The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-09
AMERICANS WON
OLYnPICS FAIRLY
is COMING HERE TO LEARN
Superiority in Materials and Me-
thods Given as Cause OF
Victory.

Berlin. September s--rhe boi,.,5I
sQueal az Tn. Ionlor 1y-,.ste ,,l-....
pic games special corresn,,f,5,., ,o
the alleged tactics oe H.. A1,.-t..,
team at stocAholn, ands H., ,-..tl.., ~
connrmatlsn In th, e--.rr..',e..i,.
German omcial record o. ias .4.,,.
published ln Berlin ast vy..4
Carl Diem. tho pr,sld.,t az ~. c.--
Iuan Amateur Athl.ir ftuio, y,ro y...
in charge ot the German r.,rose,'t.-
uvcs at stockholm. mas coiu9ies "a
2o0-paxe volume anailre ,yl,. .r.,,.
phase OF tie games ana IN 4v,r,-
opportunity ne praisc, ,ho A,.e.!..f.
competitors IN unqeai.nea ter,rs
Herr Diem n.t 10 a. th, f-,i,,f
States carl. In 1914 to- make al .~
laustiy- STUDS OF Ameflr.r trai,tirr
methods. with 81 view 20 .nuu..4rattl.e
,uem iu Gerirany ID ptrY.tation III
the 1916 CIynpiad in Berlin
America sad Herr Di.n. lis ab-
solutely the only countr, which na.
anything 20 ,each u.s."
me ioliowtn. excerpts from Hsrr
Dilm's Official record ot th. st..l.-
holm games show VIVA, the hishest
German athletic authorities Thought of
the AmerlLan pcriormArces ia ;aeI
Swcdlsu stadium.
.America's rivals at stockholm were
won't "a complala. amons o;ner tnins-
because the Yankee contestants were
supported rs a company o- bod. of .-
panized 'rooters. ~uo chcerea the.rl
warriors on to sresh triumphs every
time the stars and Stripes went 10 tAel
masthead.
'l could bring myself 10 get excited
about This IN TACT. found this sort
~ enthusiasm sprans sr0m tile most
feryid patriotism ana denoted only the
cuv!able spirit OF solldArity and tr.-I
umphant sclf-couAdeule- wished
that my own compatriots ia the grand
stand had followed suit observed
moreover. that the American 'rooters
embraced many opportunities 70 cheer
nom American winnors.
The cn!ef lesson of the Stockholm
games Was the totally unexpected mar
gin OF superiority OF the American overI
tho European competitors can only
repeat here whist have SAID often
elsewhere. tnaJ the American achieve
mcnts were simply the result or al
healthy Development.
zone encounters frequently the view
that the American Team ~ stockhoiui
consisted OF prodisies freaks. and pro-
fessionals. No explanation ~ de-ea- isi
easter. none Us SO calculated 30 induce
continued residence ln iyuls para
disc ! wish TO say here. wlth al er
pnasis. that nohodys opluiou about theI
American team iz worth hearins wnol
ala not see 1T AT stockholm face tol
face.
~ do not unintontionaliv publish .
fun pase photograph OF the Amclie.tn
team in this volume, aitnongh ordinar-
ily such picture would have interest
only FOL Americans IL iA perfectly
plain from this photograph That ~,
American team consisted of q group ~
rarely Uniform men trained on tnel
right phyziolosiciN lines We can con
sratniate ourselves If w' succeed hy
the employment OF modern training
methods In developing human material
OF the some sort. Our meh' taxing
;hom one by one. gave spl"naid ace
counts OF tncmselNeS' only our OPP
ponents' csp'olally inc Amer'chus
entered .De''sr men. l' was OF course
"a special disappoin,ment inat even our
premier snri"tcI' iian9 prau SUI erfd
de'ea' ~ 'ie i".'us o' .N'''si i'i'Di,
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