The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-10


Pan-American Exposition, to be held at
Buffalo during the summer Of 1901. will be
a magnificent athletic field or race course.
which. though not as spacious. will com
pare in, q general way with the Colosseum
Of Rome.
The irawinGs :or this structure show
that the enclosure will not only be enor-
nous in size but will also be architectu-
rally imposing. At the entrance there VIII
be an. ornamental building over 300 feet in
length. surmCunted by two towers OF inn
posing height and the entrance opening
out on the arena will be over fifty feet in
width When this entrance is passed tho
grandeur OF the building viii be manifest,
for the oval In the centre will be skirted
by quarter mile track and beyond that
tiers OF seats capable Of accommodating
o. 600 people viii rise.
II was decided some time ago that gre
pageants and reviews could be held il
this enclosure. and when the suggestion
was made that the worlds greatest attn
letes and sportsmen be brought together in
a grand sport carnival, 90 was adopted.
Recent developments in cycling circles
make possible the holding Of the worlds
-
Chairman A. G.. hatchelder. Of the Ma
tional Cycle Association. Is greatly in favor
OF bringing the meet 10 the Exposition In
1901 and az the Congress Of the Interna-
tional Cyclists Association held at Paris
on February %, IL was decided to retire
the l.. a. W. from the Association and 10
admit the y. C.. 4. in its stead. This action
Will insure the attendance OF the crack
racing men Of America France. England.
Belgium. Holland. and Italy. if the proper
steps are taken 40 secure them for 1901,
the fast men Of this country now making
ready 90 start Tor France to ride the
worlds championships Of 1900 az the Paris
Fair
Mr. Batchelder vas communicated with
officials Of the Pau-American Exposition
regarding the matter, saying that he or
his representative would sail for France
IN April and that the exposition coulC be
thus represented il desired.
Trap-ShOotinE Event.
There is also a possibility that the trap
shooting championships may be settled az
the exposition Harry ID. Kirkover. the
famous wing shot Of Fredonia is on record
as saying that the grand American handi-
cap can be secured for Buffalo for the
coming year. and that the Duponts or some
other leading establishment could be per-
worlds championships over the traps.
James A. Leroy, of Detroit. says:
In the first place. consideration must
be given TO the problem of gathering the
men together. Regin with the Olympian
games at Paris That will be a good time
and place 20 work up interest in the
games for the Pan-American Exposition.
il will be possible az Paris to see the best,
and also to profit by the mistakes made
there, and there will be plenty. If the ex-
peTienCe OF the games Of 1896 at Greece
are repeated. Fencers from France and
Germany, wrestlers from Greece and
other European countries. gymnasts Of
different kinds and bicyclists you can Sc
cure from an other countries in Chrlsten-
dom. II the affair is well worked up.
In general. however. you would have
to depend / should say on England to
furnish your foreign athletes for the com
petitions that will really stir American
blood: competitions that VIII be really
worth the name Of championship events
in modern athletics. The games in Greece
in &c were wOefuIly far from that The
men. for instance. who starred over them
Tor America in jumps and weight events
could only pull out a fourth place in one
jumping event and that's an I'm our ia-
ter-colleglate games in New York that
year.
British Athletes Suspicious.
since you must depend on England Tor
rather on British athletesl you need 20 APP
proach your men carefully. They have
had experience I'm international contests
and they are somewhat 1eary' OF us-cau-
tious both on account Of our prowess and
on account Of their belief i'm our having
shady standards Of amateurism. We Ger
taiuly have but our A. A. W. being fully
as good as their amateur association. and
there not being any great likelihood Of your
not getting college athletes from over
there. I should say that you could expect
10 approach them on equal terms. II you
can secure the college athletes from Eng
land. why not try TO hold a big dual meet
between the winners Of the ONfOrd-Cam-
bridge meet and the winners Of the Yale
Harvard meet or between the winners in
our intercollegiate games and the best
team some representative English amateur
can select % bring over here from their
college, Caspar Whitney, Of Harper's
Weekly or John Corbr. who is also en-
ployed by Harper Bros. can talk about the
possibilities OF such a gathering
Why not make a special effort to bring
TO this country that crowd Of wonderful
Irish athletes who were 'touted' to come
over IN 1889 see IT lu0lr great twenty
five foot broad jumping school master can
beat our man Kraeuzlein. There are the
South Australians too. who are credited
with smashing the sprinting and jumping
records Of Americans and Englshmen
They also promised TO come this way. but
have not done so as yet. II all these could
be gathered 20 try out their records at the
Pan-American Exposition. il would be the
Tarest competition ever yet Old Olympus
would be IN the shade for achievement
AS TO programme make a modification
OF the Olympian games to suit. l believe
the meet should centre mainly around the
distinctively track and field games-indi-
vidual events, in other words.
Invite the Hawaiinns.
why not make a bid for athletes from
Hawaii Americas new territory? There
are athletes there Good ones too. they
say. They are simon-pure amateurs. too.
and excel as oarsmen and swimmers and
] suppose aquatic sports will be a feature.
II Hawaiiaus are wanted. the Assistant At
torney General OF Hawaii at Honolulu will
aid. He was formerly baseball manager
and was active in athletics at Ann Arbor
IL suppose the carnival will be an anna
teur affair. IL would be homogeneous to
put professional events in a tumble with
amateur events Besides that is no place
for professionals. They make athletics a
business: the Pan-American Committee
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