OLYMPIC GAMES.
FIXING THE PROGRAMME.
By Oalle. — Tress Association. — -Copyright. PARIS, June 16..
The Olympie Conference'. adopted the British proposal to include"Assoeiatuon football in the programme, but objected to the -"French proposal to introduce Rugby. It was agreed to introduce boxing.
OTHER-' DECISIONS
THE AMATEUR DEFINITION
(Received June 20, .9.15 a.m.) . : "; .The Olympic' Conference, has agreed that women will be eligible for "certain 'competitions. It also decided that ah athlete haying competed for a nation would be ineligible to afterwards compete for another nation. It was. also, resolved to recognise the amateur definition, as adopted by various go verni ng bodies, but where the lateer do not exist the Olympic committee will frame.'a-definition. . ' - The Conference refused to recognise Finland and Bohemia as separate nations.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 115, 20 June 1914, Page 9
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