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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 20, 1935
Page
17
An old athlete recalls a botany handicap sprint where a race meeting was postponed for an athletic contest. He reflects on the great days of professional sprinting and the moral of perseverance in sport.
Ted Lazarus, famed sprinter from Botany and Carrington handicaps, remains active in sport and media. His clipping collection on sports topics spans local and overseas papers, reflecting his deep enthusiasm and influence in athletic circles. The article notes his past runs and mentions figures in Sydney racing and bookmakers, highlighting a lively sporting scene.
A garbled field report outlines a Brylanit billiards council meeting involving Joe Davis Tom Newman and Willie Staith. The text references a contentious rule change and scoring thresholds between 180 and 260 of an unclear total, with scattered mentions of events, players, and timings.
Fragmented text presents scattered sports references, names, and events. Reads like a garbled excerpt with numerous proper nouns and potential team or venue mentions, lacking coherent single event or outcome for a concise summary. The readable items appear interwoven with unrelated language and mis OCR.
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