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,


Panama-Pacific International EXPOSE
ion, who recently attended the inter
rational federation of the athletic
governing bodies of the world al Ber-
in, has extended an invitation to
those bodies assembled to participate
IN the contests to be held in San
Francisco in 1915.
The strongest teams from many for
Ign countries have already given as
~urance 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 TWEEN
ly-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
ly after a conference with the differ
cnt 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 planneI
are the college rowing championships
md 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 Esplanade before the eXposi-
ion site to view these events.
Worlds Greatest Gymnasts.
The German turner's will have q
~ eek for their mass work and exhibit
tion 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
10 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 it is expected that every city in
the United States that maintains
playground activities will send team
Of boys to demonstrate the type of
w0-i, being cone 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 20O
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 1918
Tor 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 first
time in its history. 1t is expected
that the four placed men at the Oiym-
pic games in Sweden last summer
namely, Asbrink, Lillicheck, De La,
val and Grouhagen, will take part
n the great event
United States army officials are
making special efforts to win the COW
ted trophy, and several crack teams
nave started training.
For the first time soccer fOotball
will receive recognition at an Ameri-
r4n international exposition. Soccer
football at the exposition will be I'M
der the control OF the Federation In
gernational ' Football Association,
which is the controlling body OF foot
ban throughout the world. 1t is stated
Icy no less an authority than l)r. u
Rudolph Manning, president 70 the as
ISOLATION. that from the teams when
lake part in the exposition soccer
tournament there Will be teams Sc
ected to represent America in Ber-
IN 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 for
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 be
arranged according TO the time OF the
arrival of the battleships of the world
n the San Francisco harbOr, where
hey will all mobilize in celebration
IF the opening of the Panama Canal
Competitions will be conducted be-
tween members of foreign and Amer
lean navieS. The presence of battle
ships in the harbor, before the expo
SitiOn grounds, will add great Drill
lanCy to the naval events
An invitation is being extended to
The National Baseball Commission to
nave 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
'nt leagues throughout the country
and an invitation will also be ex-
tended to the major league baseball
teams TO use the baseball field at the
aSposition ground for spring prac-
ice.
A special invitation is extended to
he Army and Navy to pl' their an
nual football games in the exposition
stadium.
Ninety-one events of national and
International importance have already
been scheduled for the great 1915
meet. The events now planned will
be subject, as to dates and regula-
Ions, to the receiving of the official
sanction and approval from all the
associations that are interested.