OLYMPIC SCANDAL.
LEGAL ACTION LIKELY
Runner Incensed At Manager's
Report.
"TOUR A FARCE." (Received 11.30 a.m.)
SYDNEY, this day.
Interest in the so-called "Olympic Scandal" grows, following Mr. Duff's report to the federation, naming Charlie Stuart and Tom Bolger as neglectful of training during the trip.
Stuart declares that he will seek legal advice, as he considers the charge amounts to defamation of character. He says he did more track work than any other member of the team but, under the conditions, his chances were hopeless. Further than that he would not speak at present.
It. Pearce, the sculling champion, unhesitatingly denounces the training arrangements. He says he would not have had a chance himself but for the action taken privately by his father.
"Tickle" White, the Victorian Olympic representative, now of Sydney, sums up Mr. Duff's report as "bunk." He says the tour was a farce from beginning to end and that the federation in future should make arrangements that would give Australians at least a fighting chance.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 261, 3 November 1928, Page 9
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