Show EX SERVICE MEN IN SPORTS SPORT olympic games will recall ancient days day when all athletes Athle tec were fighting men until the alic oxford cambridge relay team went to tho the pennsylvania relay carnival it a short time ago and won tile mile relay rate race from some of the fleetest teams in the alie united states amerlean american athletes looked upon the 0 olympic pates to ile be held at antwerp ua its being designed more or less for their own particular amusement the victory of the english runners ut at philadelphia was something of it a shock und and some do dope pesters itera aro are aig to concede that out tho the stars and stripes may not titter after all 11 break tope tape first tit in all the ove events lits contrary to general belief there will be quite a sprinkling of ex service men in the american team one athletic expert ling estimated that GO 60 per cent or moro more of the competitors will bo be veterans of some branch of the service many of these on form should bo be placed high in the lie events athletes tile the ama tours trover at so fast it pace that they do not remain at their top form tr for long but many of tile the ex service men still are leading in track and field we have for or instance pat ilynn former artill artilleryman eryin an for or the artillery Is an ideal branch for a hammer thrower pat Is still tile worlds champion and the ilia record holder in ilia ho inter allied games in III paris it a year ago he fie was only allowed to give an exhibition tile french were afraid that Ahat pat would lucass up some of the spectators it if lie were to put the full heave into the hammer E earl arl W E eby by Is one of the best mid tile dlo distance runners in ilia united uniel M states lie ile won tile the meter race and finished second in the meter raw at tho the inter luter allied games gaines nick Is a likely winner of the marathon nick kick not only served in tho the world war but lie he was nutting around through tho the mexican expedition under pershing nick was such on an expert at k 1 p that he was wai I 1 known to two armies as 41 houp hir ex service selee wen men are looming up in nil all sections us as candidates for tile the amerlean american olympic team eam the middle wp writ qt i ir ay HICK 4 1 CK IS 1 putting up 1311 C 11 in n two of thy ancient sports tile the javelin arid anil ills cus events california Is banking on it charles paddock to toke tile he and meter races lie ho won both ot of these events in the inter camest gamest |