Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-14

houses and throw stones at such q
practice despite the fact that it is
a good bet that amateur athletes
in the United States and England
have been paid more money il
the past so years than Russia viii
hand its runners and jumpers anC
the like in the next SO.
II Russia is not invited to the
games, or If the record perform
ances of it's athletes are not &C
cepted as official. the Soviet ANA
teur fathers might take it into their
heads to question the simon-pure
status of the athletes we send to
the games in London. 1t is doubtful
if the team we would ordinarily
send could stand too much probing
Well-Heeled Team.
So 7 have suggestion to make
Let us pick team that not even
the Russians, with their worldwide
never-sleep spy system, could find
a flaw in. Of necessity, this team
must be made up Of tremendously
wealthy people. I mean men and
women SO Well-heeled that no one
could suspect them of gathering in
a basement to be handed a few
hundred dollars in cash after run
ming good mile or padding their
expense accounts after d big track
or swimming meet.
The sort of taap Tayo IN ,,{pI
won't have a prayer OF winning the
Olympics. In fact. nothing short OF
miracle will enable it to score sc
much as half point. But 1t viii
come home without having had sc
much as little finger of suspicion
pointed at 1t.
For our principal dash man, what
would be wrong with young Henry
Ford? Recent pictures of Mr.. Ford
show him to be a trifie stouter than
the average l00-meter runner, but
Stain himself could hardly suspect
Mr.. Ford of being paid on the sly
while wearing the white robes OF
amateurism.
rather like the picture of Tommy
Manville putting the shot for oul
side. He has had so much practice
putting wives on the train to Reno
that putting the 16-pound shot woule
be right down his alley. Instead
of taking money Manville woulo
undoubtedly donate a sable coat
two diamond rings and check fol
S75000 (his usual fee for getting
joined up to be invited on the
team.
Nelson Rockefeller, a hefty fellow
VINO threw his weight around If
South America for quite while
would be my nominee for captain
Of the weight lifting team.
Kaiser a Natural.
Henry J. Kaiser is natural Il
be on our decathlon team. He has
one everything - mastering II
events would be nothing for him
This country has an ample sup
ply of very wealthy band leaders
to handle the baton-passing assign
ments on the various relay teams
What finer sight than mile relay
team with Paul Whiteman as an.
Choir man, supported by Fred War.
ing, Kay Kyser, Sammy Kaye ane
Benny Goodman?
/ Crosby and Hope would be al
right for the marathon team. They
have been on so many roads to-
gether that they would feel per.
fectly at home on the marathon
road, and who doubts the ability
of either of these men to cover the
81 or SO miles required ir the event:
On the women's team we woulo
/ have Kate Smith, Shirley Temple
Doris Duke, Mary Pickford, Babs
Hutton. Mrs Evalyn Walsh Mclean
and a host of others.
! What a stirring spectacle the
opening day parade of nations viii
be If my suggestion is accepted
Mrs. Mclean wearing the Hope dia.
mond and smelling of liniment
swinging jauntily along in the shade
cast by Paul Whiteman, somber.
faced Bob Hope determined to wiz
his event, Doris Duke fiexing hel
muscles, Babs Hutton adjusting hel
chinchilla running trunks and Man
vile, using megaphone, proposing
marriage to a girl in the stands.
I wouldn't miss 1t for the world
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