At the annual games at Stamford Bridge was given a first exhibition of England's 1924 Olympic possibilities. Four English Amateur Athletic Association records were broken: 100-yard dash Liddell, Edinburgh, 9 7-10 sec. (The U. S. A. A. U. record is 9 6-10 sec.) 220-yard dashLiddell, Edinburgh, 21 3-5 sec. (U. S., 21 1-5 sec.) 120-yard high hurdlesGaby, Polytechnic, 15 1-6 sec. (U. S., 14 2-5 sec.) Running high jumpLewden, Stade Francais, 6 ft. 4 in. (U. S., 6 ft. 7 5-16 in.)
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