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COTTON TO MEET SHUTE AGAIN?

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Attempt To Debar Women From

The Olympic

Games

from the Games.

Considerable uneasiness has been German girls. However, this idea is, will be pla

Women caused among women's sporting or understood to be an error the German London, August 11. ganisations in Bagland following the proposal is based on the argument that pete at the

me has become whole barric T. H. Cotton, British open golf discussion by the International Olympic the Olympie prog

taboos - both champion for 1937, has expressed Committee at Warsaw as to whether overcrowded. The exclusion of women was first broken

moral and physical perience has his willingness for a return match women's events should be dropped would overcome this congestion.

The difficulties encountered last year shown that there are no real grounds for the world's championship The fact that the German represen-at Berlin, when 53 countries were re for fearing that women will do them- selves physical injury, and moral oc- with Densmore Shute (United tatives raised the question gave rise presented, were stupendous Housi States) if the Belmont Club pro-to a feeling that this was another part the competitors necessitated a complete lections fated out over a decade ago.

Their entry into the Olympic field vides a stake that would be worth the women in the home, which has so with this problems

of Herr Hitler's campaign of keeping well-knit organisation to deal solely

the eliminating followed a series of Women's World while...

effectively barred industrial, profession heats, with such a tremendous increase Games, the first of which was held in At Walton Heath Surrey, last al, and commercial jobs to so of actual participants, present, an ever Paris in 1929-just after the Interna

growing obstacle if time is a factor- tional Olympic Committee declined to month, Cotton beat Shute, six up

as it undoubtedly is. Yet each year include women's athletics in the forth- and five to play, in a match for signated the world's champion-sees the addition of an extra sport coming Games Women's World Games £500 which was unofficially de- ship.

Lin Tokyo in 1940, for instance, baseball were held in 1926, 1930, and 1934.

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