Show l FRENCH AfT AFTER R MANY HONORS AT OL OLYMPIAD Prestige Is Put Higher Than Vie Victory tor Y In 1924 Event VA ms Dec 12 W A The ho French 01 Ol Olympic federations dubs J r- r ri tons tors of qt sporting i In hn of aud e followers ers 1 In n general ate ale ar toward maKing n effort towar every ever ot at the lie 1 24 creditable Rho Ing o u- u Olympic under no flO but are Olympic games as to the prospect i winning Inning the Iho tl ames eB-ames of French athletes While n not t unduly pes i that admit they l is will ill III not finish h first but find solace c In the thought th thit t thO Olympic games are the greatest manifestation of international lonal sports in existence lid that the do not emerge rge from them Item vuth a I less lof e 1 I I bile is we 13 0 would much rather I win t e 1 01 games than fInish among an amon the also lan tanS ians ol all aid FranU I ike ikeI hO o general I I rench committee e Se feel that great benefit will Ill b derived ed for or athletics In trance France by y mere presence and participation in In Ii all branches of sport port of the tho 40 0 o 0 5 S too athletes he he best jl 1 i ln linen I of 01 in 52 I There Is la one thing however ho hoe e r e-r that that ve I e may t win ind md that I Is the t ic 0 at ment o of all interested ted Lisa tha 1924 Olympic gal gaus games es s stare the best organised sinco their rL hal we tie e tru tr to do in the winter which aj aJi t to 10 o be nt at from front Jan Jan- Jail uary 20 I td ci I I ell irv u r 5 S the tho was as general that France rance would place the Cana Canadians Scan lans and tn In hocke skiing In and curl curlIng curlIng log Ing hey Iney are outclassed In speed skating and only hol hold out the hope of of getting points in m the lie figure skating where here Yvonne Bourgeois 1 who ho is one of trances Frances upper ten rach tr lin l In iii ome tennis has hns more than alt e esen en chanco chance of ot winning InnIng I French I experts were e e sin t guine that the team representing France In this event e h had d a good chance of oC whining vInning v 1 Inning especially If I Great Britain maintains her pres end ent present decision of not being represented represented In association football ever evers on oar that Prance Franco stood n a England stands Ione alono in this sport and the French teens has hal been I defeated bv by the Belgians and Czechs while the teams cams I I e lIal Italy the lan countries and Spain h ive ise won non mOl matches from toni rance J than th Lb lint ha lot lo t to them in the clashes of the ho past pOst fe few bess 3 year j I With nh the advent of polo In Jun June teams from front the United States In I t Hand land and even een South America is aru ar aI regarded regarded here as finalists AS i Franc Frinc hit has no combination i can call place any of the tOI in III danger I In track trach and fIeld events e the 1 sunning of which sins i once conceded fd b all 1111 to 10 be the I tent leal eal aim of all coun trier the tho OIl 01 g nie me ime- ime I Iranee rance 1 is not expected to tot l up many points I In n |