ENGLISH WOMEN RUNNERS ARE ‘UNDER A CLOUD’

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 June 1950, Page 5

ENGLISH WOMEN RUNNERS ARE ‘UNDER A CLOUD’

LONDON, June 12 (Rec. 10.30 a.m.). —Two of Britain’s. international women’s sprinters, Sylvia Cheeseman and Doris Batter, will not be included in any Women’s Amateur Athletic Association team this year because “they had not been amenable to discipline on the voyage from England to New Zealand” for 5 the Empire Games. , , t. The decision was reached by the committee of the association following a confidential report by Mrs Ruth Taylor, manager of the women’s team in the Empire Games. The secretary of the Women s Amateur Athletic Association, Mrs Winifred Hughes, said: “They have not been suspended and are at liberty to run whenever they wish to at any meeting in England. The decision simply means that they will not be considered for any association team during the track season.” Miss Cheeseman asked if she could call her solicitor, but the committee informed her that they could not permit it. , n Miss Cheeseman told reporters that she was “amazed and dumbfounded” at the decision. “I am going to appeal against it. There are simply no grounds for alleging that we were not amenable to discipline during the voyage,” she said. . Miss Batter will also appeal against the decision. . ~ ~ . Miss Cheeseman said tonight that she was determined to compete m the national championships at White City. _