The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-06
OLYMPIAD TO BE
BEST YET HELD
GALAXY OF STARS WILL COM.
PETE IN EVENTS AT STOCK
HOLM. AMERICA WELL
REPRESENTED.

Great as were the Olympic games
at London in 1908 far surprising any
thing the world had seen i'm the ath-
letic line, the battle of the champions
i'm Stockholm. Sweden i'm July prom
ises to overshadow them completely.
declares Walter III. Eckersall. Gathered
at Stockholm will be galaxy Of
stars to fight for the athletic honors
Of their respective countries that
promises to be the greatest in the his
tory OF athletics.
The huge stadium, more than 1000
feet long and 700 feet wide. built to
accommodate a crowd of $4,000 per-
sons in which the games will be held,
dwarfs into insignincance in every
thing except beauty the one at Athens.
/ Every contest In the 1912 games
viii be worth going miles TO sec. Sport
followers hereabouts are bemoaning
the turn of the wheel that prevents
them from seeing Uncle Sans brawny
brood of red blooded sons vanquish the
flower of the worlds athletes I'm the
great games. II is a strange whim of
Dame Fortune that she should so ar
range affairs that Sweden's people will
have the privilege of seeing a greater
collection of Yankee stars In action
than ever measured strides in n meet
IN America. Uncle Sans men should
sweep the boards in the opinion OF
many.
There is many a slip 'twixt the
cup and the lip. however and to those
who have been watching the tremen-
dous interest that has been shown in
athletics in the different countries
since the revival Of the games in 1906.
with the resultant Improvement. II
looks as If the meet will not be so
much Of cake walk for America as
were the 1908 games. The Swedish |
climate must be taken into considera-
ton ana other conditions which may |
upset the best laid plans must not be
overlooked.
Will Not Have a cinch.
4 few years ago, England. Australia,
and Sweden were Americas greatest
rivals. but suck will not be the case 4
az Stockholm. The athletes who Will
represent other nations are accustomed
to the climate and they will not have
to make long journeys to reach the
battle ground. on the other hand,
once again the Americans Will be
forced TO make long trip and then
face conditions which will be anything +
but encouraging. for it has been proven Ii
N the past that our athletes always !
are ut a disadvantage when competing
abroad Some of the best men in the
United States may not be able to make
he trip because of business connec- {
ions, while the sea voyage Is apt to
affect some so as to make them unfit
o compete. But despite these obsta- J
les america should win If past rec a
,rds count for anything. r
At all previous meetings in which v
,ur athletes have met the Britons n
n the quarter. half. and mile runs +
America's chances have been long ones
Il the best. but with the great group 8
# middle distance runners which VIII K
ie available for the 1912 team, there a
nay be a different story TO tell next n
ummer. Z,
Make Arrangements Early. h,
In ordc- to mrster tho strongest {,
cam possible, the American - apic a,
ommittee is losing no time ian nid@ing h
for the trials which VIII n
G held i'm different sections of the
ountry on the second Saturday In fc
une. Mike Murphy. the veteran e
rainer Of Yale, and Pennsylvania ath- 81
tic teams. has been engaged to con- W
ltlon the men who win be selected
nd in this work he will be assisted "a
bly, by Keene Fitzpatrick. conditioner q,
r Princeton teams. and Andy Mack.
no looks after Yale athletes. other
ell known trainers also will volun-
,er their services. while track coaches
III flock to the aid of the athletes Inn
om all sections. AS result. the men as
no will be selected 20 defend the CT