Wenzel vows to take her case to court - by Mark ther , Former University ttf Vla- terloo track star, Joan Weasel, ha received ' life national Minuet Athletic Federation HAMLIN“ will bar her from all future track and field competition. The suspension. handed don last deck by the “AF. dates baeYto Mrs. Wennl‘s competition at the Pan American Games last Oct» her in Mexico. Mrs. Venn! won a bronze medal in the m's m metre event but was forced to mm the award when post race urine ieaGireatid traces of a "prohibitive Mace" in her-system. _- Wane! claimed she mis- taurstrtouaertidta18eCP- siieadistaviumietpiit.'t' ingredients of the mldpill teiitedpositiveiethertost- g, arararararar.a"iaHtr g i, FREE PARKING t t In mnemoo a 'trar-ret-s 'iortrosn the inter. House of Fumituro i " King St. N. . 576-5440 ' We hone: . _ D.V.A.. Blue Cross. Green Shield cc, Welfare Drug Plans. All Furniture " RIG" Largest Savings 50 Westmoum Rd s,xse-ieitte, -. '. MONDAY to SATURDAY _rtiii't,'iiij,tii'ii1 9a.m.tolop.m. westmount place pharmacy 578-8300 westmount place pharmacy By the way. we deliver OPEN . . . 7 DAYS A WEEK ' She stated it is unlikely . that her appeal will be I heard before April, 1916. . 'l‘hiswould make her ineligi- . Me for the entire indoor . track and field competitive , season this year and throw ' a monkey wrench into her l training schedule for next ' summer's Olympic Games ' inMontreal. ' summik . inMontm . . "If! g the ma gaudy“ .‘st. W ' precede * aslknu '._themo: i new" g to thon . substan . in my g actually . antrath told to retain her medal or ttee lite suspension trom mammalian. "t m informed by the Canadian offieiais present that as long as the meat was returned I was alright" shesaid. “Apparently the Canadian officials didn't read their rule books or they would have known I faced suspen- dummy." Mrs. Wane! plans to at peat the ruling, but them are several obstacles in her path. "The current mail strike has made irdifBetttt [or me to communicate ,rltts A tht IAAF in moon, Eattrmm' with whom the appeal must be filed." she stated. 'HE- "rt I have to, I will take the matter, to court. W T only as a last resort," sais) t Mts. Wane]- '"Nett is no precedent for my case " far as I know. What bothers me ' the most is that there were no quantitative tests taken cording to the rule book, the IMF must not take ac- tion against an athlete un- til the right of appeal has been granted. It looks like I've been declared guilty until proven innocent" in my system. A cold pill actually acts as a depress- ant rather than a stimulant. “I understand the needs for such rules in cases of athletes who are using large quantities of drugs. But thereisnoroominttteruies as they stand for human er- ror. The officials are legis- lating like we are horses who are doped before races." ir; 5w how little of the suhstance there realty, wag “W" was and she HOLIDAYS 1 1 am. to 9 pm SUNDAYS and Waterloo