The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-05-26

hall league has 100000 members.
The Amateur \ hletiy union. the
body responsible for light athletics.
has 12o.ood members. The Cyclists,
league coHta rs 1o.r1a members; The
Rowing union. 5o.ooe. aud The Lawn
Tennis league 10000. All these. to
sether are represented on a central
governing body for Olympic purPos
IS. the Imperial German commit
tee for OLYMPIC sports. which speaks.
roundiy. fer 2.5oo,ooa rymnas.s ana
athletes
ELIMINATION TESTS.
From among this imposing agefe
CATION We propose To find athlete
talent capable OF meeting any com
petition At Berlin in 1915. Il will b.
discovered by long and regular scr
res Of elimination compat'. ons
throughout he country. Including
games in the army and amone
the boys and Young men leaving
the schools and etmuasj3 I,riyerz
sity men are holding at fetPz = dur
ING the coming summer 'Varsits
Olympiad. which promises 10 re-.
veal much hidden talent TOR Berlin
in 1916. As fast as taIeaf is d.
tected it VII be mi in CHARGE a.
professional trainers for sDeefal
branches and .vsrematicalf doyelan.
ed To that end the program nj
all future athletic meetings in Ger.
many. large or small in whatever
branch of snort they speeiali7n will
be formulated with = sirale eve n
developing winner at Berlin in tqfs
in order that as he Olymniad a..
proaches We may come into masses
sion of a constantly growing nun.
Der of specfalfs.s in zach deparf.
ment of athletics In 1als sor 4v-
ample snqrfal attention will ho do.
voted to the creation and trosnias
Of representative ra1fno .aiab.s,. IN
various towns mud cities sn Than
hatvean nov and 1910 man, races
and compet ions maq he held and \
truly champion crew selected IN RON.
resent Germany against fbs rowfnq
.afent of tba world
Wherever found desirable afhIofif.
md spof4 ing life in foreign conn
tries will he thoroughly and sys-
t4maticaIIy investigated in oraar II
learn and borrow the hest methods
employed abroad In certain nros-
pect is a study trim" TO the United
States where such amazing nrogress
and successes in all branches IF
outdoor snor,s have heon achieved
Germany has made Inno strides in
snort in recent Years hut in re-
snnet of snec:a1 trainfno as narfart.
"a in America We have still much
to learn
In Germany special steps have
been taken TO prevent athletics from
ieseneratine into mere exhibitions OF
personal Skill by Few eXtraordih.
ary gifted men; our idea IS that
noriS should be DEVELOPED ON SUCH
lines as TO arouse The interest OF
the broad masses OF the people and
soad them on to fresh, independent
work. Therefore, with Us the number
of spectators at games is smaller
than abroad, but the number OF
participants greater. A relay race
/ from Potsdam to Berlin. for eX-
ample, distance OF over sixteen
miles, with sixty teams of nifty men
each, that is to say total Of 3,GUo
starters on one day, is an athletic
/ spectacle not TO be witnessed any
where else in the world. 1t is Just
this large total OF active athletes
which guarantees worthy showing
for German sport in 1916.
WHY GERMANY WANTS TO WIN
For nc as for the rest of the
wor,d tho olvmn-c oamac are M
solfisb object Na lool, unon tbem
m . ,.o,,,,,or,,. ro,.,,,r,,o too, ~ o,,r
otb,otic nowece which wo GLADLY
enter ana ~ Which we siidii no o"i
nest h.deed we Shali STAKE every