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,The Greatest Athletic Ex
" hibitionEverStaged-Most
of the World ComDetintf-
Americans Have a Good
Chance for Top Honors.
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HE Belgians are showing that In
the world of sport as well aa In
Industrial and political recon
struction after the war, they are
amazingly quick with a come-back.
Preparations for Olympic games of the
past, particularly at Stockholm and at
' Athena, were made over a period of
years prior to the contests. Antwerp
got ready In hardly more than six
months.
The honor of acting as host for the
great seventh Olympiad was awarded
by the International Olympic Commit
tee to the Belgian delegates, when the
committee met In due time after the
armistice, but with some mlsglvlnsrs
ai to the ability of the Belgians to
make as complete preparations for the
. big contest as might be desired.
- Whether Antwerp has provided the
necessary mlse-en-sceno for this sum
mer's world athletic oarnival is elo
quently answered by comparison of
the dimensions of the recently com
pleted stadium In Belgium with those
of the Stockholm amphitheatre, where
the last Olympiad was staged In 1912.
The Sodium
The new arena is 190 yards Ions
seventy-four yards greater than the
one at Slockholm. The width Is 102
yards twenty-five more than that of
Stockholm. There Is seating capacity
fop more than ten thousand spectators,
innd standing room space that brings
Tne possible total number of spectators
up to thirty thousand.
The Olympic stadium covers about
ten square acres. It Is Ju: t outside the
Certifications of Antwerp, In the suburb
Tof Beerschot-Klel. It has two lmpns-
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In? er.trancos. at dlaironnlly opposite
corners. On either side of the main
public entrance, comfortable dressing
rooms and bathing facilities for the
contestants are located. Diagonally
opposite the public entrance, an Im
posing royal arch, sixty feet in height,
is located in the concrrte -structure.
This is the point of entry for the King
of the Belgians and" other members
of the royal family.
In addition to the regular grand
stand seats there are forty-eight boxes,
each seating eight people, and a spe
cial row of eight boxes of honor, with
the royal box and the diplomatic box
In the center of this bank. An elec
tric scoreboard Is to be placed above
the triumphal arch, in full view of all
spectators In the amphitheatre, to
flash the results of the events as fast
as they occur.
AniiTlciin liecords Watched
Sport experts the world over have
been keeping a close watch on Amer
ican athletes, in an effort to "get the
dope" on Just how big a showing this
country is going to make. That the
showing will be a tremendous one Is
everywhere acknowledged. An Im
portant feature is the elaborate prep
arations being made by the United
States Army and Navy authorities to
help the youth of the country to pre
pare ror i he Olympiad.
All United States Army athletes re
ceived every opportunity to qualify for
Places on the American team, and a
program of preliminary tryouts was
adopted to select the pick of the
American Army In track and field
athletics, boxing, wrestling, swimming,
fencing, rifle and pistol shooting and
horsemanship.
The problem of taking the American
athletes to Antwerp and caring for
mem wiuie In attendance at the games
was solved In part by the Xavy De
partment announcement that an ar
mored cruiser would be provided for
officers and men of the Navy and the
N'aval Reserve who qualified for places
on the American team. The Xaval
Reserve includes many of the nation's
foremost athletes, not now In active
service.
Pn-nilrr Athletic Inhibition
Sport experts agree that this year's
Olympic games will prove the biggest
athletic exhibition ever staged. The
t'nited States Is only one of forty-one
nations who will have representatives
In the contests. It 3 understood that
we will have competitors In practical
Javelin Throw and the discus throw,
which have never been widely popu
larized In .this country as they have
been in some parts of Kuropn. and it
may be expected that t lie representa
tives of the homes of these sports will
carry off the honors, the Americans
propose to have entries nevertheless.
In the Interest of sportsmanship.
This It is hoped will offset to some
degree the Ill-fee! inu that Is said to
exist among some European sports
men, who claim that our country has
an unfair advantage, because the war
did not deplete the United States of
Its athletes to any such degree as It
did those of the other allies. There
the international Olympic Committee
by I'rofessor V. M. Sloane, Allison V.
Armour and Judge Bartow S. Weeks.
The affairs of the American con
testants are looked after by the Amer
ican Olympic Committee, including
representatives of these organizations:
The Amateur Athletic Union of the
United States; The Amateur Fencers'
.Association of America; The American
Trapshooting Association; The Inter
eolles'Iate Conference A. A.; National
Association of Amateur Oarsmen; The!
National (vclln? Association; The Xa-
llonal Ititln Association; Tiie United
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athletes, swimmers, boxers, wrestlers
end fencers. Another photo Is a close
S'ates Football Association: The Unit-! l:p of four champions. Left to right:
ed States Golf Association; The United
are Americans who return that there I S,a,e;' 'a,inal Lawn Tennis Associa-
Is small ground for this objection be
cause, they say. the countries which
are protesting the most are the coun
tries which will enter contestants only
in such events as they feel reasonably
sure of winning; whereas the spirit of
American athletics Is "go out and
make competition." a broader policy
than merely, "go out to win."
The Iist Olympiad
At the last Olympic Games, held at
Stockholm eight years ago, the Amer
ican athletes carried off the track and
field honors by a tremendous margin.
Their total number of points was
eighty, ns against thirty for Sweden,
the nearest competitor. Finland and
Great Britain followed with twenty
nine and fifteen respectively. Italy
nnil TTlinr-npv tniloil ihn Hat M-ltli nn,i
ly all of the events. While there are 1 point each
some forms of athletics, such s the The United S'ates Is represented on
Hon; The United States Revolver As
snciatlon; The United States Army and
The United States Navy.
.Most LlvcntH In August
Most of the events will be held dur
ing August. The skating contests were
he'd late In April, and brought disap
pointment to the Americans in that
Miss Therese Weld, of Boston, Mass.,
the American competitor In the wom
en's skating competition, was awarded
third place, although she was second
in the total number of points scored.
The United States was the only com
peting nation in this set of competi
tions that did nor have a judge.
Olympic Team Sails
Large group photograph shows U. S.
representative athletes who sailed for
Antwerp on the Princess Matoika to
participate in the Olympic games.
Among them were our best field
Bob Le Gendre. of Georgetown Col
lege, an all round athlete; James J.
Connolly, Georgetown College, a run
ner; Dick Landon, Yale College, pole
vauiter. and Karl Fby, University of
Pennsylvania, the one-half mile run
ner. Olympic Swimmers Give Final
Inhibition
At Manhattan Beach. New York.
Left to right: Kleanor Uhl, of Phila
delphia; Margaret Woodbridge. of De
troit; Helen Moses, of Honolulu; C.
Boyle, of New York; Helen Waln
wright, of New York; F. Carroll
Scroth, of California; K. Bleibtrey, of
New York City, and Irene Guest, of
IJhiladelphia.
The list of events remains subject to
change due to emergency, but the fol
lowing is a summary of the official list
of coming events and dates In the big
meet:
Yachting. July 7 to 10; polo, August
24 to 31; Individual shooting, July 24
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to 31; team shooting, July 24 to 31;
shooting with hunting weapons, July
22 to 31; archery, August 3 to 8; cy
cling, August 9 to 12; track and field
events, August 15 to 23; ancient penta.
thlon, August 10; decathlon, August
20 and 21; lawn tennis, August 15 to
23; boxing, August 20 to 23.
Fencing, August 15 to 23; Graeco
Roman wrestling, August 16 to 19;
swimming, individuals and teams, men
and women, August 22 to 29; archery,
August 22 to 29; gymnastics, individ
uals and teams, men and women. Au
gust 22 to 29; weight lifting, August
23 to 28; modern pentathlon, August
24 to 27; rowing, August 27 to 29;
catch-as-catch-can wrestling, Augu9f
24 to 27; Association football, August
29 to September 5; Rugby football,
August 30 to September 5; grass
hockey, September 1 to Sr equestrian
games, September 6 to 12; golf, uncer.
tain. :
In each event, three prizes are
awarded, and a commemorative medal
Is given to all who take part in the
games.
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Our Mary -Produces Own Pictures -Curse of Being a
Hero-Star of the Great Outdoors -Society Leader
.TlkUR own Mary I'lckford was first
M Bheralded us "Queen of the
Ij WMovles," then a little later she
"was known as "America's Sweet
heart." This title was satisfactory un
til her pictures became so popular
abroad when It was changed to "The
sweetheart of The World." Now along
comes the staid and dignified London
lines and in a most enthusiastic edl-
l-lal halls her as "as ambassadress
our race.
Mary received an ovation wherever
he appeared in Europe, and such a
riotpus welcome was given her In Lon
jTli that she and her husband, Doug
lf Fairbanks, were unable to see any
of the sights.
. Betty Compson
. Betty Compson, who became a star
M'the result of her remarkuble por
trayal of the role of "Rose", In the
George Loane Tucker production of
"The Miracle Man," Is personally pro
ducing her own pictures at her studios
la Log Angeles. She attends to every
detail of production, selects her own
torles, assembles the supporting casts
and handles the affairs of her com
pany generally. Miss Compson first
, became known through her appoar
ance in Christie Comedies. She was
at work on a serial when Mr. Tucker
selected her from a great field of
actresses to assume the most difficult
role of the girl in his now famous
masterpiece. Miss Compjon played
t,he violin In a small vaudeville theatre
in Salt Lake when she was but four
teen years old, and it was her appear
ance on the stage as a street musician
in ragged clothes to fill the place of
an act that did not turn up In time
that started her on her professional
career. She has just finished her first
starring production, "Prisoners of
Love.".
Fngi'iie O'Krlen
"Being a motion-picture hero," says
Kugene O'Brien, Sclznlck Picture
star, whose next picture will be "The
Thug," a story by H. 11. Van Loan, Is
very trying to a man with a sense of
humor,
"A heroi you know, must never
smile, except tenderly, or sardonically,
or sadly or patiently. Ho must never
lose his dignity no matter what hap
pens. He must make lovo exquisitely,
fervently yet respectfully. Moreover
ho must make love to all kinds of
ludles he would never think of wooing
In real life. And abovo all he must be
always horrifyingly In the right.
"He may appear to be wrong for n
few hundred feet of film, but Inevit
ably at the finish ho must take the
center of tho stage, his face radiating
conscious virtue with the villains all
foiled and the rest of the cast register,
lng admiration,
"And oh, how he must work. Ills
are not union hours, and directors are
all descendants of the original Simon
Logree. He must read fan letters and
he must be Interviewed by stern fe
males In tortots shell glasses who asK
him frightfully embarrassing questions
and then go away and Interpret his
frightened gurgles Into seven para
graphs of awful rot which ruins his
roputajlon.
"Ah, yes, jt Is a thankless Job belns
a moving picture hero but It pays
well."
Piluu May SM'il
Born and bred in tho metropolis,
F.diw May Sped, wh& Is being co
starred with Edgar Jones in a series
of Itlg Woods photo-dramas, promises
to become known principally as a
star of the great out-of-doors. It was
Miss Sperl's good fortune last year to
become associated with Mr. Jones at a
time when he was planning a series
of photoplays adapted from stories
and novels dealing with raw-boned,
passionate men of the frontiers, the
lumber rnmps and the woodland nf
the North. He established a studio In
Augusta, Maine, and -wont Into the
heart of the woods In that Stato for
his exteriors.
First In tho dead of winter, with
snow covering tne ground to the depth
of several feet, and now In the summer
when the woods are at their loveliness,
Miss Sperl worked as tho co-star with
Mr, Jones, swimming, canoeing, hunt
ing, shooting rapids, riding rafts along
untracked rivers and wandering In
motor car along unknown trails. She
made a decided hit In her first pic
tures, and will soon appear In two new
dramas, "The Devil Brew" and "Rider
of the King Log." adapted from the
novel by Holman Day.
Theodore Robert9
Theodore Roberts, whose char-
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ncterlzatlons in muny of Cecil B. De
Mllle's special productions and other
Paramount Pictures have made him
ono of the most loved figures on the
motion plcturo screen, Is a native of
San Francisco. Before he entered the
picture field he had already had a
remarkable career on the speaking
stage, playing leading parts with Rob
son and Crane, Fanny Davenport and
other famous stars. His best known
screen parts have been In "Old Wives
For New," "Male and Female,"
"M'liss," "Believe Me, Xantlppe,"
"Hawthorne of tho V. S. A.' and, "The
Roaring Road." He Is soon to be seen
ns tho father In Cecil B. DeMUIe's
"Something to Think About," a role
which is said to offer him the greatest
opportunity of his varied career.
Marguerite De La Motte
Marguerite De La Motte who Is fea-
tured In "Trumpet Island," a Vita
graph special, appears In one part of
the photoplay as a gifted social leader.
She plays the hurp and sets the mode.
Then later she is thrown onto a desert
Island where clothes and harps are
unknown. But Marguerite kept on de- ,
signing costumes and we defy the
world to sny that the result was any
thing but charming.
Two Itomplng Children
In Ooldwyn's Edgar series' Johnny
Jones and Lucille Rlckson are romping
children who make the comedies de
lightfully and humanly enjoyable
sparkling pieces of natural fun and
lmplshness. They are neither very bad
nor very good you know from experi
ence what such children can do, and
every bit of that fun flashes from tk
screen. .