Show Paddock Says National I Moguls Hurt Olympiad I Disputes Would End If Officials From Every Nation Could Re Be c Parked in Grandstand Gi Asserts Former Fortner King of Sprinters I By B- CHARLES CHARLLS y W AV PADDOCK ramous Famous American Sprinter j Remove Remo all the national officials from Crom the Olympic games and the classic contests could be held in peace and harmony and fulfill the real purpose pur pose for which they were The Ol Olympic athletes have seldom been responsible for any acts of bad sportsmanship and they have never been the cause for scandal and ond unpleasant unpleasant unpleasant un un- un- un pleasant Incidents The winter games at Lake Placid would have run off orr smoothly if the American Canadian German Scandinavian Scandinavian Scan Scan- and Japanese officials had stayed at home And the same thin thing I am certain would have ve been true at Amsterdam in 28 28 at al Paris in 24 2 and at Antwerp in IDO 1920 OFFICIALS UPSET S The American officials have always I upset our athletes before they ever cr reached the scene of competition and md every protest prote t made b by a participant which I have traced down has always originated in the fertile brain of oC some officious busybody who was not himself him self an athlete nt ot the time and generally gen gen- orally never had been one For some unknown reason the athletic athletic ath ath- letic letie officials of or every country taking part in the Ol Olympic games feel that these contests provide a n Roman holiday holi boll day in which they can air their own grievances and defend their stars who do not need their help Every time n a national team lenin leaves home it must be accompanied by a flock fock of ot officials and their wives and their relatives Generally the lie size of the team has to be cut down so 0 that all of Ithe the officers and directors of the athletic ath nIh letic Idle association can go along to pro I teet their athletes If It the international Olympic committee com corn n would force all officials from every country to visit Los Angeles as private citizens at their own expense and then have them sit in the grandstand grandstand grand grand- stand as spectators the Olympic dIsputes disputes dis would immediately be a thing of the past Each team needs a head hear coach with one or two assistant coaches conches a business bustness busi bust ness manager with a couple of ot assistants assist ants and a team captain That is nil The local Olympic committee in charge of the games could then appoint appoint ap ap- ap point competent judges timers and clerks of the course from their own local athletic association with the president of the international Olympic pic plc committee or his appointee acting as referee These gentlemen I am am sure could be relied upon not to favor or the athletes of their own country in rendering a close decision and the captains of or the several teams could also be counted on to do the sporting thing thins BELONG TO ATHLETES Then the Olympic games would actually ac ac- ac belong to the athletes for which they were ori originally intended and the cost of transporting and caring for forthe forthe forthe the teams and the general running of the contests would be cut down at least a third More Important than the money saved however would be bethe bethe bethe the elimination of ot the unfortunate aftermath which now follows the weird technical advice vice advanced by the officials of all nations who seem to think the they have to do something to justify their presence at the games and get their names in the papers s. Cop Copyright ri ht 1932 b by Sper Newspaper NewspaperS S Syndicate |