The evening world., 1912-08-02
Instead Of Arranging Big Ban
qust for American Olympic
Team, Wouldn't II Be Good
Plan for Reception Committee
to See That the Athletes
Stranded Here Arc Provided
with Tickets Back Homer

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with Tickets Back Homer
~ re- ~: T. p Pa r' ~s,,s s,c''''''s O.
- yeu trained for six months or
~ 10 make the American Olympic
team end won your event In the
eosoai tvouts, and paid your own way
neo Aar western city to New York.
80 went over 70 Stockholm and sue.
oeoosd tn Winning points for Uncle Sam.
a. thsn Uncle Sam gave you . piece
q paStsboasd that entitled you to . re-
TN UP 20 New York. and explained
tha4 Ais interest IN you ended the mo-
aeat you put foot on the wharf.
wouldn't Il get Jour goatf
OoaEdsring the fact that all these
tlAnss happened TO Byrd. the American
dieoas throwsr who beat Duncan and
took sscond TO the big Ednn who cracked
the record. and TO Nicholson, the hurd.
~. these two returned Olympians are
fairly successful In maintaining q philo-
sophie calm.
Byrd and Nicholson were among the
athletes who arrived two days aso.
The former halls from Q town Q HIN.
dred miles or % from Chicago. The Vt.
ter from st. Louis. All the manage
msnt Of the Olympic team vas able TO
furnish them was transportat ton 70
New York OF Q ticket TO thsir home
In shs West. % Of funds to cover meals
aud Incidental sxpsnsas. there want
~ much ~ . Wmptom. One had ~.
A.
laadsd: the otasee Was . nAeob-hs had
thirty-ssven cent?.
Now. " cents, 10 0otess how carefully
husbandsd aod how carefully oAstr,s-
utsd through The expsnss Hst VIII
and Chicago nor provide entertainment
and sustsnancs - the waldorf tor any
extended period Of time 30 che strand
Cd athletes searched out Q Z. ~. c. A,
whore. altar much conversation. thsy
were provided with . room for the
night. Next day they lsft thsir grips
behind and hunted up three or four
members OF the Reception committes
that 10 to get up great AFFAIR In honor
Of the returning athletes on Aug. ~
w0sn nearly all Of the boys have re-
fsssns paris OF the country.
~ HE Reception COMMITTEES msmbers
were very oourteous-aiso desc
lated With sadness. There were
NJ funds either to buy food for returning
sehlstss or 20 send them homo to Chica-
70. o. Louis. &C. II the boys could wait
ustn Aug. n. now banquet. you
know.
Byrd and Nicholson thought It over
"a AA ahA- Ali
aud three days-somswh where near the
fasting record They thought OF the
rood times on the Finland. with Simon
0fMAss eating . dozen soft boiled eggs
Il each meal. with tho shells on. and
Matt Mc0rath and Ralph Rose wadlns
knee deep through the entire bill OF
fars. 20 the end. and then back TO the
soup.
Thsn they went out and counted W
the u cents again.
At this depressing moment. while ns.
using how many ties there arc between
New York and Chicago, and Chicago and
81. Louis. and wondering whether q
squander that 81 cents on one lav.sf
blowout or by niggardly economy try
to make Il last the week out. BYRD,
eye fell upon the coat lapel emblem Of
a fraternity brother. In few rninutei
the fraternity man had tound the price
OF one ticket to Chicago. and had cheer
fully passed u over. That made II pos
sbie for Byrd to get home. p. J, Con
way Of the sh-Amerlcan A. C. ex
tended cordial invitation to Nicholson
to Dc the guest OF the oiuo Tor lev
days. until he can dig up the fare TO II
Louh ihuiaehsa ~ N ~ r,nv nay ,, ru'
pass pleasantly.
low. come in" said the Westerners
.'The club men are all right for tn
Olympic Club of San Francisco ant
the Multnomab and the Chicago A. A
and the other big Western clubs will