The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-20
NEWS or THE ATHLETES
GERMANY BCfLDING A STADIUM
FOR OLYMPICS or 1915.
New York A. O. . Club o. Ctubs-Inter.
national Track and Field Contest in
France-CartmeIl wins . Race In Ems.
laDd-New Ruie for tho 30 PeuDds.

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The Olympic games for iois viii be- hsiA
IA Berlin, and In the way Of taking tine by
the forelock the Germans have alrcady
startod to build the stadium. According to
the bIts Of news cleaned from the doings Of
the International Olympic Committee In
its recent conclave the Germans withdrew
in favor Of Sweden for the 1912 fixture. but
only on condition that Berlin would get the
1910 festival. This proposition Of the
Germans was agreed to. and after the con-
ference adjourned the delegates visited the
site OF the Berlin stadium and looked II over.
IL Is said that the plans show q defect, that
the corners are too sharp. consequently
the track will have some bad turns. The
next meeting of the international council
will be held at Budapest. 1t Is long time
to be looking ahead to 1890. for 1t win not
be possible for any other country to get an
Olympic date till then.
Fortunately other countries are not
hankering after the festival. America had
it once and does not wsn 1t n more.
England also had 1t once. and from what
has been expressed publicly the Britishers
expect 1t again In 1924. Sweden and Ger
many were the t|c countries most anxious
for the Olympic, and a. their dates have been
filled there should be sIong lullin the politics
OF international athletics.
Undoubtedly there IL no organization in
the world that has moro clubs within q club
than the New York A. C. Seven of these
intramural bodies are now in full swing
and zach with q following. Foremost Of
course comes the rHuckleberry Indians, the
only seekers after ozone Of the lot. Then
there 10 the "McNutts Of the Round Table"
the Cocktail Club" the Thursday Night
Club" the Tuesday Night Club" the
"Wednesday Night Club" and the Art
moore Club" the last named formed with
the object Of perpetustine the memory
I Of Arthur Moore. q well known member
who died a few years ago. The "McNuits-
dine together every night at the club and
once a year they have a big time outside
In the shape Of a dinner. when they toast
each others good health. =
On much the same plan are the Cock
tails" and the "~Artmoores," dining and
toasting being the main business. Each
finds pleasure In it's own circle. but the COM
bined Efforts Of the whole around the pity
| clubhouse could not impart the smack
or flavor to q cocktail or q highball that
these things have on Huckleberry Island.
or the clubs dif erent classes Of members
the latest to demand recognition are the
golfers. The follow ers Of the royal and an
dent pastime want an eighteen hole course
in the neishborhood Of Travers Island. Il II
cost a million, ~ 4 d
Just snow theresAre about four hundred
golfers belonging to tho Winged Foot and the
arguments they advance 10 demanding
q curse are that they are a. much entitled
to consideration as the other sports patron
lied by the club. The athletes, they say,
have a track. the shooters have q shooting
box and traps. the swimmers the water
In the creek, q new shed was built for the
autos and the road at the entrance ievelled
and widened so that the drivers should
not break their necks when they came
flying into the grounds. Then why not a
golf course' Very fine." said one Of the
tennis players. but all this trouble can be
settled tn q short time by the golfers join
ing some golf club"
The first International athletic contest
OF the season In the Old World took place
recently ut St. Cloud, Just outside Paris,
France. between the Slade Francois and
the Polytechnic Harriers OF London. 1t
was the fourth annual match and was won
by the Enslishmen by Ave events to two.
The two events won by the Frenchmen
were the ITO meter hurdles and the run.
ming high jump. . In this latter contest
the winner was G. Andre. who was one Of
the three men to tie In last years Olympic
games, with q Jump Of o feet 2 inches.
He only cleared 5 feet Q inches asainst the
topper. gave q good display over the sticks.
mo- re0n means ms w ta%s q 10 B. ) r sef SeNic Sfs wo oS
tho mile and three mile runs for the Britons.
his time in the former being 4 minutes
outside Of the French. record. He covered
the three miles In 10 minutes 2 2-s econds.
The time for the io9 pete1s was II SIS.
won 81 c, C., psvies in 81 s-s seconds. p.
Markham w3n the broad jump with 20 feet
inches ss' ana an,s made up the tve wins
s shirb s urssasd T e. q ten m!is scratch race.
s eat k e Il; T MARATHON sasfssts; winner M.s .% of he r., Is,
appointed over his showing. Tor he never
a as1 va. ps5 ssRssn Ei..n The r. 1f1 &. :. a., The
tssSnie H.rrisrs. The t faslis 81 sas drew drew
$50 yards from the Frenchman in SO minutes
seconds.
When the hammer throwing, rule is to be
cation in the rule for throwing the SO bound
weight also. At the present time the SO"
T. nothing more than throwing a heavy
game was originally as Is billiard playing
the champions threw BY the side from stand
lance of about Is feet. and the ordinary per-
formers made from 20 TO Is feet, These
were not so apparently optclassed by the
ehe. SSEbNQuSutly WeIo never
ashamed to be in the competition. and CON
t%estants. were then more numerous than
they are to-day. even In the face OF Inc
great popular spread OF athletics. Under
the present conditions the men of ordinsry
calibre are yards behind the front rank
performers, and there are only two or three
who have devoted years Of practice 70 the
cultivation OF double turns and other stunts,
throwing and have instead the weirht
Sung with one hand by the side would
make rea! SO pound weight throwing. and
It should become popular, as II was about
q decade ago.
According e the English sporting paper
can Splinter, made his sk IT.. 'n snn south no ART r;
ne e. Sampaign at ~Abergavenny. where. It
for the 100 yards last year. He tried for The
10 ysrds and won a heat In IL les seconds.
which ID threeshfths Of q second slower fhsn
his record made In South Africa. Wafer
made q great effort In the anal. thoush he
got no better than third. inches only sen
was NJ. j Walsh Of Dublin. who had /. yarasi
and his time Was IL seconds, Another crscE
to make his appearance recently IN Englsnd
10 Nat J. Cartmell Of the University Of Penn.
sylysnia; He ran In the 100 yards at the
New Brighton June meeting and had 4
handicap OF one yard. He vent rieht
thro9Gh, the trials and semi-hnal aud won
the maj ~ . yard from. j.. Roberts Of the
The rSad walkers are in the thick II their
snd. County Walking Association bein9 ahs
leading event recenty