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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), August 8, 1984, p. 8

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On the track at the Eleventh Olympic Games from page II Olympiad in and around Olympic athletes quarters and sa her arguing with propaganda minister Goebbelsover the lack of footage of master race as portrayed by German athletes Canada claimed a gold medal that year for Francis performance three silvers for canoe the hurdles and basketball and five bronzes canoeing relay the 80meter hurdles and of course Phil wards 800meter run ft a run back in those days Conway says Today BOO meiers is a dash Phil came in behind John Woodruff of the S and Italian t run so much as he flowed He was n red fast but he couldn sprint Phil put his stamp on most of the people that went in those days For Canada s Olympic athletes of lit lie if any fanfare awaited them on their return home Team members trickled back at different most of the runners including Conway taking various European track clubs up on offers compete in smaller events Conway was returning home to his fourth year at the University of Toronto and en joyed his best running during the hot sum never felt I working out after hours on the at the University of Br Columbia where he was doing some summer work A year and a half later though during Christmas week things Just t come together I ran extraordinarily badly at the Empire Games he says with one of those mildly selfdeprecating chuckles Conway competed the 800- and 1500- metre events at the Sydney Australia games and was not at all satisfied Athletes around the world were looking forward to the 1910 Olympics but their nations were by then involved In an altogether different competition Conway knew he would not likely get another chance at an Olympic medal He signed on with the Canadian Army Algonquin regiment and ultimately saw action in France Holland and Germany but not before his fame at running caught up The army brass was eager to pro mote sports competition among the enlisted men and Conway found himself winning a brigade meet and packing his bags to compete in the Army Games I ended up third and they followed that up by giving me a week leave he recalls On one of my days off I had to run to catch a bus I got their alright but my legs were all tied up and at that point I said to Conway as far as track and field is con re all washed up ROLLING HILLS Berlin Sydney and the Army training grounds of England were a long way from the rolling hills of where Moose Jaw bom son of a banker turned tan grew up The family lived in Huntsville for years Conway grandfather built and ran the AngloCanadian Leather Company there the town biggest employer His father later ran the operation and eventually Conway was working his summers there until opting for a law education He Abbott Conway second from the right In his preliminary heal lor malm race at the Olympic Qamea In While he tailed to make It past semi Una Is Conway col a treasure trove of proud memories Including recollections the Nazi high command and American running sensation Jesse TRANSMISSION SPECIAL Ipr 15 WE 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