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Show IATHLETES FIICE BOSIESTPERIOD -Avcnpic Tryouts in Nearly a sWe of Sports Due in Near Future, m jack visiock. : Iniurnnlfocuil .N'ews Sport Ins ldltor. SaY YUKK. June 25. Athlete1 throughout th country art facing an; extremely active period. boginning thei Uiat week In June. Olympic try out scheduled In nearly i&eore of aiiorts will be held In van-' 00 tactions of the country. Trial, both Motional and flnat. In track and f! athletics, boxing. wretllu$. ' swimming, cycling, shooting, rowing and other aporta will bo hold to dolor-: intno filial aoleclioiia of representative representa-tive of tilts country who will compete j at Antwerp. Socrotary Frederick W. ttublen of thu American Olympic commlttou, has prepared a revised chedulii of tryouts, which list competitions In all parl ofi the United Statu. In soma cae the fin for th.. Irlnl Yti.m l.....r In! I OTdor to provide bettor accommodations accommoda-tions for tho competitor!, and in others oth-ers the dates havo been changed to (lays mora suitable for thu handling of targ Holds of entrants. I Th American Olympic committee rcollsos that It is Impossible lo muke an estimate of the numbor of athletes who will compete In the various trial In any of the many events, but thai! thousundii of the country' biwt per-, formors in various branches of spurts' will Hrivo to win honors Is a certain-! ty. I TI10 biggest preliminary ovnt will be the hoctlonal track and ftild tr-l ouU and competition In the decathlon and pentathlon events. The track and flold trials will be held at Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, Chicago. New Orleans and Pasadena Pasa-dena on June 2C. 1 he decathlon will ba staged at Travem lalund, .W Y.,1 July lu, and the pentathlon a few days earlier, in Brooklyn. Jn a few event the da ten for tho' trials have not' been dolinliely fixed! and in others the city or club is yet lol bo solocted, as, for example. Hie Mld-j die West boxing tourney, which It Is, expected will bo held at Pittsburg on! or about July lo. Tho final gymnastic tryouts originally scheduled lor In-i illnnsnnlU lu untU..H . .l r - I g competition. BB The complete revised list, dated from Juno I and including events up j to July 30 is us follows: Bf Juno 1-16 Preliminary pistol try- Bl out In 100 shooting centers. BB Juno 13 Buffalo, N. Y., cyclo road BB Juno 16 Cycling eliminations. B1 Juno "0 Now York cycling road Bl BB Juno 21-23 Final pistol tryouts, Bl Quantico, Va. BBf Juno 2G Track and field tryouts:! BB Kaatoru. Franklin field, Philadelphia;! B contral, Stagg field, Chicago; coast,' BBl- Pasadona, Cal.; southern. Aw Or-i Bj leans, li. .c Bl Juno 2G-27 Swimming tryouts, menl BJ and women. Pacific coast, San Fmn- BBl , clsco (Neptune beach). July 1-2 Wrestling and boxing try- AVH ouU, coast, Porltand. I BB Juno 28, 29, 30. July 1 Boxing try-' Bj outs, Metropolitan association, j BJ Not. fixed Wrestling tryouts, soulh- BJ crn, Atlanta. I BH July 1 Final cycling eliminations J (probably New York). 1 BJ July 2, 3, 5 Army finals, track, J swimming, wrestling, boxing, at St.! .Louis, Mo. BBl - Ju!' I'Tnal pentathlon tryoiita. Ijurooaiyn, i, 1. . July C Tug of war final tryouts in conjunction with army finals at St. -Lou la, Mo. July c-7 Wrostllng tryouts. mlddlo west, Gary, ind. Not fixed Boxing tryouts. Middle west. Pittsburg, pa. July 8. Modern pentathlon tryouts. WcBt Point, N. Y. July 0-10 Final tryouts, steeplechase, steeple-chase, decathlon and 10.000-metcr walk, N. Y. A. C. July 10-11 Final swimming tryouts, try-outs, men, Chicago. July 10-11 Final swimming try-1 try-1 outs, womon, Manhattan Beach. N Y I ,Ju.,y. 12-18 ,Uat0 not definite) i Unal boxing tryouts. New York WZ. J,ml lO-outs track and field, National A. A. U. championships. Harvard stadium, Cambridge, Mass. (July 16, Junior A. A. U. champion-All champion-All 1 ps. J July 23-2-1 Final rowing tryouts and . A. A. O. championships, "Worcester, "Wor-cester, Mass. V-Juli'. ".S Final gymnastic tryouts, New lork, ' Piin!' 2S'm? (tialc x,ot le'lnite) Mnal wrestling fryouts, Now York. |