Evening star., 1935-12-09
A. A. j. APPROVAL
SPURNED BY ANTS
"JuSt Begun to Fight" Says
Mahoney, Chief Opponent
of U. S. Participation.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

n YEW YORK, December 9.-The
M Amateur Athletic Union Of
the United States emerged to-
day from the bitterest battle
Of its 47-year history, on record as
supporting full American participation
in the 1886 Olympic games in Ger
many, but with the war by no means
ended
Although irrevocably pledged to 60
through with the American Olympic
program, the A. A. U. nevertheless
remained split wide open by an is
sue that still is very much alive,
stirred by religious as we'll as racial
controversy. 1t threatens TO curtail
sharply this country's part in the
eleventh Olympiad.
Proof was promptly forthcoming
that neither oratorical guns nor ball
lots killed of the main issue yester.
day, when the closing session Of the
A. A. U. convention turned down
5414 to 5534 compromise proposal
to send fact-flnding commission Of
three men to Germany before going
ahead with American plans to COM
pete.
Subsequent unopposed adoption Of
resolution supporting the Olympics,
qualified only by a strong denunci-
alton of the Nazi governments ath.
letic policies, merely widened the
breach within the ranks Of A. A. U.
delegates.
Mahoney TO Continue Fight.
JEREMIAH T. MAHONEY of New
York, who yielded the A. A. U.
presidency to Avery Brundage Of Chi
cago, head of the American Olympic
Committee. after witnessing the de-
feat of all his efforts to keep the
organization out Of the OlympicS, de.
clared in effect that he has Just be-
gun to fight"
Resigning from the Olympic Ex-
ecutive Committee, Mahoney SAID he
would continue the fight against
American participation in the games
in Germany as the only way
of preserving the Olympic ideal"
He charged the American Olympic
Committee was afraid to face the
facts" concerning existing conditions
in Germany and called for undinin-
ihed opposition to holding the games
under Nad auspices.
Others who figured in the unsuccess-
ful attempt to put the A. A. U. on
record in opposition to holding the
games in Germany indicated they
would not abide by the majority de-
cision.
Charlotte Epstein of New York,
leader in women's swimming ranks,
resigned from the American Olympic
Committee. Charles l.. Ornstein Of
New York, who sponsored but finally
withdrew a resolution to boycott the
Olympics completely, planned similar
action today.
Plan Counter" OIympiad.
| CAMUEL K. MACCABEE, chairman
of the Move-the- -Olympics Com
mittee, refused TO admit defeat, de"
clared the very close vote is man.
date to continue the fight to prove that
/ sportsmanship is bigger than sport"
and indicated the movement for a
counter" r-"Olympiad" in 1886 had
gained impetus by the A. A. U. action.
Maccabee suggested that those OPP
posed to participation in the games
in Germany might sponsor an in
ternational set of athletic games in
the United States next year, designed
to rival the actual Olympics.
Brundage, restored to dual leader
ship as the most powerful figure in
American amateur sport after years
interval. hailed the outcome Of the
A. A. U. battle as victory for the
amateur athletes of America"
The husky Chicagoan, a former
national all-around athletic cham
speed ahead" in drive to have the
United States fully represented In
both the Winter and Summer
Olympics.
Brundage conceded that the finsn-
cial condition Of the American
Olympic Committee, which seeks
100000 for maximum representation
in Germany, is desperate"
Games Contributions Sought.
LIE OUTLINED to the Executive
IL Committee of the A. o. c. last
night his proposals for Nationwide
drive to raise funds and TO offset the
expected non-co-operation OF those
antagonistic to Germany.
Meanwhile most Of the participants
picked for the Winter Olympic sports
are arranging successfully to finance
themselves.
There is no dodging the fact that
opposition to support of the Olympics
remains" said Brundage. "Finan-
cially. we have already felt the effects
of this.
Whether it Is true that q million
dollars has been or will be spent to
keep Americans from participating in
the Olympics, the fact remains we
will have difficulty raising the funds
necessary to give American boys and
girls their rightful opportunity to
compete in the Olympic games.
I'VE are facing the situation reso-
| lutely, however, and believe we will