El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-24
THE TITANIC RACE.
American Giants Coming to the Front
Their Superiority in the Sport
ing World Demonstrated at the
Paris Exposition.

The superiority OF the American has
been emphasized in no more striking
manner recently than by the awards
given at the Paris exposition to Amer
lean athletes.
The sweeping success when attended
the efforts of our athletes in the inter-
national contests has attracted the at
tention of the civilized people.
Asst hey have hitherto been astonish-
ed by our superiority in manufactures.
invention. and thew arious fields of
modern enterprise. so were they COM
pletely surprised by the physical su-
periority displayed by our representa-
tive athletes. Mr.. J. f. Sullivan. who
was assistant director OF sports at the
exposition. has written a thrilling ed
itorial on the prospects of American
athletes in the Twentieth Century.
which will be read with the utmost en-
thusiasm by lovers of sports. He says:
That the article will occupy a prom
inent place in the twentieth century
goes without saying. and that we are
rapidly becoming a nation devoted to
physical education is also apparent.
The prominent business men of the
twentieth century will to a certain
extent come from our large cities for
the simple reason that our large cities
are becoming the center of our entire
world-fnancial and commercial-and
an education that will make a leader
in the twentieth century will have to
be acquired in the businesse centers.
1t is an admitted fact that the physi
cally perfect. strong. robust man is the
one best qualified to battle with this
worlds affairs. The result is that
gymnasiums are going up all over the
country. clubs are being organized for
sport of every description. such as
of. in fa p In ic
being done to build up the body phys
ically. In our new schools in the city
of New York the most important part
of their construction is well-equipped
gymnasium. We did not have these
things fifty years ago. and the business
men of today that are prominent and
elderly did not have a physical ed
ucation. but, nevertheless. the majority
of them came from country towns
and districts where they were forced
to take physical education in a natural
way. such as working on the farm and
out of doors and taking good care of
their bodies.
That the race will become stronger
and larger is also apparent. and the
clearest exemplication of this was the
prominence of the American youth
and their superiority and physique and
athletics at the international games
exhibits from America. works of art.
tee. were awarded prizes
for their excellence. nevertheless there
was some doubt in some minds as to
the correctness of such awards. The
decision was questioned and ALWAYS
will he. but on the athletic field.
il required life. strength and physique.
America just swept the board. The
many comments that were heard of the
physicalability of giants
like Sheldon. McCracken and Kranz-
lein spoke volumes for the future of
the American youth. TIL words of the
Porte. at the banquet
given in honor of the American ath- !
will never be forgotten by those who
heard him. Looking around upon the (.
athletic assemblaRe he said: These
are the men that in the future will be
our leaders. As they led the field to- (,
day in athletics. so will they lead in |
the future our armies and our navies
and in the affairs OF the state. He
regretted he said. that when he was a
youth he had not the opportunity to
become an athlete that is afforded to
the young men of today. which would
have enabled him to build up a body
and constitution that would be with
him through his entire career.
Athletics. as il is understood. is sure
TO benefit the Aemrican race as IL has
the English race. England is a great
country and the home of outdoor re-
creation. yet we Americans who have
only been twenty or twenty-five years
IN tn eathletic field have exceleld Eng
and today in many respects. In ath
etic competition we certainly do. al