Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-09

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 i New York, June S.-Now that the
 athletes of the Central Western and
 Eastern states have all had their try
 outs for places on the American
 Olympic team, which will sail next
 Friday on the Finland for Stockholm.
 public interest has focused itself on
 on July 9th to 10th, the interval set
 apart by the Swedish Olympic com
 clttee for the athletic contests of the
 Olympiad.
 But the athletes themselves are
 thinking today of a more immediate struggle than the one which will take
 place in Sweden. This is a contest
 which takes place in the Waldorf
 Astoria hotel tomorrow, when the i Olympic committee will meet to se-
 feet 100 to 150 athletes to represent America. In the great international competition. The number chosen will
 depend upon the amount of funds
 the committee finds it has on hand
 but even if the team should be kept
 down to the minimum of 100 that
 would be plenty, experts think, to enable the Yankees to win a sweep l ing victory. In facs american eX-
 perts do not limit themselves to pre- dieting sweeping victory They
 say it is impossible for the result to be other than cleanup" for Amer l ica.
 i When the good ship Finland re- CelyeS it's precious burden of gladia- ! tors on Friday, she will he elaborate ly equipped for their accommodation. She will have fine gymnasium and swimming tank, track one-eighth of a mile in length laid out for the runners, and there will be jumping pits and arenas for the weight men. Matt McGrath, Lee Talbott, and the other hammer throwers have been promised that provision will be even made for them to practice on board, which information, by the way of a personal safety tip is respectfully submitted to any whales expecting trail within mile of the Finland's stern.
 The Finland will serve as a hotel for the team from the time she leaves here until she returns. The Red Star Liner will plant her mudhook in front of Stockholm on June 29, the very day the stadium will be opened off cially, but the athletic events will not begin until July 6.
 It is planned to keep the athletics on board during the games so that they can have the proper sort of training food and he within easy reach of trainers, coaches, mentors, rubbers, handlers and other attendants. The | Finland will leave her home on July | goth, but the outsiders who will travel with the team and who might care to return by different routes but by the lines of the International Mercantile and Marine Company will be able to do so.
 Olympic games arc an expensive pastime. It is estimated that from two to three million dollars will be spent by about fifteen different na- tions on the contests this summer. The Swedes, who have the honor ot supervising the games, will expend sum in excess of $500,0O0. Of this amount $300,0O0 will pay for the con- struction of stands, $l00,Oo0 for the development of an athletic team ca pable of making a good showing, and s10O, ,O0o for entertaining the nations guests. England will cough up the next largest sum-s200,000 The Uni ted Kingdom expects to be represent ed by nearly 300 athletes. uncse Sam's limit, until after the games will be somewhat less than $75,O00. But after the events are over the American public is certain to ask its athletes to do it all over again on this side. And when the great Amer ican public asks it is always ready to pay.
 For the first time in the history of the Olympic games, Japan and China will make bid for honors. Japan has some corking athletes, judging by. the reports of their rSlerfotmya ly aces' and the Japs and celestials will in- vest, $5O.OOO on the event,
 Tho city of Stockholm we'll worth seeing. It is an aaa M a <