New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-18
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Big Turnout Of Many Societies
for Olympic Parade.
THOUSANDS TO BE IN LINE
Catholic Athletic League Will
Be Represented by Larger
Delegation Than in 1909

At a meeting of the Catholic A,h,..,.
League, which was held yesterday ~
rangements were made for the particin.
ton of the league In the parade In honou
Of the Olympic athletes which Is To \.
held next Saturday. There will he
larger turnout Of league members ,h.s
in 1903, when between 1000 and 800 =.
raded. The delegates will meet again =,
Thursday evening next for final instru.
tions.
At the headquarters OF the United Swed.
ish organizations of the city, In Carnee,.
Hall. there were scenes Of great activity
during the day. The work of pronsrIp
costuming the heralds who are 10 repre.
sent various periods in Swedish history
and the women who are to appear In COS.
tunes covering periods of many hundreds
OF years, is no small task, but costumars
are at work making the necessary prep
aratlons, and will be kept at II, IL nee.
essary, In shifts. twenty-four hours each
day, In order to make the work q sucees.
Shortly before noon 1t was reported that
Police Commissioner Waldo would proh.
ably call upon the traffic squad 10 turn
out In force in honor OF the New York
policemen who did so much TO achiey.
honors for this country in Stockholm
Then came a petition from the city'g life
saving societies for place in line. fol.
lowed by one from the Colorcd Athleti,
Association OF New York. Jeremiah T
Mahoney chairman OF the dinner commit.
tee, is feeling sanguine that the invita-.
ed to President Taft and Governor DIX
will be accepted. No direct answers have
been received to these as yet.
1T will be wise for those who wish 10
get seats at the dinner TO have reservs-
tons made at the earliest possible mo-
ment on Monday" said Mr.. Mahoney yes
terday. THE seating capacity Of the one
sand, but applications for tickets are now
coming in at rapid rate. and 1t is a cas-.
of first come. first served"
Major Murphy, who has charge Of tn.
arrangements for the civic divisions Of
the parade. gave out the following par.
ticulars as 10 how the marchers will form
to await the parade:
Assembly, 8 a. m.~dlst street, east OF
Fifth avenue, Olympic teams in automo-
biles; guard OF honor Of boys, represent.
ing the forty-eight states and all nations
participating in the Olympic games IN
Stockholm. 10th street, west OF Fifth ave-
nue-Athletic cluos, former champions
old-time athletes. 10Th street, east o;
Fifth avenue-Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION, Catholic Athletic League.
Church Athletic League, Interstate Ath-
letic League, unattached athletes. Ssth
street, west OF Fifth avenue-Boy Scouts,
baseball division (uniformed). 18th street.
east OF Fifth avenue-High school boys,
Swedish societies.
Arthur Chapple will return 20 the motor
racing field at the Stadium Motordrome
at Brighton Beach tonight In a match
with Mike Costello. after being laid re
with a damaged shoulder since he fell
record trial last Tuesday night. Chapple
will hook up with Costello in the star
contes. of the evening. Costello has
chance TO gain a reputation BY defeating
Chapple and with the handicap imposed
on the New Yorker by his bad shoulder
the Italian thinks ne has a chance to
carry away the honoTs.
The Trenton club will play return
enga cement with the Metropolitans a.
Lenox Oval this afternoon. Trenton Will
have Schwab, the pitcher that beat the
Lincoln Giants, in the box.
Articles have been signed for match
between "Packey' Mcfarland. OF Chi
cago, and Young" Mcmahon, Of New
York. The bout will take place In Du-
buque, Iowa, during the race meeting
September is to %.
Erskine Mayer, pitcher owned By the
Atlanta team Of the Southern League, has
been sold TO the Pittsburgh Pirates TO-
$500.
Arthur Pelkey arrived in town this
Carthy tomorrow night at the Garden
Pelkey 10 In fine form and predicts sure
victory over the man that knocked on;
Carl Morris. AS for Luther, no says thst
he is over the nervousness now and that
he will stop Pelkey as he did Morris.
Jim Savage will make another cffort to
climb to- the top of the White Hops
mountain. Savage is unquestlonably one
OF the most scientific men ever seen here
Poor management alone, he says, II what
has kept him down. He will meet another
clever boxer In Kennedy.
JEFF Madden is another OF the hopes 70
reach town. jeff came down from Boston
last night, and really believes that he will
beat Jeanette. This will be the first
time In a year that tho fans" have seen
Joe IN action, and II will be the last time
until he meets Jack Johnson. Maiden
has been fighting two years. He won the
amateur heavyweight championship 10
1910. His first fight was a victory over
Con" O'Kelly. His second contest was
a draw with Andy Morris. Since tnen
he fought Sandy" Ferguson a draw ano