The Washington herald., 1911-01-08
new EVENTS FOR
OLYMPIC GAMES
Athletes viii Have Every Chance
to Show Their Skill at
the Sweden Meet.

@HE program for the next
Olympic games to be held In
Stockholm. Sweden. has been
given out. 1t Is Of interest to
all American athletes, because they
will find several new events added to
the regular Olympic schedule az 1t was
run of at Paris, st. Louis. Athens and
London Some of the new events are
so different from tho 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 and
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 tho pro-
gram is the "Grenhopp" Qeapina
frog). This might puzzle even Ray
Ewry. but in plain English it 10 only .
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 gymnastio
training. There will be discus, javelin
and shot events In which the competi-
tors will have to throw alternately with
right and left hands. and their best
throws bright and lef) will be aver.
aged to decide the best distance.
DeeathIon on Program.
There will be a pentathlon. or i've
event all around contest, just as there
was at Athens. In addition to that.
there will be a 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, ITO meter hurdles and 1.5o0 me-
ter run.
Some Of the new all around cham
pions who competed in Chicago last
summer ought to come close to win
ming this. Sheridan would have had
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 gymnastio
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 1.500 meter
free style and the 500 meter team race
four mem.
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.
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 tho
European gymnasts q better chance to
win. However, tho 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.