The forthcoming Far Eastern Championship games promise to be on & much more extensive scale even than was at first anticipated. They are to be held at the Hongkew Park from Saturday, May 15, to May 92 and the arrangements are being pushed forward as rapidly possible.
Even at this stage, it is possible to form a good idea of the manner in which the various events will be competed for, and everything points to a most successful and profitable meeting. The tracks are in course of construction, and among the principal will be the quarter-mile cinder track, which is being built according to the most modern plan. Tt will measure 12 ft. from the inside curve, with a bank of 2 ft. on the outside, thus enabling the com. petitors in the running and cycling events to get all the speed of which they are capable.
The baseball events will doubtless be amongst the most popular features of the programme. The American Baseball Association are behind this branch, and a number 6f prominent players from different parts of the world are expected to be present.
In addition to a baseball team, Japan is sending four of its best lawn tennis players, including Kumagee, the national champion. This will be his first visit to China, and although he has always played on hard courts, it is expected that plenty of practice before the tennis events will overcome any little handicap which might arise through the change from hard to grass courts, Osaka is sending two long distance running men, and also their best athletes to compete in the Marathon and the mile race. Swimmers will come from Nagasaki, From All Over China, A very pleasing feature of the gathering is the immens> interest shown by the Chinese youths. North China will supply a great many sprinters and jumpers, men at the weights, and also a_basketball team. South China is sending swimmers, a volley-ball team, cyclists and a number of run. ners, but it has not yet bern decided who will supply the football teams. A general opinion prevails that the best men are in Hongkong, but the recent success of the Nanyang team in winning the local city Championship puts them also in the running. There will, therefore, be a test match between North China, the best that can be obtained in Shanghai, and South China, and the best of these three teams will be chosen to represent China in the open football games. It is the ides of the
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