The Washington herald., 1920-07-28
By RAYMOND G. CARROLL.

New York, July 27.-The original
Greek idea surrounding the estao-
lishment of the Olympic games in
the year 776 B. c. was that the body
of a man has a glory as well as his
intellect and spirit. That was our
main thought when standing this
afternoon with Gustavus T. Kirby,
president of the American Olympic
&C cemmittee. watching the gray
painted United States transport,
Princess Matoika, swing into the
North River from the Hoboken pier
carrying to the Seventh Revived
Olympic at Antwerp lOS track and
field men. forty-eight swimmers,
twenty-four wrestlers, twenty-five
boxers, twenty fencers and eight
bicycle riders-the pride and glory
of American physical manhood.
There goes the A. Z. F. of Peace.
said Mr.. Kirby, land from the iden-
tical pier three short years ago
went the A. e. F. of war. Behind
this departure is a big motive or
international peace-our boys to
fight for victory on field of play
instead of on the field of battle. or
| our departing athletes 70 per cent
are former service men, many who
went overseas with ING di nv -
emotions now must be curious in
deed"
Athlete and Lawyer.
Mr.. Kirby Is a tall. well knit per
son, who, during the big conflict
was director of foreign agents for
the war Trade Board. He is law
yer, but with his father conducts
both an art gallery and a restau'
rant. He has long been an enthu'
siast on sports and was captain Of
Columbia University's '95 fencing
team. He continued:
The important lesson of thu
great war to US was our need fo
better bodies. Much too high per
, centage of our youth was found t
, , be physically unft by the draf
boards. Athletics not only teache
men and women how to use thei
strength, but to coordinate as wei
: the mind, the body and the nerve
, Far more than the elation we shal
I get from the cable news of tn
events our stars capture at Antwer
I will be the stimulus to athletics i
= general at home and influence TO
/ peace developed abroad by tn
= friendly competition with the ath
:, letes of European countries.
r More Representative.
When the last batch of America
e athletes sailed for Stockholm eigh
: years, ago they were far less repre-
h sentative of the entire Unite
r States than those sailing today. !
s 1912 the American representatio
r was got together by Col. Robert \
Thompson, who dipped his hand int
d his own generous pocket for upwar
It Of $60,0e0. This year the canvas
n for candidates was put up to II
different localities of the Unite
States with special chairmen for a
the big cities-Boston, Chicag
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Clevelan
Buffalo, San Francisco, Seattle, Ne
Orleans, Minneapolis, Spokane. Ii
Angeles and other localities.
In the athletes who marched
the foot of West Thirty-fourr
street, from the Manhattan Ope,
House, where they gathered Il
farewell muster and exercises b
~ fore sailing, l noticed fourtes
4. women. They were the champic
- swimmers. among whom were 1rel
Guest and Eleanore Uhl of Phil
II delphia, Margaret Woodbridge
Detroit, Betty Grimes of Minnea
oils and Thelma Payne of Portlan
Ore. Most attractive they looked
ie their blazers, striding along full
health and the new spirit Of en1anc
- patton that seems to possess q
American women these days.
y shall issvt the rest Of the athlete