The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-08
OLYMPIC SCENE
 STORY RECEIVES LITTLE CREDENCE
Athletic Head Refuses to Take Seriously Report That Games Will Be Held In Antwerp.

1 Hot Cfd1I1SS w Ill DC I1O1u 1 In Antwerp.
 LIVE ATHLETIC NEWS
 Olympic games to be held next year In Antwerp? A cable message re- 1 ceived from Rome, last Wednesday 1 carried that announcement which ap-
 pears to have been a bit premature | as the meeting of the International l Olympic council was called for last
 Saturday, three days later, to consider 1 a date and place for the holding of 1 the historic games. There could be no authority therefore, last Wednes- | day, for the statement of Antwerp, as | the holding place or 1920 as the time 1 of holding. Belgium at the present time is crying for food and clothing l for it's people. Under such conditions
 it does appear ridiculous to think of Icountry in such an impoverished state | to consider holding Olympic games l next year, which at the lowest esti- l mate means an outlay of S100,000 to 1 stoge them.
 1 When the International Olympic | Council meets next fall. boxing will undoubtedly be added to the competi- | tions.
 Why not? Boxing was one of the l five sports in the original Olympic l games held in honor Of Jupiter OIym- l plus, after a victory over Angeas, B.C..
 1922 Cor 3141 years ago). At these | Olympic games, which took place a 1 Olympia every fourth year, the five 1 competitive sports were running, | Jumping, wrestling, boxing and discus l throwing. In addition to these there 1 were few freak events which, how 1 ever, did not figure in the penathlon ! competition.
 Gus L. M. Sachs, who was a patron
 of amateur track and field sports for
 the past forty years, died in Long 1 Branch last Saturday night. During i his early athletic days MT. Sachs | spent a small fortune promoting
 sports and tracking teams of athletics ! abroad to compete in the English | championships. For the past ten | years MT. Sachs was an official a the | big A. A. U. games, generally acting 1 as chief marshal, a position he filled
 with tact and dignity at all times. | c. L. M. Sachs will be remembered 1 and missed by the old timers and also 1 by the present day athletic enthusiasts | for years to come.
 Harnes Kolemainen, the flying 1 Finn of a few years ago, will shortly | be seen in competition again. flames 1 called at the A. A. U. office last Satur- l day and obtained a registration card, 1 which enables the former great dis | tance runner to enter amateur com petitions. flames will be welcomed hack in tho cS1T J,J
 a great impetus to long distance run ming.
 l Several amateur wrestlers are com 1 blaming about incompetent referees
 put in the local rings to judge the | bouts. The A. A. U. in it's ranks has | such expert judges of the wrestling game as Johnny O'Brien, former l champion. one of the best amateurs | who ever competed, and Johnny | Walsh; both men know wrestling | thoroughly. It might be well for the i championship committee of the title l events to be held this month to select one or both of the above to officiate. Jack Donaldson. the worlds profes- I sional champion sprinter, will repre- | sent Australia in the inter-alIied | championships. The Flash" did ser | vice during the war, which makes | him eligible to compete. Donaldson | has not been in condition to run since | the War started. He competed at a 1 set of games in England last year and
 was defeated in e race which was at l 100 yards by an American amateur | The old pro" will no doubt get right | for the big meet
 l Joe Conway announces that the
 New England wrestling champion
 ships will be held May at East | Cambridge. Mass. The classes will | be 125, 130. 145. 15S and heavy 1 weight. Eofrts are being made by | the wrestling committee to have the l affair a big success. Entries close 1 with Frank Nasman, 337 Massachu-
 setts avenue. Cam bridge, Mass.
 Ted Meredith wants to go back to France and compete in the interalIied 1 games in Paris in June. He wants his l former trainer, Lawson Robertson, to 1 make the trip over with him. If the l former Quaker runner competes in
 the meet he ought to win the middle ] distance races. Just now over in 1 France in the army of occupation
 they are not running as fast as in this
 country. Meredith is just a little bi:
 off to beat the bunch on this side.
 Between the finals of the "pures''
 and the bouts at the Armory A. A.
 Tuesday, 1t will be interesting to See
 how the contests pan out. Personally . 1t looks as if the Armory A. A. Is talk ing chance in conflicting with tho
 "pures" for it is q cinch there will
 be more red blooded action in the
 Mechanics building bouts than what
 the pros will have to offer.
 Jimmy Henigan and Nillir Kyro-
 nen are the two best known Mara
 thoners entered in the Boston race of
 April 9. There is plenty of time to
 hear from some more of the big fel- | lows Many of the old hands at the
 game like the ball players do not 1,vlFil Ia vJ1n iS frpf