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Hope For U S Triumph In Melbourne Olympic Trials
Reports from Los Angeles and Melbourne recount a large US Olympic unit shaping for the 1948 Games. Kenneth Tug of the USOC lauds the group of 50 or more athletes as a historic outfit, with Jim Kelly of Minnesota noting rising records and the plan to assemble the team in mid October for training and inter team tests before flying to Australia to begin competition in late October and November.
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Bob Myers
Angeles
Usele
Sam
Australia
United States
Melboune
Kenneth Tug
Wilson
Jim Kelly
Minnesota
Athieves