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Show YANK SPRINTER ASSAULTED BY BELGIAN COPS ANTWERP. Aug. 30. M M Kirk-sey Kirk-sey of San Francisco, one of the Amercan sprinters was assaulted, hndcufferl and taken to the police station this afternoon by Belgian gen- idarmes, who. unable to speak English blocked Klrkscy from entering thoi American dressing rooms at the stadium. stad-ium. Klrksey had just returned with Charles W. Paddock, of I.os Angeles, another sprinter, from Paris for the medal presentations. Klrksey had tickets, but whrn he tried to enter the dressing rooms he was attacked by th genarme w ho apparently had orders. which were unknown to the Americans! to the effect that the rooms were to Ibi. used today only by football players. I |