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Show Joie Ray Will Try for American Olympic Team The lure of the 1H2S Olympic games ami a determinal ion to square accounts ac-counts with Paavo Nurmi have brought Joie Ray, one of America's fastest inilers out at his two-year athletic ath-letic retirement. Shortly after Ray's defeat by Nurmi, Nur-mi, he announced his retirement from the track and found employment in I the steel mills nt (Jury, Ind., but the spell of the track was too much for him. however, and every morning after aft-er work be reports to his coach. Johnny John-ny P.ehr of the Illinois Athletic cluh for practice. Bohr, like Ray, is- confident his pupil pu-pil has more than an even chance to return to bis old-time form, make the American Olympic team again and possibly turn tables on Nurml. He reports Ray U training hard and seriously. se-riously. Ray. who Is under thirty, was the ace of American inilers from l!Ho to HV3. He still holds the Amateur Athletic union records In the 1,000 yards and 1 mile. |