Word: porritt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...change of date which has been postponed a week from the first day set, the English teams should bring their full forces for both meets. Arthur Porritt, the sensational New Zealand sprinter will be somewhat delayed by late examinations but will arrive in New York at least two days before the games. Porritt has the distinction of having broken the English intercollegiate record in the 100-yard dash which had stood for over 70 years. He accomplished this feat during a snow storm in the Oxford Cambridge meet in March, running the distance in 9.9 seconds. He is also...
...JOHN HENRY JOWETT?Arthur Porritt, with a foreward by the Archbishop of Canterbury?Doran...
...been unable to bring over some of their most formidable material and at the suggestion of the University the later date was offered to enable them to present a complete line-up. Among the men whom the Harvard-Yale forces will have most to fear in the meet are Porritt, the sensational New Zealand sprinter who last year broke the 100-yard record in the English dual meet and captured second in both the hurdle events, Lord Burnham, who holds a 12-foot pole vaulting record, and Lowe, the English captain and star hurdler...
...letter to Fred W. Moore, Captain Lowe of the English team states that the latter date will fit better into the Oxford and Cambridge plans, as their examinations come late in June. Lowe also says that in all probality A. E. Porritt, the New Zealander who won third in the Olympic 100-meters last year, will be unable to compete, late examinations prevented him from arriving in this country by the appointed date...