Sir A. Conan Doyle and the Olympic Failure
Sir A. Conan Doyle and the Olympic Failure is a letter written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in The Sporting Life on 10 january 1914.
Sir A. Conan Doyle and the Olympic Failure
To the Editor of the "Sporting Life."
Sir, — In reading an article by Mr Charles Otway upon Olympic Preparation, I find the first sentence to be "Whatever progress British athletics has made during 1913 has eventuated, not from systematic organisation by the authorities, but rather in spite of the failure of those who have assumed control to get a satisfactory scheme into operation." Really such a remark is colossal. A complete scheme was laid before the public, coming from the only source which was in a position to formulate one. It was crabbed and hindered in every possible way by the majority of sporting journalists — and certainly not least by Mr Otway himself. It is in consequence a failure. And now already we have the very men who are responsible for it penning such sentences as the above. There should be some limit to is representation. — I am, &c.,
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.
Crowborough, Jan. 8.
See also
- Our Olympic Failure (22 july 1912, Evening Standard)
- The Olympic Games (30 july 1912, The Times)
- Britain and the Olympic Games (2 august 1912, The Times)
- Britain and the Olympic Games (8 august 1912, The Times)
- The Olympic Games (22 march 1913, The Saturday Review)
- Olympic Committee (25 march 1913, Sporting Life)
- Olympic Games Lethargy (24 may 1913, Daily Express)
- The Olympic Games (27 august 1913, The Times)
- The Olympic Games Fund (13 september 1913, The Times)
- Some Views on the Olympic Talent Fund (Christmas 1913, Stock Exchange Christmas Annual)
- Preface of The Evolution of the Olympic Games 1829 B.C-1914 A.D., by F.A.M. Webster (may 1914, Heath, Cranton & Ouseley Ltd.)
