Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-07-14 | Page 11 | French Runner Still Hopes to be Reinstated

Frerich Runner 1 Still Hopes to toBe I Be Reinstated I II I PARIS July 14 UP Ip es La La- brilliant French middle I distance runner will leave for Los Angeles on J July ly 20 ready to participate participate pate in the Olympic games i if his suspension suspension suspension sus sus- pension on grounds of professionalism is li lifted ted the U United Press PreEs learned to to- day will Visit sit Los os Angeles ostensibly as a newspaper man on a special assignment but he is trained to the minute and will wilt be ready to run if it he International Amateur Amateur Athletic federation in its meeting of July 28 at Los Angeles allows him to compete C The status of Paavo Nurmi veteran Finnish Olympic distance runner now under suspension because of difficulties dif over over his expense accounts also will vill be determined in the I. I A. A A. A F. F meet Nurmi Is already in Los Angeles but is limping limpin about suffering from froma a pulled Achilles tendon The injury was suffered while practicing aboard ship in crossing the Atlantic and was aggravated in a n workout yesterday While his in jury will not halt Finland's Fin Fin- lands land's plans to demand recognition of the great runner as a 8 contestant inthe Inthe in inthe the Olympic games it appeared doubtful a n reinstatement would do dothe dothe dothe the Finnish good for all indications in were that Nurmi would be unable to run Nurmi in fact is none too hopeful of being reinstated