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OLYMPIANS REJECTIOFFER OF $100,000Avery Brundage, AmericanChairman, Reveals FactThat He Has Turned DownFood Maker’s ProposalABOARD 8 8. MANHATTAN, |Enroute to Berlin, July 17 lt;APi.— Averv Brundage. chairman of the American Olympic committee, revealed vesterdav that the flnancial-lv harassed Olympic organization rejected a $100,000 offer from a breakfast-food concern in return1 for inclusion of the product on the athletes' menu and permission to advertise the fact.“I had a check for $10,000 in my hand and the balance was promised in nme installments.” Brundage said. Though tempted to accept 1 this means of solving most of the p money worries, the committee fin-' ally rejected the offer on the ground that it would be unethical and set a precedent injurious to sport.The training-tabie restrictions on the entire team were lifted yesterday as the result of protests of insufficient quantity and variety in the original menus. The regular ship's menu will be available for ail meals with the teams responsible for arranging their own diet. Theathletes also have been put on their honor to use best judgment and not indulge in fondness for sweets andpastries.The athletes are required to check their weight and keep a dally chart, however. Both Brundage and Lawson Robertson, head coach for track and field, appealed to the athletes to conscientiously observe the 10 o'clock curfew rule and to refrain from gambling with cards or diceThere is no objection if the athletes In some sports, such as the field events, indulge In an occasional smoke or glass of beer. If they are so accustomed,” Brundage said •Otherwise the regulations will be strictly enforced.This is no joyride. It has been a struggle to organize and finance tins team with many difficulties to overcome Now it is up to the athletes to show determination and do their j part.”The disclosure that anti-Nazi propaganda had been distributed surreptitiously aboard aroused the ire of Brundage. Gordon (Sllnger)Dunn, discus thrower from Fresno,!0$L, turned over to Brundage apamphlet which several athletes found In their staterooms attack- j lng alleged Nazi atrocities and racial and religious discrimination.Brundage protested to the ship’s officers, asking them to investigate. An Investigation revealed, however, 1 that there had been no general , distribution of the pamphlets.The condition of Harold Smallwood. national 400-meter champion who suffered an attack of appendicitis Wednesday, continued to show improvement. A1 Ulbrtckson, Washington crew coach, was w-orried over the seasickness of two of his lightest oarsmen—-Don Hume, stroke, and Herbert Norris, bow Both lost weight during the hot weather and expected to put on pounds duringthe trip across the Atlantic. They were confined to their cabins, disdaining anv foodWESTMINSTER HORSESHOW BEING PLANNEDWESTMINSTER, Md July 17— The second annual Westminster Riding Club horse and pony show will take place Saturday, August 8.on the Herr Farm along the Baltimore road Lunch will be served by the Children's Aid Society. Ten
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Hanover Evening Sun
Hanover, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Jul 17, 1936
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