Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-27
MARATHON TO Be TRIANGULAR
Novelties Promised for Olympic
Games. Says Gossip.
APPEAL Mna~ 80 Uuit-d States 10 f'ns
Erreu-es 81 NsnE-~ Tuuu--Chi-
eane Athletis and MetrUpsos-
san As.srisstons Help-

NEW TOBK Aus 8-Athistic Eosfip
frun Stockholm. the seat 81 the nert ohrrn-
pic lnrres. Seems 10 indiusft thar there vii
be some novelties introduced during the
meet ~ well az changes here and there
b. the competitive END % the program. Il
has been officially announced that ths start
snd finish % the Marathon race win he
frum the Stadium which yin be some uorn-
fort 70 the competitors as they uHn he well
attended to before starting out on ths long
grind The cou1se win be triangular ant
arranged SO thai there win Be no chance
Of the runners setting mixed toward the
finish. Another advantage which the piRn
Will provide is that the public VIII be Sbie
tD watch The starr ana finnish q The rBcs
without moving of their seats Hereto
furs IN other fixtures Of TINS k.nd tht train
ms fnciiftieF IN ths immediate nUiEhbor-
hood Of the games were rather limited bal
TINS time the conditions viii be different
Close 70 the park Rhers the STADIUM has
been erected there is q hiE sporting ground
fitted with running track ana al the BT,-
pHra1uE IN the iufield and there are to be
dressing rooms and shower baths Rs well
as lDunEinE rooms for the athletes Viz
rurs who might happen 70 reach stock
holm some time before the opening Of the
games ana who might care 20 90 q little
training will fine plenty uf accommodation.
IL IL the intention uf the Swedish Olympic
committees 10 III up some schools that are
situated In the nsighburhod a. slsspinE
apartments and there the competitors can
berth u q nominal figure.
A great feature Of the games viii be the
exercises OF the various singing societies
The churuseE to the number Of about 4 No
intend 10 attend each any and render the
national and other airs Of the different
countries having teams IA the competition
One Of the DAYS about midway In TIRE pro
gram is TO be SET aside entirely TO singing
with selections by the hands Anybody who
has ever been TO Wales al any Of the big
foot ball matches can form an IDEA OF what
q monster chorus cEn Go in the wRy Of
ADDING life 10 The event. The Swedish
singers will 50 on much the same plan.
The American Olympic COMMITTEES through
It's secretary, James Z. sullivan, has mao,
The first appeal 10 the country 10 defrHy
the expenses Of the Yankee boys TO Sweden
The team this time VIII number about
sixty men ana 10 take them across and
keep them In proper style will need 9 fund
Of S5O.DW The AmRtsur Athletic union has
already contrib uted 81 900 Of the amount End
the remainder which he considerable is
20 be gathered here and there from the
athletic bodies and other kindred BrEHni-
zHrions The American curumirtee bs8el-ss
thai such districts as New England, headed
by the Boston Athletic Association the
Central association with the Chicago
Athieuiu association az q header and the
N srrOp0litRn association will contribute
literally. as on former occasions and 1fIRd
perhaps the TWO atlantic associations the
Southern, the Pacific Rno the Pacific
Northwest. viii put their shoulder 10 the
wheel with 3 little more vim than tbsy
have formerly. In America today there
are enough men interested In amateur
Sport 10 easily gather the needsd SUN with
ont appealing 10 the captains Of industry
OF the wealthy GLASS AL that iE necessary
iE . little system in the way Of each club
opening q subscription list ana collecting
small sum from each member.
II something like that iE not started
this year II win have TO come in future
for the OlympicE Of The future are 8 Ger
tEl4-1y and the money viii be needed 10
send the teams After me Olympic games
Of London In 1904 there was g surplus Of
$40. go End the money WIS Immediately
turned into q fund TO be spent IN send
ing teams 10 future games. II Is under
stood that after the Swedish meet is over
thai country will also have 3 national fund
for athletic purposes.