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fFriday, May 25, 1962,THE BRANDON SUNNixes RoxburghRejectionOlympics■AT i fr.* 5 -JTM’tu* m *i iJACK ROXBURGH. . . motion deniedwverrCampWestOTTAWA CP) - Canada’sOlympic hockey team will he named in August by officers, of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association.Delegates to the final session of the CAHA’s annua! meeting lef) the decision to their officers Thursday after rejecting President Jack Roxburgh's motion not to send a team to the 1964 games.Roxburgh argued that because Canada pays an allowance to * its players to compensate for salary losses, it violates the Olympic oath. He said the oath forbids players from taking any money.He said Canada thus is winking its eye at the oath and setting a bad example to the country's youth.Delegates from Thunder Ba, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta. ! British Columbia and Ottawa districts voted against his motion. Quebec and Ontario dis-m WHT. franrhkp held hv the PVF!tricts supported it while Maritimes and Manitoba didthenotvoteBob LeBel, ( AHA pa«t-presi-dent and president of the International Ice Hockey Federation, said the International Olympic Committee has given the IIHF the authority to decide what countries are eligible to enter hockey team*.DENES OATH VIOLATEDAnd because the IIHF permits the payment of an allow- j ance, Canada does not violate the Olympic oath when it sends teams. -LeBel suggested that because Trail Smoke F.aters are Allan Cup champions, the Olympic j trip should be offered to them. IDelegates have already ap*proved Smokies for the world hockey tournament in l%3. but LeBel said Trail might be will- i ing to forego this trip in favor of the Olympics.An application from SaskatoonQuakers of the Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League for an overseas trip is al o to be considered.In annual elections, 52 year-old Art Potter of Edmonton was named to succeed Roxburgh. Lionel Floury of Quebec City is the new first vice-president and Fred Page of Fort William was named second vice-president.Delegates approved April 21as the starting date for the Allan Cup finals to be played in Eastern Canada next sea on. The Memorial Cup finals, to be played in Western Canada, open April 27.They also decided to return toOttawa for their 50th annual, meeting in 1964. The 1963 convention had previously been decided for Brandon.W.•wie-m #a1f4i
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Brandon Sun
Brandon, Manitoba, CA
Fri, May 25, 1962
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