During these 16 years, constant efforts have been made to develop a thoroughly responsible and adequately representative National Governing Body. After several attempts, which proved to be unsuccessful because the country was not yet ready for it, the China Amateur Athletic Federation came into being. After a short life with its crowning success, the conducting of the Third National Champio ships at Wuchang in 1923, it voluntarily passed out of existence to make room for the present National governing Body called the National amateur athletic Federation.
This organization is the most representative and responsible yet launched, and bids fai bright and successful future.
It is headed up in a governing board Of China, wil undowbtedty" with representatives from all parts
corporated and registered at has already successfully ma Par Eastern enterprise by taking China's athletes to Manilla this spring and is now planning for the holding of the For Eastern Games in China in 1927.
In its personnel are found several of the old group—notably Dr. C. T. Wang and Dr. Chang Po-ling ast [patron and president respectively, while C. G. Hoh of the Shanghai ¥.M.C.A., and Williem Z.L. Sung of St. John's University are treasur er and secretary.
Taking over Recreation Grounds The latest move of this new Body has beensto take over from the Far Eastern Contest Committee the athletic grounds on the pri perty of the Rockefeller Found: tion in the French Concession in Shanghai. They have also taken over the Pioneer Field, and now possess what will soon be a first class Chinese Recreation centre in Shanghai.
As mentioned above, with, these changes the Far Eastern Contest Committee passes out of existence having honourably done its work by serving the country through the early years of the introduction of the modern athletic movement China.
It would hardly be fair to close without mentioning the part the Chinese Y.M.C.A. has taken all this work. From the very begi ning until now, it has been vitally interested; it has given of its best 6. leadership, its ime, energy and resources unstintingly, and can almost be said to have unselfishly fathered the whole movement from the first.
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