Evening star., 1924-06-16


bear the brunt of Americas fight for
international supremacy. This years
team is composed chiefly of new
corners to Olympic ranks. Only a
score of the total membership are
veterans of the 1920 games at Ant
werp.
Scholz Leads Sprinters.
The sprinters will be led by Jack
Scholz of the New York A c., who
broke the world record for the 200
meter dash on successive days. An
other short distance man of whom
of Syracuse, to whom Scholz and
Charley Paddock, Olympic champion,
bowed in the 100 meter final Frank
Hussey. the New York schoolboy.
who earned a place on the team by
his sensational work in competition
with the worlds greatest runners, also
will be watched.
Other stars upon whom Americas s
hopes are scentered are j. Coard
Taylor of the New York A. c., Ray
Robertson of the Boston a. A, Joie
Ray, veteran mile champion; George
Taylor of Grinnell College and Bill
Richardson of Leland Stanford
The following additions to the track
team are announced: Basil Irwin of
the Newark A. c., who will compete
IN the 3,000-meter steeplechase: Ben
Owen of the University of Pennsyl-
vania, who will take part in the pole
vault, and c. F. Gates of Princeton
who will throw the hammer
Pat Macdonald, veteran shot put
ter, and former Olympic champion.
who failed to qualify for the team
has been invited to make the trip
as the guest of Col. Robert NJ Thomp-
son, chairman of the Olympic com
mfttee.
Flag Argument Settled.
BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, June 16.-The Stars and
Stripes will float above the flag of
the Philippine Islands on the staff
which the standard bearer of the far
east islands carries in the procession
Of the athletes OF the forty-two ma
tions entered for the Olympic games
and salute President Doumergue on
July in the Colombes Stadium.
Should the Filipino athletes, through
victory in the Olympic games. win
the right for the flag of their coun-
try to be run up the Olympic mast
the American flag. This decision,
which is final. was reached by the
French Olympic committee, thus end
ing controversy which at one time
the athletes of the Philippine Islands.
The question of the flag to be car
r1ed by the Filipino athletes was
raised and the Olympic committee
nnally decided to refer the matter to
the American embassy. The embassy
Informed the committee that what
ever procedure was adopted by
France toward Morocco would be ac-
ceptable to the United States
The Moroccan flag in the Olympics
VIII be surmounted by the French
tricolor.
The Filipinos had raised objections
to this procedure and had referred
the Olympic committee to Ireland
and Canada, which are permitted to
fly their own flags, unaccompanied by
the British flag. They had insisted
that the Philippine flag in case of a
victory be flown alone.
Ten days ago Nepomuceno and
Catalon arrived in France to begin
light training. The former is a vet
eran of the Antwerp games, and will
be his country's flag bearer in 1924.
The athletes informed the French
olympic committee of their desires
with regard to their flag. Nepo-
muceno objected to carrying the
American flag above that of the
philippine es. He declared that two
nags were too heavy for him to carry.
he added. however, that he would be
guided by instructions from Manila
out that If he carried the American
nag 1t must be a small one
The French executive committee
met and decided that the Filipinos
must obey the ruling to carry the
American flag above their own stand
ard