Evening star., 1923-12-31

late IN January and lasts SIX months
Chief interest centers in the track ard
field features of the seventh olympic
program at Paris, and here America
will make a determined effort to MAIN
tain its unbroken string of victories. In
the other olympic fixtures, particularly
the winter sports, poo. tennis. SWIM
ming. shooting, boxing and wrestling.
the United States will have able arrays
In the fed Other important branches
of the Olympic list include fencing, row.
ing. soccer foot ball, rugby. cycling:
archery, gymnastics, yachting and
equestrian sports.
Golf Rivalry Starts.
Rivalry between Great Britain and
the United States for 1924 laurels al
ready Is under way with a mid-winteT
invasion of these shores by Arthur
Havers. British open go'f champion, and
James Ockenden. another British pro-
fessional star. Havers is matched with
Gene Sarazen, holder of the American
professional golfers championship, for
contest on the Pacific coast. He and
Ockenden also probably will encounter
other American stars such as Walter
Hagen and Jim Barnes, in their tour OF
winter resort courses.
The recent visit to this country of
Pierre Wertheimer, owner of Epinard,
the French champion three-year-old, de-
ve'oped plans for International compe-
tition in another branch of sport. He
has challenged American ho~semen to
Epinard in race or series o. races
either here or in France, and such
match with the American champion
Zev as Epinards opponent is practically
assured. 1t is possible that Papyrus,
the 1923 English Derby winner, who
was defeated here by Zev, and In
Memorian, crack Kentucky colt, may
be added to the field.
Poloists Challenge.
British poloists have challenged
For tba Eurliuoharo pIIr
blem Of International supremacy, and
series of matches for this historic
trophy. won by, the United States in
1921, will be held here.
In yachting, the British-American
cup. will be competed for when the
British six-meter yachts invade Long
Island waters for a continuation of
the championship series.
Besides the Olympic tennis pro-
gram. competition for the Davis cup
and wightman trophy is expected to
produce more thrilling play than ever
before Twenty-one nations SO far
have been listed as prospective chal
lengers for the Davis cup, and the
largest field in history is expected
ica for this coveted prize. England
will be the scene of the Wightman
trophy matches, and both England
and the United States will enter their
best woman players
Boxers VIII Invnde.
In professional boxing several
prominent foreign stars. including
Georges Carpenter, former worlds
light heavyweight champion. and
Luis Firpo, South American heavy
weight. are preparing to seek further
light heavyweight champion, and
Johnny Dundee. worlds feather
weight titleholder have arranged
European tours during which they
probably will meet leading foreign
boxers.
The Olympic program will find
powerful American representation
from the start. with a picked team
of skaters. ski jumpers and hockey
stars entered in the winter sports
program at Chamonix in the French
Alps. beginning January 25
Because of Americas past successes
foreign talent will direct its chief eff
forts toward checking the Yankee
march. In the last Olympics. held at
Antwerp in 1920, the United States.
besides capturing the track and field
championships. swept the victory in
swimming, rowing, markmanship
boxing and rugby foot ball.
New Stars I'm Track.
Many of the rack and field per-
formers who scored points for the
American team at Antwerp have
shown a falling off in form or have
retired from active competition. and
new stars have come forward to take
their places. But while America has
continued to produce crack talent
European nations also have made re-
markabie strides In developing ath-
letes. with Finland Sweden and Dem
mark demonstrating prowess partic-
ularly in several leading events.
Similar conditions prevail in swim
velopment of Johnny wefssmuiler o,
Chicago, and Gertrude Ederle of New
York, into probably the greatest nat
ators America has yet produced
further triumphs.
In craftsmanship. in which America
scored one-sided victory at Ant
werp, this country will be well repre-
supremacy is likely to continue
through the Olympic games. Special
interest will be attached to the court
contests in the event Helen Wills,
California girl, who rose to the Amer
lean women's championship in 1923,
opposes Mile. Suzanne Lenglen. who
has ruled supreme for a number of
years in women's ranks.
Rowing Strength Uncertain.
Whether American oarsmen to be
events will prove as able as those
who, in 1920, won the single sculls.
double scuIls and eight-oared events,
is uncertain, as Is the strength of the
rugby foot ball team which Will make
sport is confined largely to the Pacific
coast and Americas 1920 victory over
the pick of European teams proved
one of the outstanding surprises of
the Olympic games.
Foreign nations have made rapid
strides in developing able boxers
since 1920, and In this branch Of
Olympic sports America may be hard
pressed to repeat its narrow-mar-
gined triumph of that year.
Recent announcement that Sherwin
Badger, national champion figure
skater, has withdrawn from the
OLYMPIC skating team has dimmed
Americas hope for victory in that
snort. but followers of hockey and
speed skating consider Americas rep
resentatives as possible winners in
hath The hockey team of 1920 was