Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-10
AMERICANS WON GAMES
COMPLETE REPORT READY
ON iNTER-ALLfED EVENTS
France Placed In Lnrgcst Number OF
Events, but Point Summary Puts
United States Ahcnd.

NEW YORK. August 9.-There Is
now available the first complete report
on the inter-allied games that has
come to America. Always the question
this kind
What nation won?"
Quite distinctly instructions were
that in this competition. an inter-aliied
competition of representatives of
armies in tho friendly field OF sport,
clared the winner. That was ex-
plcitly set forth by the inter-allied
games committee. and the undertone
the assumption that the commander
in,cleef himself General Pershing)
dld not desire that any such final
or course, american interest most
naturally centers around the track and
h hSe e sxents tina, has alwaYs been
Olympic games of former years
Americans have always had little DIM
gully in demonstrating their superior
events. but in all the added events
where the Europeans compete quite
generally, the Americans would not
enter. mus. In former capitulations
OF olympic games where the readers
eheered when they learned their star
atnletes had made almost a clean
sweep of the standard events that they
most generally knew about ,uev came
iater 20 groan when they saw that in
tion counted first by victories in events
ina meyer were heard Of In America
Al Oh which caused much humorous
ana sarcastic comment OF America
ianS ana sporting writers.
Held at PershinE's Invitation.
me inter allied games committee
al! americans. found themselves in this
t beinr ;ss III hos me peculiar position of
me games were held. as is understood
At the invitation of General PershinE
e gov MeTe on FL, French soil The French
In rs support OF the enterprise, in.
sta yieidins, to General Pershimg
eoe mn hon9rs of OF hest ,p The American
ing over TO the French eovernme,t ihs
vast stadium. built by the Y. N. c. a
CHEF chic p ses9e,.ry to The genera BY the
June % ' &c ceremonies. Sunday
Thus: 1 decided wisely to avoid an.
OF winning nation. ''o''
people. In the standard track and and f neld
sames. made the presentation Of MS
mS SS coveted trophy to that nation
sam should win the track and field
SaInes, ana tnis cup. IL is highly pleas
h me ana interesting to know. comes
nome nome. TO America. 1t is more than
i il is oui, permanent possession, since
NIL there be an Inter-alled games"
i me obaty the world hopes So not fear
trophy in future International com.
petition. but realizing that before an
Sther 1nter-allied games" could be
world 'e
Not Sweep for Americans
However. the inter allied games were
not any such sweep" for America as
might be imagined and careful sum
that France was. indeed. a fairly close
The following might be an entirely
Track and ned events-America.
nrst;, France second. New zesiand
nd piSssSce Spnnins (cross country and
America and Belgium tied for second
second, Rumania third
EeneinsHFrance first. Italy second,
cond., Italy and Canada tied for third
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS first, Australia
SECOND. Italy third.
Canada and Australia tied for second
observation-disclosures first. France
an fioI EelE!um tied for second,
Water polo-Belgium first, France
second.
Baseball-,;America first.
Basketoall-America first. Italy sec
Rugby Football = czecho slovakla
first France second.
that France placed" in ten Of the
thirteen different events reported in
the official Y: S. radio summary. and
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