Evening star., 1923-08-14


Rudd is the present Olympic 400
aleter champion. winner of the quar-
ter-mile event in the Yale Harvard VS..
oxford d-cambridge meet in 1921 and
tween the English universities and
Princeton and Cornell at Travers Is
land the same year. Rudd will re-
main in this country as the guest Of
NcGovern until the arrival Of the Earl
of Birkenhead, chairman OF the Olym-
pic games appeal committee of Eng
land. who will visit this country dur
ing the latter part of the month on
lecture tour.
Open to All Amateurs.
Unlike track meetings with which
McGovern and Rudd have been previ-
nusIy connected. the proposed interna-
tional meet VIII not be limited to col
leg" athletes. but WIN be open-t to all
registered amateur athletes of the two
nations. which. means that not only
designated Olympic, games athletes,
hut all other, amateur athletes Of the
TWO countries may compete. Informal
meetings were. held in London on the
proposed games by Earl Cadogan, Wis
csunt Campden, Brig. Gen. r. G.. Ken
tish and Rudd, representing England,
and McGToyern and Gustavus Kirby,
president of the advisory committee
of the Intercollegiate Amateur Ath-
letic Association of America. repre-
senting the United States.
- = titSt meetings 1t was pointed
nut that more good feeling was pro-
snoted between the two English speak
ing nations in the games between the
American and British athletes fol-
lowing the Olympic games of 1920
: than any other international games
ever held abroad. II is the purpose of
McGovern and Rudd to complete ar
ranGements for the proposed meet in
1924 with y. \. L. officials before RUdd
returns to England
In SpaakInS of afhlptiC cODljtiopS
abroad in general. McCiovern declared
that England was better prepared for
the Olympic games next year than for
any previous international meet. The
' track athletics will he seriously
threatened by England in the coming
Olympic games, said MCCiovern, judg-
ing from the enthusiasm with which
athletics are being received in
Britain.
Funds have been pledged; they
have the talent and also the plans
for training to make strong bid for
the. next Olympic games. stated
McGoVern- Where in previous years
England only had one sprinter of the
first rank, she now has three. Eng
gland also possesses a hammer
thrower who will give the best in
our country a hard tussle, as well
as a broad jumper, and, as usual
she is as strong as ever in the long
distance running events. | look for
England to give us a hard fight for
first hOnors in the next Olympic
games"
Regarding conditions in France,
where McGovern tarrled long enough
to complete arrangements with, Col
Thompson for the housing of the
American athletes next year, the
Urifted States Olympic games repre-
sentative stated there also existed a
great show of enthusiasm for the
Olympic meet at Paris in 1924. Re
gardlesS Of what complications may
arise in International politics, Nc
Govern said, the French We're deter
mined to make a success of the big
meet. Cnlombes stadium, where the
games are to he held. is nearly COM
pleted and is described by McGovern
as a. beautiful structure. The French,
too, he stated, We're developing ath-
1etns who will give America a hard
fight for first honors next year.