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Show -Snappy Items of Sports News v ANTWERP, March M (By tin- As-; As-; sbeiated Press.) Twenty-four nalicm i already have officially accepted Bel-slum's Bel-slum's invitation to participate in the coning Olympic gamss, itnd the ,Bel-I ,Bel-I gian commiltee charged v.-itli the pvep-arations pvep-arations isgoing ahead in the fzee of all obstacles, determined to h;iv ev-. ev-. Tylhinf in roadiness in August. Official nolice of participation by the United. Slates has not been received, re-ceived, but is expected soon. Confronted by the greatest handicap ever imposed on anj country in wlrlch tho games have been held, the Belgians Bel-gians are pushing the arrangements with the same spirit with which they j are ra.pidly changing their co-intryl . j from wai rums to il hive of Jndus'ry. I The principal stadium is very near i completion and work has begun on tho natniorlum where 10,000 persons can be seated to witness the water events. Th-Antwerp velodrome is being remodeled re-modeled for the Olympic cyclists. It has been tentatively decided to open tlio stadium for the training of the athletes for a fortnight before the official opening on August 14. NEW YORK. March M. The American Amer-ican Oljmpic committpo today sent two cablegrams to the Belgian athleri; committee 'in charge of the contests to be .';iaged in Antwerp next July, ask-I ask-I ing for immediate rulings on ques- lions affecting entries in genera:, and roving on Trie? in particular. The American committee has reelv ed no entry blanks and as March 19 Is tho official date for closing of en-trii-s, .permission was asked to post-por.e post-por.e tho mailing of American entries Unli' Tiftccn days before the cqntests begin. It was explained weather conditions con-ditions here preclude holding of climl-nadon climl-nadon contests until late in the spring1. PERKELEY. Cal.. March H.--';iar-eni-o Griffin and Miss Helen Baker. San Fiancisco, today defeated William Wil-liam Jrhnstoh, national tennis singles champ-on, and Mrs. George Wiglnman. national woman singles champion. i-b C2, 11-9, in an exhibition doubles uiv-JcJi here. In an exhibition singles match Mr?. Wic.htii.'nn defeated Miss Baker, fi 1. 6-3. ' Sz-X ANTONIO, Tex., March H. ' R. H. E. Xow York Nationals 7 3 3 San Antonio Texas lcague 6 ii i Rattcvies Nehf, Douglas. 'Winters anu McCarty, Smith; Finither, Stew-I ai- and Gibson, Whitncv. I ' " ! PEORIA, III... aiarch l.-l. The Or anre Crush No. 1 team of St. Louis. psti.blished an American Bowling Con-.gro-Nfl iVcoi-d for a single game tonight, .scoring 1113 pins. ! PASADENA, Cal., March 14. jCharlPs Herzog, second baseman of jthc Cliicago National league .baoi-ball (team, will be taken to a Los "Angeles hospital tomorrow for an operation ami will.be out of. the game foi at leo.it a month. Manager Fred Mitchell announced tonight. j Mat Shinkel, former Bee hurler gave ,his ex-comrades a taste of fast pitch-ling pitch-ling yesterday. The Bees defeated the jMare Island Marine teamf by a score of 10 to 1. James and Thurston, two young hush era. pitched for the Sail 'Lake; aggregation. The game., whs played at, Boyos Springs, Cal. i Interest is manifest in the later-mountain later-mountain A. A. U. wrestling .and boxing box-ing tournament, to be started Thursday Thurs-day and Friday at the Salt Lake armory. arm-ory. No entries wijl bc'accepted after 5. o'clock this afternoon. Clarence Preshaw of this city is looked upon as a likoly mat winner in the 115 pound class. t j ; The team of the Nebo high school) is looked upon as a strong contender' for state high school basketball hon-l ors. The tourney .deciding who lakes the seasons honors will be -plavcd this week in Salt Lake. Even blizzards Tail to dampen the ardcr of shot-gunnprs and though the weather conditions were anything but ravorable, several good scores were made yesterday at the SaluLake gun club. A. Buckingham of Ruth, Nevada, Nev-ada, proved a bad weather artist and scored 4G birds of a possible 50. Overhauling of baseball gear has been attended to at the Ogden high school, and preparations for a busy' diamond season arc being made Coach j Douglas reports. , Lee Richards will probablv cover the Ogden high school first sack, and George Erwin is expected to be on: the receiving end of the team. Other positions po-sitions have to be filled, practically all of Jast year's team having been graduated grad-uated from the school. Several hurl-ers hurl-ers will be developed, Coach Douglas has stated. |