The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-03
TIME HAS ARRIVED
OFFICIALS OF INTER- Al
OLYMPIAN GAMES ARE TO EX-
PLAIN GENERAL SCHEME
CONTESTS THIRD OF SERIES
Programme VIII Extend Through
Period of 1T Least six Weeks
Many NotabIes to Hear
story.

CHICAGO, April 2.-The officials of the
International Olympia games of 1904 are
to be entertained Friday, April is, at a
banquet rendered by the Press club of
Chicago The function, held in the rooms
of the club, viii be similar to that at
which the officers of the Louisiana pur,
chase exposition We're guests some weeks
ago.
The great interest which the contests Of
1904 are awakening not only in all sec
lions of the United States, but in South
America and Europe, as evidenced by the
resolutions of the Pan-American congress
in favor of the games the action Of the
president of France in officially offering
prize, and the recent appropriation
made by Germany to prepare athletes for
the contests, has convinced the manage
ment tnat the time has come to formally
make public the general scheme which it
Is intended to carry out With this OBJ
ject in view, and in order more particu
larly to acquaint the states adjacent to
Illinois with the full scope Of the project.
the governors of the Middle West are to
be invited to attend as special guests.
Besides disclosing the athletic and mill
tary Importance Of the enterprise, il is in
tended to accentuate the ethical bearings
of the games, and to this end eminent
representatives Of the pulpit will be in
Right Rev. Archbishop Ireland and the
Rev. John Henry Barrows
Since America was successful in secur-
ing the meet Of 1904, the work of organiza-
ton has been carefully and quietly de-
veloped. The contests, which Will extend
through a period of at least six weeks
will be the third in the series of the re-
vived Olympian games and pastimes Of
ancient Greece; the first having been held
Athens i'm 1909 M ha
Paris in 1900. They will have a wider
scope, however. than those of olden times
including, as they will, worlds champion
ship contests in all standard sports. ne
games peculiar to the different nations
of the world and an important military
display.
All question about the ability of the
management of the OIympian games to
have Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock -.
in Lake Michigan waters to compete in
an international yacht race off the water
front of the city, was settled in an inter
view between the Olympia game officials
yesterday, and Capt. d. Sullivan, the Chi
cago representative of the great lakes
and st. Lawrence Transportation com
pany.
ut will be an easy matter to bring a
yacht of the size of Shamrock III from
deep water in the st. Lawrence to Re
two days. AS the draught water in the
St. Lawrence and Welland canal is limit
ed to IA feet, it would only be necessary
to use pontoOns for the purpose Of Int
ing the yacht to conform to that draught
of water, or to put her in dock a Quebec
and box in her fin keel, increasing her
displacement sufficiently to raise her to
the required draught. There are two or
three companies at st. Lawrence points
who have successfully accomplished tajs
with other vessels in a number Of cases
There would be no risk to the yacht and
the expense would be moderate. This has
been done so often that the proposition is
simple one. 1t was done successfully
when the draught water was only nine
feet in the lower st. Lawrence and there
is absolutely no question about the FEAST
bility Of it now
Sir Thomas said he would send Sham
rock III. to Chicago if she could be taken
to Lake Michigan.