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Trial Dates Are AnnouncedGEFor British EmpGameso t o cl i* f Ii,iehdhk.nididIDMMlr-hHamilton to Get Marathon and Men's Track and Field— Women's Event Will Take Place in London and Boxing in Montreal—Team Will Sail July 20.fly W. At. (iL.tUl.HIICentral Prff» Cunadlon Hpnrt* WriterToronto, April 14,-~Canadlan pre*para t ion a for tho BHtliH Empiregame. feature fixture tor tbe forthr coming summer season. are well in hand with the official designation of the date* for trial competitions for the ©election of the athletic personnel of the Canadian team which will sail for London from Montreal on July 20.The nrot of the preliminary event* in the Dominion * under the Joint uponaorahip Qf the British Empire Oamea Aaaociatlon of Canada and tho Amateur Athletic Union will be the official marathon trial at Hamilton on June 16, which will be conducted in'conjunction with the Do* minion Intcrschoiaatlc track and field championship* at the atadium In Hamilton, where the first British Empire meet waa ataged with much isucceat four years a*o.. Next will be ihe National women** I track and field triala at lxndonlt; ! Ontario, on July 5 and ?, for the | election of the young ladle* who i will represent Canada in the Empire ;i| j competition during the flrat week of IU! Auguat. In conjunction with theae testa will ba the Canadian championship meet of the Women'* Amateur. Athletic Federation of Canada.Male athlete* from nil part* of the Dominion will feather at Hamilton for their BritiKii Empire truck and field triala on Friday and Saturday, July lit and 14, on which date* the Canadian championships of the A-A.tf* cf C- will be decldcd*EIfE PEPPW SUITERS DHN1CAL KNOCKOUT AT RANDS OF MEL COLEMANIAmkIiM rrni Dnntch.) nrantf Fork*, N.I~ April 14.— Mr I coietnen, of llnluth, won onr ijiurle Ptppln, of Winnipeg, Here last night by a technical klockout In lh* tenth round when Hrferee Johnny Knauf • toppedtUe flRht wltli Fepptn recline and unable to defend himself. Prppln weighed Coleman16V, Oeorgle . Feist, of Cl rand Forks, 1S«, knocked out Dili Richards, of St. Paul. 133, In the first round of a sU-rouU boul. Mn Knlbrener. of Aloof bead, Minn., 14;, beat -foe ftomstad, Urafton, N.I)„ 140, in six rounds.iI VI 1De8an*A tlit of aoncnot1TOdlvtryme;palJwitnotcWiIxsil*uris.byrasrt*m-*7le»i ton-cnfanim!St«yteym»or.ut»urhytilpre-o(nttheilmjlittoI'atutdlan MiamplonMrlp* In TorontoFollowing these events, the Canadian boxing and wrestling trials will be staged in Montreal under ths direct auspices or the Quebec branch of the Amateur Union, th« tentative dates for the ring bouts being Monday and Tuesday, July 1? and 18. The selected winners .will remain In Montreal to board the boat on the following Friday .Leading up to the British Empire boxing trial* will be the Dominion boxing championships, which are scheduled to be held in Toronto on May 33 and 3*. under the auspices of the Central Ontario branch of the Amateur Union. Various boxers who prove victors In the national titular tournament In Toronto will be sent on to the Empire trials, but the latter will be open to other contestants, of course.All registered amateurs In the Dominion are eligible to compete in the various championship features o; the AJt.U. and the W_A,A.F.. but there In one requirement which must be recognized in connection with selections for the team to represent Canada at the gsmes in London. This condition 1* that every member of the team must b« a British subject and either born in the country represented or resident In that country for at least six months immediately previous to Aug. 1, 1*34.Fry_In Charge.* In charge of the Canadian arrangement* Is Chairman W. A. Fry, of the British Empire. Games committee. Dunvlie. Ontario, who is also vice-president of the 'Canadian Amateur Union. The secretary of ths British Empire _ a»m** organization for the Dominion is M. M. Robinson. . of Hamilton. i|0J •- The Canadian Wheelmen’* Aaaocla-oaid1thIteye«jtit* yen by *or-fr ItDUNLAP KEEN FOR BRITISH AMATEURhadUr.imenediALslntml-am-da-thertgeat.tlon has, also decided to send team of Tlders to th« Empire games, ana their'events wlll .be held at the FSllowfleld track. Manchester, on Saturday,, Aug. 11,. the closing day of the festival* The C.W*A, Is . planning to hold It* 10H Canadian championships as. a,feature: ofthe Toronto Centennial celebration, piptiabiy on July 3, when the. pereonnel of the cycling, team will be plekBd. . The£ resident of the Wheelmen’s aaisoela-on la J. H. BoUth, of Toronto, and the chairman of the Doolaiba Hftflnt Board Is BusseU E. Coupland, of Toronto, who U tte likely; choice as manager of the team. ’AU entries for the gams* must he I received in England by Jifljr l*. though alterations an permitted up to July 38. . i,American Champion Beaten by Ron. Michael Scott in Semir Final Last Year lt;By I JOB CAVAtiNABO (.tsworlated Frees * ports Writer.) New. Vork, April 14.—George Terry Duniap, Jr., la not given to making predictions, but ths UJJ. amateur golf champion said Friday that Jse feels especially keen? about the British amateur crown, By especially keen” be meant, that his game, as well as hi* eagerness to win, was at a high, pitch.I never forecast my chances before a tournament, the sandy-halred champion said. ’There ara some tournaments 1 know 1 ahould win, for instance, the north and south amateurat Flnahurst. Usually, however. I play the best 1 know how and let fata decide th« rest.”It was the resigning British champion, lion. Michael Scott, the Sd-year-old wonder, who was the fate In Dunlap’s first bid for the BrltUJi title last year: Diving away1 more than SO years in age, Scott cut (town Dunlap In the seml-fiualx after the latter had beaten the Canadian ace, C, R. (Sandy)'Somerville, of London, Ont.I personally think Scott Is very mush .under-rated as a golfer.” Dunlap sa|d, He's every bit as good fcs his gama was1 In the championship fast year, and undoubtedly he’ll provide plenty of trouble In tbe Walker cup matchea next month.”George reels that he’a batter armed for hla second British Invasion, which Includes the International teaih competition as well as tbe championship. His game atruck a new . alltime low last winter at Pine hurst, where he won tbe north snd south title for tbe third time. In one of his rounds be recorded a breath-taking 03. •My game la better now than It ever has been, and only occasionally doea a weakness show up. That weakness usually is a loop at the top of my swing. Every once In a while, th» fault appears, but it does not worry me much, because,I know the remedyfor, it. rFREDDIE MILLER WINS FROM JiUllE; SHARKEY1foibuWiwtdoaotoDistirnLethJeN-MlTiopWIUlthAtroHAlo\(ccvVUPaatbnt/ctII(12 i i*r *.Fodhrweifkjt Omi**- Bre«k»Ribon
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Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Sat, Apr 14, 1934
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