Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-08-15 | Page 8 | Olympic Stars Return "Broke"

OLYMPIC STARS RETURN "BROKE" New York. Aug. 15. Byrd and Nicholson, the advance guard of tho Olympic athletes, were a dJoctod twain when they stood on a dock In this city and took an account of stock and found. In nddltion to their baggage, bag-gage, they had something like 57 cents, but their feelings were nothing compared to those of Ben Adams, C C. Childs, Fred Kelscr, C. B. Dukes and Simon Glllls, recently members of the New York A. C. When thoy left this town they wero members of the club, but tho returning return-ing heroes wore denied admission yesterday. yes-terday. They found their way barred when thoy called to greet old friends. During their absence thoy had been summarily dismissed, expelled as It were, for failure to settle their house accounts. As the athletes were away on July I, the time for those in arrears to make good, they wore dropped, Tho boys expected that some leniency would be shown them, but' the board of directors of the N. Y A. C. coldly turned them out, notwithstanding that they were abroad fighting for athletic supremacy for the Manhattan organization. organ-ization. In all thirty athletes are said to have been dismissed.