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| success o, an American specia,,.,. and I

! success OF an American specialist. and
know that the Swcdes hoped to win with
one Of their neil. AS II was Thorpe came
up to and surpassed every standard they
had set and won both events with case.
The Finn. Kolehmainen. is a great runner,
but In my opinion Thorpe's feat Is away
In front Of any mans who only completes
In running races"
The experiment Of keeping tho mon on
board the Finland was not success. ac-
cOrding to Sullivan. and well as the men
did he believes they would have done bet
ter II they had been quartered ashore and
had a little more freedom. lie could not
speak too highly Of the treatment received
from the Swedish nation and had only a
little chNcklc at the poor showing made
by the English team. While the tux was
nearing the dock he waNed eloquent ci.
the need OF an association that should
govern the Olympic meet IN u broad sense
and sec that every nation has fair show
TO come out ahead.
Understand, this ts no kick AT any
thing that has happened said Sullivan.
| but there IL urgent need ~ some under
| standing before the next games arc held
in Germany and We cannot begin too soon
Rules should be made at once that will
govern the Contt SITS. the prOgra:nfne should
be announced at onc. so that all nations
will have equal cnanccs to prcpar" their
men II Is nonsense that In n meeting OF
the importance that the Olympic games
has assumed the country holding the meet
, should have the right to place all kinds
OF events OF the programme that the mon
| Of that country are proficient IN and thus
beat out the other nations who help to
make the games II success by sending
teams.
! Not only should the track and field
| events be stated, but all tho other con-
, tests should be outlined. Then II would
hC en- ho holieq ip A.
| branch OF sport TO provide the men to
! represent their countries In their different
, sports. The athletic enthusiasts took too
big a burden on their shoulders in these
| games, and though We won and won easl,
| in the purely athletic events. | learned
| that after we left Sweden we were beaten
/ by the inclusion Of yachting and other
sports In which America had no repre-
| sentat!on.
above all there never should tc an
! other SGT Of Olympic games at which tho
country holding the games provides all
the officials. That has been tn" rule her"-
tofore, and when the games were held in
| st. Louis no ono hut an American was
appointed an official. Now this gathering
| Of athletes has outgrown the ideas which
were good enough to start with and oil
possible pickering should be prevented IN
| the future by giving each country repre-
| sentation. / sat In the International Jury
box all through the games. but WAS too
! far removed from the scene of action to
/ be Of any real benefit to the American
! competitors. / am convinced that II would
make for better feeling all round If the
officials were selected from all the coun-
| tries represented in the games. There
should also be a trophy to reward the
! winning nation. America has pr we'd vic.
! torious In the track and field events Of all
! the Olympic revivals. but We hav, nothing
but newspaper clippings to show for all
, our victories"
Manager iialpin expressed himself as
! greatly pleased with the work oi the rner
| in his charge. There was biz crowd tc
| meet the returning Olympic officials OF
the dock hut the real greeting was rivef
from the G. +. Raymond down the bay.