"ATHLETES' JOY-RIDES"

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 148, 19 December 1929, Page 6

"ATHLETES' JOY-RIDES"

■. . ■ -■__ .^_ A /VIEW OP THE.. GAMES (By Telegraph.) (Special to "The Evening Post") : . DUNEDIN, This Day. At a ine'eting pf the Otago Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association,' a letter was received from the secretary of the New Zealand Council stating that, advice had been, received that the British Empire Games would tie held frbin-16th August to 23rd August, 1930,.and the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. was receiving an invitation to be represented. The chairman, Mr. Breen, said that happenings in connection with the dispatch of the last team to the Olympic Games should be borne in mind. It was hoped that when the athletes returned from the. Games they would hand some of their knowledge on, but what had happened?.. A lady runner had retired from the "track soon after her return, and a boxer had turned professional as soon as he decently could. He was against the squandering of money on giving, a,'.f<3w.. ; athlete3 a "joy-ride" rouncl the world. S;. ' . Tha, seqtetaiy:'saidt he thought the matter might ;be held over until after the New^Ze;ala,ncj. championships, when an opportunity; .(would be afforded to selectors, of ascertaining, if there were athletes, of sufficient quality to send to the Empire GamesMr. Breen said ho did not think the centre shonld commit itself, and it was decided to., advise the New Zealand Council that the rcentre had no recommendation to make on the matter.