The sun., 1912-07-04

nittec ia that the organization will Do
forced into bankruptcy 10y tho weight
men," said James T.. sullivan few DAYS
ago. II Simon Gilii| doesn't stop eating
3 so much we viii have 10 sell the Olympit
trophies which "" are going To win to pay
the fares hack from StoC hhoiin."
An ave Inspiring exhibition is tho con :
sumption Of food by The huge a'h.ctes
entered in the shot put hammer and dis
Gus. Seated at one table in u comniaridin G
position in the athletic dining saloon. a
ton Of humanity comprising Matt Nc
Grath. Pat Mcdonald. jim duncan, Ralph
Rose. Emil Muller. {. &. Childs and Simon
Giiis. iiahkeu 10y Lawson nou.t son
coach OF The y. A. C.. oispos. OF AN
SG1n' Whinh i, OF tho 'o"d i,di al ea,h session
caused the ,omi.issary department to
declare tina, the siightest ueiay in the
voyage would result IN the starvation oi
+ all on aboard. The writer was an inv tied
Gues; at several meals and went away
marvellnig at the yhysiyul capacity of
, tho weight chanf ions.
| "S,ewaid." saiu SIMON Gillis by way Of
preliminary. bring irc TWO or three pIaics
! of soup
I he fittest Of the waiter fore. aboard
the finland was cspet ,ally delegatc,i 10
take care Of the American hammer throw =
crs. Inc iirst man la~,-u "a Tor On"
meal Before SANDY noe. wa. los, a.
view situation nad been rea Il 4 ,.li h
made IL Impossible for iuith.r n.iltl,ns
20 continue betwecn hi'n ana Ad.j .I,-
Grath
We see. twas like ;hi.." saii Mat in
explanation. hi. rdlnr was Aiprcn.c
ana n" was one % tn m thivk hc:riou lO"-
elSners who won II do VIVA, you tell ,hcrn
We asked him 10 bring III ~ cvcry1ning
at once and he in-i-led on walking 40
and iro with lutte dish Of ,li- and u,tle
dish OF that Wc'u lie skeletons n we
hadn't had him fired. 1he srconu lad
was d litti" better. He'd bring US enough
AT time hut not what We wanted. When
W" asked for all the vegetables he'd bring
Us IN couple of potatoes and the rest oil
II would he spaghetti and rice and a lot
OF olher things which are all right for the
enail eating peoples hut winch don /,
III IN with throwing the hammer We
asked nm nicely 10 give us good th ngS
TO eat but ne couldn'I seem 10 deliver the
! sun 80 We had To get another"
lhe present messenger at the board Of
the America weigh, throwers is a pleas
ant faced young Englishman named
william pronounced by himself as
-weclum" Norcross Mat, Mct;raIh
insists that this is a noble English name
and tina! the young man i related to tn"
kings of britain. so that Norcross receives
varying titles OF nobility according 10 TN"
service h" renders. On ordinary occa-
sions when Norcross is delivering supplies
at me scheduled rae per quarter hour
ne is called Count When the chicken
is especially worth while his RANK is raised
! to that OF duke, while on Saturday last
with corn beef and cabbage on the menu
card Mr.. McGrath hailed him bv no less
/ title than King
Among the members Of the crew the tale
OF the eating powers Of the American
giants was told to unbelieving ears
TN one OF the first nights of the VOYAGE
number Of the members Of the Ameri-
can team We're standing on the poop deck
IN the shadow. watching the horseplay of
the crew below. In the crowd of trmeri-
cans were a number of college men who
understood both French and German
| hese We're sent into commissions by tho
tale Of one of the assistant stewards who
described for the benefit of the cooks and
| other members Of the ships COMPANY
the manner in which the food disappeared
| at tho weight table.
All the track and field athletes and the
swimmers are eating IN what on an or,li-
nary trip would he the second cabin dining
alcon. The weight men are given the Same
| biIl as the Passengers on board and moth
ing Is forbidden them, hut the rest of the
athletes are confined to u diet which
excludes the pastry and relishcs ON the
regular menu. he fcncers md menb"rs
OF he rim" and pistol teams on the "Trip
| to Antwerp ate with the passengers.
One oi the most interesting studies
! OF the whole expedition has been tho
opportunity 10 observe IN" tact ies OF Mike
Murphy in handling the varied assert o.
Inent of athletes Al the start Of the tri,
| il was plain that Murphy was IN had shape
physically, His pale face and IN" smile
which emphasized the fact thar he WAS
suffering acute pain from his sinai
troubles caused some Of those on board
TO prophesy that Murphy would never
be able to complete inc voyage and keep
IN" active direction nf the athletcs he
salt air and tine weather which distin-
guished the early Iar, of 'ne trip have
rounded him OFT CCns .dciably and while
far from we'll he l. in the best phvsiral
condition which he has enjoyed in the
present year. Nike is now in fine spirits
] he grim silrnc" which dist inguish,d
him when the Finland left tn" Unn"d
States has given way to IA" caistic hunor
when has charact"rincd him IN other
years. 4 few days ago a man who once
knew Murphy we'll. bat who had not
SPOKEN 10 HIM IN the course Of III" Trip,
came to him on dsck w,,h u salntaiion
Hello, Mih". h. Sald, how ar. you?"
Murphy is deaf hlit soii'tlrr"s he pp-
pear 'r"r" der! ,hpr ~ "'h. 80 nnd ,hn-o
hn wiin'--,d ia" ~, ri,nt say that
thci" was n twinkle IN IN" traiu'rs yc
as h.. pat his hand I" h,s .ar and ,rnd.
siPn that h" did NOT conn rch,nI. he
gentleman who had hailed him aas much