Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-12
ATHLETICS
At the Worlds Fair and the
Scope Proposed.
A CARNIVAL OF GREAT SPORT.
Athletes from All the Nations Of the World
viii Be There and the, Contests Will
Be Unique and Of an Ex-
citing Charactsrs,,
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Trained athletes from every country
on the face of the earth whelc athletic
sports are practiced, viii meet in friend
~ rivalry In Chicago on Sep, IL, 10 and
rs TO celebrate I'm test Of strength. speed,
endurance aud skill the four hundredth
anniversary of the discovery of America
by Columbus, People who may think
this an unusual manner of commemora-
ting great event are reminded that IL
is u very old fashioned wuy-the way in
which Homer and swift-fOotCd Achilles
observe the funeral of his friend Patro-
clus and Virgil. the pious Aueas COM
memorate the death OF his father, AM
chisps.
Preparations for this carnival Of sport
have already been under way for months,
III, Amateur Athletic union of the
United States, which controls amateur
athletics in this country outside the COLI
lcgcs, has appointed q committee Of
experienced managers 10 arrange all the
details of the tournament. The plan and
scope committee, rs IL is known, consists
of Howard q. Perry of the Columbian
Athletic club Of Washington, ID, c.;
Frederick IL. StcaIns, Of the Detroit
Athletic club; James Il. Sullivan, of
the New Jersey Athletic club; William
r. Curtis, father of amateur athletics"
IN HE United States; and Alexander q.
Nlills of the Ncw York Athletic club, and
A. c. Spading of tue Chicago Athletic
association.
There is no branch of sport whose
claims this committee have not consider
cd excepting. perhaps, skating. Every
one has heard of the negotiations under
way 10 induce the well-Troined crews Of
Oxford and Cambridge TO meet the
eights of Harvard Yale and Cornell.
Lovers of the rough but manly sport of
Football may see exhibitions of that
great game given by the elevens of
Princeton, Harvard and Yale: and the
mnes ot the same universities with
those of Cornell and the University of
Pennsylvania may cross bats with the
representatives of western colleges and
universities on the baseball diamond
or course, lacross is not 20 be forgotten,
ANA the Involves of leading American
clubs will have TO bow before the supe-
rior skill Of Canadian teams.
Probably the greatest treat at the
worlds fair for the lover of SPORTS how
ever viii be the field and trick nth-
iellc handicap and championship meet
lngs' The handicap games are TO take
place on the II. The championships viii
be decided two days later The original
plan of giving the championship meet
me the day following the handicQps was
Abandoned M order 10 give the contes-
lanlS Tor championship honors time 70
rccuperate,
Oh !he program for the 14th are the
lol9wing events; T5-yard, 150-yard, 800
yard ONOyNrd, 10OO-ylrd and two-mile
runs; running high and running broad
jumps pole yauliing, putting 10-pound
shot throwing lB-pound hammer and
2u-pound weight; 1OO-yaHl and 25O-yard
hurdle races over obstacles 3 feet. O
inches, and feet and Is inches respec-
lively three-qnrtef-mne and 2-mile
walks 0-mile safety bicycle race. and
fIGnta1 Of
cd weight.
In all Of these events champions and
HOLDERS OF RECORDS
win be put on the "scratchp-that is.
lhey Wlll have 10 grant allowances 10
athletics OF inferior ability In order 10
maze up FOR the disparity between them
a alhl h'9ke he competitions more exciting.
nus George r. Gray, the New Work
Alhleue clubs champion shot-putter viii
ne called upon 10 allow athletes of
less ability and experience handleaps Of
from lMp to q dozen feet. Zig slim"
Mitchell the hereucan lrishman, Who
sinashes records az will, with the ham
h,Sl ana 0rpound weight win have 10
alloW olhef competitors us much "a 10
iest IN the former and 10 feet in the
ia1ler event A long distance runner Of
'Ae known ability OF Tommy Connea