Olympian Field Events

Tl-IE TA NDLVG LONG ]UAIP. 89 time until the present day it has found favour on the Continent. From very early days right up to the time of the tockholm Olympiad the American have remained un– beaten, thanks t the excepti nal qualities of Ray C. •wry, of the New York Athletic lub, holder of the world's and Olympic records. At tockholm, in 1912, Ewry did not comp te, the lat . Tsiclitiras, of Gr ece, proving tl1e winner at 11ft. o~in., with the brothers Platt and Ben Adams, U. .A., second and third, at nft. o 2 in. and 1oft. 9 1 in. r p ctiv ly. The sport has be n een but rar ly in this country. In 1908 it was s en at the Olympic Trials, when it was \V n by an unknown and unattached athlete, L. H. G. tafiord, with a 1 ap of roft. rin.; at the Olympic Gam s, 1908, ' hen Ray E-v ry w n at 1oft. Ioin., and at the Trial , 1912, T. . Hu , Lynn A.C., gft. 6in. The e nt has al o figur d in th programme at various L.A. . m etincrs, and thi year (1913) the same club includ d the .F .E.A. Champi n hip in their pro– gramm , L. II. G. tafford proving the winner at gft. 1riin., ' ith T. . IIuss, second, gft. 7lin., and . 0. Kitching, third, gft. 4 in. In the United tates the standing broad jump was first includ d in the A.A.U. Championship programme in 1893, when . P. Schwarner, of the New York Athletic Club, won at roft. 7in. The event was dropped in 1894, resumed in 1898, dropped in 1899, and resumed in 1906, since when it has been retained, Ewry proving the winner on five occasions. In both classes of tanding jumps Ray Ewry and the late C. Tsiclitira ' ere undoubtedly the two finest per– f rmers th world has yet seen. Ewry retired in 1910 after alm st t\: nty y ars as an active athlete, during which time he was five times hampion f Am ri a in the standing broad jump, three times standing high jump champion, holder of world' and Olympic records in both vent and inner f b th at ach of