Physical culture . Photo by Pictorial News Co. Contestants in Marathon Race. The winner, J. J. Hayes, is No. 26, in center of photo American Athletes at the OlympicGames of 1908 By Jay Bee ALTHOUGH details of the OlympicGames of the current year may beregarded as matters of historyrather than news, it is neverthelessinteresting to review the performances ofsome of the athletes who represented theUnited States in the stirring contestswhich occurred at Sheppards Bush, nearLondon, during the latter part of lastluly. While the keen degree of rivalry be- tween the nations participating in theGames
Physical culture . Photo by Pictorial News Co. Contestants in Marathon Race. The winner, J. J. Hayes, is No. 26, in center of photo American Athletes at the OlympicGames of 1908 By Jay Bee ALTHOUGH details of the OlympicGames of the current year may beregarded as matters of historyrather than news, it is neverthelessinteresting to review the performances ofsome of the athletes who represented theUnited States in the stirring contestswhich occurred at Sheppards Bush, nearLondon, during the latter part of lastluly. While the keen degree of rivalry be- tween the nations participating in theGames was responsible for much deplor-able bickering, the feats achieved by thecompeting athletes were of such a strik-ing nature as to enable the true lover ofathletics to soon forget this fly in theointment. This fact was well-illus-trated by the splendid reception given tothe returning athletes in New York City,and the numerous lesser celebrations thecountry over. 3S7 358 PHYSICAL CULTURE. ln>tii l\ ii Nf«s i 100 Meters Race, third heat, Cartmell, U. S. A., in the lead It cannot be denied that the showing of Americas athletes at the Games wasremarkable, in view of the fact that theywere meeting the picked men of Englandon their own soil, and in spite of the dif-ficulty of foreign athletes becoming in-ured to the climate of that countrywithin a short time. Of course, these disadvantages were shared by the visit-ing athletes from all countries, and thisfact serves to make their striking per-formances more commendable than theathletic achievements of men competingunder conditions to which they are ac-customed. It is gratifying to observe the attention
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