The evening times., 1900-03-10

One OF the important features Of the
Pan American. Exposition, to be held at
Buffalo during the summer of 1901, viii be
a magnificent athletic field, or race course,
which, though not as spacious, will COM
pare in a general way with the Colosseum
Of ROme
The drawings for 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 800 feet in
length, surmUunted by two towers of i'm
posing height and the entrance opening
out on the arena will be over fifty feet in
width When this entrance is passed the
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
p 600 people Will 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 atm
letes and sportsmen be brought together in
a grand sport carnival. it was adopted.
Recent developments in cycling circles
make possible the holding OF the worlds
championships in that branch OF sport for
Chairman A. G. Batchelder, OF the Ma
tional cycle Association, is greatly in favor
Of bringing the meet TO the Exposition In
1901, and at the Congress Of the InDeTna-
tional Cyclists Association held at Paris
on February 26 it was decided to retire
the L. A. w. from the Association and 10
admit the y. c. A. in its stead. This action
viii insure the attendance Of the crack
racing men of America France. England
Belgium. Holland. and Italy. if the proper
steps are taken To secure them for 1901:
the fast men Of this country now making
ready to start for France to ride the
worlds championships Of 1900 at the Paris
Fair.
Mr.. Batchelder has communicated with
officials Of the Pau-American Exposition
regarding the matter saving that he or
his representative would sail for France
in April and that the exposition could be
thus represented if desired
Trap-ShootinE Event.
There is also a possibility that the trap
shooting championships may be settled al
the exposition. Harry D. 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-
suaded 70 offer a cup emblemauc Of the
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. Begin with the Olympian
games AT Paris. That viii be a good time
and place TO work up interest in the
games for the Pan-AmeriCan Exposition.
Ii viii be possible al Paris 10 see the best.
and also to profit by the mistakes made
there. and there will be plenty. if the eX-
perience 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 all other countries in Christen-
dom if the affair is well worked up.
In general. however. you would have
to depend / should say. on England 10
furnish your foreign athletes for the COM
petitions that will really stir American
blood: competitions that will be really
worth the name of championship events
in modern athletics. The games in Greece
in sc were woefully far from that. The
men. for instance, who starred over them
for America in jumps and weight events
jumping event and that's all, in our in
ter-collegiate games in New York that
year.
British Athletes Suspicious.
since you must depend on England Tor
rather on British athletesl you need to ap-
proach your men carefully. They have
had experience in international contests.
and they are somewhat 1eary' OF us-cau-
tiOus both on account Of our prowess and
on account Of their belief in our having
shady standards of amateurism. We GER
tafuly have but our A. A. W. being fully
as good as their amateur association, and
there not being any great Likelihood Of your
no. getting college athletes from over
there. ] should say that you could expect
TO approach them on equal terms. If you
can secure the college athletes from Eng
land. why not try to hold a big dual meet 4
between the winners of the OXford-Cam- /
bridge meet and the winners Of the Yale 1
Harvard meet or between the winners in 1
our intercollegiate games and the best /
team some representative English amateur /
can select 10 bring over here from their
college? Caspar Whitney. of 'Harper's
Weekly or John Corbin. who is also en-
ployed by Harper Bros. can talk about the
possibilities OF such a gathering
Why not make special effort TO bring
10 this country that crowd of wonderful
Irish athletes who were 'touted' to come |
over in 1899? See if their great twenty
five foot broad jumping school master can
beat our man hraenzlein. There are the
South Australians too, who are credited /
with smashing the sprinting and jumping |
records OF Americans and Englishmen. |
Tbey also lororniSpd TO pomp this way bur 1
have not done so as yet. If ali these could /
be gathered to try out their records at the
Pan-American Exposition, it would be the
rarest competition ever yet Old Olympus
would be in the shade for achievement
"As 10 programme. make a modification
OF the Olympian games to suit. | believe
the meet should centre mainly around the
distinctively track and field games-indi-
vidual events, in other words.
Invite the Hawaiians.
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 Hawaiians 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 Ii would be ineongruous TO 4
put professional events in tumble with /
amateur events. Besides that is no place
for professionals. They make athletics a
business: the Pan-American Committee
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