WOMAN ATHLETE
LOSS OF AMATEUR STATUS
(Received December 13, 2 p.m.) NEW YORK, December 12. Thfi Amateur Athletic Union (National Division) informed the Australian Press Association that Mildred Didrikson had forfeited her- amateur status, following her decision of December 12, 1932, to turn professional. Sho had then won the right to reinstatement as an amateur following her disqualification, by the A.A.A. on December 5, 1932, on a charge that she had permitted her photograph and an interview to be used as an automobile advertisement, Sho denied that Jie
advertisement was authorised. Her denial was accepted and reinstatement followed. She, however, turned professional as tho direct result, as she said, of the controversy. At the present time she is touring the country in a professional basketball team.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 142, 13 December 1933, Page 10
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126WOMAN ATHLETE Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 142, 13 December 1933, Page 10
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