The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-19
SULLIVAN BACK WITH
GOOD NEWS OF SPORT
American Suggestions Adopted
at Olympic Congress
in France.
TROPHY FOR THIS COUNTRY
Penalties to Be Enforced for
False starts at the Next
Olympics.

James II. sullivan. tho leader Of attn
letics I'm America, arrived yesterday on
the Celtic from trip to France, where
he and other delegates have been repre-
sentlng the United States In the Inter-
national Athletic Federation meeting and
the olympic congress. The secretary
treasurer Of the A. A. L. brought back
with him a trophy which testifies TO the
strong influence for good which America
has had This ia "a silver cup presented
by the Olympic congress and previous to
its being entrusted to MIR. sullivan as rep
resentatvc Of the \, 4. L. the cup has
been held by the Fencing Club OF France,
the Henley Regatta Association Of Eng
land. Denmark, the German Turn Norcin
and sweden
Everything went swimmingly abroad"
said James T., land the American dele
gates have every reason to be proud or
the number OF their suggestions that were
adopted by the International Federation
and the Olympic congress. We are at last
on the way to a Standardization or attn
letics and the enforcement OF uniform
rules that will make preparation for flu
ture Olympic games comparatively plain
sailing.
The rules adopted at the federation
meeting will govern amateur track ana
field sport the world over after January
/, 1915. They are practically the same
as those in use in this country, 50 that
America certainly has lost nothing by
their adoption. one big change In the
Olympic conditions Is that the starting
rule with penalties will be enforced Al
Berlin This will do away with attempts
to gain an advantage at the start and VIII
prevent the long and tresome delays
which marred the games In Sweden.
THE influence OF America is shown all
! over Europe, and the countries new IN
athletics are looking to America Tor IDEAS
as TO how to run thelr sports and prepare
! their athletes Al COPELAND, the latest
| American trainer to go abroad, mas al
! ready made good and the Austrian dele-
gates at the congress spoke highly OF the
/ work he had accomplished. the Germans
also sneak we'll of Kraenzlein, while hun
gary is looking forward anxiously to the
| arrival of Lawson Robertson. Robertson
| will be more than trainer. lie VIII De
| the director of athletics and VIII nave
charge of all details for the Olympic
games to be held at Budapest IN l9Zo as
/ we'll as having supervision over the tram
| ing work of the Hungarlans
"From what saw at the English cham
| nionships | am OF opinion that England
will be the country we Will have 10 beat
in the next Olympics The performances
were high class ana In AppleHarth fhs
land has the best amateur sprinter tha'
/ have ever seen developed there. II II
likely that AppleSarth will come to Amer
lea for the national championships ut Bal
t,more, in which case there should be a
great race between him and Drew. Al
present It looks as th/igh about 100 attn
ietes would be over here next year IRON
Europe to compete in the sports to Do
held in connection with the Panama
Pacific Exposition"
MIR. sullivan was elected one OF thu
Olymplc Jury which will meet each daS
the olympic games are In progress a
berlin and decide all protests The I'm
PIGMENTS used at the games also VIII b'
subject to his O X.