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AMERICA ASKED
TO JOIN HEARING
Members of International Olym
pic Committee From This
Country Are Invited.
MANY COMPLEX PROBLEMS
-
Kvery Phase of Athletics Will
Be Discussed at Conference !
in Lausanne.
New York. January 4- The Ameri?
can memlxtis of the International
Olympic Committee, i'rofetaor William
M. Sloaiie. Allison V. Armoji ami
Kvert Kauaen Wendell, have been In?
vited to participate in the congress of
the committee, which will convene at
l-ausanne. .Switzerland, from May I
*o 11. nest year, at which time there
will be held a scientific inquiry Into
the physiology and psychology of
a port
It la anticipated that this session
will be the medium for the production
?f papers on these subjects, which will
treel In the most exhaustive manner
tio whole realm of sport, and point
out in clear fashion every phase of the
subjects to be debated later on during
the meeting. Many frleuds of the
Olympic movement have announced
their intention of taking part in th*
cell Derations of the congress, which
are to be held in what is conceded
to be a beautiful epot.
The congress will have the patron?
age of the Federal i'ount-11 of the
Mwlss U< public. The enlef officers of
the Department for Induration and!
I'c.blla Health In the Canton of Yaudf
aro members of the organising com?
mittee, and the bulldlnge of the t'nl {
\.-rsily of Lausanne the place where]
it will sit.
Tue members of the committee in?
clude C.odefray De Bloney. Dr. <>n-i
turjer. ''rofeseor l*aniuler lie Bam eis. j
riadatawil Mlliloud. Or. IXe Montet. and |
pT Uetnhold. I>r. Sarcaise. Paria; Or.
De Monte'. Vevay. I>r. Mallwltz. Mer?
lin. L?r Ma:' lieber. Oetend. and Ar-j
thur Ireiand. of Raunda. will Sarve
as a committee for ihe French. Oer-[
trau and Kngll-h speaking contingents j
leap- ctively
lovltrd ta Wewd ICaaeys.
Kveryfcody who is interueled In th*
problems of the congress is invit d to
iskr part to the end of s-ndltg In
papers, the subscriptions being five
francg and two francs for students.
The papers are to be written in Trench.
? lernian. Knglish or Italian, and must j
i.? sent ee the committee In care of I
II-. I'niverelty or lausannc at leastj
two months before the congrees t-uji
venas. and trust not consist of more j
than *.<>i'0 words, touching on the aw*
tails "f throw subjects as srranged j
pj ihe committee, which are aa fol?
lows.
???gin of activity in the aphere afj
Natural individual aptitudes.'
-?; asd ' idea, (suppleness. d??
??tity. strengih. endurance! fSpeciali
aptitudea. (inborn disposition to c*r-1
lata form.-, "f m aw jew.) What part!
.. atavism play In sport and what
la its Influence ? observations and cou-J
tlu- .'iis to i ? drawn therefrom. I>o|
natural aptitudea suffice to etlmuiatej
the indlviduel or does this require the|
pi esence of the sporting Inatlnct?
Nature and action of this instinct
?an the spirit of Imitation or the effect:
cf Hie will produce It or act ae a
substance for It?
}Vrsev?rancK and I'-inti*. -Tersever
an.'-. which akro inakea the true
sportsman, can only be arojsed when
the sense of the need of sport has been
brought into existence.
t aniioi tl.-s desire he brought into
existence physically by the habit which
results c-ither from the automatic ac?
tion of the muscles or from the desire
|M fresh Sir engepdered by violent
? .\erclec. or morally by ambition, whe?
ther resulting -from the violent thirst
for applause or having as Its aim a
t.obler Ideal, such as the pursuit of
besnty. health aud bodily power? '
The physiological and psycholopncal
characteristics of esch class or spec.ea
of exercises, the intellectual snd moral
? mantles which each sport develops or
atllises The different conditions unde
w-hieh sport* are practiced. Solitude
and companionship, independence and
co-operation, initiative and discipline,
formation and tmintng of a team.
iles'ilts. Of a. strictly accurate rhsr
scter of reeults in th' sphere of sport.
Training1?fundamental rules?how it
differs from the acquisition of a habit.
overtraining Fatigue ?Normal train?
ing may be purely physical and reauit
In only producing resistance to fatigue,
but It may also contribute to moral
progress by the dcvelonmont of the
will, of courage, and of self-confidence,
and doubtless also to Intellectual prog?
ress! by the production of self-possee
slon and mental sanity.
I'rider what conditions is It possible
to expert this progrese?
Records. ?Slat* of mind of record
makers. In conclusion, does not ac?
tivity in the sphere of sport contain
within Itself the germs of a practical
Phyalcal philosophy of life?
Th? program arranged for the CV>n
grese is to be as follows: May p. * and
7. the organization committee of the
International committee for 1?1? will
ait on Mav *, ? and 10 the congress
will convene. For the 7th the munici?
pality of Lausanne baa planned a wel?
come. May ? the members wflit partici
pata In an assault at anna tinder torch?
light in th? Abbaye de l'Arc, while on
the. !?th there will be a gathering at
< tuehy May 11 will be devoted to tours
about Lake I-em an.
i \ rr,4 t Ttrrvrv two tniM r.i-.v
laterawtioaai fuaV Maerhes a, Caaop IVrry.
O tilrwct *!??- ( onteaw".
wras* river Jeaoery 4?ft ta expect** t|?t
tweritr cera foreign ceamtrtea will be repre
ere**w V" rifle -eama in the In'emailonal
wiarcbe? at ? aow> r?rry. O. In September
>-x- i -ed -,.., .. os r?a tee national
I <? taaaetfepj a' -hj' m^t> Amendmer.'a ?'
tbe ra ., ar. raexewadaawi ?o permit teams
I"* barrel be-a ose af their high record ta
nreeedtne anatcbaa to take part
You Might As Well Have the Strongest
Fire insurance It Costs No More
Springfield
Fire and Marine
Insurance Co.
Consider the record of the Spnngtieid It ha* been through
the big fire*, paid all lot*** dollar for dollar and accumulated
assets of over ten millions.
LOUIS a HATKE,
Sole Agent to Richmond.
Tel. Mad. 4291.
Amer. Mat*!
HIGH SPIRE AND FOREST FLOWER
I flic h Spire, the her eon of Mesmerist I
and Miss Lang-ford, by Ixingfetlow. I?
la splendid type '-f the hunting horse, i
has hlg benea. deep cheat, long*, slop- 1
tag should* rs. ?h?rt back and power- 1
tul ouartere. has great speed anl can,
negotiate any country. He stands
MJ 1-2. weighs in hunting conuition
:. 11*0 pounds snd is unojuestlonablv not
only one of the greatest hunters in
Virginia, but In the United States.
This is the fourth season Mr Gravea
haa ridden hirn to the Deep Kun
lonnda High Spire was bred and
raised In Islington. K> . where Mr.
liravee bought iilm. Mesmerist, the
son of High Spire, was the greatest
two-year-old of his time, winning
SM.O00 as a juvenile, being by Imp.
Albert out of Hodoo by Imp I'arllng.
I High Spire carries In hl? veins
' the best blood of the country, for both
speed srtd staying qualities.
Mr. CJraves has also In his af hie tne
four-yer-old bey filly Korest Flower,
a daughter of St. Mark and Spring, by
St. Car!us SI. Marktl and St. caro
lue sre both by the great race horse
St Blaise, winner of the Kngllsh
Derby, and the first hor?e to sell for
llOS.oon. f?t. Blaise was imported by
August Belmout anrt ?too<1 ?t the
N rserr Stud in Kent'jckv.
Forest Flower Is a mare of great
substance, quality and conformation,
and a moat promising prospect for the
show ring and hunting Meld. She Is
I one of the most beautifully bred mares
in the world, tracing fhack to sui h
great ?lr?'S and producers as Her?
mit. Lexington. Ill Used, King Tom.
Dontiie Scotland. Blair Athol, Glenelg.
Australian. Planet and Olewig?* K<w,
if any mares, have as much of the
might y iioston's Wood fn them as
courses through her veins. Her pcdl
L't-ee shows five crosses of the blood
of that great four-mile champion of
??hy-gon?? days.-' two of Olencoe ami
two of H'est Australian, the first horse
to win the three English classics?the
Derby, the St, Deger and the 2. "00
?. uineas.
Korest Klower was bred by ?he well
! known horseman. W S. Diffen- J
j de-rffer. Green Spring Valley, Md.. from |
I ". horn Mr. Graves recently purchased I
mmt. . ?
RAILROADS Will
HELP AVTO SHOW
?-.'inued from Fnat Fa**. ?
Mill open the Horseehow Building and
the automobile show they will know
that they have accomplished same
thing for the metropolis of the South,
and that in the nieces* of the accom?
plishment will lay their reward.
A meeting of the Automoble Peal-j
era' Show Asaoclation was held last,
u:?ht In the headquarters of the Rlch-i
mond Automobile Club at the Jefferson J
Hotel Contracts for music, printing.I
publicity and other things were agreed;
upon One hundred thousand st'tk
<: s have been received to be placed
on every letter to be mailed from now
ontil .?how week. The booster buttons]
will arrive to-morrow. and the
thousand and more boosters, who have
l eon enlisted in the cause, will begin
getting other enthusiastic workers Ian
Join in the good work
f'h.-iirman Blenner Is th* most opti?
mistic individual in n??-hmond. lie
{? ? Is that the Richmond show will
total that of Madison Square Garden to
blush. Probably fifty manufacturers
will he represented, and they will be,
;? 'lamented by many a. ressory and tire'
?.'ealers. all of whom Usve already tu
jmeted space.
The amusement features are being
attended to. and the vtaltirs to tit*
show will he royally entertained and
more than repaid for the visit. Ar?
rangements with all of the railroads
entering Richmond have been made,
and reduced rates will prevail from
all points In Virginia and North Car?
olina.
When it .-omes to decorat! >na. the
horse show building will he a veritable
riot cf color. Manager Thomas B.
Hutchison has made a contra-t with
a New York concern, and special deco
reftisUBa. of a moot artistic nature will
adorn the walls
The educational feature* of the
show cannot be overestimated. All
owners of automobiles will be very
naturally interested, but the layman,
th*- man who hasn't sn auto of his
own. ran And much >f interest in In?
vestigating the hundred and one Intri?
cate bits of machinery. The very laet
word in automobile construction will
be on hi?nd. There will be the hand?
somely equipped palace care and the
less expensive hut equally Interesting
roadsters. Iamouslnee and touring
cars will lie aide by side. The business
man who requires bsul.ng vane to de?
liver his g.iode wi;i find on hand
trucks especially designed for his claaa
of hualneee. I? fact, there will be
cver\tbinir known In automobiles, and
some things which hsre not yet been
officially adopted
It la estimated the: thousands of vis?
itors will make the trip ?? Inspect the
ottering* of the manufacturers. It will
be holiday time all over again and will
give Richmond a pofrttlen In the auto?
mobile world.
doc ?es win
complete course
(Continued From Firs-. Page >
studies until the end of the school
Should it finally come to pass that
A>era is not wanted by Washington,
the local management will make an
effort to have him returned hen.
Should this effort be successful. Grif?
fin's pitching problem will be practi?
cally settled. DMVi should ha\c ini
proved wonderful!*- during his layoff.
He has never lacked native ability.
The one trouble ?Ith him aas that he
didn't know all of the fine points if
t'ie art of flinging, and he can only
learn this by experience. Last season
"as his first experience as a pro?
fessional ball player. He pattered
the most dependable (linger of the
Colts' string and pitched some really
wonderful ball game". With this ex
perlnece to hack him up he should
m."?ke an even better record during the
coming sea.-^n
Just after the close of the Virginia
I>eagie last year Ayers msde the re
mark that he was through with pro?
fessional baseball. Ti.e reason as?
signed was because his folks were
against it.
Whether he has chaugrd bis mind
or .still adheres to that decision is not
known If iie Is still of 0M ,-<me
mind, reither Washington see Kicb
mend will be able to get hint <:;ir
flth will be the loser has he paid |l,
j<)<) for the boy.
Secretary Bradley returned from i
Washington Thursday, after reading
the law to Griffith concerning that ex
year.
bibitlon date with Washington. Qrtf-j
!ilh had intended s-'-nding an entire-1
t'-atn of ""fund string men, as he baa a .
game scheduled at home for his re^u- j
lars that day. Bradley objected, and j
the result Is that Richmond will get
a mixed team Xh k Altrork and tier- I
many Schacfer, neither very long on
baseball, hut chockf ull of fun, will he'
with the elub which comes here. Bob j
tl'oom will do the hurling- and HenrV I
or Alnsmith will catch.
Nothing ha? been done regarding um?
pires for the Virgiuia League for next
season. Red Donohoe is in Richmoti'i
working for a local i?ife. but will
hardlv be hpek" In the ranks. fia
(SlaitS) I>a\ is will probably go to the
Carolina Association. At least, ha Bw9
been mal? an offer. Without srieaigt
to criticize President Boatrtght. it
high time that he start work on Ml
corps of umpires. liveryhody < Ige 's
doing 't now. and unless ho begins
soon the league will have to be con?
tent with the men who were unablo to
land jobs.
NOTMAN MAUER
GOES TO OXFORD
(Continued From First Tage.>
ars Among? tliem were .lohn ?Torbin. I
sprinter, ihe two Milburns. tw-orge and!
T>ev*reuT. wbo earned seats in the Ox- |
ford she]!. and Malcolm V. McDonald. ?
eras wo-t the hurdle race in the games
wyh Cambridge in 1919.
l-'lrst \saerlcaaa to trrt?e.
The first \merleans to make tkatr|
athletic mark at Oxford were p. M.
Young. South Dakota and Oriel fol?
iage; Warren Sr-hutt, <"orn"ll Dadver?
sity and Brascnosc College, Albert M.
Stevens. Yaic irn*arerslty and Balliol
College, and D. K Porter. Bowdoin
College. p<yter won the weight events
garnet In 10?4. while Young and Schutt
both figured in the duel meet in the
spring of l?05.
Schutt ran second to A. D. S. Smith,
of Cambridge, in the three miles, while
Young tied for first in the high jump.
Schutt had a great deal of hard luck,
and was not in as good condition as
he had been on this side. lie never
won a full Blue, but earned his Half
Blue three times.
Young, on the contrary, earned a
longaNtriug of victories. H'e perform?
ances were, not unusual, and SS did
not face as stiff competition ns Schutt,
who had t* tackle some of the crack
distance men of England. In the broad
jurhp Young averaged well over twen?
ty-two feet, but his mark' in the high
jump was only five feet eight Inches,
good enough, however, to win from a
assdlocri field It is a notorious fart
that English university jumpers do
net get the preparation of Americans,
ar, st b'ast. have not up to the pres?
ent time, and that their style usually
Is In *i!dj need of coaching. The ma?
terial is there, and there are many
good natural lumpers, but no one pays
much attenlion to them, and their
practice is desultory and unscientific.
Store Hat the old Yale man. was a
a?T of the second group of Amer
Icaa athletes to be eent to Oxford in
1905. He competed 'pi the weight
111 in 150t?. but it was not until
feilow -ng season that he became
d.tngeroUS. He won the hammer throw
that year, making .1 new record of 14S
lam I inches. \Y. \V. Thayer. a Har?
vard bann, was the Oxford second
siring, and was one of the four who
competed In the event. Stevens .fron
.vrain In
WOLGAST THINKS
HECAN COMEBACK
tContinued Kroni First rage)
round bout February 22 on the coast.
If this contest is arranged. Wolgast
will be ready to tackle Mandot any
time a't- r February 22, and as Ritchie
has said that he will defend his title
on July 1 with the best opponent pro?
curable, this would about complete
TfotaTaSt'a program.
Much tntervst now centres about the
career of the new champion and his
future Ritchie's rise to the cham
pi One hip has been a rather speedy one.
Krom an almost obscure boxer, he
fought and defeated the best contend?
ers for the title, until he finally was
matched with the champion and won
the honors. He i? a fine bo>. and much
liked in the boxing circles, hurt as yet
has not been recognized as a marvel
:u ring generalship. There are a cou?
ple ? >? kajrs at ids pounds and .1 assess
of 1 .".."?-pounders, any ?Jtue of whom
would make the going fait for him.
Tl,e fighters referred to *ie Wolgast.
Rrrera tfoe^srtaad and Britton. The
last two. of couise. WoUid be in the
KS BW%nt4 class, and It is a question
whether they could perform well at
the prescribed weight at the ringside.
Ritchie won the title on a foul,
though he made a great tight But
the cloud of that diaquali'Watlon will
bang over him until he has derma*.
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strated in coming bouts that he is the
real kingpin of the, class.
It is generally conceded that Wolgast
la entitled to another try against
Ritchie. Many were of the opinion
that he was not in the best of cond -
tlo:i when th*y fouarht. and that he
' will surely make s better showing In
. a return match. After winning the
i championship. Wolgast received many
I setbacks He broke his arm twice
and went through an operation for ap ?
I pendlcills. Dcaplt? these setbacks. h?
I was willing, and fought every 133
pounder who could draw a gate, and
then lost his title on a technicality.
I though perhaps beaten when the foul
blow was lauded.
SHERRILL FIRST
TO OSE CROUCH
(Contirvued Prom First Page.)
in is"* in a handicap run at the old
WMIIamsburg A. C grounds
In his reply to Mr Sullivan. M-ur
phy stated that when he tried the
style first he thought It the fastest
method, but that because his brother
professionals did not fancy it. he dis?
continued its use. Thos,. who have
seen Murphy run assert that he used
the old -dab- style.
They state that If he had found It
such a good system why didn't he in?
struct the runners he coached dufine
ihat period in its advantages* ("n.irlcs
H. Shcrriil. of Yale, a four time win?
ner of the lntercollofiriate "hnndred.'
Mike says, was the first one he c,.-:
saw make use of the "crouch " This
was in 188* at a set of games on the i
Roekaway Hunting Cltrb grounds, at
'"edarhurst. I.. I.
While coaching that great runner,
.lohn Owen, Jr., of Detroit, the first
amateur In rbe world to run I y\ yards
In 9 ?-.? seconds, Milte never taught
him the "crouch." At any rate, Owen
didn't use it, affecting, to the contrary,
the style then most in use. the ?*ab "
Murphy further stated to Mr. Sullivan
that when frenrgo. Turner, a famons
pistol fircr o> a pcricrat kM .ufp. told
him to start with the "crouch'' he told
him to stop his fooling.
In a match race In Philadelphia In
Uti Murphy agreed to allow- his op
ponent the us? of 'he stand-up styl* mjB
against his use of the "'.Touch.-' Tom?
Gallagher, the h. I Hard player, wh?
use dto he M iirrt .t foot runner sonta'
>ears ago. tells of having met a run?
ner in Cleveland in 19,8? whom he con hfl
beat when they started in the UBua.fi
way?standing?Hut when his oppoas
ent used the "crouch ' the Latter waafl
away and into his running over a yardjS
to the good as Gallagher started.
EXPERTliST"
EXHIBITS HERE
?- ? ? 1
Those who gambol on the green, anoVj
who love to hear the click of tha,
iiaV" anotln r t r- at in store gj
for them when Andrew J. Rogers. Ota
New York, the one ;mrt only :d\ort? ?
stop pool pla.-or wh.ii is. gives an 1
exhibition in \h-- Superior Bill'ftrd J
Academy, the iitiv loom j jst opened S
by the proprietor of the Newport Bil-g
Hard Academy. '
Air. Rogers, in hia home town. 1? 3
known is ? ,e shorlalup pool playee^J
not that is merely a near-grea&g
but bec.iu.--e he handles the cue wtfdjjH
the same dexterity that the fellow*;
who dig out of the dirt on tStjsaf
greensward chuck eni across the dtfl
niond. Besides hcjr.* uhle to i ike
phenomenal runs .it. th'^ straight sair.c.
he has a number of trn k shots up htuj
sleeve, all interesting, and most of;
them mystifying.
He will he at th-^ Superior everjfi
afternoon and night, beginning- Tuea-;
day. The afternoon inhibitions wfjW &
be at rt o'clock, while the night ea?eJ[
hihltlons will begin at * o'clock. Ifl
The public. Including women, iottip
whom there will bo special acuta rejsj
served, is invUed
Eggs and Btrtter Molen.
Robert i'larke. of New Kent County
terday reported to the police that ae'.ente
tjeiind^ o* butt-r and four dos?n eggs vrdtj
?tnVn front M? wagon. He had left tanfl
vehicle afanding 'or a row ennutea near etJJ^H
of the local market?, and dnlag his StoSS^^H
the thief* managed to escape with his fdj^H
due*. i
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