Evening star., 1914-12-20

f. - 4 February 80 until
October 23 there
will be athletic events running, SO 'ii"'
une visiting the exposition at any 'iiie
.i,.rinr- it's continuance will have the op-
portunity OF seeing good sport III stouiu
IL. borne in mind by those of us vino live
n sterrer climates that out mere II 10
NOT necessary to wait for the frost TO
work out of the ground, or the sum
mer soIitice to come to make outdoor
athletic events possible. anu II prop
ably is this fact that accounts IN
measure for the great athletic oeFei-
opment that has gone on on the "a
cific coast and the number OF remark
sble athletes from tennis to track that
have been the product of these eohoi-
tions.
To those who go out IN the eaii'
snrinr the most interesting contests
will be the basket ball at the end OF
February, and the gymnastic and
wrestling Championships which WIZ ~
come the latter part of the month OF
March April will contain the Tar
western wrestling and boxing cham-
pionships, as well as the A. A. =
wrestling championship and the "a
cific Association boxing. 1t aiso
should be noted for visitors in April
that on the 9Th and 10th the inter
scholastic track and field champion,
ships of the Pacific coast Will be NEG
IN the stadium. May will begin with
the public schools of San Francisco
tlayinS two athletic league days, ana
on the fth and Sth the colleges OF the
Pacific coast will hold their track ana
field championships. Fencing enthus-
lasts may see the international expo
sition championships decided from May
II to 80. With June comes in the ten
mis-. the Pacific coast championships
being decided from the 18th to the
c6tb-
July has more tennis from the 10th
to the 18th, the Panama-Pacif1c inter
rational championships, and the SWIM
ming championships of the Pacinc
Association July 2 and s, and the
far western swimming championship
the 18th to the 18th, while from the
18th to the oath the Amateur Athletic
Union will decide it's swimming and
TWO days of July will be filled with the
western track championships and west
ern marathon run. With August comes
in the cycling; from the I'd to the
.th the International Panama -Pacihc
championships will be run off. Then
on the 5th and 9th will be the all
around championships and the Junior
~ A U. track and field events. Au-
on the 9th and 10th the national re-
lay championships: on the 18th and
ith the Panama-Paciflc intercollegiate
championships.
The exposition authorities have OBJ
tanned the sanction of the Olympic
committee to hold a decathlon and the
modern pentathlon- These are events
of much more Importance than the or
binary public in this country has ap-
preciated. They rank very high in
consideration of foreign athletes and
are indeed remarkable contests. The
decathlon consists of 100 meters fiat,
running broad jump. putting the
weight, best hand, 400 meters, fiat, ITO
meter hurdle. throwing the discus. best
hand: pole vault. throwing the jave-
lin. best hand. and 1900 meters. fiat
The Pentathalon is more of a sporting
event and is not very well understood
I'm this country. 1t consists of the fol-
lowing events: Dual shooting at va
rious distances Oh a target which is
visible for three seconds and there is
an interval of ten seconds between
each shot. Swimming, 800 meters, free
style; fencing. riding tcourse not ex-
ceeding 5000 meters. and the riders
covering the course siEgiy). cross
country race of 400 meters. all compet-
itors starting singly at intervals of a
minute. the start being in the stadium
and returning for the finish in the sta
dunn. One day is occupied with each
event and the prize winners are de-
terTnined by the points corresponding
to the place numbers in the five events.
In September will come the Califor-
MIA tennis championships. Pacific As
sociation track and field champion
ships. soccer foot ball. irish sports
and pastimes and on the 25th the race
which, for worldwide interest. prob
sbly surpasses all. namely. the mara
'hon. Soccer foot ball of the Pacific
coast championships will be decided
October II to 16. and California cham
pionships in basket ball. boxing. track.
aeld. wrestling and swimming from
October IS TO the I'D. Undoubtedly
other events will De added.
We hear nowadays much talk Of eli
-jbility rules and professionalism
while the problem of so-called sum
rer base BALI is always with us.
There is story of a famous physi-
c.sn who was asked TO write a pre-
scription for patient afflicted with
rheumatism. With it he sent note
which read as follows:
II this does YOU any good 7 wish
YOU would let me know. as | have been
troubled with rheumatism myself for
=. last few years"
4 similar desire to try the experiments
outside Of their own person has always
-if.icted the colleges when dealing with
tie disease Of professionalism or with
any question of eligibility of players
Before coile~" sports became % sufficient
Importance 10 really provoke symptoms
q professionalism there were differences
Of opinion as TO whether graduates should
h,, permitted TO take part In 1874, at
vac meeting of the Rowing Association,
Harvard proposed that professional
school students should be eligible for
crews The question was put to vote,
hut the motion was lost, Yale and eight
other colleges voting against it, Later
IN 1876 Yale and Harvard passed q vote
for their races TO the effect that All
undergraduates of either college and all
OF is graduates who We're studying for
: second degree should be eligible for
ths crews" The following point in the
history OF the legislation bears very di-
rectly upon the question now being so
fsr'-cIS igitated.
Ia base ball when the Intercoliegiate
-tssocaton was formed al Springfield
ia 1850 the Yale delegates refused to
join i'll the formation because the as
soclation was unwilling to bar out pro
iessionals. and did not apply for mem
bership until, in the following year
rule was adopted rendering Dror.s-
sionals ineligible. The particular in
dividuals AT that time likely TO become
professionals were Richmond and
Winslow-. the battery OF the Brown nine
Both these men went into the profess
so:iai ranks, and the former played for
some years upon professional teams
Since then there have been several poorly
disguised instances of professionalism
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