Sport: New World's Records: Jan. 28, 1924

¶ Ice-skating, 100-yds., paced: Everett McGowan of St. Paul, 4 1/5 sec., in Pittsfield, Mass.

¶Ice-skating for women amateurs, 100-yds., unpaced, from a standing start: Gladys Robinson of Toronto, 10 2/5 sec., in Pittsburgh, Mass.

¶ Pocket billiards: Ralph Greenleaf of Philadelphia, run of 101 balls, in Rochester, N. Y.

¶880-yd. swim: Andrew Charlton, Australian, aged 16, 10 min. 51 4/5 sec., in Sydney.

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