The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22
ATHLETES OFF FOR GREECE
an Us AMERICAN Amateurs
SEEK OLYMPIC HONORS,

Frinsetou University and the BoSton A. A.
Eseh Represented nv q Team or Four
Eztra Me. Gao AIoss TO Try Their Luck.
rTle two teams Of American amateurs who
coyrt athletic honors at the Grocian games
stare ell on the initial stage OF their journey In
good shape yesterday morning. An enthusi.
astio crowd took possession OF the North Ger.
mGn Lloyd dock at an early hour, but II would
be y stretch of Imagination To say that all
wSro interested In tho outgoing athletes. The
affair was really q big excursion to Eastern
chimes. and IL was only by following the club
cries that the two little punches of athletes
could be located.
The Princeton men we're early on hand,
and were promptly mobbed In most agreeable
fas hion by a bevy OF girls, who fixed bouquets
and whispered encouragement In a fashion
calculated 10 inspire an athlete OF the cold
est blood. Capt. Robert Garrett had little
te, hnlcal information to give away beyond the
fnt that his men were fit and confident. They
certainly looked SO as they mustered aft of
tie hurricane deck and woke tho staid resi-
dente OF lOboken with n series Of the yeliS
with which the tiger stripes of Old Nassau are
usually accompanied.
The Bostoninns we're very slow In putting In
en- appearance. and the Official sailing time Of
10 O'Clock had almost rung out before they
hove in sight at a double. quick step down the
AeoAs hhothNA oDAN - ~ NN 49,
and while waiting for ais second wind at the
Rangplank he aaid that hs men could not
possibly DO in better SNAPS. and that the trip
nnariet busy at either syn,nnstIcs or athletics
There was a singular absence Of representa-
lives from the prominent metropolitan clubs,
and II II were not for the immediate, followers
Of each team the eight men destined t. defend
sailed away on their ambitious mission with;
out notice. Tic few enthusiasts present tried
a. ,.vN1 Nhn tv,iI "a lnpaI fErntnNIntra M
when the Fulda steamed out into the river NJ
l0:26 q. hoarse, rooter wearing the Joint EN-.
hlems of the Princeton U. A.. a. and Boston
a. a. remarked
'There 60 eight men instead Of eighty. Where
ere all the Wanted athletic clubs that live on
their amateur. sporting rcputattont They. are
silent now when the prestige of America Is at
later sssae' on MI they yn will 'I be around n%Sr at the college
games like women, at u bargain counter, look
Ing for material 70 build up a Winning team.
~ filed by some prominent intercollegiate or
"A: =: official was taken by ;. >; ViasG".
to. He sent flowers aboard In basketfuls.
and also brought the two teams, together on
away. the tedium of the trip. Every athlete
was decorated fiorally by this energetic sympa-
thizer. and when the two teams started in to
exchange compliments by reversing their yells
the scene was not unlike the prelude 70 a big
intercollegiate function at Manhattan Field or
some other popular resort of our athletic stu
The majority of those assembled on the pier
were at q loss to accorn mt for the vocal pyro-
technics set off by such a small and inoffensive
looking group. and II is to be hoped that they
did not rely too implicitly on the data fur
dressed a group of inauisltive ladies as fol-
"Oh. yes! These lads, you know. are:Amer-
loan college boys going over for the big foot
hall match against the Marathon Club. They
IRE from Yale. Harvard. University OF Penn
rylyania, and Cornell. and will simply mop UP
tho gridiron with the Europeans"
Poor Princeton isn't even mentioned"
sighed an, Individual carrying a huge bunch of
black and orange. But no .mattcr; 1t Is a
tvitie better to be non-winners than non-try-
ers.,"
The sentiment was cheered to the echo by
those who heard It. and should either of the
Tigers s,oIe n bracket 1t will go far to restore
their prestige in the ranks of intercollegiate !
track and field men. Garnet looked trained
would clear n winning height in the pole vault. .
The other two Tigers seemed satisfied to await
t,eveloumentS and the lot had clearly made up
their minds to face the ordeal philosophically
cut such u figure in the lively days of ancient
Greece.
The Bostonian team developed an unofficial
wing at the last moment. Gardiner VII :
~ try for swimming honors. james b. Con-
molly. Suffolk A. C., went for the Jumps, and
w. Wellcs Hoyt. Harvard. '9s, decided to 20
along and make things interesting in the polo
vault and hurdle events. The official teams
which sailed were:
Princeton Univcrsity.A. A.-Robert Garrett, cap
tain, entered for putting the sho. and throwing the
discus. A. C. Tyler, entered for the pole vault; +. A..
Laiie, entered for the sprlnts, and II. II. Janison,
who will try for the middle distance honors.
Boston A. At. 4. Burke, International cham.
metres: Arthur Blake, entered for the longer races;
Etlery IL. CLARK, u Harvard crack, entered for the
tnlnpinE events, and Thomas P. Curtis, an old
Tor q comparative novice. |