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Show 1 MAYBE THEY CALL WAR A GOOD SPORT IN SOVIET RUSSIA (By International News Service) PARIS. Aug. 21. Sport in soviet Russia Is praotlcally non-existent, according ac-cording to N, Solovlerf, who was ui-i ui-i or lor of l hi- iH-wspapci K . Sporton In 'Moscow until last year and Is now In Paris in the Interest of the resumption resump-tion of commercial relations between the allied countries und Russia. The . I Llolshevlkl have laid great stresa on physical culture, which Is directed by the commissary of public Instruction. iLounatcharsky, but the ordinary kinds of sport, auch as jiutomoblllsm. racing, rac-ing, cycling and aviation have ceased almost entirely. This condition is due to the state of I War which has existed ever since the foundation of the soviet republic. All the automobiles, motorcycles and an - planes have been requisitioned for tho i armies of the various fronts. Aviators Aviat-ors sent to the front have been inform-led inform-led that In case of their surrender to the enemy their families would ba sIk-iV Am for itutiimolnl' -s. tin- lack of a.-, has prcv entcd their manufacture, manufac-ture, but the government Is taking I Steps to remedy this There are four., 'automobile factories In working op-eratlon op-eratlon now and they hope to be able j ro turn out 60,000 tires this year. I There Is only one garage in all Rus-jsiu Rus-jsiu which Is provided with a full equipment, equip-ment, it boiongs to Trotajty. I Considerable sums have been appro-, piiated for tho development of tha' !system of physical culture, but famine and disease have proved to be Insurmountable Insur-mountable obstacles so far. Lounat-, charsky's idea Is to "democratize'" sport, which In the old Russia was reserved re-served to the wealthy classes. . , m |