New-York tribune., 1920-03-14

|Halpin Again
Captains u. S.
Olympic Team
N. Y. A. C. Veteran Honored
by Committee; 100000
Required for Expenses


ward shaping the plans Of the American
Team of athletes to the Antwerp, Bel
gum, classic next August at a genera
meeting of the American Olympic com
mlttee, held at the New York Athletic
Club yesterday. The confab was at
tended by every sport body that will be
represented in the international con.
tests, while Army and Navy represent
atives also took part in the conference
After five hours Of arduous work the
members adjourned to meet again this
morning at 10:30 o'clock.
OF the many important decisions ar
rived at, it was unanimously voted to
tender the track captaincy OF the team
to Matthew Halpin, New York Athletic
Club, who Riloted the American team
to victory at the Olympic meets in Ath-
ems, London and Stockholm.
General Robert Lee Bullard. COM
mander Of the East. wired his accept
ance of commander of the American
team Of shooters, which was forthwith
approved by the members by a resolu-
tlon. Colonel Robert Nj. Thompson.
former president of the American Olym-
pic committee, telegraphed from Cali
torn'a that he be recorded as donating
$4,000 toward the fund to send the
American men to Belgium.
1T was agreed that approximately
100000 would be required for tho
teams expenses.
Athletes Leave july "a
Tentative dates on which some nor
tlons of the team will be sent across
were announced. The team Of track
and field athletes will leave on JUL
"a, which would get them in Antwerp
on August 3. The members of thu
shooting team will sail about July 3.
to be followed one week later by the
cyclists. 1t was deemed advisable to
nave the members of the swimming
team IN Belgium three weeks before
their scheduled competition in order
to become acclimated
The sectional tryouts of track and
neld athletes will be held throughout
the country on June 26. In the East
they will be held at Franklin Field
in the middle west Mt
Chicago, on the Pacific Coast. on
new track at Pasendena. 1t has not
yet been decided where the prelimi-
n1aSrles in the South would be held.
Inc ~. winners at these tryouts will par
[J1clpate in the final tryouts in tho
Harvard stadium, which will be held
in conjunction with che anual out
door national A. A. q. champion ships
On July II.
lhe tryouts for men swimmers will
very likely take place in Chicago, owing
to its central location, while the women
swimmers will likely hold their trvouts
N this city. Wrestlers will engage in
the final tryouts here with the sec |
tlonal tryouts on July 2, at Portland.
Ore; Chicago and Atlanta, Ga.
General William M. Wright, who was
one OF the representatives of the armv
stated that the United States
government was preparing its soldiers
20 qualify for places on the team.
General Wright declared that eligibility
among the soldiers for the final try-
outs would be conducted on basis of
standards agreed on.
Navy Has Own Fund
Commander c. P. Mayo, Of the
morale division, was exceedingly on
lmistic of the navy furnishing many
representatives for the American team.
lie sad that much remained from the
una OF 100000 set aside last year by
ne government for the furtherarce of
and that this would be used
preparing the navy men for the con-
csts. ~0-'
Willis H. Booth, ce-president of the
warranty Trust Company, was voted to
ucceed the late Julian w. Curtiss as
reasurer of the committee. Booth was
$50 given place on the executive com
1lttee along with Frank Polk, Under
e1cretary of State; General William NJ
right, Colonel Palmer E. Pierce.
commander c. P. Mayo and Henry
ulier.