Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26
PLAN 0LYM PIC GAMES
OFFICIALS BUSY MAKING
ARRANGEMENTS FOR AFFAIR
Efforts Now BEING Made 10 Have
Decathlon Included in
List,

NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-Thc posi-
oility that the dccathlon competition
the seventh Olympic games. TO be held
at Antwerp, Belgium, next year, has
not been entirely dissipated, according
to the latest werd from Europe. 1t was
learned yesterday from Benny Lev D. G,
local ~. a. U. boxing official. who re-
Gently returned with the trio Of
OF the Scandinavian countries. that the
Belgian Olympia committee Is seri-
ously considering the ACCESSIBILITY of
resembling its reported action and es-
Publishing the decathlon as one of tn.
events.
1t has already been reported here
that the Belgian officials have elimin-
ated the dccathlon, and in the absence
of any. official notification, tho Amerio
can Olympic committee, in compiIin-
us tentative list of events and dates
mas inserted ,a a note saying it is pro.
ms ms event takes much time, and is
practica lily a repetition Of the pen.
futmr' which mi, has been retained as a
aerpreted merely as a precautionary
MEASURE, to preclude the possibiIitw nf
decath Es pr unt;I themselves for the
9ElciaIly that the event has eIther hear,
dropped or retained. oeeh
Levine received his inform,tjo, ,,,
i arres Emerson. editor of Idraetts. the
Levine dee IaaF 9 Rnaarsd in Denmark;
tiln that he had received re,ia tted
he rast on mat the decathlon was TO
the previous TO nno me program. despite
c cSu psen dropped. omciais in This IL
I EUuhery are eager to have the dnoa .iis
ION contested Tue oecath-
frederick w. Ruben senrat
com niiad can olympic committee has
the s eisI when G1y they viii be held from
Live circular, and the sssne;e Ten
r. 10 aates as announced Decembar re
each CONT, IN the announcement that
twsiye entries in the ind;viduuoa, nave
competitionsso one one team in the team
ment eacH soup For the football tournal
i IOu teams. This informatioon 10 = send
-fs distributed among the Us is pc
The p nasr1Gan of oliy nnIpc COMMITTEES.
vents is as follows: yates and
dash 1S lS0 dash 200
nes i h"HSles About ns ne I've
!ndnE s sIsn t5SR bhos JUMP
ss Ssss Sm Ssd s
o fo Wn1G the grenade. Maf.thoen hRa hammer.
iSnniRs ,nsnsa' rs
! Is proposed 20 supprrss run run Kat Note
Iii iii event takes much lin" +, nc cI .hion. as
Tsa% rs the sooe@sissih
.omS, meter etc, team race. 1--WE to ru, iouT men;
IN. tug OF war. teams of eirht' Inrce to
,etyinn 1r;; AUGUST % to ss snT msn
swedish sys s exercises according to tbe
nouT' nor more than forty The i lmit than aan
men u.Iu cam competition. sixteen ~ jto one
:ondsqas Time im atee9 ord. so"2 the
,hoice OF mo seieen to forty men. with fTee
INIT. one hour. i@IndiVidmpopp aratus Time
Jars ma o, on horizontal bar. na
~ team of men NEG ana apparatus 5-Displays
irtS-hve minutes ien' lime limit.
,eM It'cs sin sports; RowjnE. September 27 to
SwimminSEH:e rs sep,seetbsshh '' sssutTsEs5a a
oo-mete5 back stroke. s6oem Tree style.
;troke 9somneser free style: too-meter 6reast
ooeter FREE set STYLE eree hs sfyIe 3b women
,yents ca men: soo-meter team HnnF Fac. Tam Fam
cam race. four women 'V''heter
rot aed Yet ' sns viii 10 H. 1.-THE program is
s. pi,s s1Ing sports: Fencing. August Pa ~
;. y re Hioer oHEpee. one individual and az
ga I'M connection: saber one individu.II one
. ON neiifio0e competition: foils one individuai
n no Xxi, !. August Is to 1,-1ndivraua,
,,;iSht classes according to weight t no
-ounds " iii''eu number of
mpef itioG Angus, Is to s11ndividual
S5ea;; n according ,i,I to weight, i've
oo-IndivIdual com tItion - never