New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
U. S. Olympic
Committee ls
Reorgarnized
New Association to Prevent
Repetition of Hardships
Suffered at Antwerp

A thorough organization, to be known
was perfected by the American Olym-
pic Committee, at meeting held at the
New York Athletic Club yesterday, to
remedy complained Of hardships by
those who took part in the recent
Antwerp games and to prevent against
a repetition In the future.
At the same time the Olympic COM
mittee listened to the report of the
work attendant with the Antwerp
Olympad, by it's president, Gustavus T.
Ki by, forty-two pages in length, and
n. proved it, thereby recording them
selves "as standing by" those who
had charge of last years arrangements,
despite the admitted registration of
m re than 500 complaints and sueges-
tions, filed with the special committee
of the A A. u, at its New Orleans
convention.
To receive such complaints, Presi-
dent Kirby's report, while not direct
ing criticism at any one for last years
difficulties, reviewed the trying times
and setbacks met by the men in charge
of the excursion Of the American stars
to Antwerp.
Organizations Asked to Join
Practically every athletic association
Of note in the United States was pres
ent at the meeting. The committee
on reorganization of the Olympic com
mittee recommended and it was adopted
that the following organizations be in
vited to become members of the
American Olympic Association at the
first assembly of the new association
to be held in this city, December 81.
1921, at the New York Athletic Asso,
cation, each organization to send dele
gates proportionat4 to the sports they
cover, after their names, to, wit:
!, international Olympic Committee,
three; United States Army, three;
united States navy, three; Anna
teur Athletic Union of the United
States, thirty-three; National Collegi-
ate Athletic Association, sixteen; IN
tercollegiate A. A. A. A, three; Inter
national Skating Union, three; Nation
al Association of Amateur Oarsmen,
three; National Cycling Association,
three; National Rife Association,
three; United States Football Associa
ton, three; United States Golf Associa-
ton, three; united States Lawn Ten
ms Association three; United States
Revolver Association, three. The Anna
teur Fencers' League of America, the
American Trapshooting Association, the
knights of Columbus, the Y. NJ. c.. A..
the Y. M. Fl. A. and such other athletic
associations are considered national,
and no specified number of delegates
was announced.
So as to secure the necessary inter-
est of the government in Americas
participation in future Olympiads. in
way the quasi support also, on mo-
tion of Murray Hubert, Dock Com
missioner, among those representing
the Amateur Athletic Union, the Pres
ident of the United States will be re-
quested to appoint nine delegates to
the December Assembly, one for each
Of the Federal Reserve districts.
Plans Meet Approval
The plans for reorganization were
presented to the reorganization com
mittee by Colonel A. G.. Mills, General
Palmer E. Pierce and President Kirby,
and it was announced they had re-
celved the unanimous approval of the
entire special committee doing this
work which met at Kirby's home Janu-
ary 13.
1t was decided that the present
Olympic committee would continue to
function until the assembly met in
December.
At the outset there was division Of
opinion as to the advisability of admit
ting organizations like the Y. M. C. A.,
Y NJ. II. A. and others of like charac-
ter because, as one representative said,
THE playground organizations would
also have to be taken in" 1t was
finally decided to ask these associa-
tions to send delegates to the Decem-
ber meeting.
A report of the finances Of the
Olympic committee showed that re-
ceipts up to October 9, 1920, were $164,-
531 and disbursements to the same
date $154, ,55971, leaving a balance
OF hand of $12 ,433.