Show FRENCH TAKE UP AMERICAN CAN SPORTS New Athletic Club Cl b Organized to Promote Track and Field Contests New l ew York Y rk March 0 A dinner was tIt last ast night at tho New ew York Athletic I dub club lul for ZOL Silas H Je and A Vander End Endo representing the Ath Athletic Athletic letic Club of Paris which Is expected to create a livelier Interest in track and field sports port In Paris Pang The Tho dinner was to in introduce Introduce Introduce the visitors to men prominent in inthe Inthe Inthe the New York Athletic club and several sporting writers were among the guests b ests It Is hoped that the Paris club using American methods and trainers will soon be able to develop a team that can com corn compete compete pete here and It is possible that such with Vander Ende once a champion bi bl bicycle bicycle cycle rider as captain will wilt come here this fall faU or next spring The club which Is to be American in the strictest sense of tho the word will be modeled after atter the same general ideas as the New York Chicago Illinois Missouri and other prominent American athletic clubs and besides the promoting of athletics will have commodious and quarters for such nonresident members as may want to make the club their headquarters while in Paris will fill a longfelt want for Americans who spend some of their time in Europe whether on business or pleasure Note The statement that A Vander Ende was at one time a bicycle champion Is g a mistake as no person by that name ever eer cut much figure in cycling circles |