Olympic Games in London in July

The Olympic games, open to amateur athletes from all over the world, will be held in London beginning July 13, 1908. Arrangements are being made by the American Athletic Union to gather a first-class team to represent America, in the expectation of retaining the championship which was won for this country in 1906. The American committee is now engaged in raising a fund for the expenses of the team and hopes to secure $50,000 for this purpose.

College men will have a better chance this year than in 1906, for the games will come at a time when college examinations are over, and a regular series of trials will be held, so that every man will have a chance to show what he can do. The trials will be held on Saturday, June, 6, in Chicago for western athletes and in either New York, or Philadelphia for the east. Trials will be held in all events except the Marathon run and the ten-mile walk, for which the men will be picked by the committee. Three or five, men will be entered in each event, according to the resources available for expenses.

The list of events in which competitions will be held is as follows: 100 metre dash; 200 metre dash; 400 metre run; 800 metre run; 1500 metre run; 110 metre high hurdles; 400 metre low hurdles' 3200 metre steeple-chase; 5 mile run; standing and running high jump; hopstep-and-jump; pole-vault; 16-pound hammer-throw; 16-pound shot-put; 3 mile team race for 5-man team, 3 men to count in scoring; 3500 metre walk; discus throwing, in Greek and free style; javelin throwing; 10 mile walk; swimming, including 200 and 400 mete dashes, high dive and water polo; wrestling, in all weights; Marathon run of 25 miles, 600 yards.