The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-15
Americas Showing in the 0lym.
"a ~ pic Games Makes a Big I'm.
4y.,-
preston on the Other Nations.

IC-' trh. ~. VI va,,s,
rNDAy MIR. a,,sr IN. ,,uou.
Marathon had been run. and IN.
hammer had been successfully
,virI,d by Matt McGrath. the olympic
"a score stood: America. 70; The Rest OF
IN. World. "a.
Imagine that-Amcrica's team scoring
moro points thnn the combined teams
.of England. Sweden. Finland, Russia,
France. Germany. Italy. Greece, Japan,
Australia. Canada. Roumania. Austria.
Sorvay. Hungary. South Africa, all
- - =, -,
NcIrsu eri,Ic. hsvs been saving
n All sorts Of p,easant things about
- Americas athletic supremacy. OF
course England, with IL points can't
feel very happy. SO the English writer's
are casting about for an excuse. They
deny yehemently that England has
fallen so far behind because OF any
,nheren, physical or mental inferiority.
..,merlcans make n business OF athle,-
2 thew saw. One amusing statement
q. that The Americans are not actually
.rrofes.,onal athletes. but that they are
po,entiaI professionals. as the winners
az events Will return to America and
Sske ND professional coaching, their
prestige as olymplc champions being OF
-. a. ao,.rr,i,,ry tho salaries maid.
-. ~ A.,,., 40 o,h.r English
i"'s 30 as ao'u as ""'
The American ath'e'es doh oeeo"o
professional coaches after winning
Olympic Championships Many OIL 'ne"
are college boys' ana perhaps nine out
81 ten VIII give up annette competition
AFTER graduating Inc res' s''p' s'
back to their 'oos'
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.o "po. 80, o,,',s -.
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seS VI al, "a'"', 49,,
."s INNS
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osns arc "'enS no" W 80
tney are haro W oea' "" "a." a"u
ne'u 'heS NC "a'u W oe~' "'' "'e''
e'se'
peheVe that A'her'eas consecutive
uiumphs IN the oy"pcs az Athens'
Paris, ST. Louis, LONDON ana STOCK
no" - a,,an % a.. aar,h
as aaots,,. ,,,,or,..
a. IN. snanish var
srA s for ENGLAND, what are the facts?
~ Only a few years ago England
. . was the one modern nation great
IN athletics. English teams could
sweep the earth as easily as American
Z Teams sweep II now.
~ We learned our first lessons In ath-
letics from England.
We usea IN ,m,ort coaches and train.
a.. ,ro,, rn,,ana IN show ~. how IN
-, -, ,,ro,,
s"'s. az" nv" .,
nut Ihsia"d mas so"o o"0"' a"
become istiess ana mas iost her An
cient vim and dash ana stamina here
~ America We have gone into athletic
training and competition with a char
1cteristic American rush. We have de-
yeloped our own styles OF training
end our own coaches and trainers. Our
S.,h,.,o. dor., "nak. a nrof.ssion n,
.,.,- .,h,o,,,s" hut thav 40 train
a,o w., ~, .v
80 Nne" my 80 49,
f'ery ounce Oh s.rons'h anu apeeu 1"'
courage ana oe'er"''""'o" '"'' nav
: Moreover 10 90 theif oes'' my i.a''
swelf-denlai IN al ''S io'"S' i"e' N''
athiet'c i'es ~
Tears ago the bonuoh N'n.e"e C'u'
sent great team 10 A"e''." .o' uu"
meet win 'he New Ao'H
- " erect an 'h'erh""o"" e"a"'p'o"'n'p
sor IN eaeh county .ne .,s,p,s. az =,
sne $780,
Ths EnglIsb CHAMPIONS cana here ful
~ the idea that they'd win an easy vic
tory over the blatant Yankees" Amer
lean athletes. visiting them before tn