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Of Amateur Athletic Union01au.de Robinson Again Unanimous Choice for Treasurer—Sets Up Representative Committee to Supervise Boxing and Wrestling—Only Cream of Athletes To Be Sent to 1936 Olympics.(Canadian Frfs? Despatch.)Toronto. Nov. 19.—The Amateur Athletic Union of Canada today started on a trail that may lead to 3 os? of direct control of amateur sport and leave it merely a clearing house.At the 47th annual meeting, which concluded here yesterday, the union partrcl with Its boisterous baby — track and field—and set up a representative committee ic supervise boxing niid wrestling for 1935.Election of o inters *aw W. A. Fry of Dimii'-'ilU'. Ont.. gain the presidency and John Leslie of Edmonton t*-electee? to continue as honorary secretary for another year. C. Claude Fobsnson of Winnipeg again was the unanimous choice for treasurer.The convention agreed, the vice-president, to be chosen by the executive. would not be from Ontario.Executive officers chosen:Maritime—C. C. Gillespie, Moncton. N,B.-Joe Horn ate hi. Montreal. Ontario—R. ,1. Bushman.pendingtion of papers, and another receipt of the $5 fee.Harold A. “Hack Simpson, 23, former Winnipeg hockey player, now resident of Montreal; Albert Yamell, 25-year-old New Toronto baseball pitcher, and Archie Briden, * 37. of South Porcupine, who formerly played In the National and International Hockey leagues, were among those granted amateur reinstatement.Cards were refused Jack .Pratt. 28, Kimberley. B.C.; J, E. Lamontague, 27, Quebec; and Frank Warshawskl, 22. Vegrevilte, Alta., all hockey players. Cards were granted outright to 19 hockey players. 11 lacrosse, five baseball. five boxing and. one track and field.Central Ontariolargest number ofbj’anch had the reinstatements. 16,Qli ebeo Eastern Ottawa.Central Ontario—Mike Kelley, Toronto.Southwestern Ontario—Prof. H. C. Hart, London. Ont.Thunder Bay—A. W. 33 e 11, Port Arthur.Manitoba—A, E. H. Coo. Saskatchewan—J. W, Hamilton,and not one was refused from that branch -N W, A. Fry. Dunnvilie, Ont,„. chairman of the reinstatement committee,• “very irregular these a-pplicatlonslist of reinstate--Hoy Hansen, 40, baseball; JosephBegins.Alberta—G. E. Crutckshnnk, Hi lies rest. Alta.British Columbia—Gordon Wooldridge, Victoria..Mu I mil HetVulrU.A motion to form an it 11 led body which would have control of huxmg arid wrestling wits smashed with an 82-64 polled vote. Finally it was de-sided CO appoint a committee representative Of the sports throughout Canada, and Charles Hlgginbuttoin of Toronto was named chairman.The committee, which will try to fashion uniform rules throughout theand cure the “chaoticDominion condition of the sport, will report to the next annual meeting of th-t A.A.U. on ways ot improving the future control of boxing and wrestling.Of 46 requests for reinstatement of professionals. 40 were ratified, three refused, two granted pending completion of papers and one pending receipt of the S5 fee. Nineteen hockey, 10 lacrosse, six boxing, five baseball and one track athletes were returned to amateur status. The three refused were hockey players.Expenditures must be cut drastically. ancj only the cream of Canadian athletes will be sent to the 1936 Olympic games, the Olympic committee under Chairman P. J- Mul-queen of Toronto decided. AH revenue-producing bodies affiliated with the A'.A.TJ. will be asked to contribute funds, Mr. Mulqueen said.Important Decision.Decision to recommend, to all branches that they give a percentage ol their receipts from amateur cards to allied bodies - for promotion of group games of the organizations was made by a special committee In libpes of having group-sport athletes take out cards.The committee felt.that any move to force athletes to take out cards would b* too drastic.It- was necessary to take a polledvote before giving Halifax the J936annual meeting. The executivefavored Begin a as the western city-bad waived t.he right to have themeeting this year.•* * *REINSTATED! ENT.commented on the manner in which were presented.Following is the merits:Maritime branch Saint John. N.B.,De%rer. 37, Saint John, N.B., baseball.British Columbia—Oliver Reinikka, 33, Rowland, hockey; Thomas C. King, 2B. Trail, hockey.Quebec branch—J. A. G. Routsalin-en. 41. Montreal, track and field, Aug use, IS35; Henry Benoit, class B, 29, Montreal, hockey; Harold A. Simpson. 23. Montreal, hockey; Charles A. Dinsmore, 31, Montreal, hockey, Alberta. Branch—Paul Maher, 25, Ed moo bon, hockey: George E. Giroux, 25, Strathmore, hockey, effective January. 1935; John Kashey, 28. Coleman, huckey, effectLv« January, 193(5.Eastern Ontario—Thomas S. West-wick 28, Kirkland Lake, hockey; Thomas T. Shields, 38, Ottawa, hockey; Wallace Moore, 27, Hull, Que„ hockey, effective December, 1934.Southwestern Ontario Branch — Clarence Jones, class B, 29, Windsor, boxing; Irving T. Lotvnsbury, 28, St. Catharines, lacrosse, effecti-re June 1, J.935.Central Ontario Branch. — J. J. Donnelly, 37, Sudbury, hockey; Alex Bur lie, 29, Toronto, boxer; Gordon E. Brown, 24, Kitchener, hockey; Jack Langman, 24, Belleville, boxer; Earl Whit ford, 33. Cornwall, Lacrosse; Percy A. Whitford. 30, Cornwall, lacrosse; Rubin Whitford, 42, Corny/all, lacrosse; Paul Thomas, 40, St. Regis, lacrosse; Albert* Yarneti, 25, New Toronto, baseball, effective June 13, 1935; William L. Wilson, 25, Toronto, hoc-key, effective January 3, 1935; BenzU A, McMullen.' 29, Toronto, hockey; Charles Henry Book, St. Thomas* boxing; Harry Sacks, 24,Toronto, boxing; E. A. Bridgen, 37,(Canadian! Pre?s Despatch.)Toronto, Nov. 19.—Forty reinstate-lents of former professional athletes •ere granted Saturday, and only firee refused by the Amateur Ath-stic Union of Canada at its 47tb' nmia! meeting.Two were granted pending comple-South Porcupine, hockey; James W. G. Grant, 29. Toronto, hockey; Paul Ana to, 25, Toronto, boxing; R. G. Mills, 32, Toronto, hockey: JohnNoble. 3D, Toronto, baseball; James A. McLean, 20, Toronto, lacrosse, effective June. 30, 1935; Harold Gibson* 25 r Brampton, lacrosse, effective June 30, 1935; Norman Zimmer, 33, Brampton, lacrosse, effective June 30, 1935; Stewart Beatty, 32, Brampton, lacrosse, effective June 30* 1935;Frank W. Whltehouse, Toronto, baseball.Granted pending completion of forms:Joseph MacDonald, Winnipeg, baseball: Norman Burnl.ster, 34, Hamilton, hockey. . /Granted pending receipt of $5 fee: John Graham, 30, Regina, lacrosse.OLD COUNTRY FOOTBALLENGLISH LEAGUE First DivisionArsenal 1, Aston Villa 2, Birmingham 3, Grimsby Town 2.1
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