright, who set a new world’s record in the event Saturday, will take part in the 220-yard run.The relay team will consist of Helen Filkey, Betty Robinson, Florence Wright and Nellie Todd—a quartet that came within a^ fifth of a second of the world’s record Saturday and knocked about three seconds off the old Central A. A. U. mark.Betty left Monday evening with her mother, Mrs. Harry Robinson, over the Chicago Alton for Dallas. Well, good luck, Betty.stvdiecaPhT1arwlt;infrexmN
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Riverdale Pointer
Riverdale, Illinois, US
Fri, Jul 04, 1930
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