The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-29
SWEDES PLAN
OLYMPIC GAMES
Officials Of Contests Drop Several
Branches Of Athletics-Foot on
Barred List-GOlf, Hockey,
Lacrosse and Many 9th
ers Dropped.


The international Olympic commit.
tee held its meeting at Luxembourg.
where the program for the Swedish
Olympic games was discussed A mum.
Der Of changes from the list Of events
given at London were effected Sew
eral competitions were dropped and
some new ones put on. Such sports as
hockey. football. golf, lacrosse polo
on horseback, tennis. raekets and box
ing were dropped. The Rev. S. de
Courcy Laffan. the English delegate,
spoke In favor OF including boxing. but
after an objection from Colonel Baich
OF Sweden the manly art was ta-
booed The standing high and broad
jumps have been relegated. as also the
400 meter hurdle race The pentath-
Ion, or Ave event all around contest,
WIN be revived, but 1t viii be different
from that at Athens IN 1906. as there
win be 1900 meter run instead Of
wrestling.
Then there will be a decathlon. or
ten event all around. the list being
given below The question Of judging
the events was discussed at length. and
the Swedes win appoint foreigners. but
they must not exceed one-third OF the
whole jury. Amy country sending an
entry Of five events will be entitled TO
have a representative on the interna-
tionaI Jury. No cable or telegraph en-
tries viii be received by the Swedish
Olympic management.
In the athletic program the following
events have been suggested: One hun.
dred meters, POO meters, 400 meters,
500 meters. 1900 meters, 5000 meters
and 10000 meters. all tat races for In
dlvidual entries, with 10 meter hur-
dies and a FIVE mile steeplechase in
which four OF the entries for each
country win run as team and win
score as such. though all entries will
also be considered as individual en-
tries for individual prizes in the same
race. It was pointed out by the Eng
lish representatives that relay race
Of only 400 meters, each man In the
teams of four beng given 100 meters,
would be very dangerous, and its con-
sideration was postponed. A relay race |
of 1000 meters was proposed with |
teams Of four. each to run 400 meters,
and another team race Of 1000 meters
was suggested 10 which five could en-
ter and three could score. In jumping !
the items were high and broad jump /
doth standing and running In each
easel. pole jump. hop, step and jump |
and a further variety which had better
for the present be described as a Swed-
ish jump.
The Anticipated and mistaken item
Of the discus ''as at Athens has final
IL been dropped from the Olympic pro-
gram by the decision Of the interna-
tional committee at Luxembourg. and
though the discus will still have two
both Of these win be in
the free STYLE" but in the first the
athlete win throw with one hand
either right or left, and in the second
he will throw with each hand, the
score he makes with his right being
added to that made with his left to
form total Exactly the same meth
Cd will be followed in the score for
putting the weight. which therefore
has two competitions. and In throwing
the javelin held in the middle. but the
javelin has third competition as well.
for the free style" in which man
may hold It how he likes and in either
hand provided he uses no aid except
his hand In throwing. Both the ham
mer and the tugs of war win be the
same as in London.
A walking race Of ten kilometers
was added at the special request Of
the British representatives. but It viii
be seen that the field events still con
siderably preponderate over the track
races, and this superiority is increased
by the inclusion IN the athletic pro
gram of pentathlon and decathlon,
In each Of which new and independent
entries have to be made. as similar
done n other events will
not count. The pentathlon win consist
of the broad jump. 200 meters nat,
discus. iayelin and 100 meters Hat