South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-14
GET READY FOR
OLYMPIC GAMES
American Committee Seeks
Enlightenment on Rules of
World Sport Event.
By HENRY l.. FARRELL.
United Press stan correspondent

- nited Press stan correspondent
NEW YORK. Jan. 13.-smoke Of
Olympic fires is drifting across the
Atlantic but so far very little has
been done 10 kindle the Ere under
Americas boiler of prospects
40 open moves have been made
by the American committee. A ques-
tionnaire asking for enlightenment
on 90 points was sent TO the Bel
gian committee with Lieut. Col.
Leon Osterieth. head of the Belgian
military committee who recently Wis
tied this country.
Await Answer
As soon as the answer IS received
the committee will convene and
start work on definite basis.
Two ountries-Sweden and Italy
painted their seeds several months
ago and have good sized crop Of
possibilities popping above the
ground
The Swedes have raised a fund
corresponding to $500. 600 and have
signed Ernie Bjertberg. famous
throughout the United States and
Scandinavia as an athletic tutor. as
coach. He is operating through com
mittees in tho various districts OF
the nation.
Wishing 10 inject some Yankee
stuff into their team. the Italians
scored what they think is ten
stroke when they engaged PLAT
Adams. American, to train their
team They have announced that
Georges Carpenter will appear in
an exhibition bout this spring To-
boost for their drive for funds.
To Select Coach
Most OF the Olympic talk i'm
America centers around the selec-
ton of coach Lawson Robertson
/ Pennsylva "PoOch" Donovan.
Harvard, Martin Delaney, Chicago,
and Coach Haywood. Oregon. have
been named as probable successors
! 20 the late Mike Murphy
/ Robertson looms up now as the
/ favorite owing 10 his familiarity
/ with the Murphy system. When
. Murphy was forced To his bed at
/ Stockholm Robertson took hold of
( the American team and proved d
capable director As competitor
and coach the Pennsylvania mentor
: took part i'm the games at ST. Louis
I'm 1904, Athens in 1906. London i'm
( 1908. and at Stockholm i'm 1912.
The greatest task facing the
American trainer is 10 keep his
3 charges in condition during the long
: trip across the water. In this line
| Donovan appears 10 have the edge.
Unusual Trainer.
His feat I'm taking Harvards foot
ball team after it had broken train
; ing several weeks, whipping it back
into shape again. keeping it i'm con
dition during trans continental
trip Of 5000 miles aand then put
ting it on field under July wealth
or conditions and having it fresher
at the close of the game than thu
natives of THAI cline, proved him
no ordinary trainer.
"Pooch" has a reputation as Har-
vard-of scoring his greatest success
with the most tempOramcntal alth-
letes He has loads OF personality
with tons of ability, his friends say
Some changes i'm the Olympic
dates have been heard OF unodi-
cially by 4. 4. L. headquarters
here. According to reports from L
!. Carey, Belgian official, the swim
ming dates have been moved up one
month TO August 22-29 TO circum
vent the necessity of having tn,
American team sent over i'm tw,
sections. Official announcement o
new dates with further information
of several points brought up by tn,
soon.