The evening world., 1912-11-20
II Was the Work Of the Ameri.
can Athletes at Athens in
1896 That Started the Ath.
Ietic Revival in Europe.
Copyrisht 1912. ny The Prev Publishing Co.
fThe Nex York Worldl


American sports. few years
. = ago the word sport" was un.
knoVvn outside OF England. and athlet c
~smes o,aved for p,ea sure wsrs unhea ra
=, -, a.. C.n,,n.r,
,,,..,
"'"". "e past .''ee VI i'"' ,o.'
France mas sone WHO WIN enthusiasm
over The old English sports Oh DONNIE
and Rugby football. Boxing. In fact.
has been introduced in q number OF
countries, and even Russia has recently
onerea It's yates IN tho pIove man. In
rr.rc. IN. nj, ,oo,h,u ,r,,ch.s Arm n,
- a. $50.
so""' as s'e"' 40 :"
umes as many as hundred thousaho
spectators attending game.
Now Sweden has sent representatives
over here to study the American game
of footbal They will 500 tho Harvard
Ya,e .,rpgr,e next SATURDAY sweden.
.u.- ..oIng o,r o,,,.,.s ~ tho r.oon,
oynp'c "a"es IN s.oeNno""' mas Gums
20 ue conclusion that the sports IN
ouiged In by American boys must be
pretty good. So Sweden hopes to intro
duce the American game OF football,
preferrlng that livelier sport to the
milder English game OF Rugby.
France In. about to have professional
baseball. Richard Klegin IL to take
over professional players and give the
Frenchmen their first taste OF the king
OF professional games. Besides that,
and In anticipation Of Mr. HIGGINS
organized an amateur baseball league.
And this Is being done before - game
OF baseball mas been played In France.
n"' ",inh Pre'N wen oi A"er,,
,,,.,..r sp Ia, , a"assu oa''
sbo,, the gam. trom, wa,chi,g E,a,,,.,
n,ofsss,orais In a v.ar nv 40 ,ha ,,ho,.'
french po,,o, old -, h,sahau n,.S IN
three mr. four vc,rs we'll .hsv. 10 moo,
their hest team. nv dron tha, ra,hsr
cancelled claim TIA, onr in,.r,sa,,,,.
meeting ia for tho "Chamn,on.h,n .,
the Wor,du" -
II was IN. work n, IN. Auor,o.r n
is,.. ~ A,h.ns 4, ,eas a.. 49,.
athletic rev,vai In E,rnna T,.,,,a
.,hIs,.. ,.,,.r 49,
All over Epro,e Th. nt,ar ,,nn. .,
ways looLed ,non Ia s,ana.. n,'s ~
for athletics fress T,sv v"r nara'
Engiana n, hsr snoosa,,,' .n
good old u. 8, came along ana ,y,nod
England from the athletic man. easily
the Continental nations took I'm atb.
letics. hoping to get a crack ut England
themselves and, perhaps. TO show IN,
Yankees that the old coupt-i aren',
dead yet.
A LONG that same line Franc, /,
~ novv .ana,,. "a. 60, -.
4 \ arh,er. Thara,s 80
oa"ea""e'sht poAer' VINO hai
larry ciear claim 10 the worlds ban
tam title. Ledoux makes his first an
pearAnce In America tonight at III,
tairmont A. &. against battling Red
oy This battling boy, they toll me
made II mighty hot for Kid VILLA m
In their ten-round bout. and has heate,
. lot OF good ones at the weight, He'i
1t least be able to make the long-arme,
little Freuchman show wba, ho Lno.,
about the game. Gunboat sml,h ~,
husky heayyweIght who .,onnaa ~.
Savage and lin Stewar, rscant,, g..
10 against Soldier Kearns L.a.rs - -.
hard, but Smith hits hordar 7, MI, !,
n heavy artillery .nyogan,a,, w."
- PECTATORs n, ,,o p,,..
raw. ,.., Wv I"ee'oh-i al
a',..,. uay are sun us
: tne transportation arrange
e".s '"at prousht thousands to Pr.nce
ION IRON this city long after the gam
had begun. Two hours and forty mlnu
ties Is long time TO allow 'speci1
Grain" to travel forty miles.
II seems impossible for the railroad
TO satisfactorily handle the annual rus
OF traffic.
This is a strong argumen. for tn
t. - q H. l.
York. II 1t We're only question of mall
Ing II easy for the undergraduates c
one college or the other It would be
different matter. But the graduate 70
lowers OF the sport greatly outnumbs
49,. me unusrstadua,es' ana a majority