Show 1 T P each athlete receives gold medal 25 00 0 in monster pa parade rade I 1 new york august 29 unlimited e prevailed through tho the pubic le and the exercises in the city hall today in honor of ho athle athletes teg who so BO successfully rep resented america in the olympic r ames rames in london last monab month the celebration began with a monger ter parade and along the entire route which comprised sections of broadway and fifth avenue the sidewalks were jammed with spectators and loops and windows also were filled to to the utmost of their capacity forming the most conspicuous part of the imposing procession which limbered more than marchers barchers mar chers tho hf heroes of strength speed and endurance were greeted uninterruptedly with ith cheers the warmth of the reception caption was more than sufficient to nake up tip for any lack of cordiality on the p other side of the ater and their rolling faces plainly indicated full appreciation on their part in the great parade both the nation nd the state were represented by im boosing detachments of troops nation guardsmen guardsman Guards men and naval militia while the city showed its official ta fa vr vir not only in granting its freedom to the athle athletes teo but also in decorating he city hall front from pit to roof with be e national colors and the emblems f the various victorious athletic lubs clubs an element of the procession lat at was second in the favor of the unnumbered throngs only to tho the olympic victors and abd their teammates was the division containing fifteen nl boys from the public school ath league battalions of ma marines unit united states sailors and soldiers and all the manhattan national guard regiments ivere ere in the fire and second divisions f the parade the third was made up tip of tile the olympic tean team in big automobiles 1110 biles city of officers and the recep continued on page five OLYMPIC HEROES HOME continued from pago ono tion committee these were followed by civic organizations and delegates Q ates from all the aahl athletic e tic clubs the catholic athletic league school societies and miscellaneous bodies formed another di division vision the organizations began assembling shortly after 9 at th their air designated stations and it was soon eoon after ton fou when the parade started from street and broadway with general george 11 wingate grand marshal in command arrived at the city hall the parade ers were reviewed owed by the city officials and their guests and hero here the athletes nearly in number received from the hands of acting mayor mcgowan the cups medals and tokens which were provided for each member of the team whether a prize winner or not the presentations were followed by the singing of the national anthem by 2500 voices nearly one half of the great body of singers being school children the re were members of the big german and other singing societies of various parts of greater new york many thousands of persons were gathered in and about city I hall fall park on the sidewalks and in the skyscrapers surrounding it to witness these exercises each athlete was roundly applauded ashe as he received his bis gold medal melvin shepard the largest point winner I 1 ralph rose the giant weight thrower and john J hayes the dl winner of the marathon J S carpenter of cornell and W C robbins of yale participants in the much discussed meter run nin were favored by the crowds hayes carpenter and robbins were given silver filver cups in addition to their gold as special marks of distinction carpenter who was disqualified after out running the english cham champion plon Licu lieutenant tenant Hal Halt welle and robbing who fl finished nishel second in that meter run but declined to compete in a runoff run off oft were given ovations as they bore oft off their cups all the athletes will go to oyster bay on monday to pay a visit to president I 1 roosevelt |