Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-06-15
IRELAND VIII
] RECEIVE 6! !! '! CREDIT
IRISH ATHLETES WHO pA1IId
PATE III OLYMPIC CAKES WIfI
BE ALLOWED CREDIT GXEFI
ISLE WITH THEIR vICT0Htk

NEW YORK. June 1.-THE Bff 8
tish lion when he roars defiance y
all the athletic world IN l.ordon tnll Il
summer will wear Shanirod1
around his neck, for ins. .aI or 9efl1 Il
entered as representatives 0f s'0f&ae
Britain" in this years Olympia6 4
John Bulls conglomerst tion Of IN
letes will be down IN the program a4
of Great Britain and Ireland
Where the Canadians aad Austr1h
and come In under this arranSe}n1oG
is yet to be explained.
One Of the disagreeabls featlire
Of the Olympic games At AthcDa Cd
1905 was the kicks put W W tn
Irish, Canadian and Australian atll4
letes being put down . Engltsh atl
letes. he sons Of Erin wer9
cially wroth over the subject a1
once threatened te lsavc the tel
when the Grssks refused to rsan
the Irish flag . Leahy woa ithe A10 III
jump. The Irishmen coRteade4 e.
they represented Ireland. ana fnql
to the last 10 have = separate eols n
Tor Irsland's SCORE: hut ALL a ~
I1sahy's and O'Connor's ylctael
we're put. down In nnsland's ? solN
Il 4 UlflsrsA& Uew. ki
Hut nov II u diffsfsnt, tn6 -
don Otympiad u ci6se "a Aa1d. - : d
England needs ths ofrisA podnoy =
pefately il order ~ h6y6 y sell -. !!.9
against ewsdeA. AxleFico =. y!
France. The Amesscans ~ alae9
Sure 10 taks thS Aeldf sventss Asto
ana sprints. The swsdss ehsesM
ada to the singing blow Le1S
\ and pilgrim dealt ~ Htsti1n & &
! tance runners 81 AthSnNs ee1
! french VIII " ltsees "A fAss'y ys
ffhs hrAasp4l!lh n .---.r-,,, f. ],
! LII n eAsy. 10 inasine. thsa II -
feeling OF the Enslilh athletlo tls11,
howard i such Irishmen - k6a1[e.
so'CoAnor. DAILY. sl1ys aad Myn1os ~
sons Of Erin ean have snyshiit ~
want At this stass 6lthi xAid1 =
ten thsy desire u 70 - s'lr6ian1r S
.iposits their names On ths Clyx15E1
program. Henc1 tie wordJnt sa0rsAi
Britain and ireland" !" tHlt how n
\ mon Of cgnAda and Austr}ii4
'(look upon the turn Of Afhife H.
mainR to BE- seen, Il. 'y, ~ s,
4 Alrsadx. several conferences hxyS
been held between the Nnx9I>
lscptch ana Irish. athletic adthorlt
and = final gconfab VIII take yll
lust, after the. Irish. chAnpl0 1it
: -lorganize tuns 3, At witch the t1e
: Of Great Britain and lreland"
be formally ssleetsd twelve men e.
: each event-r-from the best n M q
!. three countries Here again. II 4 \
2 puzzle where Canada and AustralIe
stand, as undoubtedly Great RritAfl
|. will claim their points In spite q
the fact that according to this ar
rangement the Canadians and Au4
ltra,ians cannot be members Of tn
English Irish Scotch tGreat Hrital1
and Ireland) team.
Two Great Irish Athletes.
O'Connor, DAILY, Kelly and Hynes. Til
the greatest athletes IN America
] will journey back to the old countr!
10 wear the gresG u ireland IN "a
Olympic events. Both Of these me-
i; are Americans at heart and wante
A, 10 compete for Uncle .., sam, but the
I. lack the nneedessars citizenship pa
s pers. DAILY is five and teh-m.,,
champion OF America and three'al
champion of Canada. He will mah
,e his bids for honors at London In tn
A. 2,500-meter steeplec'pse and five
~ mile run. The athletic world ha
OF known few high jumpers the equal
ct I.eahy. At the present time he ]
" the worlds champion In fact as we
as in name. for besides winning tn
Olympic title at Athens In 1906, q
IN took the English. Irish and Amer
sts can championships last year with u
II most ease.