Show I AMERICA PREPARES FOR 1924 OLYMPIC GAMES UT AHNS MAYm MAY MAYI MAYWIN MAYWIN I WIN PLACES ON TRACK SQUAD I IS Iveden Sweden S Sweden Looms as Foremost Contender for Track and Field Honors Many Veterans Will ViII Be Missing When Paris Meet Opens By AL WARDEN Uncle Sams Sam's have established quite some record in the Ol Olympic games which have been held heM in various various parts of the world since 1896 They were just jut a mere handful of to Athens in 1896 quietly American Amerian athletes athlete who slipped nay a-nay to capture nine first places in the track and field events Since Since that time tho the stars and stripes base ha ha c been carried through I I en meets and the tho precedent of f victory has been up- up upheld up upheld held UP-I UP nightly or not we have ha come to 10 loo upon a II a triumph in these eHnts the I os Cs equivalent to winning Inning Olympic classic lasic I The clement of o the far tar west crept Into the seventh sc Olympiad with s it-s i sturdy t pe pc of oC athletes On the he I team tam 73 came from that section othe of the United States west est Ost of oC and In- In InI Including in I cluing Chicago as compared with H from the east enst New York topped 45 topped all states with It Ii 26 G stars Twenty-nine Twenty states state s were Ire ere represented represented seated on the championship te team am amSTRONG J STRONG I r rl l n IL was most moet squad quad this Ibis country C ever er sent forth In quest of the laurels As to Its weil Well h well we I e expect it to bring home honor hOllor when the thO 1924 01 dimple is Iq staged InI In I Paris I I In the 1920 Olympics the tho I Amer-i lean sprinters vere pre ero the class of the world Jackson Schol Paddock and Lore Loren n Murchison up a ol corn com com hard to beat I 1 I IU RU P G GOW NOW OW Coaches and end track boosters In alt all allI part s of or the country countr are ar I I preparing for the 1924 1921 OlympIad v whIch will n ill III In all probability be held I in ID th the Pershing stadium Many Of the da nt stars tars and many of oC oCI Ih men who ho were re meIl frS of ot the I track IracK team of 1320 1920 will be lout out of v I Iel the time role rols a tor for the th trouts With In vies new the tho coaches arc ged In picking out ut probable candi candi- candidates candidates dates I Two ire re bein being groom to accompany the th American team learn I F a Faman F-aman man Kerr one end one time star at thul th it of ot Utah and a of the of s I relay team of 19 1922 is one of the the picked to make a 0 place H 11 is a milor and a 1 miler hilf-miler and I can n clip lip oft off a fast fist CCO varIs Ills best time in the lie mile lle is 4 minutes 23 seconds I 1 le IIo ean distance man ot the of at Utah is the other Be Beehive h e state stat r representative being bing I I backed to win a position Ho gan rfd forthe the Utah a site record for the mile last spring bv hr trotting rotting the distance In 4 1 I m minutes in utes 28 8 seconds HI He should b br bi able to cut this time materially Iv ot at t sea level ONLY O t T Alma RIchards 1 was u as the first and andI I only Utah athlete to mat male the IAm American team ITO IiO won me high jump at ot In 1912 after performing creditably e in this I country Just who ho will viii III wear the spikes of Chirles PaddocK and other noted stars should they re retire re- re retire tire remains to be seen en From the tin sped peed being beine be shown shon in the cast east by Barney Welters jr Don Bon ter McAllis-ter McAllis- McAllis McAllister ter the New York cop Leconey oI of oC Lafayette and others it would not be surprising to see sec trong men entered in the sprints sprint Americas America's bi bl snags mabS in the 1920 OlympIcs ere in the and met meter r grinds England and Canada had be better men in these f than did the United States The fht time sime goes FOPS for the famous marathon This e ent e nt was won by byi 5 representative e of Finland Amer- Amer AmerIca's AmerIcas Ica's stars falling failing far tar to the rear reat Richard Landon London present holder of oC the th 01 high Jump lump record ma be abel to his time old old form one on year hence lie dis- dis displayed displayed dis displayed played h hn aviating ability at In the weights Pat Ryan Matt Matl McGrath and Paddy Mc- Mc McDonald McDonald Donald Mc-Donald Donald brought fame tame at the last Olympics but with sith age leaping on they may ba hale hase e to gh ghe e way to the th youngsters you I I 1 Sweden was ens one of Americas America's I strongest contenders in the 1920 contests and looms au as one of ot the best bets in the games cames h will willbe willbe be held next Jul July rom l-rom the sprints prints to the distance e the hurdles weights and America is making maUne strong preparations for th the t next contests confident of victory The Olympic games date back to the days davs dav of the th empires of ot an ancient an- an ancient dent Greece and nome Rome Th The first Ol was iras held 77 B C The name comes from from the lit site on which 1 Ih h games cames were held OI heid mph In BIt Elis Elic not a cit citi but i m small plain In th Ih t of oC ills pis-ills Greece The first Olympiad Ol had but one enl onee the ent the foot race The reward ot of the 1 winner Inner was purel purely one of honor A garland of wild lid olive oll was as the actors actor's prize Ills His statue was erected in the Allis Ailie and Is name en hen gisen the Olympic period of four ears In which It he triumphed According to historians the games were discontinued after Olympics had been held because of the teachings s of Christianity roll Follow ins int the he lap lapse e of ot 1502 years the Idea was as relived re Since that time the he modern games game have hol been held d n as follows 1896 mt Athens isOO 00 Paris 1904 St Louis 1906 I IOS 08 London I ondon 1912 Stockholm 1920 1 20 Antwerp |