, 1923-07-01
NATIONAL MEET Will
DECIDE OLYMPIC TEAM
BY WALTER

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in Chicago on August 81. September
1 and J under the auspices of the Ill.
nois A C.
Charles A Dean. a member OF tho
national championship committee, who
IL chairman OF the athletic committee
az the Illinois A. c.. is bending every
enor to make the ven one OF the
most successful In history. Entry
blanks already have been sent TO every
athletic association OF Importance in
h country and indications are It'll.
leteH will be on hand from every part
Of the country.
The Junior championship will be held
on Aug. 81. The enior title events
will be decided on the following day,
while the decathlon and relay cham
pionships will be determined on Sept.
3. The schedule makes a nice break
for the athletes, who will receive a
complete day of rest following the
senior championships and the staging
OF the relays.
Held on Stage Field.
The championships will be held on
Stage field, which permits OF a quarter
mile track. but no 220 yard straight.
away. The furlong will have to be
decided around one turn. and there
will be no chute to start the quarter
and half mile races put OF. In all
other respects the field is perfectly
adapted for the staging OF such an
event.
When the national collegiate track
and field games were held on the same
field on June is and 15 over / 1000 peo-
pile. the largest crowd which ever saw
a track meet in Chicago, was In attend
ance. This set Of games was run of
smoothly, with the result athletic low
ing people OF the western metropolis
are becoming educated Il track and
field sports.
As a result OF this large gathering
A. A. Stage. director OF athletics at
the University OF Chicago. has consent
ed to move up the stands on the east
side OF the field TO AXE care OF any
overflow. AT present these stands have
been moved back and are only used
for football games. As they will have
to be moved up close to the gridiron
later on. Stage has consented to have
them moved earlier in order to accom-
modate all who care to see the ma
uonal championships.
Money to Olympic Fund.
According TO Dean. all moneys real
lied from the games will be turned
over TO tho olympic fund. This in IT.
self will be an incentive TO the sports
loving people Of the city TO turn out
not only to see what should result in
some sparkling performances. but also
to help a worthy cause. Admission
tickets are already being printed and
Will be placed on sale fully a month in
advance OF the event.
Athletes who hold worlds records,
those who have registered sterling
performances in intercollegiate COM
petition and even the prep school per-
formers will be on hand to not only
win places in the various events, but
to make a favorable Impression upon
the committee which viii have charge
of the selection OF the American team
which will be called upon to defend
the honors won by Yankee teams in
past olympiads.
BEAT the Yankees Foreign Slogan.
According to athletes who have
been on the other side recently and
those interested in track and field ath.
letics who have been in close touch
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the slogan on the other side Is TO beat
the Yankees. It Is known England
and France are making rapid strides in
the development OF athletes. while
other countries such as Denmark,
Sweden and some of the smaller ma.
lions have been preparing for next
years event ever since the last set of
games was held in Antwerp in 1890.
Although II Is true there are some
sterling performers in this country,
the fact must not be overlooked that
other countries have the material
which has never been trained or
coached like the American teams.
Yankee methods OF coaching have been
introduced on the other side, with the
result that foreign nations will give
the United States n much harder fight
for the honors than at n time since
the Olymplcs were revived, back in the
late sos.
Every Big Club Interested.
According TO Dean, assurances have
been received from every big club Of
note in the country that they will
send powerful teams. The New York
A. C., Boston A A. and Meadowbrook
are among some OF the strongest in
the east which will kave full teams in
the games. In the middle west, the
Illinois A c. win have a wonderfully
well balanced team in tho three days
event as will the Chicago A. A. The
Kansas City A. c. and Missouri A. c.
will have representatives at Chicago.
while the two big coast associations,
the Los Angeles A. c. and Olympic
club OF a Francisco will send the
pick Of the Rocky Mountain conference
athletes to the games. University Of
California stars who won the eastern
intercollegiate will compete for the
olympic club as will most OF the Le.
land Stanford boys. University Of
southern california, Occidental and
Ramona viii cast their lot with the
Los Angeles a, c. while others may
represent tho Multnomhh club OF the
northwest.
Chicago Ideal Place.
As Chic1eo is the ideal place 10 hold
such O aet lf games, because OF lts cen.
tral location, a great field OF athletes
win gather Tor tho event, which should
attract, The largest crowd which ever
law a Get Of track and field games
IN The middle west.
JESS WILLARD