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OLYMPIC TRIALS The British Columbia trials for the Olympic games, which will com mence at Stockholm, Sweden, the last week in June, and continue prac tically throughout July, were held at Brockton Point, Vancouver. There was not a very large attendance of athletes, only two men competing in each event, with the exception of the mile run, the quarter-mile and the weights. The athletes, as given below, were chosen to participate in the All-Canadian trials, which will be held in Montreal on June 8. Frank McConnell, Vancouver— 100 yards and 220 yards. Dane Gillis, Vancouver—Hammer and discus. Tom Gallon, Victoria—440 yards. H. 3B. Beasley, Victoria—100 yards. H. R.Chandler (reserve), Van couver—10,000 metres. The city of Victoria will be asked to contribute $400 towards the ex penses of sending these athletes to compete in the all-Canadian Olympic trials at Montreal on June 8. The city of Vancouver has already pledg ed itself to contribute $500. One of the surprises of the trials on Saturday was the failure of Jack Hoult, the Columbian College ath lete, to win the quarter mile dash. Following is a summary of ,the trials. . . 100 yards dash—Frank McCon nell, V. A. C.; H. B. Beasley, J. B. A. A. Time, 10 seconds, 220 yards dash—Frank McCon nell, H. B. Beasley. Time, 22 2-5 seconds,, A new B. C. record. 440 yards—Tom Gallon, J. B. A.A. Time, 51 1-5 seconds. One mile—Alex. Macdonald, V. A. C.; Carl Raine, Y. M. C. A.; W. Day, Victoria. Time, 4 minutes 43 sec onds. Half mile—A. Copping, Vancou ver; Jack Hoult, New Westminster. Time, 17 25 seconds. Five miles—W. Chandler, V. A. C.; Cameron Smith, Y. M. C. A. Time, 26 minutes, 885 seconds. Discus—Dane Gillis, 128 feet 11 inches; J. Cameron, P. M. B. A., 116 feet 11 inches; A. McDiarmid, V. A. C., 112 feet. Subscribed for the Prince Rupert Weekly Journal, $2.00 a year.
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Prince Rupert Journal
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, CA
Thu, May 30, 1912
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