| Show fRENCH Y L 4 RENCH MEET M AMERICANS IN INN INc w ee N c TRACK CONTEST a. a 9 I ranks U Up on Heavy E Events in Athletic 1 Meet reel iN t 7 An i-An An interesting c cis YorK Nov O Interesting Franco American track 8 account count of a n. moot moet t held recently In an American army ba baio baso o town In Fr France has reached ifs i ls country countr In part lart It is as ns follows fol- fol lows tho the park palk where the tho 2 r Before Defore the war events wore were h held ld had been undoubtedly undoubted 4 ly well cared for tor but scarcity of manpower man nian- mac mac- nonessential Pursuits pursuit ao- ao 4 power over for for tor the gra Brown crasi-Brown walks ks and anti nd fences The h Indeed In- In deed held a vivid 1 rem reminder inder or of the tho miles to lO tho In progress man many of for tor It was tuns packed from J us Ul loor to ceiling ceiling- with war supplies Most of or tho the events e at an um arm ai m P off of in m r track meet aro are run term torm No Pike shoes or running suits bulls 13 Caro iro O allowed the contestants being p put I brothe bro- bro a their marks marIes In III ordinary army and army jan can i the regulation This meet moot however howe was more pretentious pretentious and the contestants In Fegan began belan to make their e fon forgotten Song forgotten running suits Although filled Franco-American Franco meet billed a as a there Sere was a sprinkling of oC other na- na not of at f drawn from the tho armies The al allies les s Before the tho interested a cro crowd d they hey limbered up their muscles a and tested the boards at tho the j Jumps mp Tho The French athlete l I is not as 8 asea turdy ea a specimen of or humanity as l his Am Amer American Amer r scan ican friend but hIs ills as and quickness supplies tho the seeming de dt- dt In the sprints and the Jumps s sIt fit It It stands him in good s stead hut but the weight el ht events generally rind find him in the Khe ruck The Tho contestants this afternoon afternoon after after- of at the noon weeo well matched some somo heats were bitterly fought out and Conors seemed in a fair fajr way war to bo be even cn V. V To ro the stran stranger cr th the enjoyment of ot the bystanders furnished quite as much Entertainment ii ns the prowess of or the They discussed tho the form o 01 of the th contestants volubly and there were ere many many arguments concerning the tho roe roe- of or the tho various performers b before roro us ue us as al well n as tho the rec rec- rec orde pet Net et by those of or other cities and n countries Surprisingly Iy well informed Informed they seemed too with the tho times and of or the tho sporting guides when the men took their marks not a a. sound rould uld bo h hoard heard rd from tho the audience but of tho the bedlam broko broke with with tho the pop gun Stitt loose Joost It continued till th the ra rape rato o was run run and culminated in nothing more morer pr it It less than a 3 shriek as the victor Joke r broke the tho tape Then n came more dis- dis In which one considered himself him him- self elf an authority and ancl his neighbor an J ignoramus BO so far as sport aport was con- con The Americans were not quite Quit fa- fa r. r the minor French with somo some of or tiles i-tiles tiles l' l but hut those these were explained b by the T V. V M M l C C. A A. A and K IC of C C. athletic t And they thoy managed to win their ar are of of or victories on on the track and hen x-hen hen the Jumps hurdles nn and final waight A eight events wore posted It was soon seen Vat at the men from irom across the seas had leaned i-I i caned up ip as one of at the tho elated expressed U It V. The affair camo came to a close dose with the tha presentation of or ribbons each accompanied accorn- accorn h allied b by H. H neat little speech from the tho rth president of ot French athletic club In ln closing ho voiced t the e hope that thuD International meets would be- be como the order of the day and his found toun approval with the which cheered vociferously Than Shon tho the spectators streamed back to own the question of present performances per per- and past records evidently I ln sr argued to a finish |
