NO OVERSEAS TOUR.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 195, 18 August 1936, Page 17

NO OVERSEAS TOUR.

LACK OF CO-OPERATION. N.Z. ANSWERS A CHARGE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Monday. Referring to Mr. R. Heathwood's comments cabled from Sydney, Mr. H. McCormick, secretary of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, stated that letters on the subject of the tour in the coming season had been received from Mr. Heathwood from time to time, anil letters had been forwarded to him in acknowledgment. Latterly, a couple of letters had been received from him, but as they had only dealt with tentative arrangements, they had not called for a reply.

The only letter which called for any definite reply, said Mr. McCormick, was one dated June 10, setting out the whole, of the New South Wales Association's proposals, and so 011. This letter came before the council of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association at its monthly meeting on July 7, and as the result a sub-committee was appointed to go into the matter and bring down a report for the next meeting 011 August 4. The sub-committee's, report, which gave support to the New South Wales proposals, was submitted to the meeting on August 4. Carrying out the decision reached at that meeting, Mr. McCormick said, he wrote 011 August 7 to the New South Wales Association stating that the New Zealand Association was prepared to co-operate with that body on the terms suggested for the tour of Australia and New Zealand.

The cablegram from Sydney, published yesterday, said:—"The decision of Jesse Owens to turn professional and the mediocre displays by Japanese athletes at the Olympic Games have caused the Amateur Athletic Association to drop all idea of an international tour this season. Another reason is lack of co-operation by the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, which originally agreed to sponsor a tour. The secretary, Mr. Heathwood, remarked that it had been impossible to get any replies to letters sent to New Zealand on the matter. A recommendation that steps should be taken to secure a joint tour of New South Wales and New Zealand in 1937 by a team of Japanese athletes was adopted at a meeting of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association on August 4. It was also decided to enter immediately into negotiations with the New South Wales authorities on the question of the tour. The following day, however, cabled advice v/r.s received from Sydney stating that, as the New Zealand Association had not replied to the New South Wales Association's invitation to co-operate in bringing a team of Japanese athletes on ■tour, and as the. Japanese track athletes had not been conspicuous at the Olympic Games, the Australian proposal for a Japanese team's visit might be abandoned. OLYMPIC GAMES. GERMANY BEATS UNITED STATES. BERLIN, August 15. The final table of victories and points at the Olympiad follows, points being calculated at a rate of three for a gold medal, two for a silver medal and one for a bror : medal. Medals. Total Gold. Silver. Bronze. Pts.

New Zealand won a gold medal (three points) and Australia a bronze medal (one point). Twenty nations won no medals.

Germany .... 33 26 29 ISO United States 24 19 12 122 Italy 8 9 5 47 Finland ..... 7 6 6 39 France 7 0 6 39 Hungary .... 10 1 5 37 Sweden ..... 0 5 9 o7 Japan 6 4 8 34 Holland .... 6 ;4 7 33 England .... 4 7 3 _J