The record-union., 1896-05-17

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Athletic Notes.
Manager Graham of the Boston Ath-
letic team, which took part in the Olym-
pic games at Athens, speaks glowingly
of the reception given there. He says:
THE Greeks carried out their pro-
gramme to the letter, and they deserve
great credit for their management. 1t
must be taken into consideration that
the event was only a revival of the
Olympia games of years ago, and the
Greeks were lacking in experience. The
royal family rendered all the assistance
in their power to help toward the sue
cess of the games, and treated us for
eigners nobly. We were never treated
so well in our lives. We were enter
tanned by H. M. Alexander, the Ameri-
can Minister; Professor Wheeler OF the
Cornell University, the Russian Minis
ters and Nine Schliemann, the wife OF
the noted explorer.
when we left Athens the people
cried out: 'Zeto, alas which means,
'Victors, good-by.' Our yell was what
most pleased the natives. At the top
of our voices we would cry, 'B-A-A-
Rah, Rah, Rah.' This SO pleased the
King that he frequently requested us to
repeat it, and sometimes he would join
in with u.s.
In writing of the training a tennis
champion undergoes, H. w. Slocum, Jr.,
says: Endurance has now become an
important factor in determining the re-
suit Of a contest at lawn tennis. l
know of no game, football not excepted,
in which one is so likely to become ex-
hausted or winded as in lawn tennis
when the game is hotly contested and
played with spirit as it should be. This
being SO, some attention should GER
tainly be paid to training and cultivat-
ing powers of endurance.
''It is of course especially important
to those. who play in tournaments,
which add so much to the attractive
ness of and interest in the game. A
hard fought match of three sets out of
five on hot summers day, is a severe
test of endurance, and of two men
evenly matched in skill, the one who is
in the best physical condition will surely
win
The Reliance Clubmen of Oakland
now consider the proposed Eastern trip
of the football team a surety. Already
games have been arranged with the fol-
lowing clubs: Denver Athletic, Butte
City, Chicago Athletic, Detroit and
Crescent City of Brooklyn. The neces-
sary money is in sight for all expenses,
and this time the boys expect to come
home with money in their clothes in
stead of running behind.
Tommy Carroll IS training hard for
the one-mile record race to be held at
the New Jersey A. c. Carnival Of Sports
on Decoration Day and feels quite con-
fident that he will establish a new
worlds record for the distance. The
present worlds record is Am. 10 3-5s.,
made by Connect on August Both of last
year.
There will also be the all-around d
weight throwing contest. 1t is expected
that Champion Edgren of the Pacific
Coast will meet Champion Mitchell, who
holds the worlds record.
Tom Carroll, professional fourteen
pound hammer thrower, who has fire.
qGently taken part in the Caledonian
games in Sacramento, in an official trial
for a worlds record last week, made
the phenomenal throw of III feet
inches, beating the worlds record by
twenty feet.