Show aio t fA l L LEGION ION Copy for lor This Department Supplied by National Headquarters of ct the American Legion Lesion SERVICE EX-SERVICE MEN IN SPORTS Olympic Games Will Recall Ancient Days When All Ali Athletes Were Fighting Men Until the Oxford-Cambridge Oxford relay t team am went to tho the Pennsylvania relay carnival a short time ago and won the mile r relay ay race from some some of the fleetest fleetest fleet fleet- est cst teams in the United States AmerIcan American American Amer Amer- ican athletes looked upon the Olympic games to be held at Antwerp as being fill w J iw m RI f I M V- V VV V l b f 1 s 4 v t p 4 Hv y 1 l isi I IIA II I A If l' l Jj z ji NICK designed more or less for their own particular amusement The Tho victory of the English runners at Philadelphia was something of a shock and some are willing to concede that the Stars and Stripes may not after all nIl break brenk tape first firs In all the events e Contrary to general belief there will willbe willbe be quite a sprinkling of ot service ex men menn In n the American team team- One athletic expert has estimated that GO CO per pr cent centor or more of the competitors competitors' will s veterans veterans veterans vet vet- erans of some branch of the service Many of these on oc form should be placed high In the events Athletes the Athletes the amateurs ama ama- travel travel at so fast a pace that they do not remain at their top form for long but many of the service ex-service men still are leadin leading In track and field We Ve have Kaye for instance Pat Ryan former artilleryman for the artillery Is s an ideal branch for a hammer thrower Pat Is still the worlds world's champion champion champon cham cham- pion pon and the record holder In the Inter Allied gam games s In Paris a year ear ago he was only allowed to give Ive an tion The French Brench were afraid ald that Pat would mess up some of the spectators If it he were permitted to put the full heave into the hammer bammer Earl W. W Eb Eby is one of the best mid mid- middle middle dle die d distance runners In the United States He won the meter race and finished second In the meter BOO race raco at the Inter Allied games Nick Is a likely winner of the Marathon Nick not only served In the world war but he was fas nutting around through the Mexican expedition un under under er Pershing Nick was such an expert at k p. p that he was known to two armies as Soup service Ex-service men are looming up In all sections as candidates for the AmerIcan American Amer Amer- ican lean Olympic team The Middle West Is s putting up C. C E. E Higgins In two of the ancient sports the Javelin l d discus discus discus dis dis- cus events California Is banking on Charles Paddock to take fake t and meter races He won both of these events In the Inter Allied games |