Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1920 — SPORT LOVERS MUST HELP OLYMPIC FUND [ARTICLE]

SPORT LOVERS MUST HELP OLYMPIC FUND

President Kirby of Committee Appeals for Money. At Least $150,000 Must Be Raised by Popular Subscription to Pay Expenaea of Athletes Expected to Compete at Antwerp. If the United States Is to send a team to the Olympic games at Antwerp next summer the expense will have to be borne by the sport lovers of the nation. This was made clear yesterday by Gustavus T. Kirby, president of the Olympic committee of the United States, when he Issued an appeal for a fund of at least $150,000. From 150 to 200 athletes will make up the Yankee team and, according to the estimate of F. W. Rublen, secretary of the A. A. U., it will cost SI,OOO per man. “To compete for fun may be fun,” Kirby said, "but to compete to win is not only fun but accomplishment, and when the winning Is bringing honor to one’s country the accomplishment becomes a triumph. “For America to succeed she must have, as always, men and money; athletes to the number of 150 or more and money to the amount of $150,000 or more, all a voluntary contribution to the furtherance of world knowledge and world peace through amateur sport.

“Let \ every sportsman who loves sport for sport’s sake, let every patriot who would see his country triumph, put his hand in his pocket and donate generously toward the expenses of America’s participation in these games.”