OLYMPIC ATHLETES
KEEPING ENGLAND’S STARS UP TO SCRATCH I Max FOR INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS "15.1', Times" .Special Service.—lsy Air Mail London. April 3. A three-year scheme to bring athletic stars to London and provide the stiffest possible competition for British athletes in training for the 1940 Olympic Games has been arranged between the Amateur Athletic Association and Brigadier-General Critchley, of the White City Stadium. The A.A.A. will organise three consecutive international meetings on August Bank Holiday Monday at the White City Stadium. General Critchley has guaranteed to meet all expenses to cover the invitations to visiting athletes. Nearly £IO,OOO has been set aside for the purpose. Invitations will be sent to outstanding “stars” of track and field throughout the world, such as Metcalfe, the American negro, known as “the midnight Locomotive,” the sensational new American miler, Nash, who defeated Lovelock last year, and the best of the Continental champions are being approached.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXV, Issue 12306, 21 April 1937, Page 2
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