Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-26
COAST To HAVE
BIG ATHLETIC
FAIR IN 1915
Worlds Greatest Sports Tourna-
ment viii Be Held at Panama
Pacific Exposition.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25.-Jame s
E. sullivan. athletic director of the
Panama Pacific International EXPOSE
tion who recently attended the inter-
national federation OF the athletic
governing bodies of the world at Ber-
lin, has extended IAN invitation to
those bodies assembled to participate
in the contests to be held in San
Francisco in 1915.
The strongest teams from many for
egn countries have already given as
surance that they will take part. The
Panama Pacific International EXPOSE
lion sports tournament will be the
greatest in history. The sports events
viii include almost every variety of
athletics known to the civilized world.
Athletes from every one of the twen-
ty-seven nations that have already
decided TO officially participate in the
Exposition will take part in the sport
program.
The program for the international
sports have been prepared tentative
y after conference with the differ
ent governing bodies in America.
Among the events already scheduled
are the international CHAMPIONSHIPS
which will take place In the months
Of February March and April of 1915
and again in the months of October,
November and December of that year
Among the aquatic events plannoG
are the college rowing championships
and the championships of the National
Association of Amateur Oarsmen.
Yacht and motor boat races will be
held in San Francisco harbor and
thousands of spectators will gather
on the Espianade before the eXposi-
ZION site to view these events.
Worlds Greatest Gymnasts.
The German turner's will have q.
week for their mass work and exhibit
ZION drills, and it is expected that the
strongest gymnastic team that Ger
many can produce will come here to
give an exhibition of their national
gymnastic games.
Another weeks is to be given over
70 football, hurting, dancing and ath-
etics.
Special attention is to be given to
playground development, an invitation
having been extended to the National
Playground Association Of America to
hold its congress at this exposition,
and 1t is expected that every city in
the United Atates that maintains
playground aAvities will send a team
Of boys to demonstrate the type or
work So.2g done for the boys
throughout America.
Director William J. Lee, of the New
York Fairgrounds, promises to ask
the Board of Aldermen for an appro-
priation to pay the expenses Of 200
schoolboys to the exposition. The lat
Ter hold the national public school
championship trophy, which they
gained at the st. Louis Exposition.
\ week will be set aside during 1915
for the schoolboy championships.
Olympic Medal Offered.
The chief international event OF the
year will be the modern pentathlon
for which the Olympic committee has
offered an Olympic medal for the ilrst
time in its history. 1t Is expected
that the four placed men at the Olym-
pic games in Sweden last summer
namely, Asbrink, Lillicheck, DE La,
val and Grouhagen, will take part
in the great event.
United States army officials are
making special efforts to win the COW
eted trophy, and several crack teams
have started training.
For the first time soccer football
Wlll receive recognition at an Amerl-
ean International exposition. Soccer
football at the exposition Will be UNI
der the control OF the Federation IN
tenational Football Association,
which is the controlling body OF foot
ball throughout the world. 1t is stated
by no less an authority than Or. G'
Rudolph Manning, president 70 the as
ISOLATION. that from the teams Whlcn
take part in the exposition soccer
tournament there Will be teams Sc
lected to represent America in Ber-
LIN in 1916
Tryouts To Be Held.
Tryouts will be held for all sections
Of the country for the selection OF
teams to represent the various Tor S
of the United States army in the mill
tary competition to be held during
one week in the year set aside Tor
that purpose. A navy week VIII De
arranged according to the time or the
arrival of the battleships of the world
M the San Francisco harbor. where
they will all mobilize in celebration
Of the opening of the Panama Canal.
tompetitions will be conducted be-
'Ween members of foreign and Amer
lean navies. The presence of battle
ships in the harbor, before the expo
SitiOn grounds, will add great bril-
AanCy to the naval esents.
An invitation is being extended to
The National Baseball Commission to
have the final game of the worlds Sc
RES played at the exposition stadium.
supplementary games will be ar
ranged for the winners in the differ
ent leagues throughout theWountry
and an invitation will also~be eX-
tended to the major league baseball
cams to use the baseball field at the
exposition ground for spring prac-
tce.
\ special invitation is extended to
the Army and Navy to pls their an
nual football games in the exposition
stadium.
Ninety-one events of national and
.'lernational importance have already
been scheduled for the great 1915
meet The events now planned will
oe subject, as to dates and regula-
lons, to the receiving Of the official
sanction and approval from all the
dNsociations that are interested.