Arizona republican., 1914-07-08
Greatest Long Distance Men
In World Compete in the
Marathon; Modern Pen
thalon Outside Olympic
; Games.

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Athletics at the Panama Pacific In
iernational Exposition will be the
greatest ever held in the history of the
world. The program which is being
arranged by the exposition officials is
the most gigantic ever attempted by an
exposition, country, association or
group. The total number of entries
which VIII he received and the number
of athletes who will compete will eX-
coed by far the number of entries
which have been received for any intr-
national meeting, not even excepting
the famous Olympiads. The exposition
officials predict that the number Of
entries received will be between eight
and ten thousand.
At the convention of the Amateur
Athletic union of the United States,
held in New York City during Novem-
her 1913, it was unanimously voted to
award all Of its national championships
- the Panama Pacific International
Exposition. These championships are
the blue ribbon events of the athletic
world.
The International Olympic committee
which controls all modert Olympiads,
recognizes just what the Panama Pa
"iiic International Exposition will do
for sport throughout the world and has
conferred upon the exposition the right
To mold the modern Pentathlon, which
is the first time that it has been
awarded outside the Olympic games.
For the first time America is to have
The Decathlon, one of the classic events
that We're the features of the Grecian
and Swedish Olympic games.
The famous Marathon race, which
originated in Greece centuries ago, will
ne re-run, with the greatest long dis
lance men in the world as COMPETE
tors
The exposition will bring together.
for the second time in the history of
the United States. the strong men of
the world, who will compete in the
dumb-bel and weight-lifting contests.
Every city in the United States that
maintains playground activities. win
he extended an invitation to send a
team to demonstrate the type of work
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Representation is also expected from
every public school athletic league in
the United States.
Ii is planned to devote a week to
Irish sports and pastimes consisting of
football. dancing. burling and athletics.
Swedish gymnastics and athletics will
probably be given a week, and it is
expected that Germany will send to the
exposition a team to give an exhibition
of the German type of gymnastic work.
Arrangements are now being made to
have the German Turner'S exploit their
type OF mass work and exhibition drills
Special endeavors are now being
made through the secretary of war to
have assigned to San Francisco for
competition during army week detach-
mentS from each and every fort in the
United States. 1t is planned to have
"try-outs" in the different military sec
tons Of the country to select the most
expert. The program for army week
viii be made up of drills, exhibitions
and competitions.
During navy week it is planned to
arrange international contests between
the crews of foreign navies and our
own. Just what the final program will
consist of will depend upon the time of
arrival and mobilization of the differ
ont battleships in the harbor.
The Young Mems Christian associa-
ton is to be given a week to exploit
its type of work and a week will prob
ably be devoted to the Boy Scouts
movements.
A series of baseball games between
all-star teams, to be selected by popu-
lar vote from the ranks of players in
the National and American leagues
will be played in San Francisco dur
ing 1915. If the National baseball
commission approves of same. The
exposition will back the proposition
and formally announce the plans when
details are completed.
The department of athletics has re-
Ceived many propositions in relation to
holding professional competitions dur
ing the period of the Panama Pacific
international Exposition and in all
probability many important national
and International professional events
will be held in boxing, wrestling, base
ball, tug-a-war and marathon running
An idea of the magnitude of this
undertaking may be gained when ONT
considers the fact that it is proposed
TO have activities almost every day
during the period of the exposition
which OPENS February 20 and closes
December 4.
sSchedule of Events
February 22-Amateur Athletic IN
ion basketball championships.
March 26 and 27-Amateur Athletic
Union gymnastic championships.
March 29-Pacific association wrest-
ling championships.
April and 10-Pacific coast inter-
scholastic track and field champion
ships
April Is and 17-Amateur Athletic
Union wrestling championships.
April % and 24-Pacific association
boxing championships.