Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17
NEW RULES FOR MARATHON
international Olympic Committee
Makes Strict Laws.
WILL ALLOW NO ATTENDANTS
Banners OF Next OIympie Meet VIII
Not he Given stimuIants Nor
Refreshments During
Contest.

Contest
NEW YORK, July Ito Judge by what
happened at the recent annual meeting OF
the International Olympic committee at
Luxembourg the Swedish program when
finally arranged will be remarkable for a
lot OF changes ana Innovations. only the
rough draft OF the program has yet seen
the light. but with almost two years TO
work out details stlll more complicated
events may be introduced,
The event to come in for considerable
attention was the Marathon race, and at
Sweden II will be an out and out contest
Of endurance. That is, there will be clear
course from start TO finish and the runners
will not be allowed attendants nor shall
they take refreshments. or receive aid from
anybody along the route under penalty OF
disqualification. Nether will autos, motor
cycles, bicycles or conveyances of any
kind be allowed on the course.
These conditions were proposed by the
Italian delegate Count Brunette d'Useaux,
and they met with the hearty approval OF
the entire body The italian In giving his
reason for introducing these conditions
said that they would in measure DO away
with the claims OF unfairness, or of the
runners being helped along He argued
that IL the Marathon was a test of endur-
ance, it should be carried out on the strict
letter Of the word Let e man start with
out an attendant, or stimulants and run
the race without aid or refreshments OF any
kind, and whoever won, did so on the real
stamina he possessed, and not upon stimu-
lants and help from other sources. 1t was
stated that there will be ambulance sta
tions along the course, ana when a runner
becomes exhausted he will be taken imme-
diately to one OF these, but after he gives
| up he will not be allowed to re-enter the
race. Once he retires he will have to stay
out
The practice Of sending entries by cable
or telegraph was discussed, and the Swedes
made 1t plain that they could not accept
cable entries under any condition. The Rev
r. S. de C. Laffan, who represented Eng
land, spoke at length on what he termed
tn confusion that resulted from accepting
the American entries by cable two years
ago He said that the Americans persuaded
the British Olympic council to take theil
cable entries and the plan turned out to b.
very unsatisfactory.
The aquatic part of the program al
Stockholm will be much the same as Al
London, The same distances will prevail
in the swimming events and the diving and
method Of scoring will be similar. There
may be a few additions in both depart
ments The contests will be held close tC
the Stadium in a big tank and will take
place each day after the track and fielt
events have been concluded. Women will
be allowed to enter the events, and this
is two more events than women were al
lowed to enter at London, where their eff
forts were confined to lawn tennis anC
archery.
There will be no automobile races oil
cycling events decided in the Stadium, &C
cording to the plans of the Swedes, but tn
latter sport they propose 20 tolerate to al
extent, so they intend giving q 30 kilomete
race on the road around Lake Malaren. Tn,
English members of the committee though
that there should be some cycling event
on the track, and they were backed up II
the opinion by Germany. The final decision
however, was held over till next year
when, after all, there may be some tract
cycling events.
The other departments of the games wer
gone over and suggestions were mad
which will not be finally ratified till tn
annual meeting next year. The entry o
women will be permitted in gymnastics
and the Swedes pointed out the difficult!
OF Judging between national teams whicl
employed wholly different systems. Indi
vidual competitions, they thought, were al
right, but before the team contests woult
be included on the program it would b.
necessary to have a consultation will
Italy, Germany and England. The law
Mo xHvf1 he I'D
same as they were in England and tn
shooting program will be on the same line
as the Bisley tournament, but will be NOR
general and military in character. In tn
wrestling there will be five differen
classes in the Graeco-Roman style and tn
English representative asked that there b.
some classes in the catch as-catch-pan
which the Swedes promised to include
There was a high compliment paid to tn,
conditions which prevailed in 1908, and 1
was decided that the next contests SHOULD
be carried out the same or as nearly a.
possible. In addition to the ten contests
there will be individual competitions Al
fois, duelling swords and sabers.
Countries intending to send teams tC
Stockholm will, no doubt, be interested ir
the proposals made by Sweden for judging
the competitions. They are as follows
ID The judges will all be appointed by thC
central Swedish committee, who may APP
point foreigners to serve, provided that the
total Of such foreigners does not exceed
one-third Of the total OF the whole inter
national jury. CD Every country which has
more than five entries in any sport will
have the right to appoint one member OF
the jury, but the president Of the interna-
tional jury Will be appointed by Sweden
49, Every country sending competitors has
right to appoint official representatives
to watch the progress Of those contests in
which its competitors take part and these
official representatives viii have the right
to lodge protest and to speak in favor
OF It before the International jury de-
scribed above.
Colonel Victor Balck, who represents
Sweden, announced that there was the sum
Of 100000 now at the disposal OF the
swedish committee TO defray the expenses
OF the games. The Swedish government
contributed $4,000 OF the amount. The
stadium is being constructed Of brick
granite and reinforced concrete, The