Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-04-15 | Page 25 | Japan Prepares for 1940 Games

IAP N PREPARES FO FOR 1940 GAMES AMES GAM G ES te ite Start Certain to Hurt Yanks W YORK April 15 INS INS Ja Ja- Ja building is-building i. i a main stadium to toJ J and lesser stadia for pr r vents events for the Olympic games 1940 and is all set to put on 1 the the prowess of athletes from P fever ver the world Wever in the event they dezy de- de zy ey cant can't go through with the tes iest because of the war in the east eak t the Japanese have been dby bY the international Olympic to relinquish the games permit organization else- else Ig lr pe President Avery Brundage i the he American Olympic l today lust Just back from Cairo Egypt r the international Ol Olympic l recently was vas in session expressed the opinion would be a small entry he games If the war eastern but passed on as- as ranco ranee from hom Japanese delegates games games would go on as at Tokyo dage revealed that plans d be put in motion immediately organizing the 27 committees dil Ii will supervise American for mapping out a fund- fund ng ig campaign to get American etes stes abroad p ie 4 l one hitch to the Olympics II time is the fact that the start been moved back from August September with the result that e talent may be lost because y athletes will have enrolled at ge Brundage pointed out that than third one-third of the mem- mem EP of the last American team were g gians glans ns nothing could be done jr prevent vent the postponed d start he hehe he American delegates delegat s fought strenuous battle to pre- pre ethe the August starting date but outvoted by two to one he heal al d. d the he date was as changed because ithe ti midsummer r heat in Japan hough ough the Japanese delegates ij 1 nothing to do with the inge Ae According to Brundage P it entirely up to the in- in I national committee t her r important developments at meeting included the that women's events be abol- abol the Olympic program was as answered by an increase Irom e number of events in which I. I fy 11 participate Among i Si fi the shot put broad jump meters meters dash dash- were re to tomen's mens men's program v