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and yachting.OlympicHockeyFinished?TORONTO (CP)—The stricter amateur code for athletes in the Olympic Games could mean the end of Canadian participation in Olympic hockey.The International Olympic Committee, at a meeting in Athens, Greece, tightened the code Wednesday by requiring that an amateur must have “never received any payment for taking ; part in any sports competition.”“It’s a return to the horse and buggy days,” said Jack Rox- ! burgh, president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, at Simcoe, Ont. “That rule j of amateurism was made years ago when the rich could send their sons hnd daughters into Olympic competition.”Utterly ImpossibleHe said it now is “utterly impossible” for ordinary persons to represent their country in athletics without receiving financial aid.Most hockey players in Canada are subsidized from junior age onwards. For the purpose of the Olympics, the CAHA accepts as an amateur anyones wrho does not make his living from i hockey.Jim Worrall of Toronto, presi-s dent of the Canadian Olympic l_ Association, said the new regu-^ ; lations could affect athletes of 0 any country who accept athletic y scholarships or attend special training camps. But the exact e effects wouldn’t be known until B an IOC special committee gives e an interpretation of the newy I rules.CNF Athletes Affectedn Athletes who attend the Canadian Legion’s Olympic training program at the Canadian Na-if tional Exhibition in Toronto r i each year could also be affect-n ed, he said.r; “Where are we supposed to j draw the line? Do we call all0 these youngsters professionals simply because they travel to j y Toronto for a week’s training - and a track meet at somebody j t else’s expense?” *Roxburgh asked: “How are1 they going to judge other eoun-t j tries with different setups? j a Take Russia. Athletes there are f employed by the army and paid * during their athletic training.” !
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Winnipeg Tribune
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Jun 22, 1961
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