Pageant of Sport.

America's ability to win athletic contests is confirmed by the Olympic Games. While there is much ground for debate as to what is an amateur, and what degree of specialisation is desirable in amateur sport, it is admitted that the Olympic standards of amateurism are rising. Nurmi and Ladoumegue failed to pass the test, and Count de Baillet Latour is reported as saying that American Universities are now not so prone to finance athletic students. The last word will never be said on the thorny question of what is fair and what is unfair in the making of an amateur world-beater, but the Olympic contests are fair enough to be of great moral value. The Japanese made a good showing at Los Angeles, and negro sprinters did great things for America. Now, Canada has a coloured exponent in the arena of professional boxing, and his sparring partner is an English Lord's brother! In cricket, England is bringing new bowlers to deal with Bradman. Cochet yields his tennis laurels to Vines, whose only slip (Borotra) cost U.S.A. the Davis Cup.