Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-04-20

during the fifth and fourth centur-
les, when the contestants were of the
best blood of Greece. Gradually,
however, a change took place as the
training became moro and more a
profession, and in Roman times, al
though the crowds and the splendcr
continued. the competitors were near
ly all professional athletes, against
whose mode OF life physicians and
moralists alike directed censure. The
games continued until A. ID. 394
when they were finally suppressed by
Emperor Thcodosius, supposedly on
the ground that they were opposed
to the interest of Christianity.
The modern Olympic games were
revived largely owing to the efforts
OF Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who
banded number of athletes together
and organized an international ath-
letlc committee. which held its first
meeting in Paris in 1895. The oD-
ject of the commit tee was to re-
organizing series of athletic con-
tests. to be held every four years,
and confined to amateurs only.
The first of the revived Olympiads
was held in Athens in 1896 in the
ancient stadium, which was especial
ly prepared far the purpose. The
second series took place at Paris in
1900, and in 1904 St. Louis, Mo-. was
desie inated to conduct the third SER
les. deviation from the original
four year rule was the next thing
and in 1906 the games were once
more held at Athens. In 1908 Lon
don had the privilege of conducting
the games. The 1912 games were
held in Stockholm, and in August of
the present year the nations of the
world will cOngregrate at Antwerp.
Saturday April Il will be big
day among coast colleges. The
whole coast is watching the meet
ing of California and Stanford
Universities on the cinder track and
also in their annual eight cared boat
race The latter event will decide
which university will go to Seattle to
row the University of Washington on
May 81.
The track meet is also of impor-
lance to the coast in that the Univer-
stiles of Oregon and Washington.
Oregon Agricultural college, Wash
ihgton State college. University OF
Idaho and others will get definite
line of the ability of the two big
universities in California. All these
colleges will come to Palo Alto for
the coast collegiate conference meet
to be held May Is.
The University of Chicago base
fball team leaves San Francisco on
1.-THE steamer Tenino Maru for Japan
on Saturday. The IL men forming
the team are an all round aggregra-
ton of athletic stars and included
in their ranks are five men who won
the big nine" basketball title also
they include some star cinder stars.
The team will compete in these three
sports against the Universities OF
Wasadea, Toxic and Osaka. prior to
sailing on Saturday, the baseball team
will play both California and Stan
ford mines.
Back at Case college in Ohio they
have a one legged athlete. He is r
K. Kriss and with the aid of an ar
tifiicial leg he recently circled the
gymn track two seconds faster than
than his nearest competitor. Then
he discarded his wooden leg and
made standing broad jump OF bet
ter than feet. He then made new
college record in the rope climb.
and after that went into the swim
ming pool and came within a second
of the 100 yard college swimming
mark.
MAY 8 will be the official date on
their first series of elimination trials
for the purpose of selecting the
French American Olympic team.
Cedric Miller, former football
captain and star of the University
been offered the position of assis-
tant coach at the University of North
Carolina. His name was suggested
by the famous Gil Dobie former coach
of the University of Washington foot
ball mon.
The University of California foot
ball schedule as just given out by
Manager Nichols is as follows; Sep
TENDER 25. Olympic Club; October
2. Santa Clara University; October
9, ST. Mary's college; October IL,
University Of Nevada; October go
University of Utah ttentative); oct
ober 80. Oregon Agricultural col
lege at Portland; November 6.Wash-