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Show r ATHLETES ARE GIVES I BOGUS GOLD .'MEDALS -r ' - PORTUVND. Or.. ; Sept i . Athletes from various sections of ! the. United ' States! who ' competed in the Lewis , and Clark champion-' champion-' ships, given under the . sosplees of the Lewis snd Clark expo it loo. ana) who imagined that for tint-place winnings they ; received gold medals valued at-122. 0, are Just awakening to the tact that the medals are gold-plated alalrs valued st fiom 85 to 812. SO. though there were few of the higher-priced i medals' cast. ' " -I The first complaint that several ef the chain- - llo athletes of the club wer displeased with I , the treatment accorded then by the export -. tlosr ofllcUls was rec-vee from San Francisco t letter addressed to Brt Ksnigan. director of-athleUca at .the Lwis and Clark exposiUoa by EuVmis Van Court of the Olympia club ot 1 Rsjj Francisco, who protested acainct the Small Intrinsic value of the meeals won by firJIsl of the champion boxers o that club. Air seen Mr. Kerrigan Admitted that neaad permitted the impression to go out . auBsee the competing athletes that the medals wire of sold and valued at 882.10 for the first tn&ali and down to i& for ine leas meritorious I tewlraonlala. Kerrigan claims that he never nade the direct statement that the men were lighting for gold medals, but slmplr permitted lh"iwmen . believa they were contesting for rafyvluablo prises. |