New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-01
uio Crowd Greets Advance
Guard of Athletes at
the Dock.
roRMAL WELCOME DELAYED
Mike Murphy Speaks in High
Terms of the Team and
Their Entertainment
in Sweden.


olynr!c games. thirty-odd athletes and
,.rsral sporting writer's, led by the vet
.,,n trainer. Mike Murphy. arrived from
smkhol,n, sweden. yesterday morning
hoard the Red Star liner Vaderland.
The men we're in fine health and. &C
.,-dlng to the stewards OF the Vederland.
IA not end their record breaking in
:,,den. but continued it at the table and
eeceeded IN destroying more food to the
,,n power than has ever been recorded
:, the Atlantic.
The same source OF information de-
Jared that s. H. ellis, the hammer
,srover. is the champion OF oil the
,s,ers, having consumed for one break
nst a ten-egg oinelet, four English NUT
ION chops whole chicken. six rolls end
quart OF coffee.
The yaderland arrived in port without
an egg on board. and all the fruit that
was left was represented by three small.
snotty apples that were overlooked by
sockaleXis. the Indian marathon runner,
VINO was in hne fettle all the wav over
and back
Some footing OF whistles greeted the
steamer as she came up through tho bav.
and big crowd OF relatives. friends and
admirers welcomed the athletes ~ the
liner locked. II was only the advance
guard Of the team. as most OF the point
winners are still abroad competing in
games or travelling about 10 see the
sights For this reason the formal well
come and celebration Of the victories won
will not be held until August a. Fhe
yaderland docked about clock.
Charley Reidpath, Of Syracuse Uni
ysrsity, was the only winner Of a first
place who returned. but there were a
number OF point winners, Including Cas-
ION strobino who ran third in the Mara
thon run. Reidpath captured the 100
metre run. He said that he considered il
particular honor 20 beat Hans Braun, Of
Germany. who was second, and that the
cam had been royalty received ana roy
ally entertained.
AZ the pier to meet Strobino were mem
bers o. the South Paterson Athletic Club.
forty strong, with a band. many flags
and powerful lungs that did their ful!
duty in greeting the little fellow when he
came down the gangplank.
TIE mascot OF the trip and one or the
most interesting passengers aboard was
Harry Norton, the Toledo boy Of SIX
teen who slowed away in a lfeboat on
he Finland when she was about TO leave
asre for the ga mes
Norton is the son OF an engineer ia
Toledo and worked in Shoe store when
he made up his mind 10 Sc the games az
Stockholm. He started without a cent
Of money, made his way to New York.
snd here boarded the Finland a day be-
fore she was due to Depart for Europe.
ading in hfeboat. From. his uncom-
ortable berth he was dragged thirsty
and hungr,', by sailor. who took him 70
he captain. The commander OF the Fin
and ordered him put aboard the pilot
boat and the pilot took him away from
he ship in his small boat. when Colonel
thompson heard OF the case ana called
ne boz back. offering 20 pay his fare,
which ne did.
The youngster, e husky chap. wore
que sweater beneath a gray coat, while
MS chest was ernblazoned with the
american shield IN ali It's gorgeous color
as' He said that he had had a fine time
and has now seen enough of The world
Tor starter and is going TO school In
the fall.
Nike Murphy. who was III on .he way
over. was IN high spirits. and said that
ne had reason 70 be proud Of the men he
lad had in hand and Of the records they
nede. He said:
Had u not been for the extra events
uch as female swimming, Yachting and
ohsr things. for which we had no en-
'rtes, America would have been en- over
vhelInlng victor IN the total points scored
40 II was. We had nothing Of which TO
orplain, as we scored heavily on track
aud feld aud almost equalied the total
Number Of points OF all other nations
srnbined. We were treated sDlendidly
anywhere. and everybody is more than
naxfed"
asry Buermayer, veteran member Of
10 New York Athletic Club, who went
we 10 the games as that organization :
isOfssentative, said he hnd had the time
ahs life.
ine athletes, who represent only a fTac-
soa OF those who sailed away on the
finland, included long and short distance
'unners, discus throwers. pole vaulters,
me and pistol shots. hammer throwers
and shot putterA
H. Ia Byrd. Of Illinois. the discus
'nroVer who was on the supplementary
~" and who won second place. said that
'ne Finn who beat him was @ giant and
'h'sW the p1pound steel dish a distance
As fest-ten feet further thsn Byrd.
"ho Is himself no stripping, and who has
Hip like a steel wise
AAe cross-country runners who came
'AeS said that the race was rot run.
su' cliff climb. and several of them fell
S0"h the face OF a precipice and had 20
carried away on stretchers
'Vnong those who arrived on the Vsder"
ana we're Sergeant H. l.. Adams. L.
~ rine team; Captain T.. l.. Anderson
Aaoama National Guard. rife team: s.
a. Sellah. pole vaulter; Captain C. L. Bur-
u'VI' west Virginia National Guard, rife
usam; X. l.. Byrd. discus throver: j. N.
davenport who was third in the 500
ne're run; John A Dietz and r. J. Dol
'sis pistol shots; Howard p. Drew. the
Aesro runner: {. s. Edmondson, runner;
hrAleben, marathon runner. 3. II.
'nhs hammer thrOwer; II H. Hellawell,
"g distance runner; Captain r. g. Hird,
WA National Guard rife team; Ser
ssant j. +. Jackson, Iowa National
uard' rife team: John Paul Jones.
sS'oet OF the worlds amateur one-mile
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