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Show EXPECT BOOM IN ATHLETICS It Is Believed That Indoor Sport Will Be Lively This Season Panic Stage Passed. Indoor athletics will enjoy a much more prosperous season during the coming months than last winter. The breaking of relations with Germany was the signal for the closing of -a majority of the armories in the middle of the season's doings, and this spoiled many athletic meetings. Now that the panic stage has passed and the military mili-tary authorities are encouraging the continuation of all athletic sports, there is every reason to believe that conditions something like normal will hold sway when the board of floor game gets under way. There have been not a few criticisms criti-cisms hurled in the direction of the track men because they have not done as much for war charities as have the men who follow tennis, golf and other games. It cannot be said t.'iot the athletes ath-letes have followed the exhortation of the Red Cross people to "give until it hurts," but, on the other hand, the cindcrpath set have done something Many of the smaller clubs and leagues have turned over the proceeds ol games for charitable purposes, and th big athletic clubs have spent hundreds of dollars promoting athletic events foi soldiers. |