The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28
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ghOnors2 abroad. At least two hours
before the ship backed out into the
stream. the dock was crowded witt,
men and women. friends OF the atl,-
letes, and around the pnngplnnk II
was one mass of flag wnvlng. cheer
ing, shouting. kissing and well-wish-
Ing. The throng was so dense that
Manager Halpin could not check OFF
his men as they scramblod aboard, but
q mental tally told him that they were
all there-eighty-fou in all. and a
healthier or inner aggregation o. blood
never left the shores OF America. In
fact. the team Is by far The largest
ever mustered Here for foreign nth-
1etic purposes.
AZ In 1900. when the Olympic games
were held in Paris something like
eighteen athletes went, and the bulk
was contributed by the New York a. C.
and the University OF Pennsylvania.
Two years ago the team for. Athens
numbered thlrty-four and the array
to-day was more than double that. A
feature OF the team was Its cosmopoli.
tan makeup. there being evident the
strains OF every nationality-black,
brown and white. There were English
Americans, German Americans French
Americans, Irish-Amerlcans and nat
uralized Irishmen. as we'll as colored
men and the real native article In two
Yull. blooded Indians. In arranging the
lot to the different State rooms. Man.
5lgcr Halpin had hard task. but he
did 1t to the satisfaction OF everybody.
Tor no kicks were heard. The men Of
the different clubs and colleges were
berthed with each other as much as
possible. The same caution will be OBJ
served in the dining saloon to prevent
any display OF norse-play. so apt TO
a. t><11- <nov ,.,fn IN uV1f
UP, aud there will be no large tables
like in the 1906 trip.
Club Enthusiasm.
In the matter OF club enthusiasm
such representation has mover been
most in point OF number was the New
York A. c., and this was remarked be-
cause the winged footmen, as rule,
take things cool and never furry
about whether their men come or go.
Prominent among the fag- waivers
were Tom Deeley, r. c. Kammerer.
Rob Stoll, j. n. Breen. H. Rogers, sam
honey. Henry /. Gilman, S. j. Staviu-
pi, Dick Sheldon. l. r. Sharp and a
host of others. The Irish a. A. c.
were to the fore with punches OF green
flags. while big delegation belonging
to the Mercury a. c., OF Yonkers, were
there roofing and huzzaing for Nor
risey. the Marathon man. In the gem
,eral throng were seen members Of
the xavir A. A.. Mott Haven "A. c.. Mo-
hawk a. c.. Pastime A. c.. National
"A. c., Star A. c.. Northwestern A. c..
Brooklyn a. c.. and though some Of
these were not represented on the
y team, 1t did not prevent them from
cheering for the boys. A big crowd
came over from Newark. and they
gave the National Turnverein wrest-
1ers some lusty cheering.
Tue local members OF the American
Olympic committee. composed OF Bar
tow s. Weeks. Gustavus T. Kirby and
Evar, Jansen Wendell, were on hand
early, 20 see that everything was right.
y Week inspected every stateroom and
1nadegeneral inquiry II the boys need
ed aS further comforts. Everett c..
Brow. Of Chicago. another member Of
withhrs. Brown, sailed with the team.
y AStagg, Of Chicago University. was
Ritlthe Brown party.
Tho Ginnt Rose.
Btar the most remarkable man on
thelock or ship to-day was RALPH
Ros the Californian shot-putter.
Stang six feet Ave inches, he tow
eredway above everybody else like a.
Colols. and his great wide brimmed
somlro could be seen. no matter
whidway he turned. But Rose was
doWTst on account OF the loss Of
his sled shoes, which went astray on
"a. the tlfrom San Francisco. I'll have
to pun my. street shoes over there"
said pph to Matt McGrath. But.
neyertnd; Ill win anyway. n.
'AhSan alive! what are you think
Ing odsaid' A1cGrath. do you think
you're ing to a savage land. Why,
yousycaget a pair In London in five
lninut9though they may have some.
trouble find your size OF a last. But
at II theMn't, why I'LL take you ashore
q when see ireland and get You q
pair oaog skins. Then. me boy,
you'll H.the shot fifty feet sure and
big R1 laughed and grew pacified
over tlprospects OF the dog skins.
Thou the ship did not slip her
moorin|,ntil some minutes after 10
o'clock pine members ofS.the team
had a Sc call tosg get aboard. One
OF the Ito sclamberlup bag in hand.
was G. Dull. of Michigan. He has a
nicknai OF sleepy Dull. y which he
did nPetray to-day. Another late
arrivalEas. Martin Sheridan. .Of
courselaid a bystander Martin had
3gFl8 III to ere come sensation at the las
1ninutdut he did lit bad II He had Va
II right wait until ttllnS3gang plank
s droppawhen he could produce real
thrille|Y Jumping on eek from he
dock II ii
81. wo Work Thel, Way.
Thoks the team includes several
marrl| men-in McGrath, Flanagan
Sheplh, EwryI and Hillman-only
one Eoman----Mrs. Hillman- went
nlong1t vii! be their wedding trip.
y prncHly, for the IIil1mans were mar
ried jly5 a. few, week s a 20. Il 81 is
N. unddbod that his contest In London:
will the last OF II illman on the
cindpat tn, u / u !, ~ ss
Btes the regular team which
hoo lnIthe saloon, an athlete nomi-Y
NATION the pplementalS list also
webn# the Philadelphia, Hell S John
III ige, the anna eur wrestler. Cratges
halott the money to defray5 his ems.
pets, so he Is working Ills. way across
& & f9S al stoker, It h Is not certain how
III coal he will N heave, but 1t is
II than probabl that Manager Hal-s
will do something for theswrestlers
~ q the ship touches the other side.
1er, another 81 supplemental nomina-
4 was reported q have gshlpped a s. q
tle-tende on the Minnehaha. a the
hntlc Transport Line, Which pulled
some time la ter. 55 5SS p s3s