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Show Metric System Opposed Again NEW YORK, Oct. 26 (UP) A formal demand for the elimination of the metric system in track events will be placed before the Amateur Athletic union'a forty-ninth convention conven-tion in Boston next month, Daniel J. Ferris, A. A. U. secretary, aaid today. He said that one of T6 amendments amend-ments to the A. A. U. constitution already received at headquarters proposed a return to measuring track events by yards. The measuring rule was slightly amended last year to permit district dis-trict associations the option of using either system. |