The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-20
FOR
OLYMPIC
CONTESTS
Athletic Games in London
to Last From June Until
Mid October.

Conditions for the Olympic games to be
held in London this year have been made
public in pamphlet form and are ready for
distribution to the woul1-be competitors.
The original idea was to have football and
other games decided in the spring of this
year, but insGperable obstacles arose. and
it is now officially a%nnouGced that so far
at any rate as the stadium events are con-
terned there win not be any competitions
during the spring.
The opening of the track and field events
in the stadium has been set for July Is,
but it is just possible it may get a shift
to.a couple of days earlier. So far as the
dates are fixed they are as follows:
Golf-June 1. 2 and 3.
Polo-During week Guiding June 20. with
finals or a later date at Hurltnsbam.
Shooting-July 8, 9 aud 10 at Bisley.
R~owing-July 2S at Henley.
Yachting-July q. Is and 20 at Ryde.
Association football, hockey and lacrosse
October.
The dates for lawn tennis, racquets and
other minor pastimes will be announced
soon. The speed skating contests have
been abandoned, but there will be a COM
petition of figure skating ut Princes in
October. Previous 20 the big meet in the
stadium the track will be used by the diff
ferent clubs for their various sports. Early
in May the Finchley Harriers will hold a
big carnival in which the different
branches of athletics will be literally ca
tered to, and the Polytechnic Harriers
have announce two meets, one for June
$ and the other for July II, the latter the
Saturday prior to the opening of the olym-
pic program.
The English trials for The Olympic team
will take place the same time<as those in
America-the first week in June-at the
stadium, where a tank 10 yards long has
been built for that purpose.
As at present arranged, II is proposed
that on June 8 the program shall include
100 and SS0-yard open handicaps, two miles
walking handicap, three miles scratch,
4i0-yard scratch, half mile cycle and mile
handicaps and five-mile cycle scratch,
swimming, fancy diving and water polo,
the day to wind up with a gymnastic cx-
hibition and drill.
Twenty-Five Events.
There are twenty-five events on the
schedule, with everything from the Mara
thon race OF % miles, or DO kilometres,
to the ancient pastimc of hurting the dis
Gus and throwing the javelin. The full
schedule of the athletic competitions fol-
lows:
200 metres fiat C21S.6 yards), 400 metres
fiat (457.2 yards), 800 metres fiat @i44
YARDS, 1900 metres fiat u,6s9.5 yardsl, ~
l metres hurdle qg22 Yards, 400 metres
. iAbAbA1 AtAH- y AAEf hH-eP A"Ah' -
chase q, 1915 YARDS. five-mile run Is kilo-
mctres), 10 miles walk DC kilometres),
Marathon race. 25 miles GO kllometresl,
standing broad jump, standing high
jump, running broad jump, running high
jump, hop step and jump; pole jump,
throwing the hammer, putting the weight,
tug-of-war (teams of eighth. three-m.le
team race as kilometres), five to run.
three TO count; $500 metres walk (3,S23
yards). discus a free style, ~ as at
Athens; javelin "a free style, ~ with the
javelin held in the middle; relay race,
l 600 metres 0.749.S YARDS, teams Of four,
with four reserves, two at 200 metres
(21S.726 YARDS, one at 400 metres 4S7.452
yards). one at 800 metres (S74.9O4 yards),
each country's representation will be re-
stricted to twelve In the individual events,
and in the tug-of-war three teams Of
eight will be allowed. In the three-mile
team race and in the relay race Of 1000
metres only one team from each nation
will be allowed. Rules OF the Amateur
Athletic Association of England will gov
crn, and its officials shall be responsible
for the conduct OF each competition.
In the Marathon race the last third Ola
mile Will be run In the stadium, one lap
Of the course. There is a clause in conuee-
ton with this race Of more than passing
interest. 1t provides that each competitor
must furnish a certificate Of fitness and
undergo besides n medical examination
by the physicians appointed by the Olym-
piad. Anyone competing, too. must drop
out, if ordered to do so by authorized ply
sicians stationed along the course. NO
pacing will be permitted.