Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
SEVERAL CHANGES IN
NEXT OLYMPIC GAMES
Eight Sports Have Been Drop
ped After Discussion at
Luxembourg.

NEW YORK. July 9.-The international
olympic committee held it's meeting re-
Gently at Luxembourg, where the program
for the Swedish olympic games was dis
cussed. number Of changes from the
list Of events given at London were eff
fected. Several competitions were drop
ped and some new ones put on. Such
sports as golf. hockey, foot ball. lacrosse,
polo on horseback, tennis, racquets and
boxing we're dropped. The Rev. s. de
Courcy Laffan, the English delegate,
spoke in favor OF including boxing, but
after an objection from Col Balch of
Sweden the manly art" was tabooed.
The standing high and broad jumps have
been relegated. as also the 4OO-meter
hurdle race. The pentathlon or five-event
all-around contest will be revived, but it
will be different from Athens in 1906, as
there will be a ], 5O0-meter run instead of
wrestling.
Then there will be a decathlon. or ten
event all around. the list being given be-
low. The question Of judging the events
was discussed at length, and the Swedes
will appoint foreigners. but they must
not exceed one-third of the whole. jury.
Any country sending an entry Of five
events will be entitled to have a repre-
sentative on the international jury: No
by the Swedish olympic management. A
British authority made the following
statement about the program:
I'm the athletic program the following
ters, 200 meters, 400 meters. 800 meters.
800 meters. 5000 meters and 10000 me-,
tiers, all fiat races for individual entries,
with 11O-meter hurdles and fiye-miie
steeplechase, in which four of the entries
for each country will run as a team and
will score as such. though all entries WILL
also beo considered. as individual entries
for individual prizes in the same race. Ii
sentatives. that relay race Of only 400
meters. each man In the teams OF
four being given 100 meters. would be
very dangerous. and its consideration
was postponed. A relay race OF l.6OO
meters was proposed with teams Of four.
each to run 400 meters. and another team
race Of 5000 meters was suggested. IN
which five could enter and three could
score In jumping, the items were high
and broad jump (both standing and run
ming in each case). pole jump. hop. step
and Jump and q further variety Whicn
had better for the present be described
as Swedish jump.
"The antiquated and mistaken item OF
the discus as at Athens has finally been
dropped from the olympic program by
the decision of the international commit
tee at Luxembourg, and though the discus
will still have two competitions. both OF
these Will De III Tue iCC Seyho
in the first the athlete will throw with
one hand (either right or Left. and IN the
second he Will throw with each hano.
the score he makes with his right pein8
added to that made with his left to form
a total Exactly the. same method Will
be followed in the score for putting the
weight, which therefore has two compe-
titions, and in throwing the javelin held
In the middle, but the javelin has third
competition as we'll, for the free style,
in which man, may hold II now ne
likes. and in either hand. provided he
uses no aid except his hand in throwing.
Both the hammer and the tug-of-war Will
be the same as in London.
"A walking race of ten kilometers was
added at the special request OF the Brit
ish representatives,, but 1t will be seen
that the field events still considerably
preponderate over the track races, ana
this superiority is increased by the In
clusion In the athletic program OF
pentathlon and decathlon. In each OF
which new and independent entries have
to- be made as similar performances
penfathlon will consist of the broad
Jump, 200 meters fiat. discus. javelin and
1900 meters fiat. The decathlon will
include on the first day, 100. meters nat.
broad jump, weight, 400 meters fiat. high
Jump. and on the second day, hurdles,
discus. pole jump. javelin. 1,5OO meters
nat. challenge cup has also been
offered by Baron Pierre de Coubertin for
a modern pentathlon,' consisting Of: l.
a foot race over obstacles; 2, shooting:
3, swimming; 4. q test Of horsemanship;
5, a, competition in either boxing, fencing
or Wrestling"