Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19
COLLEGE SPORTOOM
English Sporting Writers Are
Against Olympic Games Here.
BOOSTING CARLISLE INDIANS
Harvard and Pennsy Coming South
for Track Princeton to
Figure in Rowing Matters.
By Edward R. Bushnell.

Apparently there is going to be serious
objection made by England and other
European countries to the proposal that
the United States be awarded the Olympic
games for 1916 According to the pro-
visions of a bill recently Introduced into
Congress, the United States government
is to be asked to appropriate a sum of
money to provide a stadium and other
things necessary to enable the games
TO be- held properly in Cleveland. Prior to
the Introduction of this bill the Amateur
Athletic Union approved the selection of
Cleveland as the place in which to hold
the games. provided they were awarded
10 this country.
The publication of these facts in the
English press has moved a number of
London Journalists to make sundry at
tacks on the present and past conduct of
the men who are in charge OF the Olympic
interests OF this country. One writer
thinks it very arrogant and nervy of
US to expect the award of the games in
1916. and the Field even goes so far as
10 say that the games have already been
promised to Berlin. and furthermore that
the German capital has erected a stadium
Tor this purpose. The same writer con-
tends that the conduct of several men,
bers of the American committee, during
and after the games of 1908, was such as
10 preclude this country from getting the
1916 Olympiad
OF course, there is a. good deal of
gratuitous insult and misinformation in
this statement of the case. Primarily the
international Olympic committee, which
has sole charge of the games. has taken
no action concerning the 1916 Olympiad,
much less promised them to Berlin. That
matter will not be taken up until the
meeting of this body in MAY of the pres
ent year at Budapest, Hungary And
even then there is no certainty that it will
take final action on the matter. If any
one in Berlin has gone TO the expense of
providing n stadium for the games this
far in advance IL is news to the rest of
the world and not very good judgment
on the part OF Berlin.
| 1t may be taken for granted. however.
| that there Is going to he serious opposi-
| ton on the part of some Of the countries
represented on the International Olympic
committee TO award the games to Amer
lea No one who did not pass through
| the exciting times of the 1908 Olympiad
/ can realize just how much bitterness was
| developed there between England and the
4 United States. 1t looked for time as
\ though 1t had been well buried and forgot
1 ten. but it takes very little to revive it,
| II the opposition to giving the games
| to the United States becomes very active
| this country will have trouble TO beat out
| Germany. This is due to the fact that
1 the United States is not properly repre-
! sented on the Olympic committee This
country now has but two delegates. They
are Prof. w. e. Sloane of Columbia Uni
| versity and Allison Il. Armour EngIa nd
/ and France both have more members OF
| the committee than this country. while a
/ lot of obscure nations which have done
/ practically nothing for the promotion OF
| athletics and represent an inconsequentia
| part of the worlds population have al
much voice as this country. Under these
circumstances the United States is bound
! 10 have it's troubles. The members OF
the American Olympic committee. an or
| ganiZaton formed for the purpose of col
| lecting every four years the funds anC
the team necessary to have this country