The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-08
new EVENTS FOR
OLYMPIC GAMES
Athletes VIII Have Every Chance
to Show Their Skill at
the Sweden Meet. \
@HD program for the NEXT
Olympic games to be held In
Stockholm, Sweden. has hean

TNHD program for the next
Olympic games to be held In
Stockholm. Sweden, has been
given out It is Of interest to,
all American athletes. because they.
will ind several new events added %
the regular Olympic schedule ~ it was
run of at Paris, st. Louis. Athens and
London. Some Of the new events are
80 different from the standard that our
athletes will need to start special train. /.
ing II they want to take part in them.
Besides all Of the regular short ana
long distance and hurdle and cross
country races. the fencing. cycling,
gymnastics. horseback riding. lawn
tennis. yachting. wrestling. shooting,
diving and swimming. there will be
water polo. association football and
rowing.
One Of the first events on the pro.
gram IL the "Grenhopp" Oeaping
fros). This might puzzle even Ray
Ewry. but in plain English 1t is only Z
pole vault.
The discus. javelin and shot viii all
be hurled in the usual manner, the ath.
lete being allowed to use either hand.
But, in addition. there will be events
put on especially to show the use Of
the European system Of gymnastic
training. There will be discus, javelin
and shot events in which the competi.
tors will have to throw alternately with
right and loft hands. and their best
throws (right and left) will be aver.
aged to decide the best distance.
Dseathlon on Program.
There will DO pentathlon, or I'VE
event all around contest, just al there
was at Athens. In addition to that
there will be . decathlon, or ten event
all around contest. This will cover
two days. On the first day the pro.
gram is: Running broad jump. running
high Jump, putting. the shot, running
100 meters fiat and running 400 meters
fiat. On the second day the events will
be: Throwing the discus, free style;
throwing the javelin, free style: pole
vault, 40 meter hurdles and $500 mo.
ter run.
Some Of the new all around cham.
pions who competed in Chicago last
summer ought to como close to win.
ming this. Sheridan would have had
almost sure thing Of It year or two
ago. but he has gone back and proba-
bly, won't be at his best In 1912.
One Of the most interesting events on
the whole program is printed at the
end. This is the high plain diving for
ladies and the 100 meter swim for La
dies. The ladies, too. will compete In
several branches Of the gymnastic
events, but the details Of that program
are not yet decided upon.
In the regular swimming events are
the 100 meter free style, the 100 meter
back stroke. the 200 meter breast
stroke. the 400 meter free style. the 400
meter breast stroke, the 1900 meter
free style and the 800 meter team race
(four men).
The hammer. which was thrown ev-
erywhere but at Athens, will be on this
Olympic program. There will be two
standing and two running jumps and
a hop. step and jump.
When it was first rumored in this
country that the regular Olympic pro-
gram would be changed for the meet
in Sweden many Of our athletes
thought the object Of the changes was
to handicap Americans and give the
European gymnasts better chance to
win. However, the program as an
nounced by the Organization for
Olympiska spelen" Of Stockholm seems
to be perfectly fair to all, and Ameri-
can athletes will have every chance to
show their skill that they have ever
had In an Olympic championship.
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