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Show CROWDS WATCH ATHLETES TRAIN ' ANTWERP, Aug 10. (By The Associated As-sociated Press ) The Olympic stadium stad-ium this afternoon was well filled with spectators to see the athletes of manv nations practice In track and field events. The workouts occupied several sev-eral hours, the athletes representing Ifigypt, South Africa. France. Jupan, ' Lngiand and Csecho-Slovattia. A fewi Americans were among tho men on the track and field. I he iiitern.iMoii.il -I us were timed by rival coaches. Rudd, the English sprinter and middle distance runner. worked out Impressively. Joie Ray.' the American mller, breezed a half mile just outside two minutes, while Guillemot, the famous French die-; die-; lance man. run -1,000 meters in wonderful won-derful form and finished strong. The Swedish track team, bfc strong, 'arrived in Antwerp early this evening! I headed by Coach Ernie Hjertberg, ! famous as a distance runner in the I nil-d States fifteen years ago. Hjertberg. talking to The Assoclat-. Assoclat-. ed fress correspondent this evening ciid In did ii"t hope to beat out the! Americans in the track meet, but that he expected his team to finish second I I to the Americana He said he had' some very good men who could win i ilrst places In case the Amer icans arc j .not at their best top form. Twont-, , five Swedish newspapermen accom , panlod the team. The manager of the Japanese team I after seeing the other athletes worai out today declared that the best' chances that the Japanese had In Lhe Olympiad were in the marathon and i the 10.000 meters ra e The Americans did their principal work in the forenoon, but a few of the navy athletes were out in the afternoon. af-ternoon. The men will have a heavy day Wednesday, especially tho m-irn-th'.ners, who havo been ordered to run a 25-mile test. The high jumpers have requested that that event be competed from a! grass take-off in place of a dirt pit. M the latter Is so soft that It fives' them no foothold. The divers want the automobile springs under the spring board replaced by a wooden block and a lighter board used In order to give more snap at tho end of th plank. no Wahlc. manager of the swimming swim-ming team, has been recalled to -New York on business Judge Barlow S. Weeks, of New York, arrived in Antwerp this evening. even-ing. GUStavus P. Klrby. president of the American Olympic committee, was expected to arrive tonight. Ju Jge W'. eks and Mr. Klrby are expected to settle several details with the Belgian com mlttec. oo |