Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-06-03
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tiny craft 81 the Ganaoque c. NJ. b.
G. OF Canada and a trophy defender
yet 10 be selected.
The United states National Rifle
Association has completed arrange
mcnts for what will. In all probap'i-
ity, be- the greatest international RI
ne and pistol tournament ever held.
Teams have already been entered py
Switzerland. Mexico. Chile. Sweden.
Cuba. Canada. France. Italy aud the
various states OF the Union for the
matches TO be held at Camp Perry,
Ohio. August i5-30. The Amateur
Athletic Union will send an athletic
team 10 Australia In December ana
the Giants and White Sox plan to
tour the world. playing exhibition
games between the 1913 and 1914
baseball seasons. The Maryland AZ
rlcultural College football team Will
invade Cubs during Christmas week
Tor three games with Cuban College
and amateur teams.
IN the national field. the Univer-
siiy OF California has sent 10 Of her
best athletes East to compete In the
intercollegiate games at Cambridge
and the Western Conference meet a
week later The week OF athletic
carnival az Chicago this summer Will
attract teams from all parts OF the
country and possibly from abroad.
The University OF Washington en-
tered &c eight-oared varsity crew
from Seattle TO compete In the In
iorcolle9iate regatta nj Poughkeep-
sic What the next few months will
develop IN the way of further COM
petition not even a prophet would
care 10 predict
~ this period of the year when
college sport Is NJ the height OF its
swing, the varsity colors play no
small part In the various meets. Al
most every university combination OF
colors has some interesting history
attached TO lbs adoption. and In this
respect the Red and Blue OF Penn
.'lyaniu Is not the least. According
to the University Recorder, G.. T.. Nit
zsche, red and blue came to be adop-
tea as Pennsylvania colors In the fol-
lowing manner.
Numbers were not attached 10 tho
competitors AT that time. but instead
The athletes ran under different col
ors Geyclin was asked what colors
hc WAS running under. and when he
said that he had no colors. he was
told that he would have TO select
some u happened that he was
wearing a red and blue striped cap
.ai ths time. and so he selected those
colors This was the first time Red
and Blue" was worn in public as
color. of The university in an inter-
collegiate contest
lu an oudeayor 10 improve the
general tndard of English field
athletics before the next Olympic
games. the Field Events Association
has evolved the plan of awarding
medals 90 all British athletes who
equal or exceed certain set standards
during the season of 1919. The med
als can Doe won at any time and at
1uy meet thereby different from the
standard medals given by the ANA
tour Athletic Association, which are
only granted TO competitors In
champ .ouship meet For the first
Year 'ho standards have been made
moderate. comparing fayorably with
American iutorscholastic marks, and
being a- follows.
Running broad iumy. u feet: hop
stop ul jump % feet; standing
broad Jump q feet 8 inches: running
H.hH jump. 3 feet 3 inches standing
h.rh jump. feet q inches: pole
vault 900 feet inches. javenn
throw feo feet discus. $50 feet:
.ho'pIt a> feet hammer throw.
... feet. cricket ball throw, 10
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