OLYMPIC GAMES
POSITION OF BRITISH ATHLETES APPEAL FOR FUNDS (Hee. February 16, 8.55 p.m.) London, February 15. In striking contrast to the great German bid is the position of the British Olympic athletes. Thirteen of the most noted performers in 1924 are broadcasting a Press appeal for funds to allow a worthy team to participate. They say that it would be idle to pretend that Britain always expects to be on top in sport, but those interested were anxious that she should be represented at the Olympic Games. “The best men and women in other countries are given Government subsidies. Wo believe, however, that in the best interests of sport our teams should be financed voluntarily.”
[A message from Berlin a few days ago said that with customary thoroughness Germany was mobilising not far short of a battalion of athletes to contest events at the Olympic Games, where they would outnumber any nation. Champions like Peltzer, Koernic, and Houben were to compete in sprints and middle distances and were supported bv sixty-five men and twenty women in iTght athletics, and forty swimmers. Germany was well represented in heavy athletics, hockey, football, fencing, cycling, rowing, boxing, and gymnastics. Tlie women’s contingent would total 276.]
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 119, 17 February 1928, Page 10
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203OLYMPIC GAMES Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 119, 17 February 1928, Page 10
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