The evening world., 1906-05-25
ATHLETES BACK,
RECEIVED WITH
WILD CHEERING
Big Crowds Out to Wei
come Home the VlctorS
at Olympic Games.


To the sound O, the footing of whis-
ties. cheers and music TIE members o,
tho v,o;orious American team taat
swept every thing before IL ir the Athens
games rode up tho haroor to-day on
the big White star liner ReplbAc.
Standing on .he bow aud hanging on
to A gisani.c American sag ee-e James
T.. sullivan OF The \ A. T.. the man
who arranged and managed the Ameri-
can participation in the games and
Martin Sheridan. who won more points
than ans other competitor.
Tho .ron stcamooM CepAoas. tho tag
c. b Raymond aad hali dozen yachts
went down TO Quarantine in the early
morning to escor, The Republic 10 Aer
dock The Cephous had been chartered
by stephen McPartland. of Mcfarland
* oFiaherty. to carry friends OF the
Irish American Athlete Cub who were
his guests They found the great ship
/ flying 4 yellow flag ana every heart
dropped at tho sight. All fearei that
something had happened TO the atA-
letes. the yellow flag denorng iniec-
uous disease aboard.
SMALLPOX on Republic.
They were rcassured as they steamed
alongside by the boys themselves. all
brown ~ berries and hard as nails
When the ship was few days out one
OF the -.2,5 steerage passengers. Gul-
scppe Giovanni. developed smallpox. He
died at sea The 40 other steerage pas
sengers in his compartment were trans
ferred from the Republio TO Hoffman
Island at Quarantine and It was noon
before the liner reached the White star
line pier.
sheridan and sullivan were the first
TO land They We're overwhelmed hy
a cheering crowd OF enthusiasts, As
each Of the heroes came TO the dock
he was lifted up and carried around by
his admirers.
They couldn't haze treated us bet
ter" said Mr. Sullivan. The King of
Greece gave me a message of goodwill
20 deliver TO President Roosevelt He
is a great adInirer of America, ana his
son. tho Crown Prince George. IS q
prince all over. lie wanted TO come
with US
"Out OF the ;wenty-thnee athletic
events our team Won eleven. The rea-
son We made such "A great showing is
not only because We had the bes- men
but because our boys used their hrnlns
as wei as their mus !eS AAe English
uIe hard losers. IL 1t wasn't Tor the
points won by the lr.si tanadlan aga
Australian athletes England "opld
have been nowhere. The Swcdes arc
working along American lines IN attn
ieties and made the best showing nest
20 ours AZ Athens Tho FFench-"ell,
'hsy are sood bicycle riders.
Great Risk in Marathon.
mn. - h
iliIin'h' OK '"e No" lo'h a. '-'' ""e
started IN the great Marathon race,
oui dtd not finish, said that there wa,
ro..lly "a r!sk IN taking part IN th4,
: "The Greeks were so anxious that on,
of our couutrymcu should win" sal,
rt,,. ..h., a.. .t..,.,.t,,
ii'''''','' $50 '''''
some ignorant peasant might ny 70 kt
the leader IL hc should DO foreigner
I b.lieve II an Ita1lnn haa won "a,
would nave been knlted at the hnish
The victory OF Sherrlne. the Canadian
was popular because he was olassesi by
r9L'' :. -
, Big modest Martin sheridan had Yer,
49, ~. 80. ,,,,-..,..,
nt''e ~ say i'e "as ''S'eo o'o"i
uons heapeo mon him Alart,n ha,
oeen made an honorary member OF tht
foremost Greek Athl"iio CIun ant