The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-04
ATHLETES ON TIRE BRINY DEEP
OLYNPICTEAM SAILS FOR NAPLES
on THE BARBAROSSA.
Crowds Gather at the Pier to See the Men
D~epart-Frlends In 4 Tug Pursue and
Sing and Cheer-ThirtyetwO In the
Party on the Way TO Games In the East.

Ihlrty-two athletes, the major poTllon
OF Americas team for the 0lympian games
at Athens, waved caps and swung flags at a
pursuing tug full OF enthusiasts yesterday
morning as they swung out of sight on their
way to the East for the great athletic meeting.
Down the harbor after the steamer bar
barossa with Its human freight OF skill, speed
and might followed a chorus Of whistle
shrleks and booming roars Of steam e%xhausts
until finally the Hook was passed and nothing
but the faintest trail of smoke showed the
whereabouts Of the craft. The last touch
was the singing of America" the athletes
with barred heads echoing from the nigh
afterdeck Of the North German Lloyd inner
the strains from the bow Of the tiny tug 1ar
below. Then the Barbarossa dipped the
German flag that hung from its stan between
two American flags draped over the stern,
the tug wheeled about and made again Tor
New York, and the sendoff was over.
The departure Of the athletes was a rare
sight and something Of a novelty even TO the
ships crew and officers. to whom little Is
very new. When.the many friends of the attn
letes throngcd the boat TO bid adieu in anec-
tionate manner the crew looked on amusedly,
for that was nothing out of the way. But the
succession Of cheers, the parades about the
deck, with one athlete after another raised
to the shoulders of the crowd, and lastly the
cries and songs from the tug as 1t circled
about the Barbarossa made a picturesque
element that called forth smiles and looks OF
surprise from the somewhat stolid onlookers'
There were about 1 900 persons IN the party
that cheered the departure.
3 The boat was due to sail at II O'Clock from
the pier in Boboken. No one was left behind;
few were even late. 1t is worth while losing
a little sleep to be quite sure that one Ia to be
on time for u trip to Athens. The athletes, with
their friends, began to come on board very
early. BY 10 o'clock all were accounted Tor
on Matty Halpin's list. Coming down TO the
boat most Of them wore their new white fan-
mel caps, with the shield OF the United states
on the peak. BY the time they got to the
steamer and got their things slowed away in
their staterooms each one had his CAP on
and the other passengers looked over theath-
letes critically and tried to pick them ont
1t was not hard TO distinguish the giants
Sheridan and Mitchell as weight hrowers
Sullivan and Cohn looked tine part Of distance
runners. but few would have suspected the
speed in the diminutive Hahn or the agllty
in the almost equally small hcrrigan, the
high jumper. The Ncw York athletes who
had friends down there were all about the
ship in groups talking to them. The Vest
erners were all in a bunch and they talked
among themselves waiting for the ship to
pull out. They had no particular irlehds
TO see them off but many New Workers.
who knew them slightly came round and tried
to make them fee! at home before going.
The all ashore" call sounded and the last
kisses and handshakes were exchanged,
All the persons that were not bound abroad
departed for the pier and ran out to the end
where they could see the last of the boat.
The photographers got their last pictures
of the athletes on deck saying good-by.
The Thirteenth Regiments tugboat. the
Robert ii. Palmer. WITH mem bers OF the
Twenty-second and 1wenty-third
~ Isl A-.-..aa - .
and New York A. c. cast of and clrcled
about. 1t displayed a fine Irish flag with tho
club letters, and a Thirteenth Regiment
pennant as well.
pliers got pictures OF it. Then came the
rarbarossa slowly out from the pier, and
the camera men got, more hh tetu dT oI me ne
70 their friends. The. %tugboat. with It's en-
thusiastic cargo, dl1 its best to keep up with
l Of ,b s.' t1iH Wpo;nso naP Whose H' son i is member
Of the New York A. C., and who is going to
run the +99 meters; also h "a, ms D9S' oncT on
the Palmer picked M his, .rneGaphone after
looking at the five good looking Young Women
on the Wonson. and called over. Cart, Hill,
the Young Women blushed visibly, and so
did the younger Hillman' who heard 1t from
out in midstream the men on the Palmer
gave a cheer for each Infividua. athlete on
and. last of all, FOR the team collectively,
Their voices got a bit tired doing it. Then
i Rro.d S %s w to she ,6s ffay rGiTe M Ss bs Hesa esPec 10
ally APPROPRIATE. %Good-by, Little Boy,
Go0dlbytr . TGs sWHn og,, P bs d then s 9iI M T2S-
America" closed the patriotic selection.
the last being 5cseTyed for the Tn N tTyna mGDm bsck
after a couple of miles journey. All through
the songs the Thirteenth kesimen} men
up to thirteen. later, in compliment 20 Inc
other regiments, increasing 70 y ana III
the last number being considered especially
Peter PFinty from the tug megaphonod
Instructions to the athletes not TO take any
pfovide the team with plenty Of beet and "
And 50 the athletes passed out of sight. way
ia flags aHd caps soo Th lbS t atts TTo them on .n NH
All down the bay the whistles, kept up
chorus. Flags were dipped on passing liners
and other ships, most of them seeming to
know Just what wasthe Gccasi3n OF the mpToar,
settle themselves aboard ship as well as they
could, while the tug faced about and stood
of re r. C SoBB 6rSam sn'i'"S ShPis afsg y \ %S George 9
Y Bonhag. lrish- AMERICAN A. g. CGaTIGs y
Anaconda, Mon, Harvey W. C,ohn. Irish;
American A. c W. d. Eaton, Amherst end
Ca CaTFS%rrIdds ' &eW G9S STk +! n: A Robert Eds %TE
New York 4. C.: Hugo NJ. Friend, University
Of Chicago. and Chicago \. A.; William g.
Frank, Irish-American A. C.; Joseph J For
shaw, Missouri A. G.: j Fowler. Calnprldge-
port Gymnasium Association; +. b. Glover,
| University Of Indiana and Chicago =. A.;
| Henry l.. Hillman, Jr. New York 40; Archie
Hahn, University of Michigan and Milwaukee,
A. c.; II. W. kerrigan, Multnoinah \, {;
James D. Lightbody. University of Chicago
and Chica go 4. A.: Robert G.. leaVitt. " llliams
College and Boston A. A.; Fay II. Moultom,,,
| Yale and New York A. e.: James 5. Mitchell,
| New York a. CT !. NifOt, st. Georges A. e.;
Paul II. Pilgrim. New York A.. G.; Myer Prln-
stein, Irish-AmeriCau A. G.: G III, .Queyrouze,
Now Orleans Y. NJ. c. A: Martin ). sheridan,
lrish-A merican &C.: Joseph. v. Spencer,
Columbia and New York 4. C.. Michael Spring,
Pastime 4. G.: James 7. sullivan, IRISH
American A. C.; William 4. Schick, Jr, Har-
yard and New York A; G LAWSON R226sI1s2n'
New York a. c.; j. 3. Connolly, Boston. and
Edgren. Ewry and Connolly were accom-
On board the Palmer were Major Turnin
president Of the Thirteenth Regim ent A.. A.:
| Lieut.. Dean, who gave the use of the boat,
p. J. Conway, president Of the J. ish- Americar
A. c.; Charles J. Dieges. New York !. e. and
Twenty-second ReSim ent. John. j.. O.Brien,
New York A. &. and Pastime a. g. Ernest
Hjertberg, ~lrish-AmeriCan A. G.: George +.
Hall. John sullivan. Martin Cowan, !. J..
athletes that sailed, Hillman, Spring, Robert
, son ana .ahn are of the Thirt zenith; Bacon
and Valentine are OF the Twenty-thlrd,
! and Sullivan, Frank, Prinstein and Bonhag