Show us u.s. SUPREMACY I I AT OLYMPICS IS C THREATENED Finnish Athletes Offer Competition on Track This Year I NEW EW YORK Feb By Bv A A. P. P P.- P. Having tasted defeat in in winter sports opening features of the 19 1914 4 Olympic America is now focusing increased attention on for the coming tests of speed skill and brawn In France in the spring and summer The next International tests do donot donot donot not come until May and June when this country will send representatives tives to compete In soccer football polo target shooting shotgun maches maclies and fencing but chief in interest interest In- In tere terest t from now on will be centered I 1 formation of or the team of about athletes which will seek to retain Uncle Sams Sam's supremacy Inthe in inthe inthe the track and field sports in July The 1924 menace to this country's hitherto well established superiorIty superior superior- ity in track track blue blue ribbon Olympic feature has feature has been beeh emphasized Inthe Inthe in inthe the opinion of observers here by the decisive triumph of Norway and Finland In the winter sports Experts Experts Ex fix- recognize that our Scandinavian Scandinavian Scandinavian vian rivals were vere aided by natural aptitude for and experience in the cold weather games ames but they point out that the results demonstrate the thoroughness with which these countries are going about their Olympic efforts This intensive preparation amounting to more of ofa ofa ofa a national program than in this country is expected to result in bitter bitter bitter bit bit- ter competition for honors than ever before S Finland It t is generally re og- og win De be this tius country's most formidable rival in track and field contests Northern European co countries which also Includes Sweden and Es- Es has a wealth of or promising material The Finns who captured cap cap- nine first places in 1920 at Antwerp as many mans as Uncle Sams Sam's stars collected will send an even stronger array rray to Paris Parl by Paavo Nurmi Willie Hanne and others whose prowess Is s 5 well known here bere ni as It is a abroad broad In Elvin Wide Sweden has a distance dis dis- lance tance star nearly equal in caliber to Nurmi the worlds world's record holder at ata a mile while possesses In Charles Hoff Hot one of ot the greatest all around athletes of ot the present day Hoff Hott is the worlds world's pole vault record holder besides being a star Jumper and runner |