The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-18
OLYMPIAN GAMES AT ATHENS
Origin and History of the Modern Imita
lions of the Classic Festival


lions of the Classic Festival
Princeton, N. J., March 1.-THE mem
| bers of the Princeton Athletic team
which will represent America at the
| Olympian games to be held in Athens
from April to April 10, are Robert
Garrett jr., '97, captain of this years
| track team, who will compete in the
shot put, throwing the discs, broad
| jump and horizontal bar vault; A. c.
| Tyler. '97, pole vault, F. a. Lane '97,
one hundred metre dash, and ]. II. Col
felt, SO, four hundred metre race.
The men will sail on Saturday by the
North German Lloyd steamship Full
da, for Naples. From Naples they go
by boat part way and the remainder by
rail to Athens. The team will be alb
sent about five weeks, returning in
time for the spring games.
Professor William NJ Sloane, chair
man of the American committee on ar
rangements, expressed great surprise
today when he learned that the Boston
Athletic club would send a team, a. he
had received a message Saturday stat
ing that they had given up all idea of
doing so.
'EThe two teams" he said" will unite
Jointly to represent the United States"
In connection with an account of the
! part Princeton will take in these games
the following short history of their or
igin and the arrangements that have
| been made, was printed in the Daily
Princetonian this morning:
I'm the spring of 1893 at the request
of NJ. de Pallissaux and Baron de Cou-
bertin, the congress of Paris was sum-
moned by a decision of the Union
French association of athletic sports
and three commissioners were request
ed to organize the congress; Baron
Pierce de Coubert for continental Eu-
rope; Mr.. c. Herbert for England and
her colonies and Professor William NJ.
Sloane for the American continent. The
commissioners drew up a constitution
and rules governing amateurism and
professionalism and discussed plans for
the games. At a summer meeting of
the congress, Athens was proposed by
the reek delegate, as the place to hold
the games, and being warmly support
ed by Messrs. Couberlin, Sloan, Con
dinet and Lovillers, his proposition was
adopted, Athens historic associations
making her especially suitable. In 1900
the games will be held in Paris, in 1904
in New York, and after that, every
fourth year at different cities of the
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amateurs and adults, no school boys be-
ing admitted, and con testants can rep
resent only the country of which they
are citizens. The general committee
is at Paris, as are also the secretary
general and treasurer; but the presi-
dent of the games will be citizen of
the country where the games are held.
Each country has national committee
which has care of all contestants from
that country"
The games are meeting with hearty
support in Greece, and the king and roy
al family are much interested. They
will be held under the patronage Of
the heir apparent, Prince George. The
duke of Sparte is the president, and
Prince Nicholas is an honorary member
The games are to be held at Athens
from April to Is, inclusive. or, by the
Greek calendar, from the oath of March
TO the Sd of April. Following is the
program for each department:
A-Athletic sports: Foot races: 100.
400. 500 and 1,500 metres: hurdle races,
running broad and high jump; pole
vaults; putting the shot and the discs,
long distance run from Athens 10 Mar
athon, a distance Of IS kilometres for
the cup offered by NJ. Michalbroel.
B-Gymnastics: Individual exerci-
seS; exhibitions on fixed bars; rings;
parallel bars; horse leaping; work with
the weights: team work
G-Fencing and wrestling: Work
with the foil, stave and sword: ANA
teurs. civil and military professors;
wrestling. Greek and Roman.
D-Shooting: Shooting with army
rifles, carbileS and pistols.
E-Nautical sports: Yachting. race
from steam yachts over ten mile course:
races for sailing vessels OF tonnage
from 3 TO 20 tons; rowing. one-Oared
skifs over 200 metres course; two and
four-oaFed yawls without riggers; swim
ming loo. 500 and l 900 metres.
F-Game Of water polo.
G-Bicycling; Races for 1000 and 10
GOO metres, and loo kilometres; also a
race Of twelve hours
HAthletic games: Lawn tennis, sin
gle and double; cricket.