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I agree.CITY OF HOPE Public Relations Dept. 208 W. Eighth St. Los Angeles, Calif. 90014 626-4611 (Hank Brown) FACT SHEET SPORTSMEN*S WORLD AWARDS WHAT: Third Annual Sportsmen's World Awards Presentation (Honoring All-Time Greats in the Sporting World) Sponsored by: Sportsmen's Club for the CITY OF HOPE WHEN: Saturday Eve., June 28 WHERE: SANDS HOTEL, Las Vegas, Nevada -Background- Officials: World Awards Presentation Co-Chairmen, Irv Terry and Rudy La Russo; David Marmel, Executive Director, Sportsmen's Club; National Chairman, 1969, Jesse Owens. Co-Chairmen National Selections Committee, Bill Schroeder and Chuck Benedict. For the third consecutive year, the Sportsmen's Club for the CITY OF HOPE will stage the Sportsmen's World Awards banquet and honors presentation, honoring great athletes of yesteryear from around the world. The award comes in the form of a handsome gold statuette ?╟÷ VICTOR ?╟÷ which portrays an athlete in triumphal salute. Men and women whose athletic achievements and exemplary conduct on and off the fields of athletic competition, who serve as inspirations to gain greater achievements to all generations, are selected for this honor by a National Selections Committee composed of more than one hundred leading sports writers and sportscasters across the country. The Committee is headed by W. R. (Bill) Schroeder, Director of the Helms Athletic Foundation; and Los Angeles sportscaster Chuck Benedict. 1968 Award Winners: Henry Armstrong, Henri Cochet, Vicki Draves, Sam Hanks, Tom Harmon, Carl Hubbel, Jesse Owens,Maurice Richard, Gene Sarazen, Johnny Weissmuller, John Wooden, and a Special Award to Leroy "Satchel" Paige. TWA has been designated as official carrier for the event. 'fe&rkik'klcicJc