The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-29
Observation-Disclosures Reviewed
by Coach Stage.
Chicago University's Trainer
Tells Of Sports Abroad.
COMPARES THE WORK.
COrbett and Mccoy Ready For
Their Match.
The Kid to Weigh About no
and Pompadour 1S5 Pounds.

Albion, N Y, Aug. ga. "A Stage,
exho leaves tonight for Chicago, in an In
Merview, compared the athletic conditions
In England, France and America as OBJ
sserved during his trip aboard with the
Chicago university team. The interview
Hollows:
1.-The English championships were well
conducted SO far as the running of the
kgames was concerned They have an
excellent system, which is occasionally
used here in America, of having each
event come of at a specified hour. In
5events in which there were heats there
twere intervals of from three to five min
-utes separating the various heats ac-
cording to the necessity of the occasion
In events like the sprint races the heats
were separated by a space of three min
ntes, while the longest events in which
there were heats, the half-mile run, the
interval was five minutes
This plan of running the meet on
fime schedule was very admirable fea-
fure in their arrangements, inasmuch as
it enabled every competitor to know the
exact time at which he was expected to
appear. In the arrangement of the pro-
gramme the drawings were also put
down SO that every man knew the heat
he was in. The events were run off
promptly according to schedule time.
There were no delays of any kind what
EoeTer- The programme itself set forth
as nearly as possible every feature of the
meet SO far as the arrangements were
concerned. This enabled the spectators
to keep in close touch with what was
actually going on and to have fairly
definite knowledge regarding the events,
the heats and the particular COMPETE
tors who took part in them.
The most amusing feature of the
meet was connected with the pole vault
dng. The English people are great on
good form in dress. All the officials were
dressed in Prince Albert coats and silk
hats. 1t was the principal function of
Two OF these officials who had charge of
1he pole vaulting to raise the bar And
this was done in unison, and on signal
The English standards are placed firmly
an the ground and have pegs at conven-
lent distances on either side of them for
climbing. At the given signal two Off
Gals dressed in their Prince Albert coats
and tiles mounted these standards and
raised the bar As the bar was raised a
great many times during the progress
Of the contest this monkey-jack perform
ance was given frequently, to the great
amusement of the Americans present
respite the fact that the Americans
won eight out Of thirteen events, 1 did
not hear one unpleasant comment against
Lnem But l heard great many in
praise of their performances This. OF
course, does not mean that the English
men 70 win or that they were pleased at
the victory of the Americans. But it
and that they desired the best man to
win, even though that best man were a
VIGOROUSLY aDnl1mdhd
several events in which the Americans
we're winners. But it was only when an
s1ngnshInan won that the true loyalty
and enthusiasm of the Englishman burst
forth, showing that while he was sports
man enough to applaud one of the Amer
leans, his deepest heart feelings appeared
NWnen one of his own countryTnen won.
AS 1 have already stated, the English
men were supreme in lOng-distance runs
fwnle the Americans were at their best in
snort distances and in the field events
E7vhere special form or skill were neces-
asary. do not think that the inference is
s1air or correct that the English quarter
kand half mile runners are better than
Jour best American midd1e-distance run
ners The facts as borne out in the
f1liStory OF the contests between the Amer
<1can ana EngliShmen a follows: That
when the American distance runners were
abroad they were beaten while in the
Two meetings which have been held in
america between the English and Ameri-
cans the English long-distance runners
have been beaten This would seem to in
talcaIe that climate factors entered into
rEFentS.''