Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-21
Y. MICA. PLANS
OLYMPIC GAMES
WEEKS CARNIVAL OF SPORTS
COMES IN APRIL
CONTESTS TO BE HELD AT NEW
FIESTA PARK STADIUM
Associations Near Los Angeles VIII
Enter Contestants, and Meet is
Expected to Be Biggest
Ever Held In State

The Los Angeles Y. NJ. c. A. athletic
committee has arranged a general pro-
gram for the great spring olympic
games planned for the latter part OF
April, probably from the 18th to the
gath, inclusive. The carnival OF Sports
Is to be held In the new Fiesta PARK
stadium, now in process OF construC,
ton. and within a week or so 1t VIII
be possible to settle the dates dehnite-
ly when 1t is seen the construction mas
progressed far enough.
None of the details has been COM
pleted for any of the events, out COM
mittees are at work arranging ue
events and within week at the latest
full plans viii have been made, says
Director c. H. Price.
w A. Reynolds of the Los Angeles
Y. M. C. A., George II. Swarthout or
Pasadena and e. A Merwin of Long
Beach, composing the Y. M. c. A. gym
nastic committee of the state, held
meeting yesterday afternoon In Los
Angeles and made preliminary ar
rangements to hold the state cham-
pionships.
1t already has been decided to hold
the state indoor championships III Los
Angeles, and with these features set
tied it looks as though the greatest
athletic carnival ever held in the state
will result
Invitations and form blanks are be-
ing prepared to send out to all the
Y. M. c. associations in Southern CALL
fornia, and it is expected all the as
sociations will send team or indiVid-
ual performers.
Suitable trophies are being arranged
| for prizes in all of the events and these
will be made official. 1t is expected
that for special events some OF the
wealthy sportsmen of the south, IN
terested in Y. M. G. A. athletics, VIII
donate beautiful prizes.
| 1t is planned to make these games
an annual feature of the Y. M. G. A.
although in another year the dates
NAV be changed Formal application
will be made to the p. A. A. branch OF
the A. A. U. to sanction these events
| and there is no doubt the authority
will be given, as the A. A. U. commits
sioners cannot but grant the request
| provided there are no conflicting dates
and no untoward reasons why the
meets should not be held.
The weeks program, as arranged &c
| date, includes;
Monday night-Basketball prelimin'
aries, six or eight games.
Tuesday night-Pushball game be-
! tween Y. M. c. A. teams; five-mllt
! open distance run. amateurs.
Wednesday night-Second roune
basketball preliminaries; boxing pre-
liminarles; wrestling preliminaries.
Thursday observation-disclosures ath'
letic games.
Thursday night-California Y. M. c
A. indoor athletic championships; Cal
ifornia Y. M. c. A. gymnastic cham
pionships; Los Angeles Y. M. c.
track and field games, open to all anna
teurs.
Friday MISUNDERSTANDING II
Junior Y. M C. A. track and fell
4 meet; preliminaries in junior opei
! track and field meet.
Friday night-Basketball semi-f1nal
4 and finals for Southern California
championship and special trophy.
i Saturday afternoon-Finals in jun
i ior Y. M. c. A. track and field meet
i finals in junior open track and fielt
meet
4 Saturday night-Los Angeles Y. M
II c. A. wrestling championships; Lo
Angeles Y. NJ. C. A. boxing champion
ships; relay games, with contests TO
Y. M. c. A. teams, college teams, higl
|, school teams and open teams.