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SPORTSMEN'S WORLD AWARDS "THE VICTOR" 208 West Eighth Street / Los Angeles, California 90014 / Telephone (213) 626-4611 ?╟≤ 622-6017 CO-CHAIRMEN NATIONAL SELECTIONS COMMITTEE: W. R. "Bill'' Schrocder. Chuck Benedict CO-CHAIRMEN: Irv Terry, Rudy La Russo EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: David Marmel February 25, 1970 Dear A1: The Fourth Annual Sportsmen?╟╓s World Awards will be held this year on June 27 at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas. As in the past, the executive committee has designated a National Selections Committee of leading sportswriters and sportscasters across the United States to choose our honorees from among those outstanding performers whose accomplishments have left an indelible mark on the American athletic scene. We thank you for your cooperation in helping us choose past honorees. Whether your particular choices were among those honored or not, we value your time and considered judgment. Ballots for 1970 award winners will be in the mail to you shortly. We would be most appreciative if you would once again give us the benefit of your professional counsel. Thanks, too, from the Sportsmen?╟╓s Club for the City of Hope, which sponsors the awards, and from the free and nonsectarian National Medical Center which will benefit from the proceeds of the Awards event. Cordially, NATIONALLY TELEVISED PRODUCED BY THE SPORTSMEN'S CLUB FOR THE CITY OF HOPE 1968 RECIPIENTS Auto Racing, SAM HANKS; Baseball, CARL HUBBELL; Basketball, JOHN WOODEN; Boxing, HENRY ARMSTRONG; Diving, VICKI DRAVES; Football, TOM HARMON; Golf, GENE SARAZEN; Hockey, MAURICE RICHARD; Swimming, JOHNNY WEISSMULLER; Tennis, HENRI COCHET; Track & Field, JESSE OWENS; Special Award, LEROY "SATCHEL" PAIGE, PAST RECIPIENTS Greta Anderson, Rick Barry, Elgin Baylor, Doc Blanchard, May Sutton Bundy, Georges Carpentier, Glenn Davis, Ralph Guldahl, Rafer Johnson, John Paul Jones; Duke Kahanamoku, Red Kelly, Sandy Koufax, Johnny Longden, Joe Louis, Alice Marble, Robert Mathias, Willie Mays, Patricia McCormick, Louis Meyer, Sr., George Mikan, Ernie Nevers, Paavo Nurmi, Janice Lee York Romary, Max Schmeling, Casey Stengel. i 2o-Chairman Chairman