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PAGE TENTHEGLEANER,WEDNESDAY,MAY 22, 1929»Jamaaica Moves £ ToFull Details of Proposals and Invitation Sent byNational Committee of Cuba Who Are Arranging the Meet for March-April NextEnter■ ■ — w—TheOlympicGamesAtHavanatmmmmear.COMMITTEEORGANIZEDHERE.A meeting was held at the Saint Andrew Club on Mpnday night to eon aider the invitation and proposals sent over by the National Committee of Cuba for this island to take part in the coming Central America Olympic Games to be held at Havana in March and April of next year. The full text of the letter is givenbelow:Present at the meeting on Monday iu the interests of various branch es of sport were:Messrs S- R Cargill, in the chairA- L. Keeling, H V. Alexander Major G S Cox. D. P- Lacey, Dr. E. C- Melville, VC. Feurtado. E Copp R B. Harn... Roy Brandon. G St. C. ^cotter O. H Cameron. Senor A, deLeon. Consul General for Cuba Jamaica.2, What number will you send tapproximate) T3. To which of the following sports will the athletes o' that country compete?(a) track and cross country.(b» combat including manual defence (fencing, sabre, sword, shooting (revolver, and pistol).(c) nautical sports (swimming rowing).(di horsemanship and polo.(e) lawn tennis (f baseball; ig) volley hall;(h) football I Inter-colleglate)(1) football (Association).other competition shouldThe meeting was thus representative of practically every branch of sport and a unanimous resolution wai passed in favour of Jamaica ac eepttcg the invitation extended by the Cuban authorities and entering as strong a team as possil le for thegames.A sub-committep consisting of Messrs. Cargill, Keeling and Cox wasappointed to get iu touch with the official bodies governing the different branches of sport in Jamaica and to ask them to nominate a membereach who should represent them officially on the Jamaica National Athletic Committee which is to be the body to organise and control tho sending of the team to the Olympicgame*.Many points in connection with the proposal were discussed but it was decided that no further step could be taken until the National Committee was fully constituted which was to be done as early ns yoesible when a further meeting would be called—a provisional reply Of acceptance to be despatched to th# Cuban National Committee through the Cuban Consul.9WE TEXT OF THF INVITATIONThe following is the full text of the letter received from the Cuban JTatfonal Committee:Juegoa Deportivos Centro-Amerl-canos,Havana, Cuba, 1930. Offices Palaclo Presldenclal. Committee: National Organiser, •r. Porfirio Franca, president; Sen •tor Alberto Barreras. member, Cor-«ne! Eugenio Silva, treasurer; Brigadier W. I. Consuegra, secretary The national committee to orgar.-Hm the Pan-American Olympic oi Havana fn 1930 duly appointed bythe Government of the Republic ofCuba to start the preliminary work with the object of finding out if »uch competitions should be held to Which three nations will be required »t least to compete In each eventwith that object In view the follow hig questions have been made as inenable the representative* of Colombfa. Costa Rica. Guatemala, Ban Sal rader. Haiti. Honduras, JamaicaMexico, Nicaragua, Panama. Porto Itleflf Sanfo Domingo and Venezuela h» furnish us at their earliest con Venlence the necessary informations •a t® arrive at n definite decision.OCFSTTONS 7. Will the nation tnat. von repre-t®nt send atlilet tic* representatives’4. Whatbe held'’e. It Is fundapienral to be a na-tlonal of the country that the athlete represent to enter these competi tions, their status must be amateur anq such status must be established according to the International Regu latfnns approved by the Praga Congress. The national committee to organise these games wish to know the followingWhat are the regulations to define the amateur condition of the athie'e to compete in Ihese competitions?fi Can Jamaica send ladles to take part fn the competition?7 The national committee Is will !ngTO GIVE ALT FACILITIESto co-operate with the different nations in sending their representativesTo enable us to try to obtain rednc tlons on the transport expenses willvou fcindlv inform us the most eon-• *ventert communications betweenHavana and Jamaica?X. The existence of the national committee is very necessary In each nation to organise the athletic repie sentation of each country and the said committee should guarantee the registration of the competitors In re Lrard to their nationality and their ■ | lateur status the national organis ing committee of Cuba desires to know the following:(a) If the national committee of Jamaica has been integrated?(b) How many and who are theirmembers’(cl In case it does not exist; howcan it be organised?9. In w’hat way or form can the Cuban organising committee effectively co-operate with the national committee in this work?10. Does the National Athletic Confederation exist in that country?11. What newspaper would be will lng to co-operate to advertise the Pan-American Olympic games?12. What suggestion can you make to the National Organising Commit tee to obtain a bigger success?AVe can advance the following:1st: We have enough room for one thousand athletes at the cost of one dollar per bead per day Including meals.2nd: We will furnish comfortable and economical transportation from the place where they board to the Stadium arid training camps.The answer to these questions will be highly esteemed by the Cuban National Organising Committee ro question an early reply as hv the contents of the answer depends whether tho competitions will ne held or not.
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