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Show I UNITED STATES I ATHLETES LEAD Olympic Meet for 1916 Will Far Surpass Any Previ- oua World's Struggle. HI Xew York, Sept. 21 Although three HI years will elaps1 before the sixth re- HI vival of the Olympic games to he held at Berlin during the summer Ol 1916, the moot has already assume'' proportions far Burpassing any prevJ HI ' ous struggle for world's amateur HI track and field championships The HI games, their preliminaries and pren HI rations are tuples of national and tu HI ' ternational comment and discussion I HI throushout the old nnd new world In ! the m:dst of all these preparations j Ha the Un.ted States athJelic authorities; continue to lead the way Aruern BJi HI prospects for the 1916 Olympic game, are brighter than at any time slnco HI the revival of this athletic classic, ow ing in I he Work of the new Intern a- tioiial Athletic federation" just organ HI Ized r.t Berlin by delegates from si.; teen leading athletic countries of the H world. As h controlllne international au i Ihorlty for amateur track atx1 field I sports its suggestions to the Olympic HI games Committee will carry great I weight The proposed l A F. stand HI ard program of track end He'd '' events Is made up almost entirely o; ' I events on the proprams of American ' j College and athleih club events ntvl . the rules are largely those to whlcb. I ih? American athletes are accus- I tomed 4The victory of the American ' i views at the congress German sport .-r'ru ascribe to the fact that the la- events proivssed by the United -States are practiced everywhere and are de void of freakishness , the superiority of the results produced under the American rules and in no small meas-I meas-I ure to the ability of the American del egatea and the pregtlge of American athleles. Ii uas the concensus Of opinion among th' delegates iht the American Ameri-can repreSentatlree of the Amateur Athletic union were by far the best versed in the theory and technique of athletics When Ihey advocated changes In the rules they advanced excellent reasons in sitpiorl of then contention and won many victories and supporters lo their ideas Some of the rules advocated at the suggcB tion of the United Stales delegated were Toe-honfd circles for the shoi-pul shoi-pul penalties for fnlBe starts, and a ruL' to prevent the drawing of 6ev eral entrants all representing one country in preliminary heats of race On a few points American Ideas wore rejected as. for instance in adopting .1 i i;-;.i)iind shot made of Iron instead Ol the smaller American load shot and in providing for a dugout takeoff for the broad jump, against the United Stales argument thai the take off Joist sunk flush with the ground was far 6afer. |