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Show "REW ATHLETiG ORDERFOR U. S. American Olympic Committee to Further Athletic Games in This Country NSW YORK. Feb. 5. Plans for the re-organlzalion of the American Olym-J Olym-J ii committee into a permanent organization or-ganization to be known as the Am-1 Am-1 wrican Olympic association were unanimously unan-imously approved today at a meeting of the eommitte.-. President O. T. Kirby of the American Olympic c-om-mittee, presided it was decided that Lthe first meeting and the adoption of la constitution and by-laws should take place here December 28. This will be iliiiing the wqek In which the nation-.i! nation-.i! collegiate athletic association will hold Us annual meeting here Plans submitted by the committee on re-organlzatlon were considered and u "as decided unanimously to advise the following Th.it there be organized the American Amer-ican Olympic association: That there be Invited to become members: IlRIOI S ' rdERs International 01mpic committee; 1 nit- j Stales army. United States inavy; Amateur Athletic Union of tho Unite, i States; National Collegiate Athletic Ath-letic association. Intercollegiate Association Asso-ciation of Amateur Athletes of Am-erica; Am-erica; Amateur- Fencers' League; thej I American Fencers; American Amateur! Trip Shooting association. Intcrna-I i tional Skating union. National Asso ciation of Amateur oarsmen; National Cycling association; National Rifle association; as-sociation; United States Football association; asso-ciation; U. S. Oolf association; U. S. National Lawn Tennis association; V. B Revolver association; Knights 6t Columbus; Young Men's Christian association, as-sociation, and tho .Y'oung Men's Hebrew He-brew association The president of the United States will be requested to appoint nine delegates, del-egates, one from each federal reserve district. it was decided until the organization of the association, the American Olympic Olym-pic committee will continue to exercise exer-cise Its functions and be the official representatives of the United States in all matters having to do with tho Olympic games READS REPORT President Kirbv read a report of the American Olympic committee and explained ex-plained the difficulties encountered last year in furnishing transportation and Din 1 1 1 k lai ihti. for the American Ameri-can Olympic athletes C. D. Lynch of Detroit, secretary of the Amateur Athletic union cdm-mUtoe, cdm-mUtoe, appointed to investigate the co mplaints of many American athletes as to their experiences during the trip to Belgium and return, said his committee com-mittee had received hundreds of letters let-ters and would probably be able to report in about a month The report Of the finances of tho American Olympic committee showed receipts up to Oct- 9, 1920, as $164,-531 $164,-531 67. with disbursements of $152.-098. $152.-098. GI. leaving balance January 29. of $12. i: 3 3. 06. oo |