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Show III AH B0 ON OLYMPIC TEAM i Alma Richards of Beaver has been chosen as n, member of the American tiack team that will represent tho United States at the Olympic games to be held in Stockholm Richards i3 a star in the running high Jump event. l ji lvj j uai a lie auineu uii mu track team of the B. Y U , but ho gained his first honors as an athlete on the Murdoch Academy track team. Prior to entering school at Provo, Richards was the greatest point winner win-ner in the state high school Held meet for several seasons. At times he took first place in nearly all of the events aside fiom the hammer throw. His principal stronghold was lu -the running run-ning high jump At the close of the state meet last year he made an exhibition ex-hibition jump of six feet and two inches in height. This year he has been jumping six feet and four Inches. A curious thing about Richards Is that, although ho Is considered tho greatest athlete in the state, he docs nut hold a single state record. His records havo always been made at exhibition ex-hibition performances or in unofficial unoffi-cial competition |