The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-19

activities will be extended an invita-
strdte the type of work being done for
the boys throughout the United
States
a week will be set aside fl the pub
lie Schools Athletic league activities
end championships. The last time the
national public schoolboy champion
ships were decided, they were held at
the worlds fair at ST. Louis, and the
massive championship trophy was won
by the schoolbcys of New York. 1t is
intended To extend tho work this year,
and it has already been stated that the
Public schools Athletic league and the
board OF education of Greater New
York will send at least 200 boys To San
Francisco To take part in these cham
pionships.
The big international athletic event
promises to be the Modern Pcntathlon.
This is the event for which the Inter-
national Olympic committee conferred,
FOR the first time, an Olympic medal,
ana it is expected that the four placed
men at the Olympic games at sweden
last summer, namely, Hitchcock. AS.
bring. de Laval and Gronhagen, who
finished in front of Lieutenant John
ston Of the United States army, will
take part. a special plea will be made
at once to our army officials To start
a team in training in order To capture
this worlds events.
Will Help Selection.
The American Olympic committee
for the Olympic games at Berlin in
1916 will take great interests in this
stupendOus program prepared for the
exposition, MS IL will give them Il very
good line on our American talent, and
enable them to pick wisely and watch
carefully those that the committee eX-
poets 20 make the team for Berlin.
For the first time soccer football will
receive recognition Not only the
United states of America Football as
sociation. which has been admitted in
TO membership in the Federation In
the controlling body OF football
throughout the world, will control all
soccer football at the exposition, and
from these teams that take part there
it is stated by no less an authority
than Dr. g. Rudolph Manning, presi-
dent of the association, will be select
ed "a team To- represent America a;
Berlin in 1916.
Special cndoaVors viii be made
through the secretary 90 war To assign
detachments from each and every fort
in the United states for competition
during Army week. As Il matter of
fact IL is planned to hold tryouts for
all sections of the country to select
the most expert
What will be arranged for Navy
week will depend Il great deal upon thu
time Of arrival and mobilization Of the
battleships i'm the harbor. and as nearly
all the different countries of the world
will have their battleships in attend
ance at the Panama exposition. nc
doubt the international contests wiz,
be arranged between members of tn,
crews of the foreign battleship.
An invitation will be extended to
the National Baseball commission t.
have the final games of the worlds
series played at the stadium within Tho
exposition grounds. Supplementary
games will be arranged for the win
-, "a L..
out the country, and an invitation
will also be extended t. the major
| league baseball teams 10 use the base
| Eall field at the exposition grounds fo'
| spring training. special invitation
| will also be EXTENDED To the Army anc
! Navy to play their annual football
game in the stadium.
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