The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-21
BON VOYAGE.
Departure of American Atl-
letes for the Olympic
Games in Athens.
PERSONNEL OF THE TEAMS

Fears That the Contest Will Not
| Be Successful-Entries
| Are Few.
4 NEW YORK. March 81, 1s96.-The team
Of the Boston Athletic Association and
| Princeton University, which will repre-
sent American athletics at the revival
/ of the olympic games at Athens, on April
/ e, LETT New York this morning on the
t ;North German Lloyd steamer Fulda.
4s3s me teams viii disembark at Naples and
1ake the overland sa. route 70 Greece.
/ letes, which iAcluded a number of ladies'.
We're q At the dock, and the teams received
5sf nearly fbs aeis iodspeedp as the steamship
The Princeton team is made up of Rob
f Ell f;,, GarreIt Jr, Of Baltimore. Nd. who
w eapaP rane aa haYs 0s charge a 95 r.5 5he
lin, Ohio; Albert G. Tyler, '97 of Wyo-s
ming, Ore, and H B. Jameson, 81, of
steamer shortly after nine o'clock Each
/ OF the representatives of "Old Nassau
4 wore yellow tulip in his buttonhole..
admiring fair ones. The Bostonians came
1 on just before the gang planks were
| drawn. in. T 2 Burke, Arthur Blake, FL
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! Hoyt and Gardner Williams comprise
1 the Boston delegation. The men from
/ Boston did not carry as many floral trib-
utes as the collegians, but the rally cry
! Of the p. A. G, was none the less in evi-
\ dence Johnny" Graham will have charge
/ OF the Bostonians, and the party also IN
| who will witness the games.
/ The teams will arrive at Athens on
April 5 The games begin on April 5
! who will carry the honor of the Stars and
/ Stripes in the land which was the home
! of heroes and the delight of poets, can
| can team. but too much praise cannot be
! given TO the organizations that sent them
out Whether the teams bring back
kgolden wreaths from ''Ancient Greece or
1 not, the fact remains that to the Boston
/ Athletic Association and Princeton Uni
versity the honor Is due of having stepped
4 gramme in which the Drawn and muscle
1 of America will be pitted against all cem-
ers is as folloWs:---10o 400, 500 and 1850
metres foot races; no metres hurdle race:
! putting shot and Discus; pole vault; run
i ming broad and high jumps and long and
| distance races from Marathon to Athens
| All the men are in fine condition. Jack
\ AIcMasters has had the Princeton men
/ hard at work for the past three weeks
/ McMasters said that he was afraid that
! but thinks that the Greek climate will
| not be as hard on the men as the English
climate would be-. The Boston team is
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| BY arrangement with the steamship
/ company provisions have been made to en-
able the men to practice on board during
! 1t would be hard to say what chances
| the delegation will have Of capturing
the wrestns of honor. Should England
1 and Ireland be strongly represented the
4 outlook would not be very bright; but if
/ the British athletes do not muster in
forces. the black and yellow and purple
Is doubtful II the affair viii meet with
the success it should. English exchanges
the last afs o the Fed s DE say aa i
| is probable the games will be postponed
owing. to lack of entries.
| Burke of the Boston team is undoUbt-
edly the star of the combination He is
| entered in the runs up to 800 metres, and
is stayeT and sprinter Of international
repute as a guarter-mler; His record for
York A. C.-London A. C. games last Sep
| teruber is 40 seconds.
Blake is a long distance runner of rep
/ utation in New England. He mas endur-
| ance and is a great finisher. He is enter-
/ ed in the 1000 and 1,5oo metres runs and
also in the, Marathon, Athens race over
a course of forty-eight kilometres, or
| about twenty-five miles.
! Clark is a Harvard student, who is an
| all-round good man, both in the examina-
| ton halls and the field He has a Har-
| ward scholarship and a record of nearly
six feet in the high and twenty-five feet
compete in the Jumps and discus and
| the hep, step and jump. u
| Curtis. who is an old Columbia Col
| lege man. is not sas we'll known as the
| other Bostonians. but is regarded as
| coming man. He has done feet 20 SIS
| inches in the nigh jump and q feet 10
| inches in the broad jump. He is en-
| tered III all the jumps.
Hoyt is the wen known Harvard pole
| jumper, and is entered in that event. as
also in the other jumps.
Gardner will try his natatorial powers
| in the swimming races
Captain Garrett is the mainstay of the
orange and black. His abilities as an
| athlete lie in the Jumps and hammer and
! shot. He has a record for the shot of
| 40 feet Q inches. He will also compete in
throwing the discus, which branch Of
sport though new to modern athletics,
| was faverite pastime in s'doys Of yore."
modern quoit Gerrett will also com
pete in the broad jump.
Jameson goes on the team instead Of
jameson viii compete in the 400 n metre ire
race. His best time for the quarter mile
is SO seconds. which is three seconds
Lane is in the Junior Glass. and is said
to have accomplished 100 yards in 10 sec
ondF fiat, but has yet to show champion
81 sniR R form in public He Is entered in the
Tyler is entered for the pole vault, and
has q record Of Il feet 2s inches, and
The programme at Athens is as fol-
lows
Athletic Sports-Foot races, 100 400
500 and 1900 metres, hurdle race of no
metres, running broad and high jump
pole vault. putting the shot and throwing
| the discus, long distance run from Ath-
ems to Marathon, a distance of 4S kilo-
metres
,Gymnastic sports-Individual exhibit
tions, exhibitions on the rings parallel
bars. housekeeping and team work
Fencing and wrestling-Work with the
foils, salve and sword; amateur. civil
and military wrestling, Greek and Roman
methods.
Shooting Shooting with army rifles,
| carhines and pistols
Nautical Yachting. race for
| steam yachts over a ten-nlile course
races for sailing vessels, rowing of one
| with outriggers; swimming 100. 500 and
4 1000 metres; game of water polo.
| Bicycling-Races for 1900 and 10000
metres and 100 kilometres; also race
1 for two hours.