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Show PROPOSAL FINDS LITTLE FAVOR Coast Plan to Bar Foreign Athletes Meets OpposU tion in the East . EWYORK,Oct7ll. Th propo&1 advanc4 by tha 1'aolfle Coast aa-ooiation aa-ooiation of tha Amattur Athlatio union to bar all foratarn ftthlataa from futura compatltlon in national 1 championship meeia flnda Ittll favor anion ar Uaa tarn athlatlc authorttlaa and followara of trark and laid aporta. Tha concanaua of opinion Indicataa that It would b a mnai pacullar action for tha American athletic oraraulsallon to taka, -aa -aUUataa. from .tha atataa hava for yaara baen tha moat conalatent travaling compatttora and prtsa winnara. It waa poln lad out by a proailnant A. A. U. authorttv that tharti migttit hat tanm reason for such a propoeal on tha part I of tha Canadian union, la view of tha ' fact that in paat yaara atrong lama from the New York A. C. and the Irish-American a. C. have Journeyed to Canada and awept away every flrat prise and title at the annual Dominion championships. American athletes alao have bean prominent wtnnera of titular track and' ' field honors In elm liar meeta In England, ! Scandinavia and othar European coun-j coun-j tries. In every case our athletee hava ! been welcomed and where they were good I nough to defeat the best of the home antra an-tra n la there waa nothing but praise for their peiformancea. The menace of tha foreign athletic Invader In-vader la furthermore of llttla danger. Very few have been able In tha paat to show their heela to tha beat of tha American Ameri-can atara, aa tha records of both ho ma chainplonahlpa and Olympic gamea clearly clear-ly demonstrate. It would undoubtedly be an impetua to greater and better effort if a few Invading performers could be found to show the way to our atara. It la the generally axpreaaed opinion that after peace reigns again throughout the world there will be a great revival of International Interna-tional sport competition. With thla thought up perm oat in the mtnda of the delegates who gather for tha annual meeting of the A. A. U.. at Philadelphia, on November IS, there appears little possibility pos-sibility of the adoption of tha proposed resolution. The effect a of the war upon American athletica and athletee will ba clearly shown at thla meeting for there will not be a alngla application, aa far as la known by A. A. A. U. authorltlea, for recognition recogni-tion of a new world'a record In track or field. During the paat Indoor and outdoor out-door aeaaon several records hava been equaled, but In no case baa an American athlete betterd existing . world records under conditions which would appear la warrant acceptance by the A. A. U. In swimming circles, however, quit tha ravaraa la true, and there will be a long Hat of claims submitted, tha majority of which ara likely to ba given official sanction.- They include new record a for both ahort and long dlatanca competitions and the namea of several prominent women wom-en awlmmara will ft cure In tha list. Thoaa recorda which are accepted will be tabulated aa new American figures with an annotation to ths affect that they aurpaaa tha present world recorda. They cannot, however, be officially accepted, as such until passed upon by the International Interna-tional Amateur Athletic federation, which haa not held a meeting since tha beginning begin-ning of the European war. After tha ceaaatlon of hostilities the I. A. A. F. will convene again and at that session will have many recorda from many lands to consider and paa Judgment upon. It la Intereatlng to note that at the present time the United Statea and tha Scandinavian Scandi-navian countrlea lead in the number of claims to be aubmlttad. |