Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-12
YANKS TO COMPETE
Committee Appointed to Select
Team for Olympic Games.
PROMINENT MEN TO SERVE
President Taft Will Be Asked to Act
as Honorary President Of
Organization.

NEW YORK, December 12.-An doubts
concerning the general participation OF
American athletes in the Olympic games.
which will be held at Stockholm, Sweden,
in 1912, have been set at rest. by the ap-
pointment of a committee of fifty or more
men prominent in athletics throughout
the country to take charge of selecting
the representatives from the United
States Prof w. M. Sloane of this city,
who is the American representative on
the International Olympic committee, re-
Gently received the preliminary notifica-
ton that Stockholm had been definitely
decided upon as the place for holding the
games, and that preparations should be
made to send an American team.
Prof. Sloane Immediately appointed an
American committee, with Frederick b.
Pratt of Brooklyn as president. James r.
Sullivan as secretary and ]. w. Curtiss
as treasurer. Every effort will be made
to induce President Taft to act as hon
orary president of the American commit
tee, and an invitation will be forwarded
to him.
Rumors of strife between Prof. Sloane
and the Amateur Athletic Union have led
many observers to believe that the union
would take little interest in the next set
of Olympic games. The action taken by
committee has treasured the American
athletes who are anxious to take part In
the games. The union at its annual meet
ing went on record as being DESTROYS OF
United States in 1916 and selected Cleve-
land as the place to hold them. No effort
will therefore be spared to send the
strongest team possible to Stockholm in
order that the supremacy of the United
States in athletics may be established as
we'll q nnSajhIo a WING the nrpSt1go of
victory, the request to hold the games
here will be more favorably received by
the International committee in the opinion
of the officers of tine union.
James E. Sullivan stated last night that
in all probability the same method for
the selection of an American team for
the Olympic games of 1872 would be fol-
lowed as In previous years, try-outs be-
ing held on the coast, in the central west
In the south and in the vicinity Of New
York, Boston and Philadelphia The Bos-
ton marathon will likely be designated as
the official try-out for the American
marathon runners, and members of the
committee will take charge OF different
sports, such as revolver shooting, rifle
shooting gymnastics and cycling.
The following executive committee has
been appointed: Frederic B. Pratt, Brook
lyn. president: Barlow 8. Weeks. New
York; Gustavus II. Kirby, New York;
Julian w. Curtiss, Yale University, treas
urer; Everett c. Brown. Chicago; Evert
Jansen Wendell, New York: Joseph B.
Maccabe. Boston; James e. Sullivan, New
York, secretary.
The following will be invited to act as
vice presidents: Herman D. Lagercrantz.
Washington; Andrew Carnegie. New
York: ]. Pierpont Morgan, New York;
Egerton L. Winthrop. New York; George
J. Gould New York; August Belmont.
New York; Caspar w. Whitney, New
York: Victor ]. bowling. New York;
Barton s. Weeks. New York; Gen.
George w. Wingate, s. r. Guggen-
helm, New York: ]. w. Spalding. New
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st. Louis; J. v. Skiff. Chicago; w. c.
Thorne, Chicago: Col. Robert M. Thomp-
son, New York.: 4. q. Mills. New York,
and Rodman Wanamaker,- New York.
Fifty other men have been appointed "a
serve on a general committee.