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Show A. JL U. PREXY TO SECURE OLYMPICS FOR LOSflKGElES Committee Plans to Charter Ship , to Bring Athletes; Small Nations Could Send Representatives By HENRY L. FARRELL. NKW YORK, March 2 "Bob" Weaver, president of the A. A. I'-r ia going to Kucerne In Jun to e;et th lsr Olympic iraniea for Tos Anjrele. H is boIujc loaded with the moat tempting bait that has ever been offered of-fered to foreign nations. lAtm Anitelea will bring the athletes of every forvlicn tuition to the 1'a-ctffc 1'a-ctffc coast, take care of them while they are there, and send them home free of charge. "I believe our Invitation will be considered very favorably," Weaver aid in a letter today. Hweden and Franca have written let t its to to the bona of amateur ath-letica ath-letica aaauring him of their support when the vote eorr.es at the liuer-rmtinnnl liuer-rmtinnnl meeting ft-ff- pmiit tr i1T Ttmr fffttTie-i. l,at summer. In Antwerp the English Eng-lish dflt-gation alfo expressed their favor of holding the next games In America. There seems little doubt that the fnrt'ign rations, with the opportunity of a fine trip with freight paid, "will consider the Invitation favorably." favor-ably." "We hte every argument In our favor, as far as climatic conditions are concerned," Weaver Bays. "With the new stadium we will build, we mY-have one of the ftnent places tn " tne world to conduct every branch of sports on the Olympic calendar." While no definite plana were mentioned, men-tioned, it is understood that the Los . Angeles committee plans to rharer a ship and collect the athletes of all th European nations bringing them tn the coast and sending them home the same way. This would make the next game the most representative and the bent tn history, as the smaller tint tons have always had difficulty In getting the money necessary to rend are pre-, send representative teams to the games. |