The sun., 1912-08-11
down BAY TO WELCOME
0LYMP|CS' BIG CHIEF
Athletic Club Men Honor L. s.
Commissioner j. 4.
sullivan.
TUG TOOTS A GREETING
McCirath, kiviat, Meyer and
Others Return Home
on Celtic.

There may be a greater welcome IN
store for the Olympic athletes. but there
will not be a more spontaneous expression
OF admiration and friendship than awaited
james E. Sullivan, the big chief OF ANA
teur athletics. when he arrived here yes
terday on the Celtic after engineering the
sixth American victory In the olympic
games. Champions have been allowed to
drift In and go to their homes without
any great demonstration, but there was Il
big crowd Oh hand to welcome SuihVah
and the members of the team that re-
turned with him from the conquests IN
Sweden.
Major John j. Dixon Of tho Forty.
seventh Regiment, but better known 10
sporting men as boxing commissioner Tor
the State OF New York, was the leader
OF the expedition 10 greet Sullivan lie
and his friends chartered the tug G. p.
RAYMOND for an early trip down the bay.
az the Celtic had anchored over night ana
was due to leave Quarantine the hrst
thing yesterday morning. Nearly every
club IN the Metropolitan district was rep
resented when the tug left the Battery AZ
s A. NJ. Among those on board were
Frederick ". Ruben. X. II. Thomas, II. 5.
Quinn, W. J. Lee, J. j. Diegnar, J. J..
Boyle, J. J. Dixon. ]. Stumpf. Prosper
Clust X. W. Kammerer. +. }. Lawrence.
Cyril Jones. p. J. Conway, w. IL. jones'
Alexander Ferris. Stacey sullivan. Murray
Davis. Arthur Adams. Thomas Ditmar.
Commissioner Nicholas J. Barrett. Thomas
Blasill John Doyle, r. ]. Wood Fred
White, John ]. I.awlor. c. A. Fleming, n.
J. Dormer. Joseph Kavanaugh. Sidney
Gooch, Frank Paul and F. j. V. Delaney.
There was footing of whistles when
the tug drew alongside OF the liner and
sullivan was seen at the rail OF the ship
with members Of the team grouped
around him. His bodyguard consisted OF
Abel Kiviat. the Irish American miller :
| AIvah r. Meyer. the sprinter Of the same
club James NJ. Rosenberger, also OF that
club l.. REM, the Mohawk A. &. walker
| Sam Schwartz, another walker: Matt
| McC;rath. the champion hammer throw"r.
and Matthew =. Halpin. manager OF the
| Olympic team. The yell used by the
| Americans at Stockholm rang out with
| sullivan as the concluding word and
| those on ship board Joined In the cheers.
While the cheers were ringing out the
| head and bust Of man appeared at a
portfolio. This was Lawson Robertson.
| the Irish American trainer who was TAX
| Ing "A bath when the shouts notified him
that something in the way OF a denonstra.
tion was on hand.
| sullivan tf!pped down the ladder and
Joined his friends on the tug. all smiles
and looking ten years younger and twenty
pounds heavier than when he left New
York. He was followed by Manager Hal
pin. also greatly improved In health since
he shed the worries Of conducting the
! olympic campaign. There was Joy
Gus shrek froip the whistle Of the tug
ard a shout OF 'Oh. you sullivan" :" from
the liner as the little craft ran away
from the Celtic. while the American com.
missioner TO the olympic games was
graspinE the hand Of one friend after
| Mat Nor
uous effort to follow down the ladder
and make a flying trip to the dock. but
| strong as he was he had to submit tc
the officials and remain on board
Once aboard the lugger Sullivan was
loaded with congratulations. He showed
his first enthusiasm on receiving n letter
from J. W. Spalding. which read
| Dear Sullivan:
Welcome home 10 the chief: ! shall be
glad TO Sc" you and hear your enthusiastic
world. but and beside ali hat, ! shall be be
| higheat type of loyal friend and enthusiasts
| tic business associate.
The first question shot at Sullivan was
In regard to the alleged foul by Donald
II. Young. one Of the Americans in the
400 meter race. No other man returning
from the games has explained the incident,
| but the American commissioner quickly
| replied: That matter was dropped when
| We heard from Young himself that he was
placed in a position where he either had
| to push the Swede aside or turn to the
inside and spike the German. Braun. He
| elbowed the Swede out Of the way. and
We could ind no fault with his disqual,-
ncation after We learned the facts. Had
the heats been run In lanes. as the final
was. there would have been no trouble,
and as II was no one believed that Young
| committed an intentional foul
Mr.. Sullivan said that In his opinion
the hero Of the Olympic meet was James
| Thorpe, the Indian, who won both the
pentathlon and the decathlon. THE con.
ditions for those events" he said. "were
framed as far as possible to prevent the