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Show THE 191 2 OLYMPIC 1 MARATHON 1 A THLETIC gossip from Stockholm. H tho seat of tho next Olympic ' B games, seems to indlcato that thero B will bo somo novelties Introduced dur- Vp-lng Vp-lng tho moot, as well as changes hero jj and there m the competitive end of the IJ program. It ha3 been officially an- 111 nounced that tho start and finish of 1 1 the Marathon race will bo from tho 11 stadium, which will bo some comfort jlj to the competitors, as they can bo well III attended to before starting out on tho '' I long grind. The course will be trl- ' 11' angular and arranged bo that thero will bo no chance of the runnprs get- i ting mixed toward tho flnloh. Another An-other advantago which the plan will provido Is that tho public will be able I to watch the start and finish of tho " II raco without moving ofT their seats. ! (I Horctoforo In other fixtures of this kind tho training facilities In the Immediate Im-mediate neighborhood of the games wore rather limited, but this time tho ; conditions will be different. Closo to the tdroltsparkcn, where the stadium has been erected, there Is a t I big sporting ground fitted with a running run-ning track and all the apparatus In the Infield, and there arc to be dressing rooms and shower baths, as well .ia lounging roooms for the nthlefs. , Visitors who might happen to reach i; I Stockholm some lime before the open- I lng of the games and who might care , to do a little training will find plenty , I of accommodation. It is the Intention v i of tho Swedish Olympic committee to i fit up somo schools that are situated ( I in tho neighborhood as sleeping apart- I ments, and there the competitors can berth at a nominal figure. '. f A great feature of the g.imc3 will bo j fj the exercises of tho various singing so- II clctlea, Tho choruses to the number Jj of about 4,000 Intend to attend each day and render the national and othor airs of the different countries having l teams in the competition. Ono of the r, days about midway In tho program Is j! to be st aside entirely to singing with I M selections bj' tho bands Anybody j 1 who has ever been to Wales at an of j tho big football matches can form an i Idea of what a monster chorus can do ? J In the way of adding life to the eont r; j, Tho Swedish singers will go on much I l the same plan i I The American Olympic commltteo h ? through its secretary. James 13 SulII- Jj van. has mado the first appeal to the ( I country to defray tho expenses of the i Yankee boys to Sweden The team '" this time will number about sixty" men. n and to take them across and keep them fc in proper style will need a fund of fi $60,000 The Amateur Athletic union " has already contributed $1,000 of the ". It amount and tho remainder, which la ' considerable, Is to be gathered here f i and there from the athletic bodies and i it other kindred organizations. The !i J American commltteo believes that such districts as New England, headed by l! the Boston A. A.; the Central asso- i elation, with tho Chicago A. A. as a , leader, and the Metropolitan assocla- V tion will contribute liberally, as on K $ former occasions, and that perhaps the U two Atlantic associations, the South- h j ern, the Pacific and the Pacific North- ' I west, will put their shoulders to tho 1 ' wheel with a little more vim than they I I hae formerly. In America today f. I there are enough men Interested In ' amateur sport to easily gather the needed sum without appealing to the V captains of Industry or the wealthy J class. All that Is neccsaarv Is a little i J system in the way of each club opon- j; i lng a subscription list and collecting y I a small sum from each member ,' F |