Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-29 | Page 8 | Allies Plan Big Athletic Meet after War

allied plan big athlehceet afterwar . International Garnet for Boys to Be Feature of Demobilization. INTERNATIONAL gamci. modle alons th lines of theplymplc same, open to the soldiers and sailors aj th Interallied nations, will be a fenV tur of th demobilisation period follow- 1ns th declaration of peace, These contests, which may eventually be a part of the pear celebration at the clone of the world war, will b held In Paris, according to a cablegram received yesterday at th headquarters of th united war work campaign hr. Work on th plan has already been started by -the athletic department of the Y. M C. A. abroad, and the program will 1 be submitted to General Pershing for hi sanction, ae welt as the commanders of , h ptfrr arm lea and navies forming th allied forces ' '"" It Is realised that th field of welfare work will he greatly widened during the demobilisation period, and special effort will be made to provide entertainment -and mitt rue t ion fr 1 he sold lers and sailors after th close of hostilities. With this In mind, those in charge of the work have outlined an extensive campaign, cam-paign, a prominent part of Whlrli I in. hide a series of competition in various-branches various-branches of sport. As tentatively grouped at, present the series will be composed In part of maximum maxi-mum maw games to reach evry man: championship contests for the messbere of the American expeditionary forces to h conducted In various wsr regions, with the finals to be held In Pans; physical pageants and demonstrations Illustrating the best In American sports for the French and Interallied championships In the form of a military Olympic.