The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-02
DICKSON
'''i HEARS FROM
% G. P|NNEO

General Secretary Dickson has re-
ceived an interesting letter from Geo
Tinneo who is in charge OF the Amer
can Wrestling Team at the Olympic
games.
Pinneo gives an interesting account
Of his experiences and states that they
have received very fine treatment. tt
seems that there are several other Y g.
NJ c. men in charge of athletes at
the games Marriott being in charge
Of the Greek athletes. Plat Odams in
charge Of the italian. Brown in charge
Of the japanese and Schroeder in
charge Of tho French. The letter
follows:
My dear Mr.. Dickson.-Since no
mails have been delivered and Aneri-
cans who are here say that we may not
receive any for weeks 70 come, l am
sending this to America 70 be mailed
u wish I could tell you what a fine
time we have had and are having
cable stories 20 the contrary notwith-
standing. There were small inconven-
fences and discomforts but altogether it
was fine.
This city and life here reads like a
story book with the narrow streets.
wooden shoes and old witch brooms
made by tying twigs on a stick. The
people are the hardest working people
that ! have ever seen-talking I mean.
They will talk for minutes and min
utea over the most trivial matter and
after IT Is settled they Will again go
all over it two or three times. How
ever. they are certainly fine TO Ameri-
cans and will go to any length 10 be
accommodating
'1we are living IN oudean School in
the heart of the city. 1t is nine stor-
;.s high and the dormitories occupy
the two ends Of the space. A court
40 fest long and so feet wide occu-
pies the center between two high fenc-
as locust tree occupies the center
with a flower bed around IT, The tree
= only about so feet high but feet
n diameter at the base with severa
small piayhouses IN the branches
All the base Of the court outside OF
he flower bed is covered with tile.
Other smaller trees cover the court
with perpetual shade.
We are served by the native people
here and some time we have had First
they would cook no breakfast for Us at
ALL Then they would serve no butter,
Tea nor coffee with meals. For break
fast. when they finally learned that We
must eat in the morning. they scrambled
about six to ten egs for twenty athletes
as hungry as bears. Finally We got
more for breakfast. but this morning
they served sluey rice and sardines for
breakfast and there was near world
war started.
The meats here are simply the finest
ever And IL the English have better
lea than they boast here 1 don't blame
them for liking it. 1t is simply de-
licious.
The wrestling Is 10 be done IN the
zooloE ical gardens. as is also the box
ing. Before you receive this I suppose
you will have cable of how IL all came
out.
You may be interested 70 know that
there are several men here. Marriott
has full charge of the Grecian athletes,
Platt Adams has charge OF the Italians,
Brown of the Japanese and Schroeder of
the French. They have the largest z.
N G A. in the world in Coblenz they
tell me I hope 10 see 1t before I come
back. / expect 10 have five 10 seven
days after we are through.
L am here a week and have been
SO busy that 1 have not even seen a pic
ture show nor been to any part of the
city except to see the Stadium once.
1T has been a wonderful trip and l
am wishing all the time that my friends
were viz me.
Hoping things are fine and with the
very kindest regards to the bunch. l am
Yours very respectfully,
GEORGE NJ PINNEO."