East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-04-23
FIRST HOCKEY GAMES
OF 1920 OLYMp|AD TO
Be PLAYED SATURDAY
Belgium Will Become Scene of
Worlds Greatest Athletic
Meet Tomorrow With Five
Nations in Competition.
BY Il. H. SHEFFIELD

ACnlleu PfeSS starr correspondent L.
ANTWERP, Belgium, April 23.-
| BELGIUM will become the scene to-
/ morrow of another world wide con-
I flict.
/ Athletic asrmies of the worlds $
I greatest powers will compete in the
battle of speed, strength and endur-
ance which opens here and runs
| through the summer to Sept 10.
The Olympic games. premier sport
ing events of the world since the days
of the ancient Greeks, come back to
the spotlight after lapse of eight
, years
The last Olympic games were held
inA Stockholm in 1912. Berlin was to
have been the scene of the 1915 en-
counter but all Europe was wrapped
in battle at that time, Germany, Aus
tria and the other nations of the Cen
trail Powers were denied admission to
the games
The hockey games in the Antwerp
Ice Palace open the olympic contests.
Tho surface of artificial ice is 175 by
so feet Accommodation will be pro-
yided for more than 5000 spectators.
Tho original plans Of holding the
games on the Brussels canal were
changed recently.
Five Nations Entered
Five nations will compete in the
opening event-The United States,
Canada, Sweden, Norway and Dem
mark.
Without attempting to hazard a
choice on the selection of n winner.
skating critics are almost agreed that
no nation u,,il have a c;nch but that
tho honors seem to rest between the
teams of tho Irnited states and Cana
da. with the Canadians a slight favor
lite.
Tba figure skating contests with
e,.s ries from the same nations. also
omen tomorrow
Informal ceremonies ONLY are to
mari, tho opcninp Of the games, The
BoIcian Olympic committee. the off
cjals Of tho citv Of Antwerp and a rep
of king Albert will extend
q welcome to the visiting skater and
thn new paIace viii be dedicated Off |
c,olI, ana turnad over to cornelius |
relieves president of the Interna-
tionaI Skatin1 Union and manager of |
he American team.
Altar tho bockev and figure skat-
n,- contests Yachting comes next on
Tho nrorram for July to 10. Polo
follows from July Is to August 2;
-ifle and pistol shooting July 24-31;
ma cvcIinp August a-12.
The real ceremonies are to come on
Anpus+ "A when the truck and field
MOS ara to start following the open-
no of tha stadium. The King and
1naer ,ra to he present with their
,ourt attendants and prominent Off
.ials of The nation. A parade of the
,otions ie tn he one of the features.
1,ho track and field games run from
august IA to 23; tennis August 15-23;
,oxinr August 1926: fencing. August
5-os. swimming. August 22-29; arch
,,v August oo-2e. gymnastics. Aug
,st 900. weight lifting. August GAGS:
,,odarp nentatblon. August 24-27:
-owing, August 27-29: catch-ascatch
=, ;, wrestling August 27-31; football
August % to september 3; hockey
,grsss1 Sen.enber Is. equestrian
,ar,es sentember s12,
American colors will he taken into
he olvmnic games bv one Of the best
,oc,.oy teams ever assembled in the
'-,,ited Stotas
,rho niavcra we're chosen from the
h,.aa hest amateur teams of America
the pittsburgh Athletic Association.
~ poston Athletic Association and
ho st paul Athletic club. They are
N ,.oterans of the ice and skilled play
rs
Jcsenb w Mccormick, captain and
light wing of the team. was born in I
Canada. August -. 1894.
Ia nlaVed first with the Buckingham
90 =, then with Cobalt, Cleveland and
oittsburg teams. He attended the