Show Indoor Sports S Crippled I As Nations Nation's Youth Fight I row Now York Oct OcL 21 Indoor Indoor athletic activity will bo be mighty quiet this war winter A few board floors ma may creak creal I beneath the tread of or flying feet but they will be bo few hm and far between Most of the tho indoor athletics will I probably he be limited to tho the s classes S. S Only one club In tho entire metropolitan district expects to give o any allY serious consideration to the tho holdIng holding holding hold hold- ing of or an open athletic meet that meet that Is I tho lie Athletic aM association The factor that looms largo In the thu matter of or holding open meets Is tho the I scarcity of or human material for the Various va various various va- va rious events In another three months It Is thought ht that the thc ranks of or the amateur amateur amateur am am- athletes will be bo so thoroughly thinned out tJ by war service er that It willJo will willbe willbo bo be Jo practically Impossible to gather rather even cen bare skeleton fields for the vallous various various va va- va- va rious open A. A A. A U U. contests This means of ot course that an any club attempting to hold senior Bonier events durIng during during dur dur- ing the thc coming winter will have have- to depend upon service events for the greater part of Its Us program It Is just I possible that tho the A A. A. A BeckIng seekIng seeking seek seek- Ing to hold It Its place Illace In tho the winter sport calendar will put on nn on all- all service and schoolboy carnival al such as ns enabled tho the hustling organization org to turn over some to tho the war 11 department de do- e- e on training camp activities last winter Outside of or Now ow York the Indoor game will be bl dead deall for In all of at tho smaller cities the tho college e athletes are arc the tho bl big card at t indoor games gaines At the national championship gathering at Chicago re recently recently re- re there thero was somo omo talk that th the theMen Men Meadowbrook club ClOt of Philadelphia will attempt to stage Its annual Indoor meet next winter hut but of or this report there thero Is no confirmation There Thero Is little doubt however hOt r but that the Philadelphia Wanamaker or organization or- or s would put eu on Its Indoor games anti and turn over every cent of or the profits for tor the benefit or of our fighting men If Ir It could secure a n suitable place In which to hold tho the games JameEl The Meadowbrook Mead Mead- ead- ead club Is In a n. great quan quandary ar In situation I N is that The rho ct respect this there Sot Is not an en armor armory In Philadelphia big l- l enough crowd to tu that will seat a of or the multitude multitude multitude mul mul- traveling tr expenses the tho pa pay Dallas that President of stars for tor Quaker City annually to tho the brings bl his meet meat rho The two buildings s that will tho bill In tho the matter of or seating seating- fill capacity or aro being us used d at this time by bythe for tor war government CO United States the th purposes So the tho Meadowbrook club Is decidedly uj up a tree tre The Penn relays aro are a long lone way what ahead but not RO No o far away but bul athletic The the university of or Pennsylvania officials are arc giving I a bit of oC thought to thom now and then At this writing the tho outlook for the tho theno holding or of the games looks er very du- du bious DY BY all the signs there will La be Lano beno no real college collego teams available next spring Even E should tho the kaiser ab ab licate tomorrow and peace como within a n. few tew weeks week there could har hardly l be bo an any or organized Inter Intercollegiate colic colic- glato competition before the fall of or next year There Is the tue possibility that rather than let a year pass without holding their meet tho the cnn men will stage show slow next the games s as a 1 schoolboy SprIng in pi rj r After Arter the tho great showing made b bythe hy by tho the youngsters from mo toe prep schools school at t tho tIm InS games thero there can be no devoted de to doubt but that a carnival Interscholastic relay events and a afe afew few fe Individual contest for college collee students tu would prove pro a 1 highly BUCce sue BUC- ce sC 11 athletic enterprise There Thero 1 is I no doubt either that an at attempt attempt nt- nt tempt to stage lato championshiP championship cham clam relay races next spring would prove a a. L positive o farce Tho To competition at tho the Penn relays relas was waa poor enough last spring when tit the University of or Pittsburgh won three championship races solely because of at the tho fact that t Frank Shea running her anchor relay could coull stake any man that started against him hint In the tho contests to forty live yards ards in th the quarter milo dash |