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Track and Be Held in Hamilton in July8! 0 ! o: ft* n274 o93 75 5 3 7530933)!(CsuimJiAn Frrw Despatch.’) I11a mil Ion, Out,, March. Ji«—M. M Robinson, honorary secretary of the Canadian Olympic committee» issued the following statement yesterday:The Canadian . Olympic track 3nd field trial?- will 'be held in .Hamilton. Pinal decision to tills effect was reached Wednesday nt a conference of the Olympic committee and Hamilton' Olympic club off i cl a is. attended fay P, J. Mill queen, \V* A. HewitL, Vf. A. Fry and M, J\L Robinson, representing the Olympic committee, ancl Controller Sam Manson. \v. H. Childs ^ and Robert Kerr, represent mg thOj Hamilton club. jTlie tentative dates far the. trials are July 24, 15 and 16, The British and South African teams are expected to arrive In Montreal on July 8 and wlli, in all probability, break, their Journey to Lcs Angeles'by spending a day or two In Kiimilton’. where the braininc facilities are sories liable. In this ease, the Canadian team will journey to Los Angeles In company witli'the British find South AfricanEteams, arriving in California. cfly on Sunday, July ^4.The understanding is lliat- the women’fi trials will be held in conjunction with the mentrials, ,but on a 'basis, to be arrange.! by the Hamilton Olympic club and the women's federation.The men's trial* were awarded to the. Hamilton club on the following basis:The Canadian Olympic committee to receive a straight grant of $2,500; the Hamilton Olympic club to . contribute one-iialf of the railway charges of e*ch a L Mete from all province.? cnii.s»de of Ontario and Quebec, providing each athlete In question has reached, the. standard *a^d' down by the Olympic committee: the Hamilton Olympic club to conduct a training* camp where all facilities will be available for ' one month, to nil athletes, but where, nnl}r -those athletes qualifying under the standards laid down will le entitled to their keep -while in Hamilton and. Then. cn1’.' for « period of ten days preceding the trials.ir-il l-l no fn * fi)
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA

Fri, Mar 11, 1932

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