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United States and Other
Countries Already Look
ing Forward to 1916.

Although three years will elapse
before the sixth revival of the olym-
PIC games to be held at Berlin during
.ne summer Of 1916, the meet has
9 assiu assumed proportions for sur
worlds amateur track and field cham.
plonships. The games. their prelim-
mares n preparations are topics of
national and international comment
anu discussion throughout the old and
new world. In the midst of all these
preparations the United States athletic
s%a.norl.aes continue to lead the way.
Olympic games are brighter than at
any time n the revival Of this
athletic classic owing to the work
or the new international athletic
federation just organized at Berlin
~ delegates from sixteen leading attn
,letic countries of the world.
AZ a controlling international au-
smor,.y Tor amateur track and field
sports. its suggestions to the Olympus
games committee will carry great
Weight. The proposed j. A. +. stand
ara program of track and field events
Is mace up almost entirely of events
on II programs of American col.
legc and athletic club events and the
rules are largely those to which the
american athletes are accustomed.
The victory OF the American Views at
the congress German sport critics as
cribe to the fact that the events pro.
posed by h United States are prac-
tlced everywhere and are devoid of
robustness: the superiority of the
results produced under the American
rules. and in no small measure to the
ability of the American delegates and
the prestige of American athletes.
Give Credit to Americans.
II was the consensus of opinion
among the delegates that the Ameri-
can representatives of the Amateur
Athletic union were by far the bes,
Nersed in the theory and technique
o. athletics. When they advocated
in the rules they advanced
excellent reasons in support of their
contention and won many victories
and supporters to their ideas, Some
NJ the rules advocated at the suE-
sestion of the United States dele
gates were Toe board circles for the
shotput; penalties for false starts. and
a rule t prevent the drawing of sew
eral entrants all representing one
country in preliminary heats of races.
ON a few points American ideas were
rejected, as. for instance in adopting
Il 16-pound shot made Of iron instead
of the smaller American lead shot.
n IN providing for a dugOut take
of for the broad jump. against the
United States argument that the take
off joist sunk flush with the ground
was far safer.
While the International Athletic
Federation was smoothing out wrin-
kles in h program to be offered
as a model for the Berlin games, the
Olympic controversy that has held the
attention Of English athletic follow
ers the Stockholm meet of a
year ago attained fresh prominence.
me proposal to raise q fund Of $780,
ooO rather staggered the average sub
tect of George V. Although there
were few early subscribers to h
fund there we're hundreds of INQUIRIES
as to what was to be done with this
enormous sum of money.
Tells OF Lost Titles.
The Duke of Westminster, in a pub
nc letter. calls attention to the long
list OF sporting trophies and cham
p%ionships which England lost during
the past fifteen years He wrote
Polo. America; rackets, America;
Yachting. America; lawn tennis (sin-
gles), New Zealand; lawn tennis
Davis cup). America; court tennis,
~ica-France: billiards (English), Aus
tralia; swimming. America-Australia:
Rugby football, South Africa-New
considerable discussion in yachting
France Germany; trotting horse.
America: running horse, America;
horse jumping, France-Russia; fenc-
ing, france shooting (king's prize).
Canada; skating, Sweden: track and
field athletics. America.