OLYMPIC GAMES.
0 NEW DECISION REGARDING AMATF.irRI.SiM. *Y CA RUB-PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received 1.1.30 o.m. to-day. LONDON, Aug. 14. The International Olympic Committee’s decision that players are entitled to an indemnity for lost earnings, without forfeiting their amateur status jeopardises the whole basis of the Olympic Games, says the newspaper “Observer,” .as it empties a conception of amateurism which is frequently repudiated in Britain and will debar the Football Association and possibly other British authorities- from, recognising the- Amsterilam meeting. - “Sydney Su n’ ’ Cia/ble.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 15 August 1927, Page 5
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