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YANKS WIN PRIZES GALORE, BUT NO GOLD IN A CARLOADlow* City, I*., Sept. 16. (#*)— S*veh American track and field »ce« have returned from * successful European tour with enough prises to start * fair sized “gifte shoppe.” Their winnings — significantly enough in this day of monetary embargoes—-do not, however, include the usual award for victories on the cinder track—gold.As the result of Die embargo on the yellow metal in virtually every country on the continent, the prizes awarded the United States lads included traveling bags, cut glass, paintings and etchings, pencils, clocks Swedish tin, brief cases and medals of bronze and silver. In Germany the team was presented with a bronze bust of Adolf Hitler.The American group, coached by George T, Breshnahati of the University of Iowa, won 91 out of a possible■101 first placet in meets in five countries It won all of it* 11 meets in Sweden, Germany, France, Hungary and Czecho-Slovakia,The team selected by the national committee of the A. A. U. to represent the United State* in a good will competition tour abroad comprisedRalph Metcalfe of Marquette university; Ivan Fuqua of Indiana; Glenn Cunningham of Kansas; Jo*McCluskey of Fordham; Henri LaBorde of Stanford; John Anderson cf Cornell; John Morriss of Southeastern Louisiana institute, andGeorge Spit* of New York university, Metcalfe made the greatest individual showing, winning 21 first places and equalling world's records for both 100 and 200-meter dashes. Morriss also equalled a world’s record when he ran the 110-meter high hurdles in 14.4 seconds.-o-f Bottom!*? Would HuntSt. Louis, (/P) — “Sunny Jim”Bottomley, the Nokomis, III.,- boy who made good at first base with the Cardinals and Reds, says his ambition for his later years is to retire to the Ozarks and do nothing but hunt and ftsh^The glorifiers of beauty—the showSeniuses who produce Broadway's azzling music spectacles—the song-smiths who write the nation's hits— give you their best in “Moonlight and Pretsels!” Sunday-Monday. Special midnit* show Saturday 11:00.«Schines Andrews. . ,Adv.
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Salamanca Republican Press
Salamanca, New York, US
Fri, Sep 15, 1933
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