Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-05-11
REVIVAL or OLYMPIC GAMES.
The Meet at Clemson on May t3
Attracting Wide Attention.

clemson college,, May Especial.
On the 18Th Of May representatives
from many OF the leading Southern
colleges and universities will contest
at Clemson College in the prelimina-
ries Of the S. |. A. A. meet. Saturday
afternoon at 2.30 the athletes picked
in the trials Of the evening before,
will contend in what promises to be
the greatest athletic meet ever held
in the South.
Interest in track work has been
growing slowly during the past dec
adc. Ten years ago track meets
were uncommon and wehrrc held
only at the larger institutions Now
every college Of any size has track
team and the secondary schools Of
the State are doing very creditable
work in this branch Of sport.
Track work stands out pre-cmi-
ncntly rs ndividualistic. In all
other branches Of sport team work
and team play stand for more than
individual ability. In track the in
dividual stars, and no man OF bril-
liant achievements is handicapped by
mediocre support. nor can poor mate
rial be bolstcred up By the work of a
few good players. 1t is the Oldest of
all forms OF sport, all its branches
being spontaneous expression of
some form of bodily activity.
Inp HrSt trDplx IN;
history were those held In Greece,
many hundred years before Christ,
under the name q Olympian games.
The earliest victor on record is a
Mr.. Coroebus, who won a foot race
in I76 B. G. In those early games
competition was open only to the
Greeks and the events consisted OF
long and short runs, boxing, wrest-
ling and throwing the discus. In
$40 these old games were revived,
made international and meet held
were uncommon. and were held
in the old stadium in Greece in 1896,
in 1904 in st. Louis. and in 1908 in
London. IN all these meets Ameri-
can atnIetcs have taken prominent
part. usually winning majority of
the track and field events.
At Clemson College on May Il tho
events contested will be the 10O-yard
dash, 220 dash. 40 dash. half-mile
run, mile run, running l2O yards
over hurdles 3 y feet high. running
dc II, Il In -
the running high jump, the running
broad jump, the pole vault, throwing
the lf-pound hammer, and putting
the l6-pound shot. These different
events will be hotiy contested.
Last year Clemson won the South
ern championship at Nashville from
Vanderbilt, and this year the Ten
ncssce boys are coming back deter
mined to regain their lost laurels.
Besides these two teams, other
schools entering many good men
will try to make it interesting for
the leaders. The meet will not only
be ficrccly contested. but its quality
is sure to be high. Clemson alone
has bunch Of men who would make
good at any institution in the coun-
try, and half a dozen Of them are
stars OF the first magnitude.
Many people who arc baseball fans
and foot bail enthusiasts have never
had an opportunity 10 see this most
exciting Of all sports. A knowledge
OF the game is essential for real en-
joymcnt Of ball games, but any one
with no previous athletic experience
can enjoy race. This Is an unusual
opportunity TO see the strongest col
legcs OF The South vying with each
oihcr-to sec Southern records go
to smash and world records trcmblc