Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
FIGHT. FOR 0[YMP|cS'
United States and Germany
Both Want 1916 Games.
PENN CREW ON WATER
Red and White Eight Will Be
Watched Closely This Year
in Intercollegiate.


The various athletic bodies Of the civ
,ilized world are now deeply interested In
the coming meeting of the international
Olympic committee. This body has been
called to meet in Budapest, Austria,
some time in May: While the primary
purpose of this meeting is to complete
arrangements for the holding the 1912
Olympiad in Stockholm, Sweden, most OF
the interest is aroused by the belief that
the committee at this meeting will de-
eide upon the location of the games four
years hence There is now very keen
competition for the honor of holding the
1915 games between the United States
and Germany The various athletic bod
les Of this country have promised their
support to the city of Cleveland, while
in Germany Berlin is very keen for hold
ing the games.
Both countries have taken long steps
for completing the arrangements for en-
tertaining the athletes Of the world in
1916. The city of Cleveland had introduced
in Congress a bill asking for q big ap-
preparation to help the western city en-
terrain the visiting athletes. Berlin, on
the other hand. considers that the games
had been actually promised to the Ger
man capital, and, acting on the belief
that they would get the games. the Ger
mans have already constructed, in part
at least. an immense stadium.
When it was suggested that the games
be held In the United States the Ger
insisted that If the games were given to
the American city it would be in viola
ton of promise that was made them
by the Olympic council. OF course, no
such promise was actually made. but 1t
has been a topic of conversation for the
last few years that the Germans were
to have the meet in 1912 1t was acting
on this belief that the Germans waived
their rights to hold the games next sum-
mer and allowed Stockholm to have them
instead. There is consequently good
reason for the Germans feeling aggrieved
if the Olympic council gives them to
Cleveland.
The United States has not yet taken
claim Of Cleveland we'll known when the
international committee meets. 1t Is not
known yet whether the American Olym-
pic committee recently reorganized to Sc
cure proper representation OF the
United States at the Olympiad of 1912
bers. or whether the city OF Cleveland
will send a special envoy. Any re-
quests which are made for the 1915
games must be made through the
American committee. and as Prof. VIII
liam Sloane OF Columbia University Is
the representative of the United States
the requests for the games must be
made through him.
II the selection Of the 1915 games is
left to a vote of the international COM
mittee 1t is likely that Berlin will win
over Cleveland. This is due to the fact
that the European delegates are not
over friendly toward the United States.
on account of the incident which &C.
Cured during the 1908 games at Lon
don and also to the fact that the United
States has a smaller representation on
the Olympic council than any other
country of its size. For instance, both
England and France have more delegates
than the United States, consequently II
1t comes to test vote at this meeting