Piute Chieftain | 1916-11-30 | Page 6 | Swedes to Visit in Spring

SWEDES TO VISIT IN SPRING prominent sport followers pledge enough money to send athletic team to united states the visit of a small team of american athletes to sweden this fall is going to result in big doings in track sports in this country next summer the appearance of the five american stars meredith Ale redith simpson Simp sou loomis ward ard and murray in stockholm awakened in the breasts of the scandinavian din di avian enthusiasts the desire to send a team to america which so nearly bore fruit last june only a crisis between sweden and the entente powers which made it look as though king gustavs country was about to be embroiled in the big war prevented the swedes from sending along a team under ernie hjertberg that would have done credit to the northland As matters stand now there is pledged by prominent sport followers in sweden enough money to send a team of about 15 10 men to this country it Is felt that should the invitation of the now new york athletic club to the swedish athletes be repeated next nest spring as seems likely now there will be a popular subscription ample enough to finance a team of twice the size of the one planned last spring the one factor that would prevent the meet as it did last spring Is the military situation