The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-24
CARNIVAL IF SPORT.
GRAND EXHIBITION OF GYMNASTlC
AND ATHLETIC EVENTS.

Professor A. 4. Ssagg Has Planned 1t For
Mach ) - To Ee Held st Tattersalls
Western College aad School Teams to
Compete-An Kinds OF Contests.
\ carnival of athletic and symnastic
events, the first Of its kind among
American educational institutions-this
is what Professor \. \. Stage Of the
University Of Chicago has planned for
the afternoon and evening of March )
next. Three big meets are to be rolled
into Il e Gymnastics and athletics
among college teams are for the first
time TO be seen together: college indoor
championships are to be determined:
high schools and preparatory schools
will struggle among themselves for hon
ors. 1t will be an exhibition of wres-
ting, tulnbling, fencing and other ex-
erclses which have never been consider
ed intercollegiate i'll the west.
The question of holding the gymnas-
tic carnival has been in the air since the
instructors Of gymnastics in the big
western colleges met in Chicago last
June. During the football season these
men met again and decided that their
meet would be in February. While Civ
en- under their supervision it was decid-
ed that the University Of Chicago should
make all the arrangements and be finan.
ciallv responsible. The affair since then
has been in the hands of a special COM
nlrtee Of the Chicago board Of physical
culture.
This committee found when the
ground was canvassed that the public
interest Is not yet up to the point where
q meet Of gymnastics alone would be
appreciated. Then came the idea of
uniting with the gymnastics the annual
University q Chicago invitation indoor
meet. When it was found that latter
sails, since the destruction of the Col
-seuin, was the best place to hold such
3 carnival, it was decided that on the
afternoon Of the day Of the carnival a
high school and preparatory school meet
would tie advisable.
The advantages which Tattersalls'
possesses for such a carnival are many.
according to Mr.. Stage. The floor is 29O
by 10 feet and of the best hard wood,
which has been SO worked with pumice
stone and rosin that it could hardly be
better for running purposes. Down the
center there Is place for a 10 yard
straightaway dash, and the track is an
eight lap one. The turns which will be
used on the track in the meet of March
Will be made under the special super
vision OF Mr.. Stagg. They will be built
On mathematical principles after the
manner OF the track in the varsity GYM
naslum. So accurately will the curves
&c made that the lanes of cord which
separate the men in the long dash can
be run around them. !. string of boxes
Will be put on the floor and one in the
balcony, and the place is so large that
every spectator will be able to see the
whole floor all the time.
According to the rules of the meet.
which are novel in many ways, no coll
leSe can enter a team Of more than ten
men IN either gymnastics or athletics.
Ii may he that no school will be allowed
20 enter less than ten III the athletic
meet. Medals are to be given for srsts,
seconds and thirds and a banner to the
winning team in each branch of the
tournament.
III gymnastics the list Of events num-
bers nine. In the following five there are
W set events and a choice of one-par-
allel bars. horizontal bar, side horse,
long horse and rings. In tumbling and
Indian clubs everything is at the choice
OF the contestant, and of course there
are no set events III wrestling and fenc-
ing. six schools will send teams to en-
ter III this tourney-the state universe
ties Of Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota
and Michigan. Northwestern university
n the University Of Chicago.
There are IL events in the athletic
meet yard dash, straightaway; 22O
yard dash, 44o yard run, $50 yard run,
nile run, mile walk, 10 yard high hur-
ole, shot put, running high jump, pole
vault and team race. All the colleges
entered i'll the carnival, with others,
will have teams in the athletic meet.
The race between such entrants will be
the most exciting intercollegiate event
the west has known.
The University Of Wisconsin has al
ready selected her men for the athletic
meet. They are: Maybury, Phil Fox
and MCGOWAN in the dashes; f. T. Fox
III the quarter, Slocum and Donkle in
the runs, O'Dea in the hurdles, Cochems
III the shot put and Mason and Frame
10 the jump.-Chicago Times Herald.