Show America Takes Steps for 1928 Olympic Contests A. A A. A U. U Track Officials Leave for Holland to toI I Arrange for Teams Teams' Training raining Quarters By HENRY L. L FARRELL United Press Staff Corres Correspondent NEW YORK July 24 AmerIcas AmerIca's Americas America's first step to prepare for the 1928 Olympic games was taken today when Murra Murray Hulbert president of or orthe the A. A A. A U and Lawson son Robertson head hend roach noach of or the 1924 American team boarded the Volendam en route for Amsterdam Hulbert as an Olympic committeeman committeeman commit commit- teeman and Robertson as the re recently recently re- re appointed d business manager of ot the 1928 team will VIII seek seel quarters for the American team and also will attend the annual meeting of or the International in international international In- In federation The only purpose wo wa have in before railing failing Robertson told the writer is to obtain the best possible quarters for the team The Th British we understand nd al already al- al r ready ady have obtained a school house houseIn In Amsterdam within walking distance dis dis- tance tancO of ot the stadium but our team will be so big w we v cant can't house oUr our athletes comfortably In such a n building We le learned rne th that t In Antwerp Antwerp Antwerp Ant Ant- In Ir 1920 The Holland committee has ar arranged arranged arranged ar- ar ranged to build a a. villa within the tile stadium grounds for the use of visiting vis vis- vis jung teams as the Fr French committee commit commit- tee lee did in 1924 but again we will have too many athletes to quarter there rf It Ix is pO possible that we will accept our space and use it as we did In Paris for tor athletes who have to compete In early morning events Adrian Paulen the Dutch sprinter sprint sprint- er recommended that w we consider getting getting- quarters In Haarlem which Is only a short distance from Am Am- If It we find rind suitable accommodations accommodations accommodations ac ac- ac- ac and the transportation tion facilities are adequate we may take quarters there We Ve also might ch charter a ship and use it as a hotel for the team as was done in Stockholm Thele There are disadvantages to every plan pian we consider and we will have to recommend to the Olympic committee commit commit- tee ec the tho plan we think best I Robertson made mado it clear that he would not recommend any location for a camp that would e the thelong thelong long hard rough ride that the athletes athletes ath ath- letes had had to to take from corn their quarters quarters quarters in France to tho the Colombes sta sta- sta- sta There were more American athletes beaten in bumpy busses on the road than there were on the lIds in the stadium Haarlem which has been recommended mended is t ten n miles from Amsterdam Amsterdam Amster Amster- dam a minutes fifteen-minutes ride on a atrain atrain atrain train and not much longer by motor over very ery good roads Several technical points that were questioned or disputed during the Paris games will be discussed at the I international meeting I Hulbert and Robinson expect to spend three weeks week looking over the ground and they hope to arrange the best hest accommodations an American Amen Ameri coin cnn team ever ver has had as In the past paRt the details detail Qt accommodation were always delayed until the last minute I |