| Show Olympic Troubles THE T HE growing chain of ot Olympic committee resignations was en- en enlarged enlarged arged by the withdrawal of William J. J Bingham director of athletics at Harvard who declared he would have lave nothing further to do with the 1940 19 games in Tokyo because he could not ask the American peo peo- people people pIe to t support a team which was going joing to a country standing for what Japan apan stands today Observers close to the Olympic situation believe that Bingham's resignation will will have lave the effect ellee of increasing the i aloofness of American col col- colleges leges toward the event event event-an an aloof aloof- aloofness ness nes s resulting A from the action Y of the international r ral t r. tal r al Olympic com corn committee In chang changing A ing the dates for y i f r J various f Ions so as to tomake L. L J make It almost William lellam le- le tl llam J. J impossible for Bingham American under under- undergraduates undergraduates graduates to participate In the games Original 1940 19 Olympic dates were s t for August 25 to September 21 permitting the collegiate athletes plenty of time to compete and re re- re return turn to America for tor their autumn school terms Then a change re- re requested requested quested by Japan and supported by Italy and Germany was made moving movIng moving ing the dates from September 21 to October 6 G. The United States and England protesting vigorously were overruled O m Western Newspaper Union 1 |
