The evening world., 1912-10-17
81 Haze Never Seen Any,
thing Unfair on the
Part Of Any American
Athlete; HoWeUer, There
Is a Great Difference
BetWeen Games and
Athletic Supremacy"
By Sophie Irene Loeb.

By Sophie Irene Loeb.
npsciai Correspondence to The Evening worid)
LONDON. Oct. H.-Slr Conan Doyle, |
the one man In the history OF letters |
who has made a character in Action 90
real that he has been personified into
that character himself. exemplfies the
unusual combination Of both brain AMI
Drawn. as a genius in one and an au-
thorlty In the other, yet withal as
gentle as a chlld-all OF which strongly
manifested itself In my delightful talk
With Sir Conan and Mrs. Doyle
To begin with, Sir Conan Doyle de-
tests talking Of himself, for he says: 1T
10 surely a mans work and not man
which Is vital" Yet even that work by
which he is best known in America ne
does not commend himself For he
said: "Oh, Sherlock Holmes. But you
must not take him or his doings serious
ly. Poe. you know. wrote the great de-
tective stories. and was inspired by
him to add to the theory OF the prac-
teal side o. things. as a student of
medicine induced by my teacher of
medicine, who knew SO many things.
why. that m L." said Sir Conan. en-
Enthusiastically (for now he was talking
of another) could tell what was the
matter with patient almost the minute
he looked at him. where he came from
and many other unusual things before
>fhe person had told him anything. SO
IN those early days 1t was Just inter-
ssting to work practical things out to
their natural solution. That's ALL"
A.. .ou.. ao,.,,
rACVS.
And in this way he dismissed the
volumes Of fiction that We so much
enjoy and which writers the world over
try to initiate. and came down to facts,
things that are happening right now In
the big world and its work of which
~ Is part and parcel. For certainly.
Mr Conan Doyle Is humanitarian
nrst OF all. which / will tell you about
later.
There has been considerable con-
troversy In London over the recent
Olympian games. some OF which was
very pointed in criticism OF so-called
American methods OF fairness" An
swers have come back from our own
country and published In the London
papers and reported to have come direct
from the Olympic authorities. showed
these clip?l- IS to Sir Conan. who Is
considered one OF the leading authorities
IN England on sports generally
YES l have seen them.' said Sir
Conan. and It Is regrettable. to say the
$751; that there should be any contro-
Versy But OF a'uise the American peo-
Pie Gun hoiu US as an Ens"sh nlton,
Responsible Tor some OF the pnoi'she1
op,"'ohs oi 'hui''uu'is' h"t 1 al" sur
pu ana a." also sorry 'hat the
o'y""p'an au'ho'','eS saw III 10 answer
.nese ''u,'i'oa's IN 'he FORM Oh attack
"s S"ehs" "e'4'o"S III previous con-
tssts'
re'soha''y. IN All the games 'hat !
nave ever witnessed "here the Ameri'
cans were concerned J saw nothing I'M
sion i ho.eo that 'h>y Wai'eA TOT as
apieu ielow racer thus waving their
rsh's III 'he matter 10 the resulting APP
pause Oh the spectators again some
""'e ago. at MeauoWoah"' l Wl'hSsseu
POLO game wnere 'hey waited Tor con-
@uerao'e time 'or "i'h 10 set MS
sucK.
"osrtsinIy the oiymp'an Games
hevo won TOT Imcr1ca pT1me
place ~ nm athletic nation hut
think sney would be wtso should
they seek to gsneraiise more than
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