The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-10

New York, June D. Special. )--Now that the athletes of the central west ern and eastern states have all had their tryouts for places on the Amer ican Olympic team, which will sail next Friday on the Finland for Stock holm, public interest has forcused it. self on July to 15, the interval set apart by the Swedish Olympic commit tee for the athletic contests of the Olympiad.
 But the athletes themselves are thinking today of a more immediate struggle than the one which will take place in Sweden. This Is a contest which takes place in the Waldrof-A As toria hotel today when the America Olympic committee will meet and se- feet 100 to 15O athletes to represent America in the great international com petition The number chosen will de- pend upon the amount of funds the committee finds it has on hand but even if the team should be kept down to the minimum of 100 that would be plenty, experts think, to enable the Yankees to win a sweeping victory. In fact, American experts do not limit themselves to predicting sweeping victory" They say it is impossible for the result to be other than clean up for America.
 When the good ship Finland receives it's precious burden of gladiators on Friday she will be elaborately equipped | for their accomm odation. She will have a fine gymnasium and swimming tank, a track one-eighth of a mile in length | laid out for the runners and there Will be jumping pits and arenas for the weight men. Matt McGrath, Lee Tal- bolt and the other hammer throwers have been promised that provision will be even made for them to practice on board. which information. by way of personal safety tip, Is respectfully sub mitted to any whales expecting to trail within a mile of the Finlands stern
 The Finland will serve as a hotel for the team from the time she leaves here until she returns. The Red Star liner will plant her mudhook in front of Stockholm on June 29, the very day the stadium will be opened officially, but the athletic events will not begin until July 6.
 It is planned to keep the athletics aboard during the games so that they can have the proper sort of training ] food and be within easy reach of train Y CTS coaches. mentors. ruhbers, hand | lers and other attendants. The Finland I will leave her home on July 2o, nut the outsiders who will travel with the team and who might care to return by different routes but by the lines or the international. Mercantile and Ma rine company will he able to do so.
 Olympic games are an expensive pastirne It is estimated that from two | to three million dollars will be spent by abont l5 nations on the contests this I summer The Swedes, who have the honor of supervising the games, will expend a sum in excess or sooo,Ooo' or | this amount $3o0.000 will pay for the construction of stands, s100,000 for the development of an athletic team cap able of making good showing and sloO,0OO for entertaining the nation s | puests. England will cough up the lnext largest sum-$ -$200, ,000.i The United
 Kingdom expects to be represented by
 nearly 800 athletes. Uncle Sam's limit
 until after the games will be some
 what4less than $75.0o0. But after the events are over the great American
 public is certain to ask Its athletes to do it all over again on this side. And
 when the great American public asks 1t is always ready to pay.
 For the first time in the history oi
 the Olympic games Japan and China
 will make a bid for honors, Japan has
 some corking athletes, judging by the
 reports of their performances, and ths
 Japs and celestials will invest s50,00(
 on the event
 The, city of Stockholm is well wortl
 seeing It is an ancient city and [ center of considerable historical inter est. It received its municipal charter in l255, but was inhabited long before
 that date. The athletes will see ther, l churches works of art and counties.
 other interesting things that wer'
 many centuries old before America had even been discovered. bit o Hand taken from the Neapolitan shore
 some of the Hierean Islands, few