The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-07
ANTI-OLY LYMPIC
 CAMP AICN RESTS ON TODAY'S VOTE
Informal Check-up Seems to Show Victory for
 Brundage Forces
By STUART CAMERON

0y 01OkAGS1 NfAVAAGOON United Press Stan Correspondent New York, Dec. T-(UP)-The bitter fight oyer American partici- patton in the 1886 Olympic games in Berlin moved onto the floor of the Amateur Athletic Unions annual meeting today.
 While the AAU has no authority to prevent America sending 8 team to Berlin in protest against Nazi treatment of news and other religious minorities or for any other reason, the fight for non-participation hinged upon today's votes. If the antis are unable to carry the AAU their campaign was believed doomed to failure.
 An AAU vote against participa- ton might cause the American Olympic committee, the ruling body, to reconsider its decision to send a team to Berlin. The resolution ask ing approval of non-participation will be presented to the meeting. The total vote castable is 132, and either side will need 67 to win.
 Leaders
 A bitter debate is forecast with Jeremiah T. Mahoney, A. A. U. pres ident, leading the opposition, and Avery Brundage of Chicago, presi- dent of the American Olympic as- sociation and former A. A. U. pres ident, leading those favoring partic- ipation.
 Mahoney's group was unable to get better than a draw in the open ing session yesterday of the three day meeting. The executive com mittee, composed of IS members, voted on a resolution asking rec- ommendation of withdrawal resulted in 7-7 deadlock with one member declining to vote.
 The odds against the A. A. U. vot- ing for non-participation appear to be about 2-1, according to an in- formal poll made by the United Press. This was substantiated by 8 similar poll of newspapermen cov- ering the meeting. All of them voted "Yes" in reply to the question: twill the A. A. U. vote in favor of rep resentation in Berlin?"
 Both Mahoney and Brundage were confident of victory.
 Delegates from all sections of the country will vote by 2 to majority in favor of participation" Brundage said.
 "Ill fight against it as long as there is an atom of energy left in me-" Mahoney insisted.
 No Trouble
 Mahoney said that should the A. A. U. vote against participation, there will be no attempt to refuse certification of American athletes.
 "Certification is 8 ministerial function of the A. A. U.," he said, "and even if the vote is against go- ing to Berlin, any athletes who may participate at the games will be cer- tified."
 This assurance ended fears that the A. A. U. might become disor- ganized should it refuse to certify athletes if they went abroad with out its sanction. The information al Olympic committee, ruling body of the games, had said it would rec ognize athletes certified by the A. O. c. should the A. A. U. refuse to approve American participation. In such case, it had been feared that athletes who went to Berlin would be barred from A. A. U. competition when they return, thus precipitating a bitter domestic fight.
 The question probably will be brought to the floor after the con- vention has acted upon reports of the various committees who met yesterday. These included recom- mendations of sites for the 1886 championships.