Arizona republican., 1912-09-08
HE SHOWS WHY
 ENGLAND LOSES
Sir A. Conan Doyle Points Out Cause of British De cline as Athletic Nation; His Plan of Salvation Is Ridiculed But Right

These little old United States had better look a little out! Sir Arthu: Conan Doyle is preparing to make England a real rival in the 1916 olympic games. If his say goes as it lays. there will be such renewal of athletic interest in the isles. as never was before The doctor is really up on his ear about it, pushing into the press and making speeches about tin, athletic decline of the native Brit isher. He asks a small sum like s125,O00 to start the training of boys and young men. He wants several little private Olympiads of England's own to whet up the runners and jumpers, shooters. swimmers and other huskies
 Seriously, the doctors efforts are most worthy. He would make Britain what she once was, the home land of the sturdiest race of men OF earth Owing to great many causes the interest of the Englishman in sports has rotted Not a nice word that, but exactly apt. No more are the people wrought to a sething pitch ot excitement by the sight of two stout fellows cOntending at fisticuffs. For many years there has not been cricket game that was worth the IIrice of admission. That is the word of a man who has studied British athletics since the sensational lose at Stockholm. He says it is due to the habit of young Englishmen to poison and drug themselves with mild narcotics. And what do you think he named as the sappers of the Lions strength? No less old maid beverage TEA! Just think of the strength of a nation slowly perishing through the overuse of a soft drink like that. AnC cigarettes, too. are blamed.
 The writer tells how he has seen groups of cricket players stUp q match game. when only a few min utes more play would decide the contest, lounge over to the tables and call for their five o'clock warm water like so many society beles. N amount of persuasion seemed tn make them realize the foolishness of the act. They had to-have their tea. And they had it.
 Dr. A Sherlock Doyle is all right. He knows what he is doing. If the languid. ladylike tOothpick athletes would each put in the price of a weeks supply of tea and coffin nails, he could easily raise the price of England's rejuvenatiOn. Here is what the eminent author says on the sub- ject. It is taken from the London Times:
 T am most keen to do anything which will help to put the flag on top at Berlin. We cannot afford tc waste energy but must centraliZe and all pull together I think all the pro- losals in your schedule are excellent But we want money, and lots of it I propose to follow up my first letter by a second one presently, appealing for funds on a large scale. We wan1 a central fund of e25.00O, carefully and economically administered. Witf enough money. what I would suggest as an addition to your schedule would be an annual or even biannua Olympics in this country alternately in London and in the provinces, Witl all the Olympic events and gOoC prizes At the end of four years wt should know just what we had Ina is very essential
 Also, to have the provision fol training quarters for six weeks be fore the games near London, and fo carefuI housing of the athletes anC their Supervision during the sports The trouble of amateur trainers i! tifat7you can hardly expect them to b' always with their men, as a profes sienal would be. I think that for tn,