Sport: Records: Apr. 23, 1928

At Colombes Stadium, Paris, 55,000 people broke down the gates and ran out on a soccer field to hug and kiss the referee for his fine refereeing of a game between Wales and France. France won.

Martha Norelius in a swimming meet in New Brunswick, N. J., broke by four seconds the world's record for a 300-metre free style. Her time was 4 min. 83 1/5 sec.

Sailing for Spain, Paulino Uzcudun, heavyweight, said he would like to fight Tunney for nothing.

In Hamburg a fat man named Otto Kemmerich got into a swimming pool with a California sea lion. After swimming for ten...

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