AMERICAN ATHLETES FOR NEW ZEALAND
zY 11 cau be takou as protly (lclinilo *• ' tliat an Aiuerioan aililotio toam will apix'ar in Xcw Zealainl uext summer. At tlie last X.Z.A.A.A. oxmitivi? meetiug tlie administratioii oouimiltee was cniponered to prooeed with tlie dratting pi'Oposals for the suggestdl tmir. It is prohable tliat the team will mnuber three — a spriuter, a nuddle-distuiu'e Tiinner, and a field events exponenl. pieferaldy Coruelius AVarmenlam, eusily the finest pole vauller ever devel(i])ed. The proposal is to tiy the teani to Kew Zealand sotne tiiue in .lauuarv for a tour lastiug six weeks, whirh would perinil oi" appinximately 12 aj/jiearfl lircs,
The decisioii to invite an Ainerican team (appi'oxal is assuined) will bo api>lauded geuerally. rJ hero is an •abunduiiee of high-rlass talent in the L'nited States. Aiiv team sent liere will be good. Xational pride wonld not permit the Ainericans to do otherwise, and if Warmerdani coines the tonr will be assured of immense sun-ess. thougli the team will be a iine attraotion in any event.
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 July 1946, Page 3
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