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York that year.

mainly Tor rather on British ashletes)
you need to approach your men care
fully. They have had experience in
international contests, and they are
somewhat leary' of us-cautious both
on account of our proves and on &C
count of their belief in our
having shady stand -ds of amateurism.
We certainly have, out 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, L
should say that you could expect to APP
proach them on equal terms. Ii you
can secure the college athletes from
England, why not try to hold big
dual meet between the winners OF the
Oxford bridge meet and the win
ners of the Yale-Harvard meet or be-
tween the winners In our inter-colleg-
late games and the best team some
representative English amateur can
select to bring over here from their
college? Casper Whitney, of Harper's
Weekly,or Johu Corbin, who is also
about the possibilities of such
gathering.
"Why not make q special effort to
bring to this side.that crowd of wonder
full Irish athletes who were 'tOuted' to
come over in 1898? See If their great
25 foot broad jumping school master
can beat our man Kraepzlein. There
are the South Australians, too, who
are credited with sn ASKING the
Americans and Englishmen. They
also promised to come this way but
have not done so as yet. II all these
could be gathered TO try out their rec
ords at the Pau-American exposition,
it would be the rarest competition ever
yet. Old Olympus would be in the
shade for achievement.
LAS to program, 8 modification oil
the Olympian games will suit.I believe
the meet should center mainly around
the distinctively track and field games
individual events, in other words.
"Why not make bid for athletes
from Hawaii, Americas new terrific
ry? There are athletes there. Good
ones too, they cay. They are Simon
Pure amateurs, tou. and excel as oars
men and swimmers and 1 suppose
aquatic sports will be feature. If
Hawaiians are wanted, use my name
with L. @. Atkinson, assistant attorney
general of Hawaii at Honolulu and he
will aid. He was formerly base ball
manager and was active in athletics at
Ann Arbor.
81 suppose the carnival will be an
amateur affair. It would be incongru-
tumble with amateur events. The Pan
American committee should make
sport something ideal: something like
it was in the early days OF Greece.
The carnival should have sn education
al value on the youth of the country,
as well as temporary spectacular value.
II strictly amateur, 1t can be q force IN
keeping forward the interests of clean
sport in this country. 1t would be
10 -t,,, ru IF
giving the first big scoped affair of
this kind in the country, by looking
carefully after the personnel of a ma
tional committee of management to act
with the exposition committee on
sport: not burdened With the details,
but lending their names and their
benefit of experience and acquaint-
Chas. h. Sheriff. of Yale; Casper
Whitney and John Corbin of New
York; A. A. Stage OF Chicago Univer-
sity and string of men who have
gained prominence in intercollegiate
sport in thiscountry and would add avast
lot of prestige to the exposition games,
as well as a lot of valuable advice and
help.
make strong feature of college con-
tests. You can best attract general
attention that way. There has never
been square out and out-test of
strength in any branch of sport be-
tween the Eastern colleges and the
Middle West colleges. Why not ar
range for dual meet between the
winners of the events of the big inter-
collegiate meet in New York in 1901
and the winners of the iu,er-colleg late
meet in Chicago. l think it could be
readily done. Then, the athletes from
the two big California colleges have
shown readiness to undertake long
trips. They should be invited. Buffalo
being midwaybetween the distinctively
New Y ork and New England colleges
and those of Chicago gives a chance
for promoting selectioual contests that
will arouse interest. The men to
whom l have referred are better quail
fed by experience than l to talk about
the events to be carded or the prizes
to be offered. AT least the latter side
of the question should be subordinat-
ed. The prizes can be elegant with
out being showny 'or very costly. In
the palmy days of Greek athletics
winner thought himself plentifully re-
warded by the simple laurel wreath.
to be handed down as an heir
loom.
"Advise me when it is desired to In
terest Detroit or Michigan University,
for the idea is splendid one and the
management of the Pan American Ex-
position Is deserving of thanks and
congratulations
Mr.. LeRoy's suggestion regarding
A. A. Stagg Is particularly spropos in
view of the recent appointment of the
Exposition's Sport Committee by Pre-
sident Milburn. The man chosen for
chairman of that committee is Jesse @.
Damn, who in former years shared
honors with Stagg when that Christian
warrior was the greatest college ball
nitcher in Anarica Sn tarrific waa