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Show 5 POSTWAR SPORT BOOM S SEEN BY PILKINGTON S Z " 5 Jim Pllklngton, president of tho Association of Amateur Oarsmen, sees n brilliant pros- pect for all athletic sports when $ peace Is declared, says tho Great Lakes Bulletin, otllclal naval $ station publication. Pllklngton, whoso nctlvo association with $ J tho government body In rowing S goes back to 1870 within n do- J cudo of tho end of tho Civil war believes that conditions following tho grent war will bo J much tho samo as thoso which wcro experienced hero In tho J reconstruction period. "Tho Civil war, or rather tho J J ending of It, gavo sport Its lm- it petus In this country," said Pllklngton. "Because Undo Sam Is prnc- J tlcnlly making ntbletlcs com- J pulsory In tho land and nnvnl forces, hundreds and thousands J of young men who never before engaged In sport hnvo becomo nctlvo nnd enthusiastic athletes. It Is easy to seo what tho re- suit will bo when tho wnr ends." |