Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1912 — ATHLETES OFF FOR SWEDEN [ARTICLE]

ATHLETES OFF FOR SWEDEN

America’s Pick of Amateurs Leave New York to Participate in Olympic Gamea. New York, June 14.—When the Red Star liner Finland dropped down the bay this morning and headed for Stockholm, Sweden, she carried on board the greatest aggregation of amateur athletes that America has ever Bent to win national honors in the revived Olympic games. The Finland has been converted into a floating gymnasium, with every known appliance for keeping the athletes fit. The big ship will be the home of the athletes and their friends during the entire stay abroad. In all; 125 athletes and 225 sightseers made the trip.