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Show England Prepares . ' for 1924 Games IdOiTOOIw. Aug. t (By A. P.) Britain haa set out to win the neit Otympiafl and. If the trie la sot pullrd off. It wilt not be the fault ef the Kngliih publlo In . general which Is giving its money to eesd a crack team to the games in 124. It has geen generally admitted that England haa lost much of her ah-Itic ah-Itic supremacy during the last decade, and to regain this a leading lead-ing London newapaper has started a campaign for ICOO.DOO, the sum estimated es-timated as neoeaaary to get to- father a team and send it te ths aria games neat year. The campaign haa been en only three weeka, but the flood ef small checks hss been continuous, aad many of ths large Kagllfh firms have sent In donation a. Kfforta sl-ready sl-ready ars being nv0e to form the Olympic team, the training ef which Is to begin at once under the supervlaioa, of ths best KegUsh coaches. The first recruit to ths team Is Harold Abrahams, ths Cambridge captain end star athlete, whs haa Hmfd s contract to appear at the Olympiad. |