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m ,"!gS ?" ' ENGLANDrALL HET UP OVER OLYMPIC OUTLOOK JAP BREAKS MARATHON 'RECORD' INT TRYOUT It will be a wonderful team of athletes that- sails from- New York next June' to represent this country in the Olympic games. The pick of the amateur world will accompany Mat Halpin and James SiiUivanto uphold Ameri can supremacy, against'the' world. Everywhere .young mCn,. who shine in some branch of sport are preparing-themselyes for the tests .whereby-thcteam will be selected. An indication of the form to be In many quarters .this is re garded with disapproval, for. there- are speedy women swim mers, in this -cQuntry .who might win- pdints for, the. te'am. ' .MrsTerfe J)es.ch of. San Fran cisco, has declared' hen intention, to go to Stockholm- on her own initiative. ' ; - - England is- making,strenuous efforts, to 'find a winning: team and the discussion over ' -England's 'IWSRIIWPS Clearing. Six Feet expectedis' shown in the recent performance of Ralph Rose, the giant California shot putter, who broke the' world's record, and the runner of Mel Shephard, in recent indoor games.. The United States will not be represented, officially, in at least one event the women's swim ming and diving competition. Secretary Sullivan has ' declared that the "A. A. U. will not take .women 'competitors abroad. in the High Jump athletic debility" have become al most a national cry. - The past year was disastrous for the tight little isle's athletes, who were defeated by continental and colonial athletes. Because Secreta Sullivan has requested th'e'government to sta tion a battleship at Stockholm during the Olympic games, that the jackies may lend moral, sup port to the American team, Eng- MMmmii